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Will Sweet 16 be just as wild?
Originally Published: March 22, 2010
By
Andy Katz | ESPN.com
We can only hope the Sweet 16 is as entertaining as the first weekend of the NCAA tournament.
The new favorites: Kentucky and Syracuse
Kansas was the anointed champion because the Jayhawks were the top seed. There was no reason to believe that KU would lose to Northern Iowa. None. Kansas had displayed a type of machinelike demeanor in going through the Big 12 regular season and tournament. But all that seemed to fade fast in the loss to the Panthers, as the Jayhawks played catch-up ...
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STORIES
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- Forde: Perfectly flawed Spartans are back
- O'Neil: Smith's game honors late father
- Katz: Mazzulla turns in game of his life
- Katz: Despite loss, Kentucky is back
- Schlabach: Butler knows Final Four path
- Schlabach: Butler's best defense? Guards
- Katz: Huggins, Calipari show ability to mesh
- Forde: Izzo continues to work his magic
- O'Neil: Duke isn't afraid to ugly it up
- Forde: A Prince of an effort on defense
- O'Neil: Baylor believes something special
- Forde: UNI's Jacobson stays grounded
- O'Neil: Jardine brings flash to Orange
- Katz: Huskies end up where they expected
- O'Neil: Cornell shatters glass ceiling
- Forde: Picking sides never easier
- Leung: Saint Mary's rings in Sweet 16
- Forde: Early winners and losers
- Katz: Will Sweet 16 be just as wild?
- Wojciechowski: A maddening March
- O'Neil: Butler's attitude gives him an edge
- Forde: Best- and worst-case scenarios
- Schlabach: Historically entertaining weekend
OPENING WEEKEND
- Katz: Samhan leads Gaels to the big time
- O'Neil: Johnson's hand doing fine
- Bennett: Red-hot Big Red keeps on rolling
- Low: Kentucky hitting its stride
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- Can Kentucky run through the field?
- Looking at K-State's Final Four chances
TOURNEY TOOLS
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INSIDER
- Sweet 16 simulation: Duke wins it all
- Experts' Roundtable: 8 burning questions
- Dance Lessons: How Butler can do it again
- Dance Lessons: Misses are key for UK, WVU
- Lundblad/McCrystal: Title formula
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