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No. 16 Seeds Are Due*

It’s the sort of statistic that seems ripped from pages of the Washington Generals media guide. Since the men’s NCAA Tournament went to a 64-team format in 1985, No. 16 seeds are winless: an imperfect 0-124 record. No. 16 seeds can be pretty bad basketball teams, of course. Often, they’re teams from small conferences that […]

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No. 16 Seeds Are Due*

It’s the sort of statistic that seems ripped from pages of the Washington Generals media guide. Since the men’s NCAA Tournament went to a 64-team format in 1985, No. 16 seeds are winless: an imperfect 0-124 record. No. 16 seeds can be pretty bad basketball teams, of course. Often, they’re teams from small conferences that […]

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Five Weird Teams To Watch In The NCAA Tournament

A large part of enjoying the NCAA Tournament is about grinding your friends’ and family’s brackets into paste. For that, there are our March Madness predictions. Some other sizable portion of the tournament’s fun, though, is wrapped up in the diverse cast of teams assembled to play for the national title. The college game, much […]

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