Redemption Rankings: Which Teams Have Scores to Settle This March?

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Within every NCAA tournament field, you'll find a handful of teams that are just happy to be there and another set of teams on a mission to change the narrative that followed them into March. It may feel like ancient history now, but the first of Villanova's two national championships this decade came one year after a second-round loss to NC State that continued a frustrating trend of first-weekend exits for Jay Wright's best teams. The next year, the Wildcats entered the field as a No. 2 seed, beat North Carolina on a legendary shot and announced…