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Jay Bilas draws from a season's worth of film and live scouting to make his bracket selections, taking Insiders pick by pick to the title game in New Orleans.

Story | Conversation | March 12, 2012

The Giant Killers guys have been patting themselves on the back after Thursday's rash of upsets and near-misses (which included six of seven "Best Bets" covering the point spread). Now they're back with analysis of Saturday's four GK games.

Blog | Conversation | March 19, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating help you plan for your pool by looking ahead to possible second-round Giant Killer matchups. A couple of double-digit seeds could find themselves in the Sweet 16, while one popular first-round pick might be in trouble.

Blog | Conversation | March 17, 2010

Ryan McCrystal and Jeremy Lundblad of ESPN Stats & Information look at seven traits associated with NCAA champions. When you whittle down this season's 65 teams based on those traits, you get four teams with a legit shot.

Story | Conversation | March 17, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating open up the Giant Killers mailbag to answer readers' burning questions, including Purdue's vulnerability without Robbie Hummel, whether Murray State is too good to be true and why a program's history doesn't matter.

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2010

LaRue Cook of ESPN Insider looked at over 80 squads that have made the Elite Eight since 2000 and came away with an ideal scenario in terms of starters versus bench contributions. Turns out a deep bench doesn't matter much, which could doom K-State early.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating examine all the Giant Killer games in the West Regional and discover fertile ground for a bunch of upsets. Two games qualify for best-bet status, and there's even a (slim) chance of the first-ever 16-seed to beat a 1-seed.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating examine all the Giant Killer games in the Midwest Regional and discover four games that are worth consideration for big upsets -- with varying likelihoods of coming through.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2010

The Giant Killers series examines all the NCAA first-round matchups with giant-killing upset potential plus ratings for each low seed's chance of pulling an upset and each high seed's chance of falling. The numbers say this could be a wild year.

Blog | Conversation | March 15, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating examine all the Giant Killer games in the South Region and discover that while there isn't a sure bet among the bunch, two teams are worth long looks and two others deserve some consideration.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2010

Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating examine all the Giant Killer games in the East Region and find the tourney's most likely upset among the bunch. A surprisingly vulnerable high seed, though, gets lucky with an easy first-round matchup.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2010

This is what happened when we ran the Bracket Predictor to completion: Turns out the machine loves KU, UK and Coach K.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2010

The Giant Killers series examines all the NCAA first-round matchups with giant-killing upset potential, plus ratings for each low seed's chance of pulling an upset and each high seed's chance of falling. The numbers say this could be a wild year.

Blog | Conversation | March 14, 2010

Joe Lunardi's Saturday Bracket Math update.

Blog | Conversation | March 14, 2010

Joe Lunardi's Saturday Bracket Math update.

Blog | Conversation | March 14, 2010

Joe Lunardi's Saturday Bracket Math update.

Blog | Conversation | March 14, 2010