Kris Jenkins Comments on Game-Winner to Beat UNC in 2016 National Championship

Kris Jenkins' life changed in a flash after he hit a game-winning three-pointer Monday night to deliver the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team its first NCAA title since 1985, and the star swingman broke down the seconds that preceded the heroic 77-74 win after the game.

"Ryan Arcidiacono, he's one of the best players I've ever played with," Jenkins said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Joe Juliano. "For a senior to get the ball and make the right play and not try to shoot the ball in double coverage just shows a lot about him and what he's about and how he's just all about winning."

When asked if he believed the shot was going to fall when it left his hands, Jenkins didn't hesitate to assert confidence in his abilities.

"I think every shot’s going in, so that one was no different," he added, according to the Washington Post's Chuck Culpepper.

The junior drilled the first buzzer-beater in a national title game since 1983, per the NCAA's David Worlock, and he promptly announced to the world that he had ice running through his veins, as CBS Sports CBB showed:

Josh Hart, who finished with 12 points, expressed the same sentiment once the result was final:

Jenkins' shot capped off a tremendous run for the Wildcats, who shellacked the No. 2-seeded Oklahoma Sooners 95-51 on Saturday to clinch a spot in the national championship game against North Carolina.

Following Saturday's win and Monday night's buzzer-beating triumph, the Wildcats own the record for the most efficient shooting display (64.9 percent from the field) in Final Four history, per Worlock. 

Of course, it's not surprising that the ball flew off Jenkins' hands when the team needed a bucket the most. According to DraftExpress' Mike Schmitz, Jenkins entered Monday night having scored a stellar 1.52 points per possession on unguarded catch-and-shoot jumpers—a mark that ranked No. 3 overall among players with at least 70 attempts.

"[Kris] Jenkins lives for that moment," Villanova head coach Jay Wright said, per Culpepper.