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			<title><![CDATA[For all the Cinderella dreamers, the tournament starts now]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From Cinderella dreamers to the big men who make March go to the bubble-weary, The Minutes runs through it all.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 03, 2009 03:51:47 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde Minutes: Stretch-run story lines, monopolies and underachievers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From the stretch-run story lines to the multi-bid monopoly to the underachievers, The Minutes runs through it all.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 17, 2009 03:47:31 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Who will be cutting down the nets in the Little Dance?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The big boys are all set to tip off their Champ Weeks. Who will be cutting down the nets? The Minutes knows, although he's just hoping the refs don't have anything to do with it.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 10, 2008 12:38:53 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Here's to the league overachievers ... and the underachievers too]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now that conference tourneys are officially here, it's time to break out some hardware for the overachievers and underachievers in their respective leagues. And The Minutes can't help but throw a little love to the Little Dances as well.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 03, 2008 19:16:59 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wildest dreams and nightmare scenarios for 64 teams]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sixty-four teams. Sixty-four dreams. Sixty-four nightmares. Pat Forde breaks down the best- and worst-case scenarios in this year's tourney field.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 13, 2007 17:46:37 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde: Lowe leading Redcoat Revival]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Does this sound familiar: An NC State team making an unlikely run in the ACC tournament.  It's not 1983, but Sidney Lowe and his red coat are one win away from the Big Dance, Pat Forde writes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 10, 2007 15:25:29 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Here's what to expect in the Big Six]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Forde Minutes breaks down the projected contenders and pretenders as we hit the stretch run.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 02, 2006 03:27:20 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big East newbies in the upper division?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How does John Swofford look now that the ACC's Big East imports are adding  to the basketball mix?]]></description>
			<pubDate>April 20, 2005 06:32:22 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Awards from the Forde Academy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pat Forde hands out the hardware in a rewarding (and awarding) Forde Minutes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 27, 2005 14:32:56 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lies, damn lies and the RPI?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pat Forde talks statistical disagreements and his favorite players in this week's Forde Minutes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 20, 2005 14:11:45 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conference call, Minutes-style]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pat Forde talks conference bests and worsts and unbeaten odds in this week's Forde Minutes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>January 30, 2005 12:53:05 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hair today, gone tomorrow]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pat Forde talks hairdos, stat stuffers and great races in this week's Forde Minutes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>January 23, 2005 13:47:43 PST EST</pubDate>
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