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Rick Pitino still has a way with March magic. His Louisville Cardinals dissect second-seeded Tennessee 79-60, behind 17 points from Earl Clark and a suffocating defensive effort to move within one game of Pitino's seventh Final Four.

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Another night, another rout for the tournament's top seed? Tyler Hansbrough scores 18 points and North Carolina holds Washington State to 31 percent shooting as the Tar Heels win a third straight game by more than 20 points, 68-47.

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Cinderella is ripped this year, even if Butler's A.J. Graves isn't.

After an uninspired first-round last year, Cinderella is back and bad enough that she might need to be screened for performance-enhancing drugs. Check out AOL's breakdown.

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While there seems to be few complaints about this year's tournament field, FanHouse's Michael David Smith says the Butler Bulldogs can make a case that they were slighted by the selection committee after receiving a No. 7 seed and a tough draw.

The bids are out, now meet the faces and teams behind them. Get team-by-team previews of every NCAA Tournament squad from the FanHouse.
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The Dark Ages on the sports calendar are over and March Madness is arriving just in time to save our sanity. AOL's Jim Armstrong says the NCAA Tournament is the perfect cure for the sports blues and he serves up some of the best reasons.

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When the best of college basketball on the court blends with the star power of, say, Ashley Judd in the seats, how could you not find something to cheer?