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Joe Lunardi digests all of Friday's action and finds the Pac-12 unlikely to pick up a third bid, even with Arizona and Colorado coming from outside the bracket to battle for the Pac-12 automatic bid.

Blog | Conversation | March 10, 2012

Joe Lunardi provides an updated look at where every team in the NCAA tournament mix stacks up. The bubble expands as previous "safe" tournament bets such as North Carolina and Kentucky are no longer locks, while the middle of the Pac-12 struggles.

Story | Conversation | February 15, 2013

Joe Lunardi writes that conference expansion does not always help the league get more tourney bids.

Blog | Conversation | May 18, 2011

Joe Lunardi will admit it: he was as critical as anyone of the Pac-10's cringe-inducing, non-bid-friendly play at times last season. But as he looks at the data on whether it will continue, he's feeling differently.

Blog | Conversation | July 02, 2010

After Sunday's early game action -- but before Wake vs. Clemson -- Joe Lunardi reshuffles the NCAA tournament 2010 deck again. Looks like if ASU and Washington meet in the Pac-10 semis, which could be a March Madness play-in game.

Blog | Conversation | March 07, 2010

Every Monday and Friday Joe Lunardi rolls through ESPN Insider with his new-found "Tournament Odds" report, a gold mine of data on No. 1 seeds, the bubble and teams to watch (and avoid). Here's the edition for Feb. 26, 2010.

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2010

Every Monday and Friday Joe Lunardi rolls through ESPN Insider with his new-found "Tournament Odds" report, a goldmine of data on No. 1 seeds, the bubble and teams to watch (and avoid). Here's the edition for February 22, 2010.

Story | Conversation | February 22, 2010

While the Pac-10 currently projects to have only one bid to the NCAA tournament, that number will likely rise before March, according to resident bracketologist Joe Lunardi. That is, if UCLA stops upsetting potential tourney teams.

Story | Conversation | January 11, 2010

Who gets those at-large bids normally reserved for the Pac-10 and Big Ten. Not who you think.