They are due to land in five minutes meantime the action cam is live at Villanova Stadium. Everybody is waiting, the doors open earlier at 3 30 and the stands are now full and nova nation is waiting for their glimpse of the wildcats since they have won the entire championship. All of it. What is next for the team and fans and the city of philadelphia. Sara bloomquist is live at the airport where the team is slated to land any second now. Sara how is it going there . We are watching for the wildcats, they are a little late. We expected them at 4 00 and now we hear 5 05, every plane we see is that it . Is that it . Not yet. They are ready at the airport. Philadelphia police are in position and as we pan around its here on the runway that the plane will taxi out there on the runway and the police will go out to receive them out there. As we see over there way you see the airport fire units they are expected to do some sort of water arch. Im not sure if that is over the plane or the tour buses. But that should be a sight to see. Lets go to a video, a plane carrying University Officials and alums arrived here at the airport and they said the players are right behind. The team is expected to get a Police Escort through philadelphia. And the fans are here to cheer through the fence as they reach the tarmac, on the plane is the president of the university. Father peter donahue, we asked him what it means for villanova to be on a National Stage like this. Its a wonderful opportunity to show the world what villanova, the kind of institution it is and what we can do. I was excited and we were all screaming and my dad set off fireworks outside and woke up the neighborhood. We are next to the book store and for the past two weeks it has been mobbed. Really fun. It has. Are you clearly a fan why be at the airport. See them come home with the trophy baby. We are on the plane watch out here. Every plane we are wondering is that it . The last one was a spirit airline. They are coming in on a chartered flight any time now well of course bring that to you live. Live at Philadelphia International airport im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Could be a couple minutes away, well come back to you momentarily, but back to nova stadium where the home come celebration is proceeding and walter the students started converging 3 00 this afternoon . Reporter rick, they have been here all day long and as you can see with this live look hundreds of people have gathered here at Villanova Stadium for the welcome home celebration, you can see nearly everyone decked out in villanova gear and many folks sleep deprived since last night and they say the same thing the championship is spectacular but what makes it even better is that the members of this team are really good kids with a truly classy head coach, true representatives of the nova family. Nova nation is still a little subdued but still with enough energy to cheer on the cats. Amazing, i have only been here for two years but i feel part of the family of villanova. I have friends and family all over the country and how excited they are for me and the team. You look at the crowd gathering here for the homecoming party. People from all walks of life, people that have cheering on the cats for decades and young ones. David west class of 87 says he got to watch the game at the pavilion with his daughter a freshman at villanova. You heard coach wright and the players talking about, this is a family, you feel like a community here. We have been part this have family for a lot of years and you never forget. All right back out live we hear that the plane carrying the team has landed or is landing soon. Well have it all on 6 abc and 6abc. Com. Reporting live walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you walter. Dann cuellar is live also inside of Villanova Stadium with another vantage point. Let talk to you. Reporter we have front row seats here on the 50 yard line for tonights victory homecoming rally, set to start here at 6 00. That is the latest word im getting and this is nova nation. [ applause ] how are you guys feeling now this is the highlight of my freshman year [ cheers and applause ] did you get any sleep . No, not at all. Not at all. Im surprised you can yell and scream but after all this is nova nation. And we are loud right how does it feel to be a student here after the incredible victory. We have pride in our school and team. And excited to cheer with everybody. Last night was absolutely epic and my voice is basically gone but well keep screaming. [ cheers and applause ] go nova that is just a taste of what well get tonight. Back to you rick and monica. All right thank you dann incredible. I think a lot of those students have not gotten any sleep. They did cancel classes, once they won. Action news Sports Reporter jaime apody is also among the revellers at the campus. You were among the younger fans. Are they still with you. Actually there are so many young kids here i love it. They all say they stayed up all night last night to watch kris jenkins hit that game winning shot. Did you stay up . The whole night. Is that past your bedtime . Yes but it was awesome and i couldnt resist. What was your reaction when the shot went in . The first half at the pavilion that was nuts and by the time i came home i was in tears it was awesome. All of these kids will have a memory to last their entire life. Let me set the scene. If you turn around this way, here is where the villanova buss will come in, this is gate nine of the football stadium. The buses pull up here in the back of the stadium and the players walk down and we have the whole area roped off and people are excited and there is just this nice panel with fans all the way down leading to the stage over there. You can see there is no shortage of enthusiasm over here. We have signs hand made and signs prepinted and more youngsters and Something Interesting over here. We have, and this is the first i have seen of it, jay wrights head. Hello jay wrights head. Hello. This is nicole. What made you bring it here today. Was hoping to get on the news and i did. You can see everything out here. This jay wright seems as excited at last night. Did you see his reaction . He said bang and that is all that needed to be said. What bringses you out here . My dad was in kansas cornerer and we are villanova fans. This is inside information, the caterer of the teams meal, gypsy has the food and they are worried it will be cold. The team is eating grilled chicken and filet mignon and broccoli, brown rice. And fruit. No dessert because this is an occasion for health food. I have this to show you. The official championship shirt for the wildcats and i just got an email that sales for these championship shirts surpassed those for duke last year. So nova out in force buying their gear and celebrating and waiting the teams arrival. Are you excited for the team to come . Lets hear it [ cheers and applause ]. They are pumped up and we are pumped up. Hopefully that plane will land soon and listen to the crowd. We love it. Back to you guys in the studio. Very cool. Thank you jaime. Well anybody that was out and about celebrating the wildcats will have to battle brisk weather work have sun and highs only topping out in the 40s. Cecily tynan live at the big board with a first look at the forecast. Hi rick and monica, you look at these temperatures and think hey its february but no its april. 44 in philadelphia and the same in dover and reading and allentown 42 and cape may 45 degrees, we have enough wind that windchills generally are in the 30s. You really have to dress for winter if you are headed out. And temperatures will really be dropping tonight. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is High Pressure over lake eerie and what this will do is move right over us tonight. That says a few things, first of all it really calms the winds down and this High Pressure over us we will not have clouds up above. And without clouds, any warmth from the sun during the day radiates into the atmosphere and this allows temperatures to drop quickly. Your evening planner tonight at 7 00 Still Holding on at 40 but down to 39 by 8 00 and then by 11 00, 33 degrees and the second night in a row we have a freeze warning in effect for all of the areas where the growing season has started. We are looking at temperatures dropping down near record lows tonight. You will want to protect the plants and ill talk specifically how cold it will get in the full accuweather forecast. We are keeping an eye on the airport where the plane could arrive any moment now, we are not sure the route the motorcade will take to the stadium but lets get a check of the traffic situation out there. Matt pellman is here. They will have a lot of people to greet them on 95 southbound. Afternoon volume and sun glare past the airport to ridley park to the blue route and get on the northbound side of 76 and the villanova interchange, the other way on 95 this is the northbound side a sluggish pace from the state line on up to 320, because there is an accident at 320. The accident is in the left lane. Extra slowing on 95 northbound as you head to the blue route, especially with the bus on the move in the next little while i would avoid 95 through delaware county. In delaware 422 at faulk road a crash taking out two lanes and mantua a crash at ogden station road. Well check it again and the bus will probably be on the move in the next half hour. Lets check out chopper 6 hd live at Philadelphia International airport we believe this is the plane carrying the National Champs villanova wildcats, they are turning obviously taxiing closer to the airport, they are at the private air field. Well keep an eye on it just in case, we are told they are just landed wheels down in philadelphia. Welcome home guys. Cant wait to see and a number of buses are on the tarmac waiting to wisk them to wham kam puss and well follow it every step of the way. Three seconds to go across the timeline, jenkins with three. He made it. Catted win it all cats win it all that was ryan calling on 610 a. M. The fan. Sharing enthusiasm around the country. Let look from sky 6 hd from Philadelphia International airport, that is the plane that has the players on it and coach, jay wright we expect him to get off of it any moment now and board buses to take them to campus, the plane has landed. We talk about the thousands of people waiting on the campus of the football field. Here is another touch down, they move the ladder closer to the plane, all the players will come off in a moment and the homecoming celebration will get underway and last for about four days, because as we have been telling you friday is a victory parade in center city philadelphia. This is just the beginning of four days of celebrating villanovas National Championship. And many people may not realize what makes this a special day not just the win but this team ignored many circumstances the odds and history that favored unc chapel hill as a powerhouse team. And villanova has a Strong Program too, but nonetheless they were able to beat a team that has historically gone to the championship and one again and again and again. We are so proud of them and we are about to see the faces everyone has fallen in love with. All of these young men. And their coach jay wright leading them through a difficult game back and forth and they were able to stay tough after a tie game and in fact it was not a tie into overtime but a buzzer beater, people describe this as an iconic shot we watch for decades. A moment in time of kris jenkins that won the game at the buzzer, 7774 over North Carolina. What a run this team had, they last lost the big east title game about three or four weeks ago and then Won Every Game pretty much handily, and they were tested by kansas in the elite game. But they won an average of 21 points per game and shot an incredible 58. 2 . Now we start to see some of the basketball staff and soon well see jay wright and the players exit the plane. Can you imagine what it must have been like on this plane jubilation and maybe some exhaustion. I am guessing they slept on the plane because there is no chance they slept last night. I heard an interview one player post game about a seton hall loss what it crystallized what they had to do to take it to the top. And jay wright was able to take the loss and hurt feelings it was causing for them. We have to have discipline and focus and stick to it, and small increments get better and win and it appears to work. They made critical mistakes and it cost them the big east title and what would have been a number one seed. They ended up as the number two seed in a tough region with number one overall kansas but it works out for the best. There is the coach now and his wife and children. There is v sign the villanova victory. Why not. The First National championship for him after a decade is so deserving. Many of them wearing the championship caps they got after the game and i did read another quote that Ryan Arcidiacono said he heard one voice over the 75,000 other people cheering in the last few seconds, Chris Jenkins yelling arch, arch, im open. He could have thrown the final shot if he wanted to but decided with such maturity to hand it to a guy that was more open and had a better chance. Didnt he make the right call. Jay wright says that is the play they practice every day in practice. With ryan shooting or if ryan is not open he will pass to someone. But kris jenkins is his last option. Jenkins threw the ball in and beat his man down the court and was left wide open for the final shot. Well take a minute to check out again the video to the right of your screen. And there is the water cannon that sara bloomquist mentioned as the plane arrived they were greeted in a celebratory fashion. The way to welcome in a National Champion back home into the delaware valley. And they get a Police Escort to the villanova campus, an incredible evening and morning for them and they are so poised and humble. And that is what touches me so much. That they can get this far and have such incredible focus and kindness about it and give unc kudos as well. And say what a great team they were. A very Respectful Team and a good group of young men. You see the players come out and little pieces of the net tied to their net and one had what appeared to be a whole net around his neck. They get to cut down the necks and that is a piece of souvenir they have for a lifetime. This is Philadelphia International airport a moment that the team has been preparing months for and seniors preparing four years for and maybe longer and jay wright for more than a decade and its crystallizing here and we are excited to watch this unfold. Well stay with this as our coverage continues the villanova homecoming. Well be right back. Thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer shady brook farms®. No growthpromoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. When it comes to the fithings you love,. You want more. Love romance . Get lost in every embrace. Into sports . Follow every pitch, every play and every win. Change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. The villanova wildcats are the toast of the town. After a nail biting win in houston, texas. This is daily news dubbing the team thrillanova. They are on the cover of the Sports Illustrated this week as well with the headline super nova, and shows kris jenkins perfect three point shot leaving his fingertips and how they rebounded from an early tournament loss last year and that hits news stands tomorrow. We are live on the grown at Philadelphia International airport where you see more of the team deplaning and they are waiting to board two buses on the left hand side of your screen. They look tired and exhaust s and thrilled. It has been a journey both symbolically and literally as this plane arrives. Beating such very good teams like miami and kansas and oklahoma and of course North Carolina last night. It has been such my bracket they went haywire. But this is so much better because it was in many ways unpredictable but a pleasure to watch. They beat two very good seeds in this tournament. Kansas being the overall number one and unc last night 7774. In the final four this team shot 64. 9 down in the two games down in houston. This is phenomenal. You get hot at the right time, anybody can win, they were hot store six straight games and you can say for most of the season. This team was 195, and a couple of losses earlier to virginia and oklahoma and lost to xavier, but they get to the tournament, got to win six games and win all six. Well hear about that in just a moment. The coverage of wildcats coverage continues. Well be back in a moment. We saw jay wright getting off ain few players, many are still deplaning and a few students were on board as well. How would you like to be one of those students . And a picture live as well on the ground. Folks that want to welcome them back. The families are supervisor atlantic and just a moment ago they took the championship trophy off the plane as well. And that was a special moment. Those are the buses. There is the trophy. Right there. So excited and players are still wearing their championship nes. S going out champions and hart will have to decide whether to stay in school or not. But they have little pieces of the net. What is incredible to me, this is the first team to win a National Championship without first round picks since 1987 and jay wright changed his philosophy and picked players that were not necessarily super stars but build it. Its an ensemble cast. They have many stars not just one super star. Lets go live to chad pradelli. They are at the airport and getting on the buses and suspect they are heading towards you in a few moments from now. Are you talking about last night before, and basically they had a heavy police presence. 220 officers in all. And they said that villanova students should be proud and only a few minor incidents