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Commending the University of Virginia men’s basketball team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Bas-ketball Championship.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. W
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(for himself and Mr. K
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) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
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RESOLUTION
Commending the University of Virginia men’s basketball team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Whereas on Monday, April 8, 2019, the University of Vir-ginia men’s basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Virginia Cavaliers’’) won the 2019 National Col-legiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) Division I Men’s Basketball Champion-ship by defeating the Texas Tech Red Raiders by a score of 85–77 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Min-nesota; Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers made history by winning the first National Championship in men’s basketball for the University of Virginia;
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Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers were regular season co-cham-pions of the Atlantic Coast Conference (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘ACC’’), marking the fourth time the team has won this title in the past 6 seasons; Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers finished the 2018–2019 sea-son with a record of 35–3 and as the top-ranked scoring defense in the country, holding opponents to just 55.5 points per game; Whereas Tony Bennett, the head coach of the Virginia Cava-liers, has, along with his staff, established a program built on ‘‘The Five Pillars’’ — Humility, Passion, Unity, Servanthood, and Thankfulness; Whereas Coach Bennett has, in his 10 seasons at the Univer-sity of Virginia, been named National Coach of the Year 3 times, placing him second all-time behind legendary coach John Wooden; Whereas for the second consecutive season, Coach Bennett was named ACC Coach of the Year; Whereas De’Andre Hunter and Kyle Guy received All-ACC First Team honors for the 2018–2019 season; Whereas Ty Jerome received All-ACC Second Team honors for the 2018–2019 season; Whereas De’Andre Hunter was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the ACC All-Defensive Team; Whereas to advance to the Final Four, true freshman Kihei Clark executed a precision half-court pass to teammate Mamadi Diakite, setting up his buzzer-beating tying bas-ket;
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Whereas the pass from Clark to Diakite was termed ‘‘the play of the century’’ by teammate Ty Jerome; Whereas De’Andre Hunter finished the championship game with 27 points and 9 rebounds in 44 minutes; Whereas Kyle Guy finished the championship game with 24 points and a 53.3 field goal percentage in 45 minutes; Whereas De’Andre Hunter, Kyle Guy, and Ty Jerome — all part of the Virginia Cavaliers’ 2016 recruiting class — scored 67 of Virginia’s 85 points in the championship game; Whereas Kyle Guy was 11-for-11 in his final free throws of the tournament; Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers made all 12 of their free throws during overtime of the championship game; Whereas the entire Virginia Cavaliers team will forever be re-membered for their resilience in overcoming defeat in the 2018 NCAA Tournament by winning the national cham-pionship just 1 year later; Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers represented the Common- wealth of Virginia with remarkable class, sportsmanship, dedication, and teamwork; and Whereas the Virginia Cavaliers brought pride to the Com-monwealth of Virginia, the City of Charlottesville, and the greater University of Virginia community: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved,
That the Senate—
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(1) congratulates and honors the University of
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Virginia men’s basketball team for their performance
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