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By Mike Moore Staff Writer Michigan Center — There’s been some research done, some sifting through record books and interviewing of those who may know. So, as he and his team prepare for their final game of the regular season — Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Vandercook Lake — Travis Gaddy and the Michigan Center basketball squad are one win shy of a new benchmark. And perfection. “Not many teams have the chance to do what we do, and I think the kids understand that,” Gaddy said Wednesday night, roughly 24 hours before his Cardinals (19-0) close out the regular season at VCL. “We’ve talked about every game from this point forward really meaning something to us.” The Cardinals clinched the Cascades Conference title last week, won their 19th game Tuesday in a 71-28 thrashing of Addison, and enter Thursday trying to end the regular season without a blemish. “We’ve researched and talked and everything,” Gaddy said, “and we don’t think a Michigan Center team has ever done that before.” Thursday is the second time the Cardinals and Jayhawks will have met this winter, with Michigan Center winning 75-53 at home on Feb. 8. “Focus. We have to focus…