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It happens every year.
No, it's not you blowing your bankroll at the roulette table during your yearly trip toLas Vegas. Nor you looking like a complete idiot in front of your co-workers at the annual office cookout.
Every year in the month of madness, an unforeseen seven or ten seed punishes your precious No. 2 favorite, squashing your office pool optimism. If only you had sought advice from a certified bracketologist.
In 2006, Rip Van Winkles Georgetown and Wichita St. bit into the sweet round of 16 after eliminating heralded two-seeds Ohio St. and Tennessee in Round 2. The Hoyas and Shockers run of last season is no fluke – it's as commonplace in tournament play as Bob Knight expletives at a post-game press conference.
Amazingly, since 2000, a combined 14 seven-tens have reached the Sweet 16 (two per year), with five going as far as the Elite 8. However, no seven or ten seed has ever reached college
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