The 2016 NCAA National Championship is one of the most iconic basketball games of all-time, college or the pros. And it has one recent Portland Trail Blazers connection.
The Blazers’ trade deadline acquisition Josh Hart was a junior for the Villanova Wildcats as they competed for the school’s first national championship since 1985 against the North Carolina Tar Heels.
On this day six years ago, Hart played 38 minutes (the most of any player in the game) to help upset North Carolina and win the title in a 77-74 tight-knit affair.