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No favorite, plenty of surprises, so far

By Jay Bilas
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, January 9, 2004

The first two months of the college basketball season have been educational for everyone. Lessons have been learned by observers, fans, coaches and players. Fittingly, the coaches and players who continue to learn and improve over the next two months will be in the best position to cut down the nets not only in their own conference tournaments, but also in San Antonio come April 5. The real season has tipped off -- conference play. Teams can no longer rely on home cooking, creative scheduling ...

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