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The best scenes from Villanova’s national championship celebration

Pole climbing, a fire, and NO poop eating.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Philly got its second celebration in three months after Villanova won the national championship Monday night. Naturally there was some pole climbing.

And yes, there was a fire. Fans set one in the street and fueled it with tree branches — before taking turns jumping over it.

That said, for the most part things were very peaceful. On campus students gathered and partied, but nothing got out of control.

And there were fireworks, because why not ...

Nobody ate any horse poop, and there were just two arrests — but nothing serious. Consider this a successful celebration.

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