Temple marching band ushers in 'March Madness' at Liberty Place [video]

March 18, 2013

By Charlie Kaier

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Members of the Temple University marching band were on hand at Liberty Place in Center City Philadelphia to help celebrate the start of March Madness. Temple, Villanova and LaSalle (for the first time in two decades) have all played into the 64-team NCAA first round.

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