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Bill Chappell

The men's Sweet 16 tips off Thursday, as basketball fans enjoy a wild March

The Sweet 16 includes Desi Sills (#13) and the Kansas State Wildcats, in an NCAA men's tournament that lacks any of the four top "blue blood" programs, such as Kentucky. (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

College basketball is delivering two electric NCAA tournaments, full of upsets: In both the men's and women's brackets, only half of the No. 1 seeds have made it to the Sweet 16.

Some of the thrills are courtesy of the transfer portal, which lets athletes swap schools without having to sit out a waiting period. The relatively new policy has been blamed for destabilizing college sports, but it's also creating parity.

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