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For Gonzaga, which has never been to a Final Four, it’s more about the journey than the destination, from Bud Withers, a Basketball Times contributor and Seattle Times columnist.  

Basketball Times contributor Rick Bozich, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, makes a bold prediction: The 2010 national champion will be Kansas or …. Baylor?

A list of nine teams that can win it all, offered up by Basketball Times alum and Philadelphia Daily News columnist, Dick Jerardi.  Also from Jerardi, John Chaney likes this version of his old Temple Owls. 

North Carolina didn’t make the NCAA Tournament, but it’s still America’s most valuable team, according to Forbes Magazine.

From the Associated Press, after floundering around for nearly two months, Rick Barnes looks for answers as Texas gets set for Wake.
 
Once again, as the NCAA tournament takes off, Dayton proves it's a great basketball town, from the Dayton Daily News. 
 
The Ernie Kent era came to an end for Oregon basketball with a news conference at McArthur Court that stirred the emotions, from The Oregonian. 
 
National experts still view Iowa as a program with plenty of potential, from the Des Moines Register. 
 
With USC and UCLA not in the tournament, L.A. basketball mavens need to think outside the box to find teams and players to pull for.  But they won't have to look far, from the Los Angeles Times. 
 
 
Video: Basketball Times contributor Kevin McNamara picks the sleepers in this year's tournament, from the New England Sports Network.
 
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