The 'Cats arrived around 9 o'clock Wednesday night and as fate would have it, they've been assisned the same locker room at Ford Field that they had for last year's 72-57 loss to Kansas in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
Villanova fans who cannot make it to Detriot can listen to a Final Four special Saturday afternoon on WNTP, 990 AM from 4-5 p.m. The show will be hosted by Tony Leodora. One of his guests will be Cardinal O'Hara All-Delco and former Archbishop Carroll coach Tom Ingelsby, who was a starter on the 1971 Villanova team that lost in the national championship game to UCLA. Leodora also will have interviews with Jay Wright and several of the players.
Villanova, Michigan State and North Carolina have all played at Ford Field. The Wildcats lost to Kansas here last year and North Carolina blew out Michigan State, 98-63 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Dec. 3.
Ran into Penn assistant coach and former Cardinal O'Hara and Saint Joseph's guard John Gallagher. Being a true Hawk, he would not say who he was rooting for in the Villanova-UNC game.