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Searching for meaning in a weekend of upsets

By Quint Kessenich
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Drexel beat Virginia. Army upset Syracuse in the Dome and the Great Danes of Albany defeated Johns Hopkins on Homewood Field. Who would have guessed? It was a shocking start to what promises to be a crazy year. Why are we seeing these types of upsets more frequently? Simple. More talented high school players have fewer opportunities at the Division I level. The mid-major teams are quite good these days. "Talent is getting bottlenecked at the D-I level. Who's more bottlenecked than the tale ...

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