Pro basketball star Donte DiVincenzo earned his chops on the court first at Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware where he led the team to two consecutive state championships and then, of course, at Villanova University where he was part of two NCAA championship teams (2016 and 2018) and was named NCAA's Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2018. In the 2018 championship game Villanova defeated Michigan, 79–62. In that game, DiVincenzo scored 31 points for Villanova. DiVincenzo was dubbed the "Big Ragu" by a sportscaster following his last-second tip in a game on January 29, 2017, which gave Villanova the win against the University of Virginia.
In 2018 DiVincenzo was selected with the 17th overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks, the second of four Villanova players drafted that year. Since then DiVincenzo has played for the Sacramento Kings, The Golden State Warriors and is now with the New York Knicks.
Donte's parents are John F. DiVincenzo and Kathie DiVincenzo. Donte reportedly inherited his love of basketball from his father, John.
The father and son would watch basketball together religiously as Donte was growing up. Donte's ethnicity is Italian through and through, hence "The Big Ragu," nickname Donte wears like a badge of honor.
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