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4 teams are left in the men's NCAA basketball tournament

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The men's and women's March Madness tournaments truly have been filled with madness — upsets have roiled² many a bracket. The excitement is not done — the women's Final Four will be decided³ Monday.

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All right. College basketball's postseason continues to live up to that March Madness nickname. Several newcomers qualified⁴ over the weekend for the Final Four in the men's Division I tournament. At the same time, the women's tournament is showing off a newfound parity⁵ with surprises of its own. Here's NPR's Tom Goldman.

TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE⁶: By the end of the weekend, this maddest of Marches left many a college basketball fan dazed. There were almost as many historic moments as advertisements featuring AT&T's Lily - almost. Friday night in the men's tournament, the last No. 1 seeds, Alabama and Houston, lost.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: So the headline here is that there is no No. 1 left in the Elite⁷ Eight for the first time ever.

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JIM NANTZ: It's the biggest win in Hurricane hoops⁸ history - Miami, heading to the Final Four for the first time.

GOLDMAN: Sunday night, the University of Miami finished off the men's action with a win over Texas, heard here on CBS, and became the third Final Four first-timer, along with San Diego State and Florida Atlantic University. The FAU Owls⁹ are the lowest seed among the remaining teams, which also include Connecticut, and the biggest surprise to everyone but the FAU Owls. Bryan Greenlee is a junior guard.

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BRYAN GREENLEE: Honestly, all the things people say just fuels us to even go out there and play even harder. So they can say what we want to say - we're a Cinderella team, say we don't belong - but we've constantly proven people wrong all season.

GOLDMAN: It was a regular season where no one dominant¹⁰ men's team emerged. The parity was fueled by players using the transfer portal to change schools and spread talent. Also, the NCAA gave athletes an extra year of eligibility¹¹ due to COVID postponements, meaning teams were stocked with experienced players. This all could be said for the women's game as well, which traditionally hasn't had the parity and depth of the men's game. But change is happening. In this tournament, two No. 1 seeds lost before the round of 16, the first time that's happened in a quarter century. Dawn Staley coaches the overall No. 1-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks.

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DAWN STALEY: This is a new history that we're, you know, we're venturing into because there are so many great players and parity in our league that we need to start documenting because we probably lost a lot of our history because we chose not to share it.

GOLDMAN: Iowa's Caitlin Clark is doing her part to show off the women's game.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: And Caitlin Clark has a 40-point triple-double in the Elite Eight.

GOLDMAN: That was history, as heard on ESPN. No women's tournament player had ever pulled off the 40-point triple-double. Clark, a junior guard, finished with 41 points to go with 12 assists and 10 rebounds¹² in Iowa's Elite Eight win over Louisville.

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CAITLIN CLARK: You know, I thought our team played really well. That's what it's all about. You know, I was going to give every single thing I had. When I came here, I said I wanted to take this program to the Final Four, and all you got to do is dream. And then all you got to do is believe and work your butt¹³ off to get there.

GOLDMAN: It's Iowa's first trip to the women's Final Four in 30 years. LSU also qualified yesterday. It's the first Final Four since 2007 that won't include perennial¹⁴ power UConn. The Huskies most likely will be back. But for now, women's college basketball is showing it's quite capable of filling the void.

Tom Goldman, NPR News.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 roiled   

v.搅混（液体）( roil的过去式和过去分词 )；使烦恼；使不安；使生气

参考例句：

• American society is being roiled by the controversy over homosexual marriage. 当今美国社会正被有关同性恋婚姻的争论搞得不得安宁。 来自互联网
• In the past few months, instability has roiled Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas. 在过去的几个月里，西藏和藏人居住区不稳定。 来自互联网

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

5 parity   

n.平价，等价，比价，对等

参考例句：

• The two currencies have now reached parity.这两种货币现已达到同等价值。
• Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

8 hoops   

n.箍( hoop的名词复数 )；（篮球）篮圈；（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓

参考例句：

• a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
• Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎，这个季节的裙圈比较宽大，裙裾却短一些。 来自飘（部分）

9 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

10 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

11 eligibility   

n.合格，资格

参考例句：

• What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么？ 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
• Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。

12 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

13 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

14 perennial   

adj.终年的；长久的

参考例句：

• I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
• There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。