at the palestra to raise money for the american cancer society villanova's coach jay wright says this is a sign of how much heart philadelphia sports fans have. >> appropriate for philadelphia. it's a great communities that

i do not the think jay wright should be fired. i do not.rly the best program in town and have been for a while now. i'm in the so sure that means anything anymore. ten years ago being a big program in town meant a lot when we used to send a lot of teams to the ncaa tournament. they were the only one to go. more power to them for being that one to go. but when you lose in game two which makes it that much worse good first number one seed to get kick out. here's the other thing though jay wright he is great at recruiting guys. when they play so tight what did they hit nine of 28 on their three pointers. that mens they weren't playing loose or confidently. >> why did they take another three pointer when they had 13 seconds to go. all they needed was a two to tie it. you have live by the three, you die by the 36789 like the three-point shot. i don't want to get rid of it. i do not like it in the college game. this is heart breaking. guess what now i could careless about the the rest of the tournament. i don't care now. i don't care. >> come on.

we'll hear from head coach jay wright. and a record night for noel.

he played for villanova in college and is friendly with wildcat coach jay wright. the two texted each other before that hand hoping this wouldn't happen. >> i followed villanova. i'm a villanova fan former player. i've woodbridge them the whole year. they're a terrific team and they scare the daylights out of me. >> definitely interesting. we want to do well for him obviously and for each other so hopefully we can play like he deserves with it being his alma mater he wants us to play our best game and put on a good show. he doesn't want us to get our butts kicked. >> reporter: it's spring break so campus is deserted but the few students we did that find are excited about the game. >> a lot of the kids aren't here but i know a lot of my friends and other people i know are going to be watching at home. >> so great to have this opportunity to be a part of that experience. we're all ecstatic. >> reporter: there have been a few scares over the years but no 16th seed has ever beaten a number one seed in the first rounds of a tournament. >> i'm a villanova van every other

. >> o'hanlon and jay wright did not want this match-up they are very good friends, jay wright calls this brutal having to go up against his good friend. >> jeff thank you. >>> temple was left out of ncaa tournament and the owls begin their run in the nit against bucknell tonight. >>> and the flyers in vancouver he scored to goals in the span of 17 seconds in the third period and the flyers lost 4-1 and they visitcal gary tomorrow. finally it's customary for the president to fill out a ncaa tournament bracket and jim would like to see it too. president obama like a local team. >> this i think may be nova's year to get to the finals. >> he has nova in the finals but the only problem is he has kentucky beating the cats in that championship game. good thing he is not seeking re-election around here. >> safe pick. safe pick. >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >>> we are having fun with the forecasts of snow, but it's not that unusual to have snow this time of year. last year we had snow in april and the last measurable snow was may 8th back i

jay wright says it may be the best team he ever coached. check it out. the band on hand, fans of all ables here to see the wildcats off, they are headed to pittsburgh to face lafayette. jay wright loves the support he gets. >> i take grade pride in sharing this with villanova we play in a lot of big games and this is something we get to share with everybody, and i'm proud that we are able to do that. it never gets old. >> reporter: but what does get old is each passing year without a championship. wright hopes that a 30-year wait is long enough and anything short of the final four is a disappointment this year. they are heading out on their journey to hopefully make the final four. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news" back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> there is much more to come on "action news" at noon troubling text messages five women's lacrosse players are accused of making death threats to their teammates. >>> and why a california woman's rent is going up $7,000 a month. and david murphy has a closer look at accuweather. when "action news" continue

. >> we'll hear from coach jay wright in the next half-hour. the top seeds are 116-0 since the field was expanded in 1985. villanova won the national title that year. temple university, david's team did not make the tournament there. number one seeded in the nit. >> reporter: that's nice, storm tracker 6 live double scan not ripping us off with any precipitation. there's no rain out there that's good, as we take a look outside, we have some sunshine coming up over the horizon later on, it's going to be a day that features clouds and sun overall. we're beginning the day kind of cool we're at 36 degrees right now in philadelphia. but don't be too worried about that, because once we get past sunrise, the temperatures are not going swing up in a hurru. in the 30s winds out of the west at 9 miles per hour not all that strong. here comes the clouds on satellite. they are high and thin we'll get sun mixing through. during the day we'll get clouds and sun mix. temperatures will turn around florida hurry. 36 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 47. and 2:00

. >> reporter: but he's optimistic like coach jay wright who spoke about the response of the fans and support even though they lost. >> when we came back to the hotel last night there was hundreds and hundreds of villanova people in there and just cheering for the guys. thanking them. you know? and it was really nice. it was -- you know, i think it makes for a little better but it still hurts these guys are hurting. >> at villanova annie mccormick "channel 6 action news." >> well, perhaps no one better summed up the shock and sadness surrounding villanova early exit than the student who is now become a viralon ♪ >> oh, yeah that there is roxanne shala captured by cameras dutifully playing her piccolo. she was caught up in the emotion moments after the wild cat upset. persevered nonetheless. she later tweeted "villanova wild cat until i die through the smiles and the tears sglts poor roxanne. >> good sport. >> feel for her. >> still to come on "action news" tonight journey into the future. >> self-driving cars making its way across america right now. we'll take you on a test drive. mel

. >> reporter: coach jay wright keeping a positive attitude saying? all the previous years when they had great wins they have taken the accolades but accept they have failed. else just disappointed for the seniors who don't have a chance to play again with villanova. coming up at 1:30, we'll have his reaction plus a little fan who gave all the guys a big smile which they seemed to need after last night's loss. >> i think we all need that smile. >>> other news, philadelphia police have identified the man they say shot a 1-year-old boy after assaulting the boy -- 12-year-old boy after assaulting the boy's mother. it happened in port richmond at 2:30. gentleman meal -- jamile carter salted his ex-girlfriend and the boy woke you mean and came down -- woke up and came down the stress, carter took out a gun and shot the boy in the leg. carter is on the loose. >>> philadelphia police are looking for suspects who left a man in critical condition. the shooting happened at 1:00 a.m. the 22-year-old victim got into an argument at a house fire when a gun was pull

jay wright's squad going home much earlier then expect. it is especially hard for darren hillard and jayvaughn pinkston. hillard had game high 27-point. they made a game in the end but it was not enough. "eyewitness news" was inside the locker room after that game, lets take a look. >> it was tough. these guys have meant so much to me. these guys are my brothers, my everything. >> we felt that we had it. we let it slip away at the end but we battled but they just were the the better team today. >> we all had high expectations. we were able to live up to those expectations throughout the the whole year. we ran into a good team. we are disappointed about we should keep our head high because of how well we have played this year. >> surprisingville 'nova wildcats loss has fans reeling this morning even as the game went on yesterday and north carolina state held that lead, fans they still held out for hope. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside, villanova university with fan reaction, steve good morning. >> reporter: nicole,

we'll hear from villanova coach jay wright next. >>> bad news for cliff lee, he's been placed on the 60-day disabled list with the strained forearm that sidelined him most of last year. doctors are recommending surgery but cliff is holding off for now. they agreed to try rehab for a third time. it hasn't worked the first two times. surgery would end cliff's season so he wants to try it again. thiscy tough blow. cliff wants to pitch this season but he doesn't sound optimistic. >> fairly likely that it will remain the same so you know as we get closer to the threshold of being able to do -- to have the surgery or not, to make it for next year as we get closer to that, i'll have a decision to make. and obviously we'll have a lot more at this point. >> tough to see. the ace cole hamels struggleing. allowed five runs six hits losing 16-4. >>> chip kelly, how can he break the internet this week? he brought in tim tebow for a workout at the novacare complex. the birds reportedly don't have any plans to sign him at this point. they did get a good look at him two years ago when they held a jo

and that's what jay -- coach jay wright makes sure he gets across to his players. >> we've been doinga lot so we kind of understand this is one part of it. you go through this. you enjoy this. and then you get to your sight and then you get down to business. so i think our guys have learned how to compartmental lies this i want to make sure they enjoy this part of it. >> the university of penn hired a new head coach basketball coach today. he is steve donahue. a local guy who at one time was an assistant at penn. went on to become head coach at cornell and boston university where he did a very good job on the both places he replaces jerome allen. the phillies in spring training have had their share of injuries. obviously the biggest cliff lee. today they change things up. what they did for st. patrick's day they wore the green uniform. now this guy won't be wearing a phillies uniform for long in the major leagues because he's terrible. phillipe pee gives up homeruns. he gave up one today. he got help in the field from defense starting short stop is freddie galvis with the good catch p

coach jay wright talks about the challenges of taking on nc state. some other games in action.n upset alert. we'll show i was few t ♪ >>> march madness a basketball player's christmas. iowa state gone. oregon done. a lot of people were cursing and screaming yesterday. in if you had villanova going depth you're good for now. wild cats next opponent is nc state. today coach jay wright talked about tomorrow's big matchup. >> rebounding against them is going to be difficult for us because of what you said what happens with their depth they're bringing fresh bodies in. the way they play, those fresh bodies are athletic and they're going off the glass. so it's going to be really important for us to rebound as a team. >> nc state was seconds away from being sent home lucky bounce arc lucky bucket gets them into the round of 32 to take on nova. it will be a tough go tomorrow for wolf back dealing with the red hot wildcats. >> they find the next shooter pretty well, and they trust that next pass is going to find a good shooter that can make a shot. we have to be aware of that. there's n

folks that have made the drive from the main line here in pittsburgh about an hour and a half ago jay wright and the cast received a wonderful sendoff from the team hotel and the head coach giving high fives to fans and alumni and 32 wins have earned the cats and the number one play. >> i think he gives us confidence to do what we do and our captains they're leading us in a great way. j.p. and, you know darren they've been here and it's the last year and they're pushing for us to be a great team. >> first of all, as our experience a lot of the top guys have two or three years under their belt and i think we all have a great mentality knowing that we can sacrifice for our players and the team and no one is scoring 20 points a game and that's a big part of it too. >> and jay wright told me his team is hitting on all cylinders and we will find out how well villanova is playing and we're taking on lafayette at the consol energy center behind me. >> run inside and he'll have reaction for us at 11:00. for all of you that filled outior brackets less than 1% in the brackets in the country are still

nova had a chance but jay wright's squad is going home much earlier than many predict.eyewitness sports" reporter lesley van arsdall is live for us in pittsburgh tonight. lesley, what happened? >> reporter: natasha i don't think they know at this point. they are in shock. this was as you said a tough loss. they're going home much earlier than they expected. we'll show you the guys coming off the court just dejected after this game. this was supposed to be their year. it's especially hard for the seniors on this team car run hilliard and jason pinkston. hilliard kept the team in this one. he had a game high 27 points. they shot 28% from the field in this heartbreaking 71-68 loss to inform c state. >> it's tough. these guys have done so much for me. these guys are my brothers my everything. >> we felt that we had it. we let it slip away at the end but we battleed. they just were the better team today. >> we all had high expectations. we had them all year. we were able to live up the expectations we ran no a good team. definitely disappointed we should keep our heads high

coach jay wright and his wildcats play north carolina state tomorrow night. there is another full flight of basketball beginning today at noon right here on cbs-3. >> 45:00; time for check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york torque stock exchange, where amazon, you might say are droning on about their new delivery service. >> yes, good morning erika nicole. amazon is one step close egg err to delivering passages by drone. given the a.m. zone the okay to test the drones outdoors, only until the daylight hours though. the drones will be able to fly at altitude up to 400 feet and the operators must have a private pilots license. so this looks like it is to could be happening here. err cape nicole. >> very interesting. scares me little bit, but okay. >> bad news for people though still buying their music on cd's r people still doing this? >> you know there is came as a surprise to me, as well. cd's not a surprise, going the way the mix came. revenue from streaming services like pandora spotify, apple well, they over took sale

villanova head coach jay wright. well, when you saw that one seed pop up had you to feel relief and pride. >> a lot of pride. i was not worried we would be a one seed. but being second, one seed and getting stay in east is honor. and it shows committee thinks highly of us we're humbled and proud. >> then you see the match-up. lafayette, whose coach went to. >> villanova. >> and was one of the all-time great at villanova and probably one of the most be loved players at villanova. villanova fans will be split on this one some of them. i do not like playing against friends and frany is more than a friend he's someone i have great respect for. he does a lot for our program to this day and they're really good. so, not a good match-up. not a good match-up. >> talk about the confidence your group. 15 straight wins, 32-2 best record in school history is the team flying high at the right time. >> we're playing well. sometimes you can get to this point and won games but may not be playing well. we're playing well and we're con

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this is second time jay wright era that the wildcats are a top seed. >>> the wildcats will play lafayettem easton. leopards won the patriot title thursday night. lafayette's head coach fran o'hanlon is villanova grad. we have sadness on north broad street. temple owls will not go to the dance. they finished with 23 wins. wyoming knocked them out. the owls number a one seed in the nit host bucknell on wednesday. >>> you can check out the sports director beasley reece on the radio he'll be coast hosting the 94 wip morning show tuesday and wednesday starting at 5:30 in the morning i'm sure knowing beasley he'll have interesting things to say along with the morning crew and coming up tonight in the zone we have coaches jay wright fran o'hanlon will join me to talk about their matchup on thursday and less bowens will talk about the new look eagles and we'll have that that for in you scuft a few minutes. >> lots to chat about. lesley thank you very much. >> this catch you're going to see may look ordinary but she's anything but ordinary. she just made history. we'll tell you why coming up next

coach jay wright knows lafayette plays a good game but leopard haven't made the tournament since ther 2,000. >> they're exited to play this game. they have played in big arenas before. they know, they have an idea. they have never played in the ncaa before but that will be different. >> we know how dangerous this team can be offensively. we're pretty focused in. >> lafayette comes into tonight's match up of the he can best three-point shooting team in the country it is villanova against lafayette tonight at 6:50 on tbs. >>> play in game dayton flyers give the shirt off his back or should we say his pants, did you see that. jean pierre goes up for the the rebound and his pant come on down. thank goodness, for those stretchy shorts. less than a minute left in the game 56-55. take ton plays providence friday in the other play in game. the robert morris beat north florida. robert morris gets top eated duke. >>> action gets started today on cb. with notre dame at northeastern at 12:15, butler takes on texas at 2:45. later cincinnati at purdue the at 7:10. number one overall kansas at hamp

the head coach at lafayette, he's good friends with jay wright, the villanova coach.s a villanova alum. that relationship is going to make it i think, tough with these guys to face-off against each other tonight. >> reporter: no question about it. i talked to some of the villanova coaches yesterday. they mentioned that jay wright tested the coach from lafayette who was a former villanova basketball standout. just saying hey, listen i know we might be playing each other here as a one and 16 seed. but then they got the seeding and said, okay, it's got to turn out this way. two teams with villanova ties. and the head coach at lafayette. it's going to be a good one tonight. and lafayette's got nothing to lose and that's always a dangerous team in the tournament. >> that's right. thanks very much keith. they can shoot the lights out. keith will bring us live reports all morning long as both teams prepare for tonight's game. and we'll follow the winner as they advance to the next round. >>> it's 5:47. the white house will have royal visitors today. the princess of wales and

association jay wright and these players watching a lot of film. we'll have much more on that coming up later in sports. for now we're live in pittsburgh jeff skversky yaks thaws. >> thank you jeff. >> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> happy friday autumn. >> happy friday to you rick and monica. very slow going out there. of course we have very slick roads on the schuylkill expressway. these are our westbound lanes right at montgomery. we have an accident off to the right shoulder. we're seeing accidents pop you will all over the region right now. you can see taking you 48 minutes to go from the blue route down to the vine eastbound lanes. that's one of our larger delays. over in vineland new jersey 47 at 674 we have another incident to report to you. and new jersey turnpike northbound and southbound we have speeds reduced to 45 miles per hour. on the garden state parkway we also have speeds reduced to 35 miles per hour. the area bridges all have fog so you want to keep reduced speeds there., see we're on the ben franklin bri

you heard jay wright say they are prepared to handle the pressure of the tournament this year and they will begin that tournament on thursday night against lafayette. the coach of the lafayette fran owe hand land a 1907 graduate of villanova university. coaches going back and forth we wish we didn't to have play begins one another but it will be a big game thursday night. >> that is for sure, lafayette verse villanova the the top two seeds, both wildcats right. >> um-hmm. >> kentucky wildcats have have not lost a game all year. can they be upset? >> is there always room for upsets. >> i know, i know. >> that is why we love sports. >> wichita state went in undefeated and they lost to kentucky. >>> we will see what happens go nova. >> that is right. >>> dozens of people come out to protest bans against guns. look at these people why they feel township is over stepping state law, they were at the rally packing. >>> tomorrow may be st. patrick's day but across the the country thousands celebrated this past weekend how boston parade made history this year. >> we have a better parade then th

jay wright's squad is going home much earlier than expect. the especially hard for seniors on this team. darren hillard and jayvaughnville yard. hillard had game high 27 points. they made a game of it in the end but it just was not enough. "eyewitness news" was by the locker room after the game. >> it is tough. these guys, these guys have meant so much to me. the these guys are my brothers my. >> we felt that we had it ape we let it slip away the at the the end but we battled. they just were the the better team today. >> we all have have high expectations as we have had all year. we just ran into a good team. definitely difficulties a appointed but we should keep our head high because of how well we played this whole year. >> good attitude there. fan spirits busted as villanova exits the ncaa tournament earl willer then expect even as the game went on and north carolina state held a lead fans held out hope though. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside villanova university with reaction from the fans. not a great morning fo

jay wright's squad going home much earlier then nova nation expect. it is especially hard for seniors on this team. darren hillard and jayvaughn pinkston. hillard had a game high 27 points. they made a game of it and in the end they did well. it was just not enough. "eyewitness news" was in the locker room after the game. >> it is tough. these guys have meant so much to me. the these guys are my brothers my everything. i felt that we had it. but we let it slip away at the end but we battled. we just were not the the best team today. >> we will all had high expectations. we were able to live up to those expectations whole year. we ran into a good team. we're definitedly disappoint budd we should keep our heads high because of how well we played this year. >> a lot of fans spirit busted as nova exit add lot earlier then expect. even ass game went on and north carolina state held a lead fans held out hope. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside villanova university with reaction from the disappoint ed fans steve. >> reporter: good morn

. >> we'll hear from villanova coach jay wright. the top seeds are is 116-0. >>> temple did not make it. >> i'm sure alicia vitarelli is beside herself for villanova. >> speaking of march madness everybody is bracing for lost activity. hear how much it is this year david. >> reporter: this morning dress the kids in a coat, this afternoon they can ease back on the gear. i'll have a nice afternoon call coming up. >> boston has done it, set its new record since 1872, 108.6 inches of snow has fallen. you have to imagine what was it look back in the 00 when they didn't have any equipment. >> they didn't have cars. >> reporter: no need for snow plows around here, just about everything is meted at this point. we have dry conditions this morning on storm tracker 6 live. as we look outside we're looking at tranquil conditions along the delaware river. it's been on the cold side to start out. there's not a lot of wind and overall we're looking at a nice day. 34 degrees in philadelphia. on the cold side. winds out of the west/southwest at 8 mi

the yesterday coach jay wright talk about a season that came up short. >> we failed, and we don't fearailure. we're not, we failed in one game. but they are not failures. they had a great season. but we have to accept our fate here and we have to own it. >> temple in the second round of the nit tournament trying to prove that they belong in the ncaa tournament. taking on george washington temple started the game with the first nine points. they never trailed. the owls get the w90-77. >>> now to spring training for the second day in a row a phillies pitcher gets rock. handily ramirez with the blast, red sox win, seven-six. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> speaking of villanova the image of the crying pickleo player may be the lasting image from this game. this was all over social media. her name is rocks ann. she will be in studio with us. >> we could not hear her playing so she will play for us. should we make her-- no it must be hard to play when you are creek, right. >> it was hard enough when you are in the crying but she seems really cool. i was talking to her on twit

that is sports in a minute i'm sean bell. >> you just heard from jay wright. the lets get back to the villanova a a lost. image of the crying player following that loss, may be the lasting image from the game. her name is roxanne and she will be in studio. >> we waste no time fining these people. >> when you are in college i mean, you lived for your team. it the hits you on that kind of a a level. >> that is right. >> they have kids that grow up, and other things become more important than crying for a basketball game but i remember these days. >> all right. >>> the sixers in l.a. taking on the lakers. jeremy lynn scored 29 points leading lakers to the 101-87 win over sixers. the the the sixers only had 12 games left in the season. >> do you remember brian williams. >> evening news with brian williams. weeks after suspension from nbc brian williams turns up at a new jersey fundraiser. we will tell you what he turned out to support, straight ahead. and a 12 year-old girl is behind bars for allegedly trying to poison her own mother by slipping bleach into her dr

jay wright and temple coach fran dunphy expressed their emotions last night both on opposite sides of the spectrum. >> number one seed is villanova and wildcats are going the to the east region and they will take on the lafayette leopard. the out of the patriot lead. >> there are advantages to that you play close at home and 16th seed but there is a lot of pressure too. it is something that i think last year we might not have handled the pressure as well. this team all year has handled pressure every where we have gone on the road, every place has been sold out it is everybody's biggest game of the year and they have handled that well. i think they are more comfortable in that position this year. >> you are in a situation where you can only control what you can control and for us if we could have had one more win then we would be dancing but we didn't get it. but it is an agonizing situation wonder what will happen all throughout this day. >> you work so hard all year, we had some runs during the year and in the the to hear your name called it is disappointment. we have better resume

the loss to nc state still springs stings for head coach jay wright. >> we've got to own this., and we don't fear failure. we're not -- we failed in one game you know they are not failures. they had a great season. but we've got to accept our fate here and we've got to own it. you know? and then we'll come back. and we'll start building again. >> nova not the only giant being toppled in the bracket. the two seed virginia knocked out as well. michigan state's travis price with the deep triple. had a game high 23. top seed duke trying to avoid the same fate as nova. their top player not about to let that happen. on the break, the big fellow finishing things off with the right hand. duke onto the sweet 16 as they beat san diego state 68-49. the temple owls, the last team standing in the city. didn't get into the big dance but playing well in the nic. no temples in the tell -- tears in the temple van. bond on the business end of the alley-oop. temple wins 90-77. the only team still playing in the city. even the owls' head coach had his eyes on the villa nova game last night. >>> te

so how does jay wright feel about the president not having villanova cutting down the net?> i wasn't looking as it a negative much he's a pretty smart guy. that's interesting. that's flattering. i know he's a georgetown fan he's seen us a couple times i'm sure. that's cool. i take that as a positive. that he put us in the finals and if we could ever do that and get into the finals against kentucky, let's see what happens. we'll just take that. >> well there's got to be a school in chicago he likes too more on the brackets and who the president took to win the championship. let's go back to iain. iain? >> ahead of the madness tomorrow president barack obama releasing his official bracket. the president has given a lot of love to villanova this year. let's take look at his picks. look at this up in the east bracket the president has got the number one seed villanova advancing past lafayette north carolina state the number four seed louisville then the president got them beating number two seeded virginia cavaliers to make it all the way to the final four. so here's what the p

. >> reporter: jay wright's team is playing its best basketball this season. 33 wins is worthy of lofty praise. >> i haven't seen anybody better than them. maybe as good but not better than them. they have all the pieces. >> that means a lot from franny he played on a lot of teams and all his teams went to the championships in '71. he's actually lived it and played it and been on the floor with those teams. if he says that, it carries a lot of weight. >> reporter: they have won a school record 16 wins in a row and playing very much like a number one speed. neil hartman, comcast sportsnet for nbc10. >>> from our delaware bureau crime, cash and kids take center stage in the wilmington mayor's state of the city address. he laid out his 1$150 million budget plan for 2016. there will be no tax increases and called for increased fundsing to improve schools. the mayor said homicides, shootings, robberies and burglaries are all down since january. last year their murder rate led the news calling it "murder town usa." >> kids and parents came together to talk about suicide prevention for teenage

is better -- the villanova team is better and deeper than the one that got to the big dance by jay wright. coach wright has great respect for the leopards. >> they are very, very well coached. they spread the floor very intelligent. they love playing teams like us, little bit bigger, more at athletic they slice you up. >> wright's brother and sister went to lafayette. as a family they can not lose. >>> the owls are the number one sealed in the nit. temple's fran dunphy won coach of the year in the american athletic conference. >> reporter: i was thinking they were in, better luck next year. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we are looking at no precipitation, as we take a look outside, we have tranquil conditions on the delaware river there, not a lot of wind, so you see how the water isn't rippling all that much. the only issue this morning is the temperature. we are a bit on the cold side. 36 degrees in philadelphia. 33 in wilmington. down to 30 in allentown. 32 in reading. 37-degree reading on the boardwalk in atlantic city and sea isle. winds are not that strong. i don't have anything

we'll hear from head coach jay wright. and a record night for noel. >>> i'm john clark. sixers tonight, the best game of nerlens noel's rookie season. he becomes the youngest player in nba history with at least 20 points ten rebounds five steals, three blocks in a game. nerlens and the sixers all over the knicks. look at this. dunking on them. he steals the show. there it is. one of his steals. then he's running down the floor. and nerlens is going to finish. nerlens with his best game tofrso far. the last rookie to have those stats, shaq. 22 years ago. sixers win 97-81. nerlens is getting more and more confident. >> i think it's just coming along with my confidence and continuing to wanting to be assertive on this team and be the go-to guy and continuing just to progress and dominate infully way possible. >>> villanova is in pittsburgh getting ready for their second game in the tournament against n.c. state tomorrow night at 7:00. if they win, they will be in the sweet 16 for the first time in six years. the win over lafayette, 41 points, the most lopsided game in the t

huge disappointment with team for final four aspirations and march sadness written all over jay wright's face. >> these guys still hurting and they got you know got to -- we all have to own this. you know? we failed and we don't feel fear failure. we failed one game you know? they're not failures. they had a great season. we have to accept our fate here and we have to own it. and then we'll come back. we'll start building again. >> and in the past 30 years only 17 out of 123 top seeds lost. sadly villanova one of them. virginia like wildcats last night could not get things going offensively with michigan state. they shot 30% in the field. to delight of magic johnson who sent the cavaliers home for second year in a row. 60-54 for the first time a decade top two seeds failed to advance to tweet 16. sixers fans here's a guy you may want to root for the rest of the way. okafor had 26 points. freshman big man projected as top pick in nba draft and along with him is chucky the dad. he's git quite the dancer. it would be nice see him bring the moves to the wells fargo center. >> temple is danci

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head coach jay wright talked about grabbing that top stop. >> very proud of the one seed.that's a great honor in college basketball. everybody fights for it. it's prestigious. that's really the most important part. because after that you got to go play food teams. >> they've been the number one seed one other time in their history. they'll tip off thursdays in pittsburgh at 6:50. temple owls will not be heading to the ncaa tournament. students of course they're very disappoint sfwld basically, i just couldn't even handle it. >> i thought we had a good year. we were fourth in our division. i thought it was kind of unfair. >> i don't even know what to say more about it. >> temple plays buck nel at home on wednesday. wisconsin, duke and kentucky. how about kentucky, 34-0. heavy favorite to win the entire tournament. >> yeah, get set for the all wildcat final. we'll see. it's not often you see philadelphia six division one basketball coaches on the same bench. this week they're teaming up for the annual coaches versus cancer tournament. since it began, it has raised more than

nova coach jay wright said they texted today and that's probably the end of today.he family for these two schools. >> my sister went to lafayette. my brother-in-law went to lafayette. we all follow lafayette. all his boys they all follow fran and they are getting their tickets from us but i know they would be going to that same if lafayette was playing somebody else i might have to hit them up with some tickets. >> there's marleds, first quarter evan turner beating his former team with a lay-in. sixers are down 36-18 after one quarter. third quart erker, thomas robinson with the driver and the slam. they are swept 4-0 in the season series for the first time in six years. hey, i'm john clark. we'll be right back. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news. weekdays starting at 4:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. the new apartments-dot-com is bigger. stronger. faster. and bigger. it

jay wright says that is a dangerous team. they need to be careful. it will be a close game. >> we know how dangerous their team can be how explosive they can be offensively. we're pretty close in trying to defend their offensive efficiency. >> villanova is 32-two, one seed for just second time in program history and fresh off their first big east championship in 20 years. did i mention they have won their last 15 games. >> if we go out and play our game we know that not many teams can beat us but when we don't play that game we can be beat by anybody. we have to bring it against lafayette. >> i don't think anyone thinks we're unbeatable. it is march. anything can happen in march. >> reporter: lafayette comes in the tournament the as second best three pointing team in the country but their coach knows they will have to be at their best. >> they will be ready. they are exited to play this game. they have played in big arenas before. they know, they have an idea. they have never played in the ncaa. that will be a little bit different. >> well, lafayette

jay wright and company facing saint john's before the big east tournament. wildcats shook off a slow start. but josh heart's three tied it up at 38. they never looked back from there. danielle led nova with 21 points, nine rebound, five blocks as they fired off a 23-four run to runaway with the game. bill enis with the exclamation point. fourth ranked villanova wins 105-68. twenty-nine-two. they have the the most regular season wins in team history. >> i think we're playing as well as anybody in the country. i really do. i think we can beat anybody in the country. i think we can get beat buy a lot of teams in this country. we just almost got beat by clayton. i just think, we have a really good team but, you know not so good that if we don't play our best, we cannot get beat. >> and they are exciting to watch. are day at temple. will cummings with a hug for his coach and then gave him a parting gift. cummings had 23 points against defending national champ u-conn. owls trailed by five with a game they that had to win to help their chance for dance. jersey morg

. >> reporter: head coach jay wright speaking at coaches verse cancer breakfast monday morning in philadelphia remains focused on game one against 16th seed lafayette. >> these guys can spread you out, shoot three's. >> reporter: road to the national championship starts when team leaves campus tomorrow morning. some fans wouldn't dare travel to pittsburgh with them. >> it is always been unlucky for me to drive away so turf stay home. >> reporter: but support is clear, as nova nation is strong some predicting a showdown with undefeated wildcats. >> wildcats will meet wildcats in the final and do i think we will win. play villanova ball, they got it the. >> reporter: first game thursday night nville know of jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all all you experts out there, it is time to match wits with the cbs-3 staff and others. you can win a $5,000 gift card in the the cbs bracket challenge. so go to cbs philly.com/sports and go ahead and sign up. good luck. >>> might as well sign up maybe win. >> win some cash. >> major pothole repennsylvania pairs to one of the areas busiest roadway

neil hartmann asked jay wright if this team is the best this city has ever seen. >> there's been a lot of great teams in philadelphia man. i don't know if the number of wins determines whether you're the best team or not. you have to see how you do in this tournament. at the end of this tournament, you can have a final evaluation of this team. >> we will see. >>> phillies don brown had an mri on his achilles. they say it's tendinitis. could miss some days, maybe a week. mike calfranco was sent down to the minors. he says he's disappointed. here's a two-run shot off vance wehrli. >>> mason was pulled on thursday night. their relationship is fine the flyers play the oilers tonight, coverage starts at 9:30. >>> the union postponed last night's match against fc dallas at ppl park. you can see why. they'll take the pitch today at 4:00. 51 degrees today instead of snow. enjoy your spring. i'm john clark. >>> the time right now is 5:28. winter weather advisories are sticking around on this first day of spring. nbc 10's jesse gary is checking out the conditions in fairmont park. hey, jesse. >>

villanova's coach jay wright likes his team's expectations. >> you feel it around you but you only worryressure if you don't feel you have what it takes to accomplish the goal, you know, and i feel like we have what it takes. >> this is a fun fact. lafayette is coached by fran o'hanlon. he played for villanova 45 years ago. he was inducted into the school's hall of fame but now he's trying to take down his alma mater. >> all we can say is go cats which covers the wildcats and the leopards. >> yes. >> 4:39 now. and coming up more stories you didn't see last night. dozens of firefighters deal with explosions and a fire that rocked a midwest city. we have the video and word of what caused it. >> apple tv wants to reinvent the way that you watch television. we'll till how in this morning's business report. >>> david oh-murphy. >> thanks tamala, oh-edwards. >> it's going get windier and cooler during the afternoon. i'll have your afternoon call coming up from accuweather as well as the rest of the seven day >> a stretch of city avenue in the city's overbrook neighborhood is getting some tlc p

nova is hoping they will be dancing as a number one seed now, so jay wright, do you deserve one. >> ink we do. i do. i'm not good at picking those seed but winning the big east i think should do it for you. >> we love being here at madison square garden and nova nation, thanks for coming out to the garden nova nation. >> and temple is crossing their fingers lose to go 20th ranked smu doesn't rain on their parade. will cuppings with the basket and foul. temple up by ten. larry brown will like the look at this. marcus kennedy, two of his 17. then door slams shut on temple. team goes down 59-56. hoping for that 23-ten record is good enough for fran dunphy and the selection committee tomorrow. >>> flyers forward rj umberger's miserable season comes to an end today. umberger will have surgery on his right hip and abdominal muscles. but at least today begins detroit, the flyers did not miss a beat without him. first period mark street shoot, only to be deflect by brayden schenn. he gets credit for the the goal. remember this goal remember this, to the second here comes schenn again. on the

now they have to deal with nc state who jay wright says is good enough to get to the final four aftery have beaten duke and north carolina. now they're coming for the cats. let's take a look at villanova coming off the practice floor about two hours ago. they don't expect to walk all over nc state. the cats are watching a ton of tape on the wolf pack right now. they watched last night, again before practice today. this group has never played them, they have to rely on video. we're watching nova last night, their game looks near perfect. cats have a shot now to get to the sweet 16. >> it will mean a lot but i really want to take my team to the final four. so, whatever it takes to get there i'm going have to do it. >> it will be great for these guys. but we'll try to enjoy that if we get there but all we can do right now is concentrate on what do we have to do to beat nc state what physically do we have to do to prepare, what do we have to do mentally to prepare and then if you do it you can talk about the sweet 16. >> after villanova's win last night they went right to work watching th

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jay wright named big five coach of the year. small consolation. about no consolation at all given to what happened to villanova this weekend. the cats should be preparing for the ncaa sweet 16. instead they are wondering what happened. the number one seed was bounced saturday to nc state in the round of 32. this isn't the first time nova has come up short. but for some reason maybe it was the number one seeding. this one hurts more. >> each day, you know, the hurt goes away some, you know. there's just -- you -- you know you got to accept it and you got to move on but there's a part of that you will never accept it, you know. and that's where you got to just, you know, just got to find a way to deal with that and move on. >> last week coach wright told us anything less than a final four appearance would be a disappointment. the players, they echoed their coach's assessment. >> tough because everyone expects us to do well in the tournaments and we did well in the big east but we tried to play well throughout the whole season. i think we did that. w

morning, cheerleaders, fans supporters enemas cot, will the cat all giving a big send off to coach jay wrightnd his team. villanova a enters thursday game as the number one seed in the eastern bracket. >>> well, much quieter send off in easton pa for the the team villanova will be opening up against in this years first round, lafayette college mens basketball team boarded their buses bound for pitberg. the 16th seed leopards have a mighty mountain to climb. sixteen seed has never beaten a number one seed in the history of the ncaa tournament. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" an "eyewitness news" exclusive. >> we need your help. >> "eyewitness news" is combing through records at city a hall trying to figure out who owns this ring. good samaritan found it in the parking lot and want to return to it its rightful owner ahead of what she believes will be his 60th wedding anniversary. we will have that story coming up. >>> we are looking at colder temperatures moving our way and thousands of miles away we are looking at a storm brewing in the southwest that will bring us the threat of snow and