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What better way to commemorate the 40-year anniversary of the NCAA Tournament’s expansion to 64 teams than to create a flawless, universally beloved ranking of every men’s basketball champion in that era?
That is, of course, impossible, but I took a stab at it nonetheless. For such a monumental task, I tried to tether myself to some objective guideposts, creating a numerical scoring system as a starting point. Multiple factors went into those scores:
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