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A bowl ban in 2012, a three year probation, and the loss of 15 scholarships over three years - that's the punishment banhammered upon this NCAA football program:
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USC
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Texas A&M
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Wisconsin
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North Carolina
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Having to endure chants of "Yooooooou.....busted!" from other franchises, these two NFL programs have been found in violation of league salary cap rules:
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Denver and Miami
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Washington and Dallas
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Carolina and Chicago
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New England and Buffalo
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If you want to correspond with Dwight Howard through the 2012-13 season, you should address your cards and letters to this city, where he'll be playing his home games:
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Orlando
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Dallas
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Detroit
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New Jersey, which isn't a city but we can't remember the city where the Nets play their home games
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This NBA team saw the sudden departure of its head coach, who resigned on Wednesday:
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Golden State
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Sacramento
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Washington
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New York
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Say hello to the #1 overall seed in the women's NCAA basketball tournament:
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Notre Dame
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Baylor
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Connecticut
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Maryland
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We assume that someone let fly a wicked wrister as Philly put an end to this team's 11 game winning streak on Sunday:
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Detroit
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Pittsburgh
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Boston
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Vancouver
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#1 Handicapped, part 1: Virtually no sooner than the seeding had been announced did this school state that its marquee player is ineligible for the tournament:
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Syracuse
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Kentucky
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UNC
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Michigan State
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#1 Handicapped, part 2: Meanwhile, this contender will have to soldier on without its starting point guard, who broke his wrist on Sunday:
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Syracuse
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Kentucky
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UNC
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Michigan State
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March Madness kicked off with this team notching in a win in their First Four play-in game:
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BYU
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Western Kentucky
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Vermont
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Lamar
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Meanwhile, the First Four round was punctuated by at 25-point comeback by this school:
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BYU
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Western Kentucky
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Vermont
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Lamar
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It was off-the-court madness for this team, as it not only fired its coach but also waived its controversial former first-round draft choice this week:
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Portland
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Denver
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Chicago
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San Antonio
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Picked by many, including President Obama, to make the Final Four, this team brought much red ink to brackets across the land with a shocking first round loss:
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Duke
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Georgetown
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Missouri
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Michigan
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So Norfolk State defeating Missouri was the first 15-seed to defeat a 2-seed since 2001. There's no way that could happen twice in the same tournament, right? RIGHT?
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Wrong, Duke was defeated by Lehigh
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Wrong, Kansas was shocked by Detroit
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Wrong, Ohio State lost to Loyola
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Right!
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Behold the lowest seed still alive in the NCAA Tournament:
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NC State
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South Florida
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Ohio
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Xavier
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Two career NFL starts was good enough for this team to sign Matt Flynn to be their franchise quarterback:
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San Francisco
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Seattle
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Miami
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Tennessee
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