In arguably the best game of the young College Basketball season, Indiana knocked off No. 1 Kentucky when IU’s Christian Watford hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
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The scene on the court after Watford hit the buzzer-beater was, as Dick Vitale said, “Unbelievable!” IU is off to it’s best start in 20 years, at 9-0.
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