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GENERAL

Improving the Big East Conference Basketball Tournament

Christopher Abdul-ChaniDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
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Jesse FreyDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 342-349 | Received 01 May 2015, Published online: 21 Nov 2016

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