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Time to step it up!

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Syracuse did so last year. Who will this year? The NCAA Tournament doesn't care what you did last week, or the past four months. No matter a team's seed, region or mindset heading into the Dance, the next three weeks are the great equalizer. So, as games tip off Thursday, it's time the players and teams highlighted below step it up or get left behind. And as for the first-round matchups themselves, plenty of questions surround each of the 32 games over the next two days. ATLANTA | EAST RUTHER ...

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