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Three unsung programs continue to threaten elite

By Dick Vitale
ESPN.com

Monday, November 17, 2008

There are a lot of giant names in college basketball. You have North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana, schools that have been traditional powers over the years. Those schools have great recruiting budgets plus visibility and exposure. They can schedule the best while gaining notoriety and publicity that takes you program to the top of the line in the world of recruiting. Let me tell you, in the game of basketball, you only play with five guys on the floor at one time. It ...

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