Obviously we needed three. “When I saw him trailing, I knew he was getting the ball and would probably knock it down”.
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“I’m going to be happy for him for that, but at the same time this hurt” Britt told USA Today. “He hit a big time shot to win the game”. He’s been doing that his whole career here.
One game and one shot turned out to be the ideal snap shot of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
“He stepped up. That’s what we needed”. “It’s 4.7 – you have a mental clock in your head, you kind of know you get caught watching the ball instead of defending til the end”, Paige said.
Williams: “He turned a broken play into a great play”. The senior’s put-back basket happened after he somehow rebounded his own missed shot out of a pile of players. “You have to have a guy that you trust to make the right decision, not be selfish [or] want to be the star himself”.
They practice the play every day during the “Wildcat Minute”.
Jenkins teased Arcidiacono – later named the Final Four MVP – for not going alone as the seconds ticked down.
But the celebration by UNC fans was premature.
There were 74,340 screaming fans inside the NRG Stadium, but as the seconds ticked down and with a thrilling contest all-square at 74-each, Villanova guard Ryan Arcidiacono heard only one voice: that of Kris Jenkins, calling for the ball. I was trying to be aggressive.
Afterwards, Jenkins insisted he was confident at making the shot.
Right into Wildcats lore forever. “They had to go the length of the court”.
“I had the easy job to catch and shoot”, Jenkins said. And I yelled, ‘Ryan!
Arcidiacono added, “all I heard was, Arch, Arch, Arch”.
The young forward also revealed who taught him how to play – his mom, Felicia Jenkins. The buzzer sounded, but the three-point jumper was flawless. “He got a pretty clean look for whatever reason”. I think coach has confidence in me and my teammates have confidence in me. “Kris was able to knock down that shot”.
Of course, all decorum and professionalism went out the door when the shot went in.
The women’s championship game will take place tonight, with the University of Connecticut Huskies taking on the Syracuse Orange at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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“I mean, all of it. Because if it wasn’t for my family, I wouldn’t have made it”, Kris said.
