Kris Jenkins had visited Nate Britt in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before, but this time, they both knew it would be different. Only months prior, Jenkins had sunk arguably the most clutch shot in history and, along with it, the North Carolina Tar Heels' goal of winning a sixth national championship. So before Britt told his adopted brother from Villanova to come down and play a few pickup games with the Tar Heels, he asked for his teammates' and his coaches' blessing.
He didn't encounter any resistance at the top—in fact, all UNC head coach Roy Williams asked of Britt was to bring Jenkins by his office so he could congratulate the title game hero again.