March Madness 2012: The 6 biggest snubs and surprises

Drexel fails to make the cut, but Iona gets in? A look at the NCAA tournament's most questionable bracket decisions

The Kentucky Wildcats (32-2) are among the favorites to win this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament.
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It's time to get your bracket ready and jump into the office pool. With Selection Sunday behind us, the 68 teams that will vie for the NCAA men's basketball championship are no longer a matter of speculative argument, and the tournament itself kicks off with two play-in games Tuesday night. And while there's little dispute over the merits of top seeds Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Michigan State, many fans across the country are furious, as some fans inevitably are every year, that their teams were left out. As you get ready to ink in your bracket, a look at the 2012 Final Four Tournament's biggest snubs and surprises:

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