The Villanova University Wildcats won last night’s NCAA Championship with a 3-point basket at the buzzer. Villanova’s point guard, Ryan Arcidiacono, made a pass to teammate Kris Jenkins for an unforgettable win against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

The final basket put the Wildcats up three points from a 74-74 tie in a final play that will go down in NCAA history.

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In his 144th and last game for Villanova, Arcidiacono, with his last pass, became a national champion and a Final Four Most Outstanding Player. The university senior was dribbling toward the basket when he heard Jenkins calling for the ball. Arcidiacono passed to his open teammate, whose 3-pointer beat the buzzer for the 77-74 victory.

“I wanted to be aggressive. If I could get a shot, I was going to shoot it,” Arcidiacono said. “But I heard someone screaming in the back of my head. It was Kris. I just gave it to him, and he let it go with confidence,” he told ESPN.

“Ryan Arcidiacono — he’s one of the best players I’ve ever played with,” Jenkins said. “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 the horn blared and the ball slid through the hoop, the crowd of almost 75,000 people roared as Jenkins, a junior, stood there with his hands raised to the sky. He ran to his mother, embraced her in a hug and lifted her off the ground as they shared in the celebration, the New York Times reported.

“He was born to make that shot,” Felicia Jenkins (Jenkins’ mother) said. “It’s all about the follow through. When I saw that follow through, I knew it was going in.”

Villanova’s coach, Jay Wright, said the team runs that play in practice all the time and when the two players executed it perfectly on the court, the cameras caught Wright saying one word: “Bang.”

“It is still surreal,” Wright said.

After the shot, players rushed the court for a dogpile as confetti fell. Villanova last won a national title in 1985. This year, they pulled out a win over No. 1 seed North Carolina at NRG Stadium in Houston.

Villanova University cancelled classes Tuesday after the team’s win.

Read more about incredible finishes in NCAA basketball here.