While on his way home from Iraq Tuesday night, President Obama made sure to take care of some unfinished business. From aboard Air Force One, he called North Carolina Coach Roy Williams to congratulate him on the national championship — and to thank the coach for saving the presidential bracket from further embarrassment.
Three of Obama’s Final Four picks didn’t make it that far in the tournament, but UNC’s victory put the president in the top 20 percent of entrants on ESPN.com.
“The president offered Coach Williams his congratulations and thanked him and his team for vindicating him in front of the entire country,” said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. “The president told him he’d done a great job and asked the coach to tell the players how proud he was of them and that he looked forward to seeing them at the White House soon.”
