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If March Madness were settled in the classroom...

March 14, 2010

Jackson Emery and his teammates would advance to the Final Four if the NCAA Tournament were decided on teams' academic strength. See which academically elite school they eliminated in the Elite Eight of the "Academic Performance Bracket."

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