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Examining the merits of three surprises. (College Basketball: Insider).(play of teams from Marquette, Rutgers and North Carolina State)

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| January 07, 2002 | DeCourcy, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2002 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

If you are able, at this point, to distinguish the authentic article from the clever forgery, you should be working either for the NCAA Tournament selection committee or Miami Vice. Entering the final weekend of 2001, there were 42 major-conference teams with two or fewer defeats. That includes nine of the Big East's 14 members. It includes teams such as Tulane, Northwestern and Baylor. It does not include Michigan State, Memphis and Arizona.

It will take more than an imposing non-league record to survive the ACC, the Big 12 or Pac-10. All those empty-calorie victories over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Nicholls State and Eastern Kentucky help build confidence and address ...

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