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In Depth: 2026 Pain Index
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Based on source story: 📉 2026 Pain Index: Where does Duke's loss rank? from ESPN
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this to 2026 Pain Index. Some losses are understandable in the NCAA Others will haunt us forever . We rank them all.
March Madness is one of the best sporting events. It brings us upsets, storylines and magic for three glorious weekends of win-or-go-home college basketball.
When One Shining Moment plays at the end of the even the most stoic fan can be moved to tears. Every team's exit is categorized into one of eight tiers.
Idaho Vandals How they lost: 78-47 to 2-seed Houston in the first round Peak win probability: 3% with 15:24 left in first half, leading by 3. To say the Panthers were never in the game would be an understatement.
The closes by linking the event to broader consequences.
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