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Joe Lunardi's ultimate March Madness 2021 tournament guide

Strange times call for flexibility, and your Bracket Bunker staff is answering the call. An adjusted NCAA tournament schedule has thrown the editors a curveball and made the annual Selection Sunday team-by-team previews unworkable.

So we've taken the extra days and combined the most important factoids for bracketing into a single document. If you need to make those tournament picks in, say, one lunch hour, here's your shot.

In the following capsules, we've plucked the single most predictable and unpredictable elements of all 68 teams. We've added three numeric rankings -- eye test rank (best team), résumé rating (most deserving) and field rank (overall chances to advance), plus each team's position on the committee's seed list -- to help you spot the distinctions that matter most.

Finally, it wouldn't be March without a fearless prediction from yours truly. Just remember that I'm the guy who once lost his family's bracket contest to a cocker spaniel.

Happy hoops!