"The way DiVincenzo shot the ball, it was just incredible for us to try to win that game with the roll he went on," said the coach.

If his first 3 wasn't demoralizing enough, DiVincenzo made another, then took a bounce pass from Brunson for a dunk, then paid it forward with an assist to Spellman. It was part of a 23-7 run that gave the Wildcats a nine-point lead at halftime; they never looked back.

For the record, DiVincenzo competed hard for a starting spot this year, but didn't win it. He made the best of it as a sixth man.

Wright waited all of 52 seconds in the second half to get him back on the floor.

"It just shows how much depth we have, and that we don't care who gets the credit," Brunson said.

Though he didn't play in the 2016 Final Four, DiVincenzo got his fair share for that title, too.

His season cut short because of a knee injury, he was healthy enough to run the scout squad for Villanova during its first title run. Some on the team said he was better at doing Oklahoma star Buddy Hield than Hield himself.

But maybe more apt comparisons are to Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

DiVincenzo joins them in the rare club of players to crack 30 points while also shooting better than 66 percent from the floor in a Final Four game.

AP