Sorry to remind you college basketball fans, but the 2020 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament would have started its most exciting stage (the Round of 64 on Thursday and Friday; 32 games played in two days). Let’s pretend for a second that March Madness had gone ahead and start by introducing my field of 68.
The teams are ranked overall – seeds based mainly on Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology, 1-4 = No. 1 seed, 5-8 = No. 2, etc – and the automatic bids are based on the regular season standings if no conference tournament was finished or started before March 12, and the No.