Obama thanks Roy Williams for ‘vindicating' NCAA pick
President Barack Obama called North Carolina coach Roy Williams on Tuesday to congratulate him on the Tar Heels' win against Michigan State in the NCAA national championship game in Detroit.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs released a read-out on the phone call.
""The president offered coach Williams his congratulations and thanked him and his team for vindicating him in front of the entire country"" the release states.
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.""
