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Inside the Bracket: Sending out an S.O.S. to Cinderella, SEC

By Mike Hume
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

If your sympathies lie with Cinderella, you are not going to like the look of Joe Lunardi's latest edition of Bracketology. As league play begins in earnest, the projected NCAA bracket is decidedly big-conference dominated, with only four at-large bids given to teams outside of the "Big Six" of the ACC, SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10 and Big East. The reasons are simple: Fewer opportunities for mid-major victories over big-conference teams and not enough wins in those chances. As ESPN.com's Kyle ...

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