Syracuse may miss second weekend 
Over the past 24 hours, you've seen pundits making all kinds of arguments about how Fab Melo's absence from the NCAA tournament because of an eligibility issue will affect Syracuse's chances of winning the national championship, or its NCAA tournament bracket.
Here at GK Central, we're focused on a more immediate question: What are the odds that the Orange will be taken down even earlier, by a Giant Killer? Here's a hint: It's a sizeable change.
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Peter Keating
Peter Keating is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine, where he has covered investigative and financial stories since 1999. His work on concussions in football has earned awards from the Deadline Club, the New York Press Club and the Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He joined the Giant Killers team in 2008.
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Jordan Brenner
Jordan Brenner is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Insider. He has covered pro and college basketball for the last decade and launched the Giant Killers project in 2006.
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