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With most teams eliminated from competition, its time to start looking ahead to the 2012-13 season. Following up on yesterday's Early 2012-13 Top 15, here are teams 16 to 30.

 

(3) Baylor vs. (10) Xavier: South Region

 

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#6 Cincinnati vs #2 Ohio St

#7 Florida vs #3 Marquette

#11 NC State vs #2 Kansas

#13 Ohio vs #1 North Carolina

#10 Xavier vs #3 Baylor

The top 10 performances of the 2nd Round. No more intro is needed:

 

1 Brady Heslip, Baylor - 27 pts, 4 rbs, 9-12 from three. Against a Colorado team that had been winning with defense, Heslip exploded with 9 threes.

 

As part of Jon Teitel's NCAA Tournament Interview series, he had a chance to chat with Dereck Whittenburg. Whittenburg was the starting guard on the famed 1983 NC State squad that won the National Title, and he worked his way into March Madness lore by putting up the shot that Lorenzo Charles eventually finished for the winning basket. Besides his playing career, Whittenburg also had a lengthy coaching career that included head-coaching stops at Wagner and Fordham.

(10) Xavier vs. (15) Lehigh: South Region

 

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(1) Michigan State vs. (8) Saint Louis: West Region

 

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(5) Temple vs. (12) South Florida: Midwest Region

 

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After an "opening" day that went mostly according to form, the hope of many is that Friday's slate provides some upsets. And with some of the matchups providing a nice contrast in styles as well as talented players on mid-major squads who may not be household names just yet, there's a good chance that an upset does happen. Here's the schedule for today along with a game from each site that you should keep track of. 

Columbus: (8) Memphis vs. (9) Saint Louis
6:50 PM EST, TBS

(8) Memphis vs. (9) Saint Louis: West Region

 

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