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Portrait of a Cinderella: a closer look at the March metaphor

Why is the Cinderella metaphor so much more prevalent in college basketball than other sports? In this video essay, Matt Ufford searches for the defining ideals of March Madness underdogs by examining the history of the NCAA tournament and the animated film that helped create the Disney empire.

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