March Madness: The Greatest Basketball Tournament

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  1. 3. Players must show __ and determination to succeed in March Madness.
  2. 4. College basketball teams that are not expected to win are called __ teams.
  3. 5. The final game of the tournament is called the National __.
  4. 7. March Madness is one of the most __ sporting events in the world.
  5. 8. The sport of March Madness.
  6. 10. When a smaller team defeats a powerful favorite, it's called a __ story.
  7. 12. The year March Madness began.
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  1. 1. The month when this famous basketball tournament takes place.
  2. 2. Fans fill our their own brackets trying to __ which teams will win.
  3. 5. Players from __ compete in March Madness, not professional players.
  4. 6. A team is __ from the tournament after losing one game.
  5. 8. The chart that shows how teams compete against each other in the tournament.
  6. 9. The number of college teams that compete in March Madness.
  7. 11. In March Madness, every game is do-or-die because one __ ends your journey.