NEW YORK (AP) – Josh Hart scored 19 points, including the game-winning basket with 9.6 seconds to play and No. 2 Villanova beat Seton Hall 55-53 on Friday night in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
Hart’s three-point play on a rebound was the fifth lead change of the final 4 minutes and there were two ties.
There was almost a third as Seton Hall’s Angel Delgado, the nation’s leading rebounder, missed a shot from in close with 1 second left.
Delgado fell to the court and remained there face down as his teammates tried to console him.
The Wildcats (30-3), the four-time defending regular-season champion, will face the winner of the Creighton-Xavier for the title on Saturday.