NCAA Basketball Bracket 2015: Mobile-Friendly Primer for March Madness

The bracket for the 2015 NCAA men's college basketball tournament is finally set in stone, which means it is time for fans to test their knowledge by predicting how the chaos of March Madness will ultimately play out.

There are equal parts skill and luck involved with filling out an accurate bracket, but it is always a fun process regardless of how the tourney unfolds. Games are always that much more exciting to watch when there is a rooting interest, and NCAA tournament brackets ensure that is the case for each and every contest.

With March Madness in full swing, here is a bracket that is both mobile-friendly and printable, as well as some further information regarding the 2015 NCAA tournament.

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Key Tournament Information

Dates: March 17 through April 6

Channels: CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV

Live Stream: March Madness Live

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NCAA Tournament Primer

Kentucky's Dominance

After running the table during the regular season and dominating on both ends of the floor, there is no argument to be made against Kentucky as the favorite to win the national championship.

The Wildcats were viewed as one of the nation's elite teams entering the season after falling in the title game last year, and they have somehow managed to exceed the lofty expectations placed upon them. Based on what they have accomplished to this point, they are one of the greatest teams in the history of men's college basketball.

As seen in this graphic courtesy of ESPN College Basketball following the regular season, Kentucky has been far more impressive than the most recent team to finish a season undefeated:

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Kentucky is chasing Bob Knight's 1976 Indiana Hoosiers - the last men's CBB team to finish the season undefeated. pic.twitter.com/r8qyXjfj5L

— ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB) March 10, 2015"

Perhaps the main reason for that is the length and defensive acumen that the Wildcats possess. According to Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com, Kentucky head coach John Calipari believes that is what sets this team apart from the great squads he had at the University of Massachusetts.

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Both teams were deep, but this team is way bigger. Like ridiculously big. The hard thing for us at UMass was we couldn't get size until we got Marcus Camby. Then we got size. Everyone else was 6'7", 6'6", and maybe we had a few kids who were 6'7" and a half. But we didn't have that one big guy. This team has three seven-footers and two or three other guys who are 6'10". We're extremely long.

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That size has made life miserable for the opposition from an offensive perspective, but opposing teams have brought some of the struggles upon themselves as well.

Per Nicole Auerbach of USA Today, hitting open shots is viewed as the likeliest way to take down the juggernaut that is Kentucky:

That is easier said than done since shooters tend to hear footsteps when going up against the Wildcats' incredible defense.

The level of competition is going to get much stiffer for Kentucky during the NCAA tournament, but it will undoubtedly remain the odds-on favorite until a team somehow manages to take it down.

Other Championship Contenders

Everything seems to be pointing toward Kentucky marching to a national championship, but there are plenty of other great teams in the country with a chance to beat the Wildcats in a one-game situation.

According to ESPN's Jay Williams, there are three teams in particular that could outflank Kentucky in the form of Duke, Wisconsin and Arizona:

Wisconsin may be the most interesting team among them, as the Badgers dropped an agonizingly close decision to the Wildcats in the Final Four last year. Wisconsin has maintained its status as an elite team in 2014-15, and it may be better equipped than anyone else to take down Kentucky.

The Badgers have perhaps the best player in the nation in forward Frank Kaminsky, and they also have a host of players capable of filling it up from three-point range. Per ESPN's Sean Harrington on ESPN 99.1, Wisconsin has the makeup of a team that can give the Wildcats major problems:

There likely isn't a team in the country that can attempt to win the paint and succeed against Kentucky, so the best game plan is to spread the Wildcats out and hurt them from long range.

Wisconsin can most definitely do that, but it also has the ability to go inside with Kaminsky when there are openings. Talented teams like Duke and Arizona would have a puncher's chance as well, but nobody is a bigger matchup problem for the Wildcats than the Badgers.

Sleepers to Watch

While much of the focus is on the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, there are always a few lower-seeded teams that manage to make deep runs in the NCAA tournament.

Two teams that have been ranked for much of the season but haven't gotten much respect are Oklahoma and Utah. They are both built to have March Madness success, and it isn't out of the question for either of them to make a run toward the Final Four.

The Sooners are especially intriguing, as Seth Davis of CBS Sports thinks they can pose an issue for Kentucky:

That certainly makes sense because Oklahoma boasts a pair of great shooters in Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins as well as two tough, physical bigs in TaShawn Thomas and Ryan Spangler. That combination has led the Sooners to a great season thus far, and it makes them a team that is built to last.

As for the Utes, they have an extremely impressive resume that includes wins over Wichita State and BYU. They have also played the likes of Kansas and Arizona tough, which suggests that they could be a tough out.

Do-everything guard Delon White is capable of taking games over for Utah, while Jordan Loveridge and Brandon Taylor are excellent complementary scorers.

The Utes are also among the most efficient shooting teams in the nation with a field-goal percentage of nearly 49 percent, and that is something that could carry them to a memorable performance in the tourney.

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