The Guides of March

For the casual fan, college basketball season is about to start. To get you prepared, here’s a little bit of information about each team in this year’s NCAA tournament. And from FiveThirtyEight: The favorites, the Cinderellas and the teams to avoid when filling out your bracket. And from The Ringer: The 2019 March Madness Cinderella Guide. (Making selections among 68 teams might seem overwhelming, but it will be good practice for handicapping what promises to be the vastly larger group vying for the Democratic presidential nomination…)