Also at the reception was 1985 Villanova national champion Brian Harrington, who was there when Kevin Keane dropped this doozy in front of Wright: I think my daughter has Kris Jenkins’ national championship ring.
The ring was recovered somewhere in the bar by a patron who presumed it belonged to someone important — a big clue, the oversized V in the middle of “national champions” on top of the ring and “Jenkins” on the side.
For a variety of reasons, the return process dragged to November 2024 when Harrington and fellow ’85 Wildcat Chuck Everson returned the ring to Jenkins ahead of his duties when the novice color analyst called a St. John’s game for FS2.
At the very least, the next time he’s in the French Quarter, the former Villanova star who sunk a March Madness buzzer-beating 3-pointer to win a national title needs to keep his championship ring more secure on his finger.
One of them was Jenkins, whose name is forever etched alongside Keith Smart, Lorenzo Charles, Christian Laettner and everyone else who ever made a late game winner to win a big one in March Madness.
