NCAA Tourney Heats Up

MADNESS

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:00PM EDT / Published Mar. 22, 2009 4:35AM EDT

Plenty of drama yesterday in the basketball bender that is March Madness. Ty Lawson, point guard for UNC, carried the Tar Heels to victory while playing on a swollen, deformed big toe. Gonzaga and West Kentucky went down to the wire, with both teams trading buckets in the final minute. Zaga came out on top when their freshman point guard made a bank shot in the clutch with a second to spare. And Duke eked out a victory while playing in front of a hostile, pro-UNC audience. One person who was surely pleased with Saturday's results: Barack Obama. His bracket yesterday was flawless.

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NCAA Tourney Heats Up