March Madness A-Z guide to the 2019 NCAA Tournament

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson (1) and Duke Blue Devils guard Tre Jones (3) at the end of the of the ACC Tournament championship game with the Duke Blue Devils versus the Florida State Seminoles on March 16, 2019, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. (Photo by Jaylynn Nash/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 16: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts against the Florida State Seminoles during the championship game of the 2019 Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

With 68 teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, there’s a lot to learn. Luckily, we’ve got your A-Z guide to March Madness to help lead you through.

Selection Sunday has brought us the many gifts that it always done and the fervor that the NCAA Tournament brings is buzzing throughout college basketball fans. The 68 teams that will be vying for a National Championship have now been revealed, meaning that now is the time for people to start filling out their brackets. But before that can happen, fans need to learn everything they can — especially the fans that haven’t been giving college hoops their full attention all year.

There are certainly some things that everyone knows at this point. If you’ve paid even remote attention to college basketball before March Madness, then you’ve probably heard about Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils. However, there are 67 other teams and hundreds of other players that will have their roles to play in the 2019 NCAA Tournament besides the ones leading the headlines day in and day out.

Put simply, because there are 68 teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, there are even diehard college basketball fans who might not know anything about some of the teams that earned a berth in the bracket. There’s only so much time to consume college hoops throughout the regular season, meaning that every fan looking at their March Madness bracket still has plenty of things to learn.

Thus, the best thing to do after seeing the field of 68 in the tournament is to give every fan an overview and a guide to some of the major factors in play as things play out in March. And what better way to go about that than to keep it simple and go through the alphabet from A to Z and see what stands out at each letter.

Some of these highlights of the 2019 NCAA Tournament are going to be familiar to most fans, but others are not going to be. That’s what makes March Madness so wonderful — from the high-profile teams and players to the guys and teams some haven’t even heard of before, they all can matter this time of year. And with that, we start with A.

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