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The intensity is dialed up during March Madness. So what happens when coaches lose their voice during the most important time of year?

There is a system that follows the many screams. For some, who have zero trepidation of wearing out their own vocal chords, it involves asking players to read lips in real time or even turn to an assistant coach to finish a sentence. The madness of March has infinite layers, but it’s also near the end of the road for college basketball’s best. And that means head coaches have yelled. A lot. In practice, in games, at home, or over the piercing noise of an road crowd, coaches have to get their point across. It comes at an expense.