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Only basketball smarts needed in this bracket

By David Schoenfield
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Monday, March 17, 2008

This weekend, we watched hours and hours of conference tournament games, analysis, selection shows, bracketology shows, more analysis, even more analysis just about Arizona State getting jobbed, and not once did we hear anyone talk about a school's graduation rate of its basketball players. The implication is clear: If you want to succeed in the NCAA tournament, recruit future NBA stars, not future engineers. Just look at Arizona. The Wildcats have 24 consecutive tournament appearances, the l ...

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