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Everything you need to know about the NCAA Tournament before filling out your bracket
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Everything you need to know about the NCAA Tournament before filling out your bracket

From the Everything you need to enjoy March Madness series
  • Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
  • Mar 15, 2022
  • Mar 15, 2022 Updated Sep 18, 2022
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You once could fill out your NCAA Tournament pool without knowing a team’s NET Ranking or Quad 1 record.

You didn’t need to know the difference between KenPom or a pompom or whether a bubble team from a Power 5 conference had a better chance of advancing than an automatic qualifier from a midmajor.

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