Rollie Massimino -- just the name makes you smile. In 1985, Massimino and Villanova took March Madness to another level -- and not just because it was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams. (It also was the last tournament without a shot clock.)
The No. 8 seed, Villanova -- led by the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, Ed Pinckney -- defeated top-seeded Georgetown 66-64 in one of college basketball's greatest upsets. Villanova remains the lowest-seeded team to win the national championship.
NCAA.com is reliving that magical moment with the #MMVault Watch Party at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday. Fans can watch the entire 1985 classic on NCAA.com and follow @marchmadness for pertinent tweets related to the game action.
| 1984-85 VILLANOVA ROSTER | 1984-85 GEORGETOWN ROSTER | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach: Rollie Massimino | Coach: John Thompson | |||||
| No. | Player | No. | Player | |||
| 50 | Connally Brown | 10 | Perry MacDonald | |||
| 10 | Veltra Dawson | 12 | Kevin Floyd | @KevinFloyd7 | ||
| 51 | Chuck Everson | @ChuckCats41 | 24 | Bill Martin | ||
| 20 | Brian Harrington | 30 | Michael Jackson | |||
| 32 | Harold Jensen | 32 | Horace Broadnax | @CoachBroadnax | ||
| 43 | Wyatt Maker | 33 | Patrick Ewing | |||
| 13 | R. C. Massimino | 34 | Reggie Williams | |||
| 33 | Dwayne McClain | @dwaynemcclain33 | 40 | David Wingate | @DWingateGtown25 | |
| 22 | Gary McLain | 41 | Tyrone Lockhart | @TyroneLockart | ||
| 54 | Ed Pinckney | @EZed54 | 44 | Ronnie Highsmith | ||
| 25 | Steve Pinone | 51 | Grady Mateen | |||
| 31 | Mark Plansky | 52 | Ralph Dalton | |||
| 21 | Harold Pressley | |||||
| 4 | Dwight Wilbur | |||||
