This Big East semifinal had its highlight. Jay Wright called it the play of the game, five minutes left. A wild momentum swing in a game that ended up 63-60.
The video is a little more dramatic in slow motion, a basketball on a basketball court, big bodies skidding around after it before the ball gets into the hands of a Connecticut player, then into the air, crossing the Madison Square Garden court.
From the left side of the basket, he arrived to the right of the rim, above the rim, and then … holy moly, the 6-foot-6 Slater didn’t just block the ball, he took control of it, kind of half-pinning it against the backboard. “People are still sending me the video,’’ Slater said on Selection Sunday after Villanova found out it is a No. 2 seed playing No. 15 Delaware on Friday in Pittsburgh.
A basketball season, if you haven’t heard, is long. Slater had begun this one hot, proving right away he was deserving of his new starting spot. But lost amid Villanova’s pre-Thanksgiving wipeout of Tennessee up at Mohegan Sun, Slater hurt his ankle. He kept playing. “Oh, man, honestly, it’s still crazy for me,” Slater said. “It hasn’t sunk in yet. But my teammates keep telling me, you’ve done something that’s very memorable.”
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