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NCAA Basketball: Buy or sell Gonzaga, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas Tech as national title contenders

By Brian Rauf

SYRACUSE, NY - MARCH 04: Kyle Guy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers celebrates a teammate's three point basket during the second half against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome on March 4, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Virginia defeats Syracuse 79-53. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
SYRACUSE, NY - MARCH 04: Kyle Guy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers celebrates a teammate's three point basket during the second half against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome on March 4, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Virginia defeats Syracuse 79-53. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) /
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 09: Jordan Bowden #23 of the Tennessee Volunteers celebrates after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the game at Talking Stick Resort Arena on December 9, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Volunteers defeated the Bulldogs 76-73. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 09: Jordan Bowden #23 of the Tennessee Volunteers celebrates after defeating the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the game at Talking Stick Resort Arena on December 9, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Volunteers defeated the Bulldogs 76-73. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Certain NCAA Basketball title contenders are known to be legitimate, but which top teams with question marks can you believe in? Buy or sell these four high seeds.

The NCAA Basketball Tournament often isn’t remembered for its purpose of declaring a national champion.

The weeks leading up to the Big Dance are all about bubble teams and who may or may not be included in the field, and then much of the tournament itself is headlined by upsets, underdogs, and Cinderella’s.

But a national champion is what we are here for and, despite all the parity in college basketball this year, there is only a select group of top teams that are capable of winning a title.

Duke is the most talented team in the country when they’re healthy and Kentucky isn’t far behind. North Carolina may not be, either, especially considering the fact that they’ve won 14 of their last 15 games and just swept the Blue Devils.

The other teams in that mix all have question marks surrounding their candidacy. Is Gonzaga really that good after playing WCC competition? Can Virginia shake their March woes? What are we to make of Tennessee’s recent struggles? And is Texas Tech really in this tier?

We break down whether those four teams are legitimate national championship contenders or not in this edition of Buy or Sell.

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