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NCAA TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
40 ANTHONY DAVIS
The path to the NCAA title goes through Kentucky and its imposing freshman
BY KELLI ANDERSON
• DAVIS'S CHART OF REJECTION
• MEMORABLE TOURNAMENT BLOCKS
51 SI'S 2012 BRACKETS
BY PABLO S. TORRE
58 LONG BEACH STATE
A former bracket-busting coach is back to try again with another West Coast school
BY GEORGE DOHRMANN
• THREE OTHER SLEEPERS TO FEAR
71 5-MINUTE GUIDE
BY SETH DAVIS
78 BRITTNEY GRINER
Opponents have just six more games to find a solution for Baylor's 6'8" center
BY RICHARD DEITSCH
• WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR PICKS
FEATURES
86 PRO FOOTBALL
PEYTON MANNING
The 2012 NFL season will be all about the former Colts QB
BY JIM TROTTER
90 PRO HOCKEY
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Under Ken Hitchcock the club has found its happy groove
BY MICHAEL FARBER
96 BASEBALL
ROBIN VENTURA
The ex--White Sox star was stunned Chicago made him its manager
BY ALBERT CHEN
Antoine Walker
102 How did the three-time NBA All-Star end up in the remotest of hoops hinterlands?
BY CHRIS BALLARD
DEPARTMENTS
8 Leading Off
14 The Mail
17 Scorecard
Huzzah! Harvard hoops has the Crimson in clover
26 Faces in the Crowd
28 Just My Type
VCU coach Shaka Smart on the shifting pressure of the NCAAs
BY DAN PATRICK
30 Inside ...
Soccer
NBA
Baseball
112 Point After
An esteemed NHL family makes a plea for tolerance
BY PHIL TAYLOR
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JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (MICHIGAN STATE-NORTH CAROLINA)
51 AIMING SKY-HIGH On Nov. 11 in San Diego, North Carolina and Michigan State tipped off the season aboard the USS Carl Vinson; the same two teams will end it in New Orleans, where they will meet for the title.
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DEANNE FITZMAURICE (WALKER)
