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Freshmen? Depend on seniors in NCAAs

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Connecticut had Ricky Moore. Michigan State had Mateen Cleaves and Mo Peterson. Duke had Shane Battier. Maryland had Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter. Go back even further than the past four national championship teams and their rosters will have leaders who were seniors. It isn't a coincidence. This is a fact. Seniors win national championships. Don't give us Fab Five fluff. They lost both title games. And, according to Michigan and soon the NCAA, that apparently didn't happen. Sure, the 2002- ...

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