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Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field, writing that the inevitable move has happened -- Kentucky leapfrogs Syracuse and moves to No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | February 27, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. With Ohio State's loss to the Spartans, Kansas joins the top line and Missouri moves up to No. 3. Two No. 1 seeds still remain up for grabs.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. With Duke avoiding a costly upset, there wasn't a ton of movement among the candidates to land No. 1 seeds. That could change in the next couple of weeks.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. With Ohio State's loss to the Spartans, Kansas joins the top line and Missouri moves up to No. 3. Two No. 1 seeds still remain up for grabs.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. While Syracuse, Kentucky and Ohio State are securing their spots on the bracket's top line, the fourth spot remains up for grabs among a bevy of contenders.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. Missouri joins Syracuse, Ohio State and Kentucky as top teams, but the race for a No. 1 seed is open as five other teams lurk just outside the top line.

Story | Conversation | February 06, 2012

Resident ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. While Syracuse, Kentucky and Ohio State are securing their spots on the bracket's top line, the fourth spot remains up for grabs among a bevy of contenders.

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2012

Resident ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. While Syracuse and Kentucky are clearly the two best teams, Kansas and Ohio State earn No. 1 seeds. Iowa State and Stanford are among teams on the bubble.

Story | Conversation | January 23, 2012

Resident ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the latest look at the NCAA tournament field. The Duke Blue Devils return to the top line and sit among the No. 1 seeds, while Memphis, BYU and Cincinnati are all on the bubble.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2012

ESPN Insider Jay Bilas presents the latest Bilas Index, in which the UNC Tar Heels stay in the top five despite an blowout loss to Florida State.

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2012

Joe Lunardi provides an early examination of the bubble picture as the bracket begins to take shape. Plus, a look at the likely No. 1 seeds, where the Orange are in front, but UNC and Kentucky aren't far behind.

Story | Conversation | January 09, 2012

ESPN Insider Jay Bilas presents the latest Bilas Index after a week of upsets and crazy conference play. This week, the Indiana Hoosiers crack the top 10 for the first time while Pitt continues to plummet.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2012

ESPN Insider Jay Bilas presents the latest Bilas Index. Syracuse remains on top and the elite remain largely intact, but otherwise there is a lot of movement in the top-68 rankings.

Story | Conversation | January 01, 2012

In Week 2 of the Bilas Index, Jay's top team stays put atop the rankings, but the Vanderbilt Commodores take a nosedive.

Story | Conversation | December 25, 2011

Jay Bilas introduces his inaugural Top 68 rankings, looking at the best college basketball teams through a combination of metrics and visual analysis. In the debut ranking, Syracuse leads, but Kentucky is close behind.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2011

At this time last year, Ben Hansbrough's name didn't appear on the Wooden Award preseason watch list. Five months later, he edged out Connecticut's Kemba Walker for Big East Player of the Year. Using that as a backdrop, let's remember that the list...