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Tuesday / December 3.
  • Arcidiacono, Villanova Stun No. 2 Kansas

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    Ryan Arcidiacono was 0-for-5 from the field against Kansas when he let one fly from the left wing with 10.1 seconds left and his team trailing by 1 point.

    The 3-point shot fell, put Villanova up by two points and the Wildcats held on for a 63-59 victory over No. 2 Kansas in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

    The basket was Arcidiacono’s only one of the game.

    “I hadn’t made a shot all game, but I was looking for it. [Coach Jay Wright] called it for me,” Arcidiacono, who scored 4 points in the game, told NBC Sports Network following the game. “I just held my follow-through there at the end and I was lucky enough to get two great screens there at the end. As soon as it left my hand I thought it was good.”

    Arcidiacono was 5-for-23 from deep this season before that shot.

    “He’s done that his whole career,” Wright said of the game-winner. The kid’s incredible, man. He’s just got big-time heart.

    “He’s done it a lot of times. That’s not the first time he did that.”

    Darrun Hilliard and Dylan Ennis scored 14 apiece for Villanova (6-0), and JayVaughn Pinkston added 13.

    Kansas’s two best freshmen were Frank Mason (12 points) and Joel Embiid (10 points), while Andrew Wiggins had 10 points on 3-for-8 shooting.

    “Kansas is so young,” Wright said. “It’s amazing that Bill [Self] has get them playing so well so early. I don’t want to play them in March.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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