j. wright loved it. i think the players loved the send off, as well, and they are head today louisville to play in their biggest game, since 2009. if you recall back then, made it to the final four. j. wright talked about winning this second weekend of games, fan they can do that they'll see themselves back in the final four, and i think philadelphia and villanova is hoping for that. live from the villanova campus, pat gallen, cbs-3, "eyewitness eyewitness sports, guys, back to you. >> pat, thank you. and our leslie van arsdale is heading to louisville with the wildcats, leslie, will bring us live reports on the road to the final four. starting tomorrow, on "eyewitness news". >>> and toed, you can change the luck after child. >> annual ronald mc charity telethon, such great day so far. phone lines open right now, you can call 844-977-cbs3 to help make a donation, and really make a difference in the life after very special child and their family. hey, there is the breakfast club, coming back we'll have so

j. wright write talks about it next in sports. >>> st.ing off one of the best games you'll ever watch in the ncaa tournament, but now they'll have an even tougher game against oregon. the one seed in the west, a team a lot of people slept on, but could phil martelli think oregon is a team that can actually be in the final four? >> they are deserving of number one seed. i did not know i will admit i did not know that they were number five in the country in the final polls, but they deserve that. they are team you can see in houston in two weeks. >> unlike st. joe's everyone expected villanova to be in this position. nothing mattered in the regular season, the only thing people wanted to see was nova making it past the second round. last year, they did knocked out of the tournament until the round of 32, a problem j. wright has heard about all year long. it is the job of the media to ask that question. it is their job. we can't answer, and if we answer, we're idiots. because we might not even get -- we not get to the tournament, might not g

j. wright, this is j. wright suit? upset. >> j. wright suit? > here is me boxing you out right now. >> another one for the rebounds. >> sorry, i love you j. >> it is thursday, march 17th, saint patrick's day 2016. 8:00 in the morning. >> what? >> are you kidding me? >>> family first, major league slugger quit the game after personal request from his bosses. why they asked him to dial back the time he spends with his son. >>> to miracles from heaven, the stars are shining on good day. we hang with jeff daniels, and bishop td jake this morning. >> a local lord of the dance. >> ♪ >> wide us at the st. patrick day parade. michael flatly, now, luke, and the emerald academy of irish dance are here to perform live on good day. >> age eight! i want to hit him. >> reminder everyone fell in love with him at the st. patrick day parade. well, there is going to be re-broadcast of it at noon today. but make sure to check it outright around lunchtime, do that in the break room. >> parade, all i remember from the parade is alex with her 47 circumference foot um

j. wright.d coach of the villanova wildcats. >> about as good as it get. >> best costume is awarded to the organization, that stands out most, due to their vibrant colors and beautiful designs. the winner of this year's gallens award for best costume goes to the philadelphia 76ers. excepting this year's award on behalf of the team, sixers dancers, gamelan jessica. hi, ladies. >> high! >> here you go. here is your gallens award for 2016. >> thank, pat. >> your welcome. >> our next award is for best score. tan goes to the athlete that makes it look easy on the field court or ice. a young talent that scores with more grace and finesse, than the rest. and this year the gallens for best score goes to shane, the philadelphia flyers. he has scored four over time game winners for the flyers this year. >> the fun thing out there. >> and the final gallens of the year goes to someone in a lead role, plays beyond day in, day off, oftentimes i am moveable only. this year's best, fletcher cox of the philadelp

j. wright and company taking care of business at the barclay center in brooklyn. the wildcats ways nod time going after the hawk ice. they shot 60% from the field, and showed that off opportunistic defense, never let iowa get in the game. nova cruises here, yes, clear lead, 87 to 68. the team is feeling good, and it showed in the lockerroom after the big win. >> our five seniors ... >> the wildcats have not made it this far in the tournament since 2009 and the fans are pumped up. they gathered to watch history unfold, and they're hoping to have great story to tell for many years to come. >> i hear 198 a being the greatest year ever, hopefully 2016 could be our year man. that would be awesome. >> our history is our history, like you can't ignore that fact. put an elephant in the room. but ultimately i think we made a statement today. >> another watch party set for this thursday when they play the miami hurricanes, you can see that game right here on cbs-3, game time thursday night at 7:00 live from louisville. >> right now it is 5:36. and in business news this morn

j. wright. but he is giving the credit to the players. >> they're hungry to advance. they're hungry to prepare. it is all coming from them. and it is really, that's when you are a good team. when the players take over responsibility, for all of your core values, you are a good team. and it is daniel and arch the seniors, but everyone else buying in. and we're definitely playing our best basketball right now. >> meantime, villanova fans across the region are celebrating the big win, oh, so pumped. some students and alumni cheered on wild katz at kelly's taproom near nova campus. some fans so excited they say they're making last minute decision to head to the elite game on saturday. >> villanova class of 2,000, i've been waiting a long time for. >> this and it is awesome, baby. >> we're going to louisville tomorrow. we're real excited. >> this is villanova's first sweet 16 appearance since making it to the final four in 2009. >> and now the focus turns to philadelphia. notre dame got some practice time at the wells fargo center. they take on wisconsin this evening. unc

j. wright office need 25 last minute. we were able to accommodate him.stories, also the jerseys, danny, we have present any stock of, plenty of sizes, so if you need a jersey for saturday, better stop down and get one real quick. and. >> how about are people buying basketball shirts as well. >> yes, short, only few pairs left, we do have plenty of other shorts though if you're looking for youth jersey, and youth short, we do have those in stock. plenty of glows so what i want you to do, because i know you won't get any sleep, you have been doing 14-hour days here at the book store. open 8:00 a.m., to 7:00 p.m. saturday 9:00 a.m. to five, and sunday 11 to four. >> this hat right here, feels pretty comfortable, pretty cool. what's this retailing? >> had a has $32. >> we can do that. we can do that, i'll just take it out of your budget here. you have so much stuff. so you can come here, you can get looks like something j. wright would wear. >> yes. >> this looks pretty stylish. >> yep. >> okay? >> pretty trendy. >> okay. >> guys, next we will do a fashion s

j. wright really knows it. >> it is the job of the media to ask that question. it is their job. we, we're idiot, we might not get to the tournament, might not get past the first rounds, i'm happy how they handled everything to get to this point, now, everyone will have to go, we have to go do it, bottom line, if we don't do it there is failure, but nothing failure in sport. >> isiah miles, hits three right there, to put joe up by two. then, since he races it back down court, ellis finds himself wide open for the dunk. tide game. wait just one minute. the official review is no good. ellis didn't get it out of his hands in the time the basket waived after st. joe's loses the game, phil martelli talks about unbelievable inning to last night's match up. >> i wish it had ended with isiah making a three and us getting a stop. but at least from what i can say it was the right call. >> yale trying to upset duke, but devils just too much early. on the fast break, grace allen with the dump. the blue devils once up by 27, yale, tied the game, too late, brandon ingram with the tray ball rig

j. wright, men's coach at villanova, talk to people like vince papal i. >> good catch. >> all of the philadelphia teams. and -- >> and the hawk, the out. >> in college they look for the true athlete versus the skill player. because remember once you get to college to all changes up again. so if you are a true at let they might put you in a different role within that sport. if only the three pointer and they already got three pointer? >> that's true. but in a sport like golf, such a skill sport, baseball, you kind of need to hone that year around. >> we've seen them, moving them from first base to shortstop. a a little bit. >> why. >> listen i played a lot of different sports when was younger, and we see how that turned out. i have learned my height, glow if we could all be michael jordan. >> bo. >> he was great basketball player. >> he tried. >> he made the team. >> we will talk oj now. episode six, remember there is ten, episode six, people versus oj simpson, all about the trial evidence a lot of people waiting tore this moment to talk about the glove. nothing more important than the infamous bl

j. wright lets the players know it gets tough fresh here. >> we tell them, you know, you will have butterflies. thankfully we play in some other big games during the year. nothing matches this. but we just say, just go with it, man, enjoy it. >> and the eagles sign another free agent yesterday, wide receiver chris gibbons played last year with baltimore, teammate sam bradford, st. louis, gibbons gets one year deal. that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> handful every games left, so close, we need the luck of the irish with the flyers, the rest of the season. >> didn't we get two-point though for a win we just had? >> we're headed to detroit now. who saw this coming? if a month ago you said flyers would be where they are today you would be shocked, and they took on in their -- on their home ice, the best team in hockey last year. the chicago blackhawks, and beat them. >> they got the cut. this is great. so we wish you the best, seriously. >> excited. >> all teams in march madness right now, that's all we have when it comes to sports. >> correct. >> 6:27. coming up: what governor john k

j. wright lets the players know it get tough fresh here. >> you'll get butterflies, you'll be fired up. thankfully we play in other big games during the year. nothing matches this. but we just go with it, man, enjoy it. >> and the eagles signed another free agent yesterday, wide receiver chris gibbons played last year with baltimore, teammate with sam bradford in st. louis. gibbons against a one year deal. that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> and 80s classic comes to life. one of the high-tech predictions from back to the future about to hit the market now. sesame street live let's dance it's sesame street live like you've never experienced it before leeeeeeet's dance! sesame street live let's dance playing liacouras center april 14th through 17th tickets on sale now! >>> breaking from overnight, shooting ends in a crash and a teenager is now in custody. plus, a major break through in the fight for medical marijuana in pennsylvania. what lawmakers finally agreed on that some say could help countless families. >> and the reason philadelphia school district is looking to hire a

j. wright gave the players one big message. >> have no fear in losing as well as we go and try to play villanova basketball for 40 minutes, then whatever the end result is we will be satisfied with it. worse case scenario, we can handle this, so let's move on, let's just play basketball. let's not play, you know, get out the second rounds. >> if we didn't get to the sweet 16, we already did that before, now it is a different challenge, i think, getting it out of our mind, just focus on playing villanova basketball, keep it 50 feet. >> i like the confidence, nova tips off with the hurricanes tonight at 7:10. if they win, they will advance to the elite eight and take on the winner of the kansas and maryland match up. that game would be on saturday night. sue serio, so, hoping for big win to continue to cheer for the local team. >> fingers crossed, yes, always fun to have somebody local to cheer for. but what i'm trying to figure out, is this a hollow bunny or solid chocolate bunny watch are your guesses in. >> hollow. >> i wish i could take a bite and find out. hollow or solid, it is coming if you

j. wright and the wildcats taking on iowa who knocked the temple owls out of the tonment last we are. to early lead and just never look back. they shot well over 50% and kept the hawk ice off balance with swarming defense, iowa was never really in the game. nova advances with 87 to 68 win wildcats celebrated to the next rounds >> we got ... >> our five seniors, our five seniors. >> villanova student on the edge of their seats, hoping their team would make it to the next round. our team, the timo brit rated iowa giving them a chance for championship. >> i hear a lot of the alumni being the greatest year ever, but hopefully 2016 could be our year man, that would be awesome. >> our history is our history, you can't ignore that fact. an elephant in the room. but ultimately we made a statement today. >> another watch party set for this thursday against the miami hurricanes. you can see that game right here on cbs-3. game time, thursday night at 7:00 live from louisville. >> right now 6:36. and, to the campaign trail. want to tell but that voters go to the polls tomorrow for both republican

j. wright says nova is playing its best basketball right now. last night sweet 16 against tough miami hurricanes team, nova just could not miss here. the wildcats had a 15-point lead after chris jenkins hit that three. jenkins, senior guard ryan, had 93-pointers between them. both had 21-point on the night. cat popped the kings 92 to 69. how about that? wildcats say it is a team effort. >> just reading the defense, not trying to have one person go o we red the defense today. we made plays for each other. >> guys stepping up on defensive end, getting the turnovers, transition, making ground little more on defense was definitely big for us. >> and we're definitely playing our best basketball right now. you know, we haven't played this well in any game this season. and that's your goal. >> meantime, in our region, villanova fans are celebrating after the big win. some student and alumni who couldn't make it to louisville cheered on the wildcats near villanova campus. they say they're so excited making last minute to decision to head to the elite ei

j hawks were the top over saul seed in the entire march madness tournament. coach jay wrights it won't get any easier but he likes his wildcat. >> we're both very, very bald. i think he'll get get a lot of attention, he's a superstar. the other guy is real good like our guys. >> gears flying off the ranks, villanova book store student on spring break, they're back in class today, the book store opens at 8:00 a.m. >> now police on the main line planning ahead for possible villanova win. >> make sure that fire and medical crews can get to cam pulls. despite the detail planning, officials say keeping the celebrations safe depend on how fans behave. >> being respectful to the university's property, and we do have high expectations for our student, expect they'll do that. >> officials are going back, reviewing records from 2009 when crowds gather to celebrate villanova last appearance in the final four. >> live report from the final four in houston starting thursday. here on cbs-3, she has been following all over town, all over country with all every these great wins. >> she racki