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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.

If Duke wants a shot at being included among the truly elite teams this season, the Blue Devils must finally solve Connecticut in the regular 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.

A look at how Baylor beat Stanford in Sunday's second national semifinal at Denver's Pepsi Center.

A look at the first half of Sunday's national semifinal matchup between Baylor and Stanford at Denver's Pepsi Center.

DENVER -- If it was not clear before, it certainly should be now. Brittney Griner will be back at Baylor for the 2012-13 season. The WNBA will have to keep waiting. During Baylor's news conference before Sunday's national semifinal against Stanford,...

From backcourt battles to key X factors, we break down Sunday's Stanford-Baylor national semifinal from every angle.

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.

This season, figuring out where teams go in the bracket -- not which teams make up the field of 64 -- is the toughest challenge to Bracketology.

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....