NCAA: Is this the greatest basketball finish ever?

College basketball in the US is huge. The National Championship is one of the most famous annual sporting events in the country.

So throw in a Hollywood ending to Monday night's NCAA final between Villanova and North Carolina and you've got a full-on social media storm.

To re-cap. There were two three-pointers in the final five seconds, including a buzzer-beater from Kris Jenkins to give the Villanova Wildcats a jaw-dropping last-gasp 77-74 victory over North Carolina Tar Heels.

Here's how the 'greatest ever finish to a basketball game' played out.

UNC think they've done it...

With the score at 74-71 to Villanova, North Carolina's Marcus Paige launches himself into the air

With 6.5 seconds left on the clock, Paige aims a three-pointer. It goes in, levelling the scores at 74-74. Play re-starts with just 4.7 seconds to go

But Villanova have other ideas...

With less than a second left on the clock, Kris Jenkins (2) shoots from outside of the D

"I think every shot's going in," Jenkins said after the game, "And this one was no different"

The ball arcs towards the net as the stadium holds its breath...

"One, two step, shoot `em up, sleep in the streets," Jenkins later described the moment in his own words.

It's in! Jenkins' three-pointer lands right on the buzzer and the Wildcats have won 77-74

Kris Jenkins takes the acclaim

Wildcats players Jalen Brunson (1) and Mikal Bridges (25) celebrate

Jenkins is mobbed. Officials double check the shot got off in time and then confirm the Wildcats are NCAA champions

"They said we couldn't, they said we couldn't, they said we couldn't," shouted Jenkins into the crowd

Villanova last won the title in 1985

Some people got hurt

Former North Carolina player and basketball legend Michael Jordan was in the NRG Stadium in Houston. In 1982, his late shot helped North Carolina beat Georgetown for the NCAA title

Michael Jordan may not have been happy about the finish to the game, but the basketball legend managed a nod of respect.

Tar Heels players Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson in tears after the game

"I'm not very good because I can't take away the hurt," said Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams, left

Brice Johnson contemplates defeat

Others just could not believe what they had seen

Amateur video has sprung up across social media of the final seconds, with this security guard - watching on the big screen as the game took place behind him - summing up the disbelief.

Another video, posted by Villanova's official Twitter page, the local commentator is heard simply screaming "Cats win it all, Cats win it all, Cats win it all!"

Then there's this footage from the press box (apologies for the swearing).

But this vine from NBC sports writer Rob Daubster has to be the best angle of all - watch the clock run down as Jenkins lands the three-pointer.

And here's how it all sounded in Russian.

Yet the Wildcats coach is the calmest man in the stadium

"Bang," said Wright as he watched Jenkins's shot fall, then he calmly walked to shake Carolina coach Roy Williams' hand.

Wildcats head coach Jay Wright was filmed barely registering a flicker of emotion as chaos reigned all around him. Later, he cut the net and saluted the crowd.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the US

ESPN reporter Kaylee Hartung filmed the crowd's reaction back at Villanova's 6,500-seat arena The Pavillion

Villanova fans celebrate into the night in their home town

Fans in the streets of North Carolina have contrasting emotions

US Big Ten TV news host Taylor Rooks

BuzzFeed News report Joel Anderson

Charlotte Hornets' Frank Kaminsky III

Memphis Grizzlies' Mario Chalmers hit is own late three-pointer in the 2008 NCAA final for Kansas

Dwayne Wade, Miami Heat's shooting guard

Wade's Miami team-mate Chris Bosh

There's even an incredible back story

Matchwinner Jenkins was playing against his brother, North Carolina guard Nate Britt. How they came to be siblings is another part of this all-American Hollywood storyline.

Jenkins played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball as a child with Britt on a team coached by Britt's father, Nate Sr.

Jenkins' parents split up and his mother Felicia, wanting to give her son the best chance possible, asked Britt Sr if Jenkins could live with them in Maryland.

The Britts became Jenkins legal guardians in 2007 and both families were at Monday night's game, wearing customised tops showing their split loyalties.

"Nobody really understood the hard work and dedication it took from my family, both of my families,'' Jenkins said after the game. "It was great to share this moment with them."

The special NCAA final shirt had Britt's 0 jersey and the North Carolina logo on the front and Jenkins' 2 jersey and a Villanova logo on the back