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Dancing Lessons: Do strong survive?

By Mike Hume
ESPN Insider

Monday, March 16, 2009

Which conference is the best? The question is posed countless times each college basketball season. But does "the best conference" mean anything come the start of the NCAA tournament? According to the history of at least one college basketball power ranking, it does, and that's great news for the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils. In the 15 NCAA tournaments since 1994, the No. 1 conference in the RPI rankings has placed 13 teams in the Final Four. On three occasions, that conference ...

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