ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas says Roy Williams has cemented his stance as one of the game's all-time greatest coaches following his third national championship on Monday night at North Carolina.

The Tar Heels turned up the defensive heat down the stretch against Gonzaga to avenge last season's loss in the final game.

"Roy Williams is one of the greatest coaches of all-time and in a society that judges things by counting championships, he's right there on the top shelf with the greatest of all-time," Bilas said. "I think he was anyway, but now this takes away even the discussion of it. For him to do this, he's always been a great recruiter, but he hasn't gotten the same number of McDonald's All-Americans over the last 3, 4 or 5 years because of this academic scandal that's been hanging over the heads of the North Carolina (program).

"The fact he's able to take a different cast and still get the same, if not better, results speaks a lot about his ability to coach."