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Katz's Region Breakdowns: Midwest
Updated: March 16, 2009, 11:51 PM ET
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Andy Katz | ESPN.com
What's to like?
This might be the most loaded regional. Three of the top four seeds -- Louisville, Michigan State and Wake Forest -- were at one point discussed as potential national champions, and Kansas was playing like one when it won the Big 12 regular-season championship late in the season. If this regional goes chalk, it could be a marquee Midwest in Indianapolis.
Here's your Sweet 16 on the Midwest regional:
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