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Mid-major stock watch

By Kyle Whelliston

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Power conferences collect NCAA bids like kids collect Webkinz dolls, but mid-major leagues are defined by a single digit: the number of teams they send to the Big Dance. Regardless of how the participants actually do in the tournament, the number follows a conference around for an entire year -- either the haunting scarlet-letter one, or a two or three-tag that inevitably draws contentment, pride, and television contracts. And while the two-month conference season is vitally important, Novembe ...

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