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The season's proving ground starts now.(COLLEGE BASKETBALL)
There are many fruitless exercises among those who follow college basketball, including paying attention to the polls and envying Duke. But none is a bigger waste of time than this:
"If the season ended today ...
The regular season does not end today. It does not end for weeks. Any bracket projection constructed now would be as counterfeit as a $10 bill with Leonard Hamilton's face on the front.
The 2003-04 Washington Huskies went into February at 9-8. They wound up as an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament. That same year, the LSU Tigers went into February 14-4. They wound up spiraling their way into the NIT.
February is a ...
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