Last year Buffalo, NY was the site 2nd seed Villanova would lose to UConn the eventual National Champion in the Round of 32. Saturday night Pittsburgh, PA was the site where Villanova would lose to NC State 71-68 in the round of 32. Becoming the first 1 seed to be eliminated from the 2015 NCAA Tournament. That defeat only adds to the scars of not advancing to the 2nd weekend of the NCAA's, since the Wildcats made it to the 2009 Final Four. Give NC State all the credit the 8th seed in the East out played Nova all night. They represented the ACC well against the Big East best in terms of regular season and conference tournament play. Villanova season will end at 33-3 & 16-2 in conference play. Meanwhile the 22-13 Wolf Pack and their 10-8 conference record will move on to Syracuse, NY. The Sweet 16 awaits the team from Raleigh. Meanwhile the Wildcats will head back to the Main Line as seniors Darrun Hillard II and JayVaughn Pinkston saw their careers end. Huge double double games for NC State front court players Lennard Freeman and Abdul-Malik Abu. Meanwhile on the perimeter the likes of Cat Barber and Trevor Lacey held their own. You live and die with the jump shot and the 3 point attempts and that's what happened to Nova Nation on Saturday. Also their interior weakness in terms of lack of depth was exposed. This is the beauty of March for some and agony of defeat for others.
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