The Magic Eight: One of these teams will win the national title

Notable OmissionsVillanova and Iowa: Two highly efficient teams that lack the tourney experience to pull off a title run. The Wildcats bowed out in the first

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Joel Embiid and fellow freshman Wayne Selden and Andrew Wiggins could lead Kansas to another title. — Joel Embiid and fellow freshman Wayne Selden and Andrew Wiggins could lead Kansas to another title :: Kansas City Star/Getty Images

Notable Omissions

Jabari Parker has been arguably the best player in college basketball, but can he carry Duke to a championship? :: Lance King/Getty Images

Villanova and Iowa: Two highly efficient teams that lack the tourney experience to pull off a title run. The Wildcats bowed out in the first round last season to North Carolina, while no one on the Hawkeyes has been in the Dance. (Kentucky gets a waiver on the tourney-experience requirement due to its abundance of NBA talent, which neither of these teams can match.)

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Published Jan 14, 2014 | Modified Jan 14, 2014

LUKE WINN

Luke Winn joined Sports Illustrated in 2002 as a web producer and is now a senior writer. He primarily covers college basketball, but has written about baseball, the Olympics and more.

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