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The tourney that will be better than the Big Dance

By Scoop Jackson
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The biggest basketball event of the year is upon us. Sixty-five teams, sixty-five dreams -- all packaged beautifully, blinding us with brackets. Greg Gumbel, Seth Davis, Clark Kellogg -- their voices will be implanted in our heads. Kids ballin' for the sheer love of the game, in search of Carmelo Anthony-like immortality; coaches coaching for fame, wanting their own Jim Boeheim moment. The biggest lie in sports every year: "One Shining Moment." One? Believe me, from now until April 7 there will ...

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