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Big Five; Little Cache: Villanova Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/21/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

As usual, there is no container at the listed coordinates.

These coordinates will bring you to the home of Villanova basketball, the Pavilion. For more than sixty years, Philadelphia's Big 5 — LaSalle, Pennsylvania, St. Joseph’s, Temple and Villanova — have waged college basketball’s biggest, most envied, unique, and frenetic, intracity rivalry.


The Big 5 was formed in 1955 in order to showcase the rich basketball talent in the city and help pay for the upkeep on the Palestra, where the games historically took place. All schools agreed to split ticket and concessions revenues equally once Penn was paid for upkeep costs on the Palestra. The intense rivalries between the teams and the proximity of the schools and their fans make the Big 5 a unique tradition in college basketball. {from Wikipedia}

Congratulations to the Wildcats for winning the 2015-16 NCAA Championship.

To find the cache, you must answer five questions about the Villanova University men's basketball team. 2014-15 was the most recent year that the Wildcats won the Big 5 Title, going 4-0 (33 - 3 overall).

The cache coordinates are N 40 02.ABC W 075 20.XYZ
A = the number of times that the Wildcats won the NCAA national championship.
BC = the number of points that UCLA scored in the National Championship game in 1971.
X = the number of times that the Wildcats have won the NIT championship.
Y = the number seed that the Wildcats were when they won the NCAA national championship.
Z = the least number of games that the Wildcats have lost during the regular season since 2000-01.

******Puzzle was created prior to the 2015-16 season.******

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Parking may be available nearby and stealth is a must.

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