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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY SANTONI, ADOLPH, BRIGGS, BARRAR, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALLY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HOUGHTON, JOHNSON, KILLION, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURPHY, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PAYTON, PETRI, PHILLIPS, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, VEREB, VITALI, WALKO AND WATSON, APRIL 1, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 1, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats Men's |
2 | Basketball Team for winning the East Regional Bracket of the |
3 | 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Division |
4 | I Basketball Championship, thereby earning a berth in the |
5 | Final Four round of play. |
6 | WHEREAS, The Villanova University Wildcats Men's Basketball |
7 | Team set a school record by winning 25 regular season games and |
8 | only suffering six defeats; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The team compiled a remarkable 13-5 Big East record |
10 | in what most college basketball analysts recognized as the most |
11 | competitive conference in the nation; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The Wildcats qualified for the 65-team field of the |
13 | 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's |
14 | Division I Basketball Championship tournament as the number |
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1 | three seed in the East Regional Bracket; and |
2 | WHEREAS, The team showed its resiliency by never quitting |
3 | despite falling 14 points behind the impressive American |
4 | University Eagles squad before pulling away for an 80-67 victory |
5 | in the first round of the tournament; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The Wildcats advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by |
7 | handily defeating the formidable UCLA Bruins by a score of 89-69 |
8 | in the second round of the tournament; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The Wildcats' victory over the legendary Duke |
10 | University Blue Devils team was never in doubt as the Wildcats |
11 | cruised to a 77-54 win; and |
12 | WHEREAS, Junior point guard, Scottie Reynolds, delivered the |
13 | decisive lay-up with one-half second remaining in the game to |
14 | knock off the top-seeded University of Pittsburgh Panthers in a |
15 | contest that instantly became a classic in college basketball |
16 | history; and |
17 | WHEREAS, The 78-76 victory over the University of Pittsburgh, |
18 | another of this Commonwealth's fine institutions of higher |
19 | education, on March 28, 2009, secured the Wildcats a spot in the |
20 | 2009 Final Four as champions of the East Regional Bracket; and |
21 | WHEREAS, The team, led by coach Jay Wright and his capable |
22 | cadre of assistants and trainers, consisted of seniors Dwayne |
23 | Anderson, Shane Clark, Dante Cunningham and Frank Tchuisi, |
24 | juniors Jason Colenda, Reggie Redding, Scottie Reynolds and |
25 | Russell Wooten, sophomores Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes, red- |
26 | shirt sophomore Antonio Pena, freshman Maurice Sutton and red- |
27 | shirt freshman Taylor King; and |
28 | WHEREAS, These 13 young men and their coaches have, by their |
29 | dedicated work ethic and impressive on-court performance, |
30 | enhanced the rich and proud tradition of Villanova basketball, |
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1 | which includes the miraculous 1985 national championship season; |
2 | and |
3 | WHEREAS, The Wildcats will continue in their pursuit of a |
4 | second national championship by taking on another renowned |
5 | basketball program when they play the University of North |
6 | Carolina Tar Heels in Detroit, Michigan, on April 4, 2009; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The accomplishments of this team, both as athletes |
8 | and as students, should be honored, and young men and women |
9 | across this Commonwealth should seek to emulate the success of |
10 | the Wildcats; therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the |
12 | Villanova University Wildcats Men's Basketball Team for winning |
13 | the East Regional Bracket of the 2009 National Collegiate |
14 | Athletic Association Men's Division I Basketball Championship |
15 | and joining three of the most storied basketball programs in the |
16 | country in the 2009 Final Four. |
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