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Ed Graney
Ed Graney is a sports columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering a variety of topics and the Las Vegas sports scene.
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Dave Rice sat in the Superdome on Monday evening and saw firsthand what today’s elite means in college basketball. Saw the bodies. Saw the disruption. Saw the length.
The underdog label is sort of tough to buy. Kansas has won 32 basketball games. It won a tough Big 12 Conference by two games. It spent most of the season ranked near or inside the Top 10. These are hardly numbers associated with an average team.
You need heart to win NCAA Tournament games. You need leadership on the basketball court. You need to play together. You need, above all, mental and physical toughness.