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Paul Heckingbottom has said he wants to stay as Barnsley manager on a permanent basis after their play-off final victory. Jeremy Roenick Jersey . The Tykes beat Millwall 3-1 at Wembley to secure their place back in the second tier, with goals from Ashley Fletcher, Adam Hammill and Lloyd Isgrove sealing the victory.The Lions replied through childhood Barnsley fan Mark Beevers, but Heckingbottoms men were able to see out the game to round off a stunning turnaround this season. As Barnsley now prepare for life back in the Championship, attention will also turn to the future of Heckingbotham, the former Tyke who has only been in caretaker charge since Lee Johnson departed for Bristol City in February. Highlights of the Sky Bet League One play-off final between Barnsley and Millwall from Wembley Me and the players are exactly the same, we have players whose futures are undecided and were asking them to put that to one side because we have bigger things to focus on so I did exactly the same. Ive told the club well speak after the games and now we can, Heckingbottom told Sky Sports.Everyone in this stadium knows Im a Barnsley fan and a Barnsley lad so people have stopped asking me because its too obvious.Heckingbottom was full of praise for his team and the fans as the Yorkshire club added a second Wembley win to their name after their Johnstones Paint Trophy victory 56 days ago in which Hammill and Fletcher also scored. Barnsley celebrate Sky Bet League One play-off success at Wembley. Right now, I feel proud, excited and really buzzing for the players and fans, the caretaker boss told Sky Sports.The best bit about everything Ive been doing is when I see the players celebrating with the fans like this, I think thats been the biggest kick Ive had so far. Ive been walking around to every single one of them and said Championship player because we havent been hiding from it, we wanted to put it in their minds because thats what they are playing for.This is bigger than the JPT, we know that. The players know that, everyone at the club knows that, the supporters know that so youll see tonight that the party and everything that comes with it will be that much bigger and better.  Adam Hammill, Llyod Isgrove and caretaker head coach Paul Heckingbottom explain what gaining promotion to the Championship means to them The caretaker boss also commented on the contribution of Manchester United loanee Fletcher, and believes he could have been the new starlet in place of Marcus Rashford if events had played out differently.I dont know the pecking order there, but if he wasnt here he could have been making his debut instead of Rashford, he told a post-match press conference. I think he will get better and better. United will have seen his progression and theyll know he has the attributes to get better. 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OMAHA, Neb. -- Contrasting styles of play will be on display Tuesday when ninth-ranked Wisconsin visits No. 22 Creighton in one of the Gavitt Tipoff Games.While the Badgers favor a disciplined, halfcourt type of game, the Bluejays like to get out and run, forcing teams to try to keep up with them in transition.Wisconsins philosophy has worked well, even last season when Greg Gard stepped in as head coach at midseason and led the Badgers to their fifth trip to the Sweet 16 in the past six years.The Badgers return all five starters from that team, including preseason Big Ten player of the year Nigel Hayes. Wisconsin (1-0) blew out Central Arkansas 79-47 in its opener.The Tipoff Games are an annual series between Big Ten and Big East conference teams and are named in honor Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East. This is the second year of an eight-year run for the event that is played during the first full week of the regular season.That level of success Wisconsin has enjoyed this decade is a standard the Bluejays are trying to reach. Creighton has missed the NCAA tournament the past two seasons and has not made it past the second round since 1974 when the Bluejays lost to Kansas in a regional semifinal.Junior guard Maurice Watson said this is the kind of game Creighton has been preparing for, to show this is the season the Bluejays can get past the round of 32.Basically Its just us testing our will and proving that were an elite team, Watson said. That we can hang with the teams that are in the top 10, top 15 in the country. Its about us going out there to prove to ourselves and our fans that we can hang at this level.Freshman center Justin Patton also is confident Creighhton will be able to play a faster pace than Wisconsin prefers and get one of those coveted wins against a top 10 team. Lawson Crouse Jersey. .I just hope that as a team we can keep our composure and execute down the stretch, Patton said. If we just stay to our game plan, it will work out. Probably not early in the game, but late in the second half, things are going to start going our way. Were going to wear them down.Patton and Watson agree with Bluejays coach Greg McDermott that CenturyLink Center, the building that Creighton has turned into a formidable home court, will be the place to be in Omaha Tuesday night.McDermott can see the pros and cons of playing a game of this magnitude so early in the season.I think part of me would like a little more time to get ready for a test like this, McDermott said. On the other side of the coin, when you play good teams, and especially experienced teams, your weaknesses are exposed, so you have a chance to fix them early in the season.To play a team the quality of Wisconsin, with their experience and their veteran leadership, its great for our program and great for our fan base. This place will be rockin tomorrow.Watson is hopeful that the noise levels will rise because things are going Creightons way.They run their offense all the way through, Watson said. Everything moves at pace, theyre calculated. They kind of run through their bigs. They dont want to run like us.All we can do is play our game, and playing our game is going to make a lot of teams uncomfortable.Creighton (1-0) got past UMKC 89-82 in its opener. ' ' '