Roy Williams Made a Horrible Defensive Call on Villanova's Game-Winning Shot

Let’s get this out of the way first: Great play-call by Villanova, perfectly diagrammed, and Kris Jenkins is officially an NCAA Tournament legend. He’ll never pay for another meal in Philly.

But also, this has to be said: What the hell was Roy Williams thinking with that defensive alignment? It appears he had three players in a ‘zone’ of sorts. Watch the video, and here are the colossal mistakes the Hall of Fame coach made:

1) Putting nobody on the inbounder. Didn’t the world learn from the Christian Laettner shot that you have to make it difficult on the inbounder? Kris Jenkins had nobody guarding him. He easily tossed the ball in and jogged up court, caught a pass, and made the shot. You’ll be flabbergasted at how easily it was for him.

2) Brice Johnson, your best leaper, defended nobody on the play. Watch it again. He’s sitting back, guarding an area. There are no Villanova players there. Why wasn’t your best shot blocker, a guy with spectacular leaping ability, defending the inbounder? Maybe he gets a finger on it, maybe he steals the pass, but at the minimum, he makes it difficult for Villanova to easily move the ball up court.

3) Reminder: Kris Jenkins has been on an unbelievable shooting tear this postseason. UNC elected not to put a defender on him. Let that sink it.

Roy Williams will not be happy if you ask him about this. He is smarter when it comes to basketball than you are.