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Now that we have a Final Four, which team has the best chance of winning the title? Who are the game-changing players in New Orleans? Charlie Creme breaks down the field.

Notre Dame in Iowa City? Cal and Stanford together in Spokane? Penn State to Baton Rouge (again)? Charlie Creme tackles some of the bracket's biggest talking points, including Kansas' at-large berth and some inflated seedings for the Big Ten teams.

It's never too early to take a look at next season. So here's a pre-preseason look at espnW.com's 2013-14 preseason top 25.

Charlie Creme shares his S-curve and explains why the bubble is not that strong this season.

Nothing is a lock in December. But Stanford, Connecticut, Baylor and Duke won't be easy to knock off the top line as No. 1 seeds.

There are always a handful of teams that really help shape the bubble come March. These are the five mid-major teams that have the best shot of getting an at-large bid if they fail to clinch an automatic berth.

From Stanford traveling to Norfolk to Miami landing in Spokane, where teams ended up in the bracket dominated any talk about snubs and who got left out.

Baylor, Connecticut and Duke top an early look at the preseason top 25 for 2012-13.

There's a lot of basketball still to be played this season, but the No. 1 seeds -- Baylor, Notre Dame, Connecticut and Stanford -- already look like a sure thing.

Baylor is the clear-cut overall No. 1 seed; Nebraska, Maryland and Ohio State are better than expected; Delaware is here to stay; and Gonzaga's placement in the bracket once again creates a dilemma.

There's no surprise among the No. 1 seeds, which would be Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford. But which teams join Maryland as a No. 2? ESPN.com's Charlie Creme gives us a brief Bracketology update, with a full field of 64 coming Jan. 9....

For the second consecutive NCAA tournament, teams from the same conference could end up as the top two seeds in the same region. Yes, Baylor, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Connecticut, we're talking about you.

Three teams are ahead of reigning NCAA champion Texas A&M in our very early look at how the preseason 2011-12 rankings might look seven months from now.

Last week, and perhaps for the rest of the regular season, the biggest question is whether Maryland or Rutgers deserves the fourth and final No. 1 seed.

Saturday's Tennessee-Stanford matchup is hardly the only pivotal nonconference game coming up. Between now and Christmas Day, several teams will play big games that will have an impact on the tourney selection process.

Big East fans weren't satisfied with UConn and Rutgers getting No. 1 seeds in Charlie Creme's projection. But our bracketologist explains why more teams from the conference weren't included in the field.