We already have a March Madness buzzer-beater, plus pro soccer's big day

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The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Hit a game winner today. The NCAA men's tournament technically started last night, and though we didn't have the pandemonium tomorrow will bring, we still got two incredible results, for opposite reasons:  The night's biggest surprise came in the second game, with No. 11 seed North Carolina — which most thought shouldn't have even been in the tournament — shellacking fellow No. 11 seed San Diego State, a team prematurely...

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