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NCAA Men's Basketball · Reliant Stadium

VILLWildcats

Villanova Wildcats35-5

77–74

Final

Final

UNCTar Heels

North Carolina Tar Heels33-7

VILL & UNC Highlights

2:24Williams: 'This is one of the most miraculous tournament games I've ever seen'ESPN · 3874d ago ↗
1:58UNC fans upset after title lossESPN · 3874d ago ↗
0:46Calhoun breaks down Villanova's game winnerESPN · 3874d ago ↗

Live Fans Plays Box Score Team Stats Videos

All Scoring VILL UNC

Play-by-play

2nd Half
+3 Points
74–74
0:06 · 2nd Half
Marcus Paige made Three Point Jumper.
PersonalFoul
72–71
0:13 · 2nd Half
Foul on Brice Johnson.
+2 Points
72–71
0:23 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Layup.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

72–69

0:28 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

72–69

0:28 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Layup.

UNC

PersonalFoul

70–69

0:35 · 2nd Half

Foul on Isaiah Hicks.

UNC

+2 Points

70–69

1:07 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.

UNC

ShortTimeOut

70–67

1:30 · 2nd Half

North Carolina Timeout

UNC

+3 Points

70–67

1:35 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brice Johnson.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

70–64

1:39 · 2nd Half

North Carolina Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

70–64

1:39 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Layup.

UNC

PersonalFoul

69–64

1:52 · 2nd Half

Foul on Justin Jackson.

UNC

JumpShot

69–64

2:14 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II missed Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

69–64

2:20 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

PersonalFoul

69–64

2:20 · 2nd Half

Foul on Isaiah Hicks.

UNC

MadeFreeThrow

69–64

2:44 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson missed Free Throw.

UNC

Dead Ball Rebound

69–64

2:44 · 2nd Half

North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.

UNC

MadeFreeThrow

69–64

2:44 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson missed Free Throw.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

69–64

2:48 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

69–64

2:48 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Jumper.

UNC

+3 Points

67–64

3:44 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

67–61

3:52 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Block Shot

67–61

3:52 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson Block.

UNC

ShortTimeOut

67–61

4:11 · 2nd Half

North Carolina Timeout

UNC

+2 Points

67–61

4:13 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson made Layup.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

67–59

4:15 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

67–59

4:15 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks missed Layup.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

67–59

4:24 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Block Shot

67–59

4:24 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Block.

UNC

+1 Point

67–59

4:42 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II made Free Throw.

UNC

+1 Point

67–58

4:42 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II made Free Throw.

UNC

Steal

67–57

4:43 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Steal.

UNC

JumpShot

67–57

5:11 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson missed Jumper.

UNC

PersonalFoul

65–57

5:29 · 2nd Half

Foul on Justin Jackson.

UNC

JumpShot

65–57

5:33 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II missed Jumper.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

65–57

5:48 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

65–57

5:48 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Layup.

UNC

PersonalFoul

63–57

5:58 · 2nd Half

Foul on Theo Pinson.

UNC

JumpShot

63–57

6:00 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Jumper.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

60–57

6:36 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

+1 Point

60–57

7:02 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks made Free Throw.

UNC

+1 Point

60–56

7:02 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks made Free Throw.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

60–55

7:07 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

60–55

7:07 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Layup.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

60–55

7:07 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

60–55

7:07 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

60–55

7:18 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Defensive Rebound.

UNC

+2 Points

60–55

7:40 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Layup.

UNC

+3 Points

57–53

8:28 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.

UNC

+1 Point

55–50

8:51 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Free Throw.

UNC

+1 Point

55–49

8:51 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Free Throw.

UNC

+2 Points

53–48

9:32 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks made Layup.

UNC

JumpShot

51–46

10:10 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson missed Jumper.

UNC

LayUpShot

49–46

10:52 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II missed Layup.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

49–46

11:00 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Block Shot

49–46

11:00 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson Block.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

49–46

11:13 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Turnover.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

49–46

11:20 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

TipShot

49–46

11:20 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Two Point Tip Shot.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

49–46

11:20 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

49–46

11:20 · 2nd Half

Nate Britt missed Jumper.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

49–46

11:28 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

49–46

11:28 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Jumper.

UNC

Steal

49–46

12:00 · 2nd Half

Isaiah Hicks Steal.

UNC

PersonalFoul

49–46

12:00 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kennedy Meeks.

UNC

PersonalFoul

49–46

12:24 · 2nd Half

Foul on Marcus Paige.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

49–46

12:30 · 2nd Half

Nate Britt missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

+2 Points

46–46

13:18 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige made Layup.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

44–44

13:42 · 2nd Half

Nate Britt Turnover.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

44–44

13:44 · 2nd Half

Nate Britt Offensive Rebound.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

44–44

13:44 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

42–44

14:16 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II Turnover.

UNC

PersonalFoul

42–44

14:16 · 2nd Half

Foul on Joel Berry II.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

42–44

14:40 · 2nd Half

Marcus Paige Defensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

42–44

15:01 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II missed Jumper.

UNC

+1 Point

40–44

15:40 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson made Free Throw.

UNC

Dead Ball Rebound

40–43

15:40 · 2nd Half

North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.

UNC

MadeFreeThrow

40–43

15:40 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson missed Free Throw.

UNC

PersonalFoul

38–43

16:13 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kennedy Meeks.

UNC

LayUpShot

38–43

16:17 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Layup.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

38–43

16:35 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

+2 Points

38–43

16:59 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

PersonalFoul

37–41

17:15 · 2nd Half

Foul on Joel Berry II.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

37–41

17:29 · 2nd Half

Kennedy Meeks Turnover.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

37–41

17:48 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

37–41

18:19 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

37–41

18:27 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

PersonalFoul

37–41

18:37 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kennedy Meeks.

UNC

JumpShot

37–41

18:42 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson missed Jumper.

UNC

+2 Points

34–41

19:19 · 2nd Half

Brice Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

34–39

19:29 · 2nd Half

Justin Jackson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

34–39

19:44 · 2nd Half

Joel Berry II Turnover.

UNC

Jumpball

34–39

20:00 · 2nd Half

Jump Ball won by North Carolina

1st Half

UNC

LayUpShot

32–39

0:10 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson missed Layup.

UNC

Steal

32–39

0:14 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks Steal.

UNC

+3 Points

32–39

0:40 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Theo Pinson.

UNC

+2 Points

32–36

1:09 · 1st Half

Nate Britt made Jumper.

UNC

+2 Points

30–34

1:58 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Layup.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

30–32

2:29 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson Turnover.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

30–32

2:49 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II Defensive Rebound.

UNC

+2 Points

30–32

3:10 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

30–30

3:21 · 1st Half

Joel James Defensive Rebound.

UNC

PersonalFoul

29–30

3:21 · 1st Half

Foul on Joel James.

UNC

+3 Points

29–30

3:47 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Jackson.

UNC

PersonalFoul

27–27

4:08 · 1st Half

Foul on Marcus Paige.

UNC

PersonalFoul

27–27

4:20 · 1st Half

Foul on Isaiah Hicks.

UNC

JumpShot

27–27

4:26 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson missed Jumper.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

25–27

5:02 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II Turnover.

UNC

+2 Points

23–27

5:37 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Jumper.

UNC

Steal

23–25

5:52 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige Steal.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

23–25

6:08 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige Turnover.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

23–25

6:16 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

23–25

6:33 · 1st Half

Isaiah Hicks Turnover.

UNC

PersonalFoul

23–25

6:33 · 1st Half

Foul on Isaiah Hicks.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

23–25

6:51 · 1st Half

North Carolina Offensive Rebound.

UNC

TipShot

23–25

6:51 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Two Point Tip Shot.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

23–25

6:51 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

LayUpShot

23–25

6:51 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson missed Layup.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

23–25

7:04 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

+3 Points

23–25

7:28 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

+3 Points

21–22

8:18 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.

UNC

+3 Points

19–19

9:06 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

19–16

9:18 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

+2 Points

19–16

9:44 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

PersonalFoul

17–14

10:29 · 1st Half

Foul on Brice Johnson.

UNC

PersonalFoul

17–14

10:37 · 1st Half

Foul on Nate Britt.

UNC

+2 Points

17–14

11:10 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Theo Pinson.

UNC

PersonalFoul

14–12

11:44 · 1st Half

Foul on Marcus Paige.

UNC

PersonalFoul

14–12

12:07 · 1st Half

Foul on Theo Pinson.

UNC

+1 Point

14–12

12:34 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson made Free Throw.

UNC

+2 Points

14–11

12:34 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Theo Pinson.

UNC

JumpShot

11–9

13:17 · 1st Half

Isaiah Hicks missed Jumper.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

9–9

13:52 · 1st Half

Nate Britt missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

9–9

14:18 · 1st Half

North Carolina Defensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

9–9

14:36 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige missed Jumper.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

9–9

14:39 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

9–9

14:39 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II missed Jumper.

UNC

+2 Points

7–9

15:31 · 1st Half

Isaiah Hicks made Two Point Tip Shot.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

7–7

15:31 · 1st Half

Isaiah Hicks Offensive Rebound.

UNC

Three Point Jump Shot

7–7

15:31 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige missed Three Point Jumper.

UNC

Offensive Rebound

7–7

15:47 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige Offensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

7–7

15:47 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige missed Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

7–7

15:57 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II Defensive Rebound.

UNC

JumpShot

7–7

16:10 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson missed Jumper.

UNC

+3 Points

7–7

16:48 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Paige.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

7–4

17:04 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

7–4

17:07 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson Turnover.

UNC

LayUpShot

4–4

17:39 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson missed Layup.

UNC

+1 Point

2–4

18:11 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige made Free Throw.

UNC

Dead Ball Rebound

2–3

18:11 · 1st Half

North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.

UNC

MadeFreeThrow

2–3

18:11 · 1st Half

Marcus Paige missed Free Throw.

UNC

+3 Points

0–3

18:55 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Jackson.

UNC

Steal

0–0

18:59 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson Steal.

UNC

JumpShot

0–0

19:09 · 1st Half

Kennedy Meeks missed Jumper.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

0–0

19:25 · 1st Half

Joel Berry II Defensive Rebound.

UNC

Lost Ball Turnover

0–0

19:42 · 1st Half

Justin Jackson Turnover.

UNC

Defensive Rebound

0–0

19:55 · 1st Half

Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.