Above all other major sporting events, the NCAA Basketball Tournament reflects the American ethos: For 40 minutes, a little-known underdog can beat the odds and take down a big school, wrecking office brackets and giving hope to anyone who feels they have been overlooked.
That’s because small or mid-conference schools always had talent. The country is flecked with teams who have late-blooming point guards or undersized small forwards who couldn’t play at Duke or Kansas but have grown into skilled college players. Sometimes legitimate professional prospects would choose to stay and play at a local school rather than be swallowed up in a sports factory.
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