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#10. Barton College 77 – Winona State 75

Mar. 24, 2007


It was all over. Winona State of Minnesota, winner of 57 consecutive games, was beating Barton College of North Carolina, 74-67, with 45 seconds left in the NCAA Division II men's basketball championship game. Then Anthony Atkinson scored eight straight points for Barton, including a reverse layup to tie the game at 75, with 7.6 seconds remaining. Winona raced down the court for a game-winning shot, but a Barton player stole the ball and threw it ahead to Atkinson, whose layup at the buzzer gave Barton an incredible national title.

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