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Dan Dakich, ESPN Insider 9y

Five NCAA tourney-ready teams

Insider Men's College Basketball

We know what's going to happen on March 15. It's the most anticipated announcement this side of the crop report in the movie "Trading Places" -- the NCAA men's basketball committee will reveal the tournament field and pairings.

What's going to happen after is the yearly rant on "the little guy" getting overlooked big-time, followed by the all-knowing folks who'll say "the committee got the seeding wrong because State U. should be a 3 instead of a 4." It's college basketball's annual exercise in "I'm smarter than you," and then we'll move on to enjoy a great tourney set up very well by a bunch of folks who have worked exceptionally hard.

We know who the top teams will be heading into that event, but who else is peaking at the right time?

Here are five teams that are currently off the radar of many, but each will win at least a game in the tournament:

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