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Host Patrick Snow and Athlon NBA writer Doug Word discuss the significance of New Jersey's 10th win, the Nuggets' fall from grace, the ramifications of the Hedo Turkoglu incident and more in this week's edition of the NBA Insiders.

Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils won a South Region that also featured an upstart Saint Mary's team and a dominant center.

Bob Huggins and the West Virginia Mountaineers made it to the pinnacle of an East Region that also included Big Blue favorites and Big Red underdogs.

Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans clinched a Midwest Region that also included giant-killer Northern Iowa and a disappointing Georgetown team.

Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs outlasted a West Region that included the Orange being crushed and arguably the best game of the Big Dance.

Winners of four straight games, Amare Stoudemire and the Phoenix Suns are moving up in this week's power rankings.

Hosts Braden Gall and Mitch Light recap the thrilling first weekend of the tourney and pick all of the remaining games. Who makes the revised Final Four and our first weekend All-Tourney teams as well on this edition of ITP.

Special thanks to Moon Taxi for supplying Athlon with their music. Check them out at RideTheMoonTaxi.com. They were voted Best Band in Nashville last fall.

The East Region features a Kentucky team on a championship pace, an Ivy League underdog playing nearly as good and a Hall of Fame namesake reminding many of the original.

The South Region boasts defensive-minded Duke, a bold Saint Mary's family, a local team making history and an undermanned Purdue club that continues to overachieve.

The West Region has a legendary coach who doesn't believe in NCAA Tourney upsets, an underdog making its third straight Sweet 16 trip and a battle-rapping mid-major from Indiana.