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Making Sense of the Cinderella Shortage in This Year’s Men’s N.C.A.A. Tournament

Making Sense of the Cinderella Shortage in This Year’s Men’s N.C.A.A. Tournament Only five double-digit seeds advanced over the past two days. That ties the fewest since 2017.
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