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Here are some handy tips for your NCAA tournament bracket

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This year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament welcomes five teams making their first-time appearance, including Northwestern and UC Davis.

DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.

It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya

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DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.

It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya

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March Madness Economics

March Madness: Power Conferences Dominate the Sweet 16

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A March Madness Primer

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Sports Illustrated called it the greatest college basketball ever played. It took place in the NCAA basketball tournament 20 years ago.  With just moments left in the game Duke was trailing Kentucky by a point. Duke’s Grant Hill threw a pass all the way down the length of the court to teammate Christian Laettner who put […]

Should College Basketball Stars Be Paid?

More than 140 million people have been watching the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this year. And nearly everyone involved with March Madness is profiting handsomely from the games. That is, everyone but the players. “Frontline” correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates NCAA labor issues in his new documentary, “Money and March Madness,” which airs on PBS tonight. […]

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