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SI's Elite Eight(for Now)
OKLAHOMA
NORTH CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH
MEMPHIS
UCONN
MICHIGAN STATE
LOUISVILLE
DUKE
Up For Grabs
The Mayhem Before March Madness
By PHIL TAYLOR and MARK BEECH
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN BIEVER (MEMPHIS); JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (MICHIGAN ST.); ANDY ALTENBURGER/ICON SMI (UCONN); ANDY LYONS/GETTY IMAGES (UNC, LOUISVILLE); NICOLE SWEET/GETTY IMAGES (DUKE); FRED VUICH (PITT); J.P. WILSON/ICON SMI (OKLAHOMA); BACKGROUND BY BOB ROSATO
