>> the wildcats are celebrating a championship run. and getting ready to show off their new hardware here at home. [ applause ] >> and that was the thrill reaction that the fans gave when they saw what happened. a buzzer beater to take it all. they are gearing up for the big welcome home. forget partying like it's 1985, they are ready to celebrate like it is, 2016 tonight. the big story on "action news" is the big party at villanova in honor of the 2016 national champion, wildcats. >> i can watch that shot over and over again, the team is about to land from houston at the philadelphia international airport and they will go back to campus where thousands of fans are awaiting their arrival. chopper 6 hd is live of phl right now, we are following the team bus all the way to the stadium. once it leaves the airport and the championship rally will get underway on campus.

they are due to land in five minutes meantime the action cam is live at villanova stadium. everybody is waiting, the doors open earlier at 3:30 and the stands are now full and nova nation is waiting for their glimpse of the wildcats since they have won the entire championship. all of it. >> what is next for the team and fans and the city of philadelphia. sara bloomquist is live at the airport where the team is slated to land any second now. sara how is it going there? >> we are watching for the wildcats, they are a little late. we expected them at 4:00 and now we hear 5:05, every plane we see is that it? is that it? not yet. they are ready at the airport. philadelphia police are in position and as we pan around it's here on the runway that the plane will taxi out there on the runway and the police will go out to receive them out there.

as we see over there way you see the airport fire units they are expected to do some sort of water arch. i'm not sure if that is over the plane or the tour buses. but that should be a sight to see. let's go to a video, a plane carrying university officials and alums arrived here at the airport and they said the players are right behind. the team is expected to get a police escort through philadelphia. and the fans are here to cheer through the fence as they reach the tarmac, on the plane is the president of the university. father peter donahue, we asked him what it means for villanova to be on a national stage like this. >> it's a wonderful opportunity to show the world what villanova, the kind of institution it is and what we can do. >> i was excited and we were all screaming and my dad set off

fireworks outside and woke up the neighborhood. we are next to the book store and for the past two weeks it has been mobbed. >> really fun. >> it has. >> are you clearly a fan why be at the airport. >> see them come home with the trophy baby. >> we are on the plane watch out here. every plane we are wondering is that it? the last one was a spirit airline. they are coming in on a chartered flight any time now we'll of course bring that to you live. live at philadelphia international airport i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> could be a couple minutes away, we'll come back to you momentarily, but back to nova stadium where the home come celebration is proceeding and walter the students started converging 3:00 this afternoon? >> reporter: rick, they have been here all day long and as you can see with this live look hundreds of people have gathered

here at villanova stadium for the welcome home celebration, you can see nearly everyone decked out in villanova gear and many folks sleep deprived since last night and they say the same thing the championship is spectacular but what makes it even better is that the members of this team are really good kids with a truly classy head coach, true representatives of the nova family. nova nation is still a little subdued but still with enough energy to cheer on the cats. >> amazing, i have only been here for two years but i feel part of the family of villanova. i have friends and family all over the country and how excited they are for me and the team. >> you look at the crowd gathering here for the homecoming party. people from all walks of life, people that have cheering on the cats for decades and young ones. david west class of 87 says he

got to watch the game at the pavilion with his daughter a freshman at villanova. >> you heard coach wright and the players talking about, this is a family, you feel like a community here. we have been part this have family for a lot of years and you never forget. >> all right back out live we hear that the plane carrying the team has landed or is landing soon. we'll have it all on 6 abc and 6abc.com. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you walter. dann cuellar is live also inside of villanova stadium with another vantage point. let talk to you. >> reporter: we have front row seats here on the 50 yard line for tonight's victory homecoming rally, set to start here at 6:00. that is the latest word i'm getting and this is nova nation. [ applause ]

>> how are you guys feeling now this is the highlight of my freshman year! [ cheers and applause ] >> did you get any sleep? >> no, not at all. not at all. >> i'm surprised you can yell and scream but after all this is nova nation. >> and we are loud right! >> how does it feel to be a student here after the incredible victory. >> we have pride in our school and team. and excited to cheer with everybody. >> last night was absolutely epic and my voice is basically gone but we'll keep screaming. [ cheers and applause ] >> go nova! that is just a taste of what we'll get tonight. back to you rick and monica. >> all right thank you dann incredible. >> i think a lot of those students have not gotten any

sleep. >> they did cancel classes, once they won. "action news" sports reporter jaime apody is also among the revellers at the campus. you were among the younger fans. are they still with you. actually there are so many young kids here i love it. they all say they stayed up all night last night to watch kris jenkins hit that game winning shot. >> did you stay up? >> the whole night. >> is that past your bedtime? >> yes but it was awesome and i couldn't resist. >> what was your reaction when the shot went in? >> the first half at the pavilion that was nuts and by the time i came home i was in tears it was awesome. >> all of these kids will have a memory to last their entire life. let me set the scene. if you turn around this way, here is where the villanova buss will come in, this is gate nine of the football stadium. the buses pull up here in the

back of the stadium and the players walk down and we have the whole area roped off and people are excited and there is just this nice panel with fans all the way down leading to the stage over there. you can see there is no shortage of enthusiasm over here. we have signs hand made and signs prepinted and more youngsters and something interesting over here. we have, and this is the first i have seen of it, jay wright's head. hello jay wright's head. >> hello. >> this is nicole. what made you bring it here today. >> was hoping to get on the news and i did. >> you can see everything out here. this jay wright seems as excited at last night. did you see his reaction? he said bang and that is all that needed to be said.

what bringses you out here? >> my dad was in kansas cornerer and we are villanova fans. >> this is inside information, the caterer of the team's meal, gypsy has the food and they are worried it will be cold. the team is eating grilled chicken and filet mignon and broccoli, brown rice. and fruit. no dessert because this is an occasion for health food. >> i have this to show you. the official championship shirt for the wildcats and i just got an email that sales for these championship shirts surpassed those for duke last year. so nova out in force buying their gear and celebrating and waiting the team's arrival. are you excited for the team to come? lets hear it! [ cheers and applause ] . they are pumped up and we are

pumped up. hopefully that plane will land soon and listen to the crowd. we love it. back to you guys in the studio. >> very cool. thank you jaime. >> well anybody that was out and about celebrating the wildcats will have to battle brisk weather work have sun and highs only topping out in the 40s. cecily tynan live at the big board with a first look at the forecast. >> hi rick and monica, you look at these temperatures and think hey it's february but no it's april. 44 in philadelphia and the same in dover and reading and allentown 42 and cape may 45 degrees, we have enough wind that windchills generally are in the 30s. you really have to dress for winter if you are headed out. and temperatures will really be dropping tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is high pressure over lake eerie and what this will do is move right over us tonight. that says a few things, first of all it really calms the winds down and this high pressure over us we will not have clouds up

above. and without clouds, any warmth from the sun during the day radiates into the atmosphere and this allows temperatures to drop quickly. your evening planner tonight at 7:00 still holding on at 40 but down to 39 by 8:00 and then by 11:00, 33 degrees and the second night in a row we have a freeze warning in effect for all of the areas where the growing season has started. we are looking at temperatures dropping down near record lows tonight. you will want to protect the plants and i'll talk specifically how cold it will get in the full accuweather forecast. >> we are keeping an eye on the airport where the plane could arrive any moment now, we are not sure the route the motorcade will take to the stadium but lets get a check of the traffic situation out there.

>> matt pellman is here. >> they will have a lot of people to greet them on 95 southbound. afternoon volume and sun glare past the airport to ridley park to the blue route and get on the northbound side of 76 and the villanova interchange, the other way on 95 -- this is the northbound side a sluggish pace from the state line on up to 320, because there is an accident at 320. the accident is in the left lane. extra slowing on 95 northbound as you head to the blue route, especially with the bus on the move in the next little while i would avoid 95 through delaware county. in delaware 422 at faulk road a crash taking out two lanes and mantua a crash at ogden station road. we'll check it again and the bus will probably be on the move in the next half hour. lets check out chopper 6 hd

live at philadelphia international airport we believe this is the plane carrying the national champs villanova wildcats, they are turning obviously taxiing closer to the airport, they are at the private air field. we'll keep an eye on it just in case, we are told they are just landed wheels down in philadelphia. welcome home guys. can't wait to see and a number of buses are on the tarmac waiting to wisk them to wham kam puss and we'll follow it every step of the way.

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a.m. the fan. sharing enthusiasm around the country. >> let look from sky 6 hd from philadelphia international airport, that is the plane that has the players on it and coach, jay wright we expect him to get off of it any moment now and board buses to take them to campus, the plane has landed. we talk about the thousands of people waiting on the campus of the football field. here is another touch down, they move the ladder closer to the plane, all the players will come off in a moment and the homecoming celebration will get underway and last for about four days, because as we have been telling you friday is a victory parade in center city philadelphia. this is just the beginning of four days of celebrating villanova's national championship. and many people may not realize what makes this a special day not just the win but this team ignored many circumstances the

odds and history that favored unc chapel hill as a powerhouse team. and villanova has a strong program too, but nonetheless they were able to beat a team that has historically gone to the championship and one again and again and again. we are so proud of them and we are about to see the faces everyone has fallen in love with. all of these young men. and their coach jay wright leading them through a difficult game back and forth and they were able to stay tough after a tie game and in fact it was not a tie into overtime but a buzzer beater, people describe this as an iconic shot we watch for decades. >> a moment in time of kris jenkins that won the game at the buzzer, 77-74 over north carolina. what a run this team had, they last lost the big east title game about three or four weeks ago and then won every game

pretty much handily, and they were tested by kansas in the elite game. but they won an average of 21 points per game and shot an incredible 58.2%. now we start to see some of the basketball staff and soon we'll see jay wright and the players exit the plane. >> can you imagine what it must have been like on this plane -- >> jubilation and maybe some exhaustion. >> i am guessing they slept on the plane because there is no chance they slept last night. i heard an interview one player post game about a seton hall loss what it crystallized what they had to do to take it to the top. and jay wright was able to take the loss and hurt feelings it was causing for them. we have to have discipline and focus and stick to it, and small increments get better and win

and it appears to work. >> they made critical mistakes and it cost them the big east title and what would have been a number one seed. they ended up as the number two seed in a tough region with number one overall kansas but it works out for the best. >> there is the coach now and his wife and children. >> there is v sign the villanova victory. why not. the first national championship for him after a decade is so deserving. many of them wearing the championship caps they got after the game and i did read another quote that ryan arcidiacono said he heard one voice over the 75,000 other people cheering in the last few seconds, chris jenkins yelling arch, arch, i'm open. he could have thrown the final

shot if he wanted to but decided with such maturity to hand it to a guy that was more open and had a better chance. didn't he make the right call. >> jay wright says that is the play they practice every day in practice. >> with ryan shooting -- >> or if ryan is not open he will pass to someone. but kris jenkins is his last option. jenkins threw the ball in and beat his man down the court and was left wide open for the final shot. we'll take a minute to check out again the video to the right of your screen. and there is the water cannon that sara bloomquist mentioned as the plane arrived they were greeted in a celebratory fashion. the way to welcome in a national champion back home into the delaware valley.

and they get a police escort to the villanova campus, an incredible evening and morning for them and they are so poised and humble. and that is what touches me so much. that they can get this far and have such incredible focus and kindness about it and give unc kudos as well. and say what a great team they were. >> a very respectful team and a good group of young men. you see the players come out and little pieces of the net tied to their net and one had what appeared to be a whole net around his neck. they get to cut down the necks and that is a piece of souvenir they have for a lifetime. this is philadelphia international airport a moment that the team has been preparing months for and seniors preparing four years for and maybe longer and jay wright for more than a decade and it's crystallizing here and we are excited to watch

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houston, texas. this is daily news dubbing the team thrillanova. they are on the cover of the "sports illustrated" this week as well with the headline super nova, and shows kris jenkins perfect three point shot leaving his fingertips and how they rebounded from an early tournament loss last year and that hits news stands tomorrow. >> we are live on the grown at philadelphia international airport where you see more of the team deplaning and they are waiting to board two buses on the left hand side of your screen. they look tired and exhaust s and thrilled. >> it has been a journey both symbolically and literally as this plane arrives. beating such very good teams like miami and kansas and oklahoma and of course north

carolina last night. it has been such -- my bracket they went haywire. but this is so much better because it was in many ways unpredictable but a pleasure to watch. >> they beat two very good seeds in this tournament. kansas being the overall number one and unc last night 77-74. in the final four this team shot 64.9% down in the two games down in houston. this is phenomenal. you get hot at the right time, anybody can win, they were hot store six straight games and you can say for most of the season. this team was 19-5, and a couple of losses earlier to virginia and oklahoma and lost to xavier, but they get to the tournament, got to win six games and win all

six. >> we'll hear about that in just a moment. the coverage of wildcats coverage continues. we'll be back in a moment.

we saw jay wright getting off ain few players, many are still deplaning and a few students were on board as well. how would you like to be one of those students? >> and a picture live as well on the ground. folks that want to welcome them back. the families are supervisor atlantic and just a moment ago they took the championship trophy off the plane as well. and that was a special moment. those are the buses. there is the trophy. right there. so excited and players are still wearing their championship nes.s >> going out champions and hart will have to decide whether to

stay in school or not. but they have little pieces of the net. >> what is incredible to me, this is the first team to win a national championship without first round picks since 1987 and jay wright changed his philosophy and picked players that were not necessarily super stars but build it. >> it's an ensemble cast. they have many stars not just one super star. >> lets go live to chad pradelli. they are at the airport and getting on the buses and suspect they are heading towards you in a few moments from now. >> are you talking about last night before, and basically they had a heavy police presence. 220 officers in all.

and they said that villanova students should be proud and only a few minor incidents. radnor police estimate 10,000 to 15,000 villanova fans packed lancaster avenue after the impressive win. >> it was insane and i didn't know what to do, and everyone was screaming and running so i just ran out. >> despite the bitter cold temperatures the insanity lasted several hours. >> with villanova winning that made it even better because dealing with people that are celebrating is a lot better than dealing with people that are disappointed. >> more than three dozen fans suffered injuries during the celebration and a half dozen of those had to be taken to a local hospital but all the injuries

are considered minor and most were treated on scene as the university set up its own triage. they had physicians on site to evaluate people and avoid a transport to the er and tying up beds and ambulances. >> most of the students gathered outside here on lancaster avenue, you saw the scene last night outside of kelly's tavern and i talked to merion police, they say there was no injuries or arrests so villanova students should be proud. a major celebration and only a few minor incidents. back to you guys. >> thank you. vernon odom is live for us in center city with preparations that philadelphia officials are making for the big parade for villanova. hey vernon. >> reporter: good evening monica and rick. they started making some preliminary preparations late last week hope that villanova could pull this out. some estimates came out from the

kenney administration about projections for friday's parade and celebration here around city hall, they project from out of town will come some 50,000 to 75,000 people for the parade and celebration due to begin here at 1:00 p.m. friday afternoon about five blocks from city hall. the villanova parade will kick off friday here at 20th and market at 1:00 p.m. sharp and proceed five blocks east down market into dill worth park where the tulips and daffodils are thriving. >> we want to make sure villanova was on board, we offered philadelphia as a venue and they thought it through and thought about what they wanted to do. they won the championship. we are the venue but they are the team and the school. >> these are scenes from the 85 celebration, when villanova pulled off their earth shaking upset of powerhouse georgetown

to win the title that year. city hall says the tab this time for extra services like added police deployment will be picked up by the university. the initial talks started friday before the region for celebration was a real thing. >> the rails will be filled with suburbanites coming down and staying after the parade and doing retail shopping that is not a mall. and we are happy to host large events, the city is about many things but also about large events and ale lot of fun. >> reporter: tonight city hall says that the total cost of friday's parade estimate will be about $22,000. all of which will be paid they say by the university except for some $6500. hail to the champions as they

come here to center city in about 68 hours. live in center city, at city hall, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. the city is starved for a championship team and now they have it. here we are live back on the ground at the private air field site. they are boarding the buses and heading back to school shortly. but they are not quite finished boarding and we'll keep an eye on things as we go back to the huge celebratory group. they have a police escort as they head back to campus and students there are anxious and waiting. let go to dann cuellar live inside of villanova stadium with more on the anticipation and the frenzy that continues to unfold on campus. >> reporter: hey rick. the rally is set to start just after 6:00 as soon as the team can get here. meantime, we have over 1,000

people gathered here. are you ready nova nation -- [ cheers and applause ] >> do you realize how lucky you are to be here this year at villanova when they win this championship. >> yes. >> how does it feel? >> unbelievable. i didn't think it would happen. >> i was so quited it's my freshman year, my first year at nova i was able to see them win the championship and able to experience it with everyone i have become friends with this year. >> i'm so excited and i love villanova. >> you guys are so lucky you know that yes. >> i wish i could be you as a freshman with three more years to go. >> it's amazing. all right guys, one, two, three -- >> go nova! [ cheers and applause ]

>> this is a taste of what is to come tonight with the rally set to start just after 6:00. >> we can hardly wait. here are the details for the villanova victory parade. it starts at 1:00 in philadelphia, it makes its way from 20th and market street. >> and jay wright took to twitter after the win, he wrote this. huge shout-out to the families of these players that sent us unselfish coachable young men. >> dr. joe biden is also a villanova lum. she tweeted out today what a game what a season congratulations nova. mrs. biden was court side for the match against oklahoma, along with her husband, a syracuse alum. and the son of our own dave roberts, may add fortune teller

to his resume. he said nova would win with a three-pointer. >> once the game was over he tweeted -- ran jumped in the pool and national champs, and others shared their excitement as well. jenkintown native tom veranka, nova nova. >> and quest love tweeted that is how we won? with several question marks. we want to see how you are celebrating the national championship. keep your pictures and videos coming. use #6abcaction. once again we are keeping an eye on the motorcade heading of to villanova university. lets check in with matt pellman and get an update on the traffic

situation. >> with a police escort they don't have to worry about too much. >> hopefully these people get out of way. because v is also for volume on the 95 southbound and the team will have to go through the volume as they said southbound likely to 30 interchange to get to campus. ahead of them this is what waits for them on 95 southbound and while on the northbound side with heavy delays from the delaware state line to 320, that is where the accidents is still occupying the left lane as you head toward the blue route. southbound volume and northbound extra heavy around the accident at 320. and accident in chester county, extra slow on 202 southbound just 8 miles per hour from malvern headed towards exton where the bypass is on the shoulder. and 295 at the black horse pike is out of the way and treated to

8 miles per hour the whole way coming down from route 38. rick and monica back over to you. we want to take you back live to where the team is getting ready. this is campus where all the students are waiting for their big champions to arrive. it will be a little while but they will be there shortly. we have team coverage for you of our own. our reporters are scattered around the campus and villanova area. we'll have much more for you. this place will erupt when the player as arrive. we can hardly wait to see it. ♪ these little guys? they represent blood cells. and if you have afib - an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke - they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free, and travel upstream to the brain where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke.

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three-pointer to win it all and all the students were on their feet. lets go nova! >> back in texas, scores of fans last night flooded into villanova's hotel in houston following the big championship win. jay wright shot this video last night at 2:00 and posted on twitter. nobody was getting sleep and he wrote nova nation you are the best. and they really are. lets go live to walter perez. i played sports and coaches sports and covered sports. what is this like for you? >> this will absolutely go down as an instant clatsic, something i will remember for the rest of my life. i was at the paviliopavilion, a crowd growing here. and just last night they won the national title but lets look forward to one second to the year to come. of course they are losing their

heart and soul of this team with ryan arcidiacono and daniel. and josh hart a junior and kris jenkins a junior and jaylin bruhnson a freshman and michael bridges is a red shirt freshman, so a fantastic nucleus for this team to build around and assuming jay wright does not move on to greener pastures and continues to coach the wildcats, a great future to look forward to. a lot of people are gathered and the excitement is building and people know the plane has landed and the precipitation is growing as well. we'll bring it live here at 6 abc and 6abc.com. reporting live from villanova stadium, walter perez. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you walter. proud graduates there of villanova, threw see the bus is

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event for the villanova wildcats. jaime apody is live waiting for the buses to arrive. >> i just saw the president of the university and he is here and could not be filled with more pride. the wildcats will come through here gate 9 and up this path to the stage and they will walk past all of these amazing villanova fans, nova nation out in force ready to welcome them home. now, you hear a lot of stories about last night, and people staying up late to watch the game. here is an interesting one. this is lois a long time villanova fan. >> yesterday was a special time for you explain that? >> it was my 74th birthday. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> when i looked at the bracket at the beginning of the tournament and i saw the final was on april 4th, i decided that villanova would make it and give

me a birthday present and they did and what a game. and unbelievable game. >> a birthday present for lois. and look at this right here. mind if i check this out. this is the villanova campus paper and the date is april 12th, 1985. philly welcomes champions. 31 years old this paper is. >> i was class of 89 when we took the tour, they said the campus doesn't usually look like this, there was toilet paper and everything so perspective freshman coming in they gave us this commemorating it saying it could happen again: what a wonderful memento waiting for them to arrive here. we have the best vantage point. we are welcoming the campus home

jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> we continue to monitor the motorcade, coming into campus with a look at the accuweather forecast. >> a little chillier than houston and you know what? it is dry out there. as we look at double scan live radar we see nothing but sunshine today despite the cold wind coming in from the north after starting off at 30 degrees in philadelphia this morning with 20s in the entire suburbs, what was the high temperature today just before 4:00, the normal should be 15 degrees, at 60 degrees, the record 22 set in 1881, presently we are 42 in allentown and 45 in wilmington and millville. temperatures are pretty uniform. it doesn't tell the entire story, we still have the winds out of the northwest having been pretty gusty throughout the day. reading 35 in lancaster, and 38 in millville and 20s up in the

poconos. as we look at satellite and radar, we have the light snow in spots early this morning as it passed from the north to the south, for the majority of the day the sunshine has been in control and the dominant feature and we have high pressure to the northern and west that brought the breeze from the north and that high is going to settle through the region through the night tonight and that relaxes the winds and combination with that clear skies, temperatures are going to tumble here to near records in some locations, 18 in allentown, record breaking in reading. and record tying in atlantic city. at the airport 24 and for the vegetation. 26 in wilmington and if you covered up the plans keep them covered overnight with a freeze warning in effect. that lingers until 9:00 in the morning. we could also deal with freezing

again over the weekend sunday night. a milder afternoon with temperatures up to 54 degrees, then back to the 60s for one day on thursday but it comes along with a half inch to inch of rain with the cold front and a quick thunderstorm, and a second front comes through and that ushers in a weekend chill. the exclusive accuweather forecast. a cold start tomorrow and milder finish, 54 and 61 and rainy here at times on thursday and breezy and cooler for the victory parade down in center city. 53 and drier but the wind can funnel through the center city buildings, so bundle up for that friday afternoon and over the weekend a potent system passes by and drops temperatures to mid-40s for highs saturday and sunday, and saturday rain and yes snow showers around the area especially in the afternoon and evening for those showers. temperatures go into the 20s saturday night. it turns milder as the phillies

have their home opener, and rainy at 66. still another cold shot coming in we have to watch over the weekend. >> thank you so much. >> we want to take you live chopper 6 hd following the two buses from the airport to the main line and the villanova campus, only a 45 minute or so commute. if it's not such heavy traffic, they have a police escort and it could go quicker as they roll along. >> this is how national champions travel and well deserved. we can imagine what type of celebration will erupt when the team certainly arrives on campus, when they arrive on lancaster avenue. last night the celebration and team was not even home yet, we can imagine what it's like when they do hit the stadium. they come in through gate 9 and go on to the football field. it will be aid wild scene and following it for you every step of the way. once again chopper 6 hd is over

the police escorted motorcade, the last team standing arrives home headed now back to campus. >> there are four seniors on the team. what a finish to their high school, college and further basketball careers, this has to be one they will never forget. but the back stories are one we love so much. kris jenkins used to call himself the overweight man from washington, d.c. the chubby kid. when jay wright came to interview nate brit and they said what about kris jenkins and he said if you want to come to villanova, have you to diet and change-up things and kris was excited to do it and willing to do what it took and relearned moves because his body moved deliverly then and the changes that the coach was suggesting made jay wright say get that young man than made all the

difference. >> so many names that touched our heart. ryan arcidiacono, kris jenkins and josh hart just to name a few. seniors and freshman and what a ride it has been looking at the literal ride back to campus. and a right for all of us just to enjoy. i thought it was going into overtime last night after the one shot that page made and then the shot made by kris jenkins i think all of us did a little dance. >> back here live at the stadium they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the team. they last won the championship in 1985, the second largest drought for a team to have that long of a stretch between championships. and jay wright worked with this team and shaped them into this

ensemble team. >> the celebration continues here at 6 abc we are watching it and covering it for you. and jim gardner has more coming up on "action news" at 6:00. for monica malpass i'm rick williams, it's a pleasure to cover villanova's homecoming. for years, i was a laboratory chemist, developing drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scientist, i know there's more that washington can do to help families. i'm running for congress to protect planned parenthood funding so more women get cancer screenings and treatment... to pass a ban on fracking in the delaware river basin to preserve our clean water, and to always protect

medicare and social security. i'm shaughnessy naughton and i approve this message. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. and let us show you the scene as the villanova wildcats landed at philadelphia international airport. their victorious return flight

from houston ended 40 minutes ago and josh hart was carrying the trophy. we'll see that in just a second. that confirms that the wildcats are the best in the land. welcome home villanova. the tri-state area is very proud to see you. >> it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the return of the victors. and chopper 6 hd is now live over the wildcats convoy making its way from the airport to the campus and the airport. as they negotiate i-95 and 476 directly to the villanova campus negotiating the end of rush hour. it will take them a few more minutes. lets go live to a picture inside of villanova stadium where some thousands of students and members of the ban