March Madness: 4 Final Four picks, 4 teams to avoid, and 3 sleepers

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Thursday is the day college basketball fans have been waiting for since Villanova cut down the nets last year in San Antonio. March Madness tips off at noon, starting 24 hours of exciting first-round tournament games spread across 36 hours. The madness continues until April 8, when one team who outlasts the rest will cut down the nets in Minneapolis and hoist the NCAA men’s college basketball trophy. Here are four teams you might see there:

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