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March Madness at Notes on the Periphery!: Part 3 (Latin America)

Posted on April 7, 2013 by williamvogt

We’re now near the end of the most exciting three weeks of the year—NCAA college basketball’s final tournament. For those of you who might not know: each year, 68 college teams (annoyingly bumped up from 65 a few years ago) … Continue reading →

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