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Villanova's Kris Jenkins hits buzzer-beater to win national championship

Kris Jenkins just became a college basketball legend.

The Villanova forward hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to win Monday night's national championship game in one of the best title contests of recent memory. It looked as though North Carolina would take all of the momentum into overtime after Marcus Paige hit a deep, off-balance shot to tie the game at 74 with 4.7 seconds remaining.

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— Jasmine Watkins (@JasmineLWatkins) April 5, 2016

Paige made this .