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critics take to Wikipedia and Geno turns 59
• Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs.
• Today, we say farewell to our first No. 1 seed and explain why Gonzaga's ouster was unusual compared to recent tournament history. We also check in with actor Josh Duhamel, browse Bo Ryan's Wikipedia page and get Coach K to compare Duke with the Yankees.
• But first, let's see just how rough things have gotten for your bracket.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Palm Sunday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2013. There are 282 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 24, 1913, New York's Palace Theatre, the legendary home of vaudeville, opened on Broadway.
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• On this date:
• In 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
• In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.
• In 1882, German scientist Robert Koch (kohk) announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis.
• In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines.
• In 1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers.
• In 1958, rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Mem (Continued on page 26)
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