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In the latest edition of his ranking of the top 68 teams in the country, Jay Bilas has Rick Pitino's Louisville team at No. 1.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2013

RecruitingNation experts grade the best basketball recruiting classes from non-BCS conferences through the early signing period.

Story | Conversation | November 29, 2012

Jay Bilas provides his Nov. 28 edition of The Bilas Index, his ranking of the top 68 teams in the nation. Tom Crean's Indiana team earns the No. 1 spot.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2012

John Gasaway looks at the top five contenders who are set up for fast starts to the 2012-13 season.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2012

Time to break down why it will go well -- or poorly -- for each of the tourney teams.

Joe Lunardi breaks down all 68 teams in his 2012 NCAA tournament Video Previews.

Jay Bilas looks outside the traditional power conferences to spot the most lethal teams for March. He finds 14 candidates, headlined by the UNLV Rebels -- who have already knocked off one of the nation's elite.

Blog | Conversation | January 18, 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

The tournament selection process isn't bad, but it's not nearly as good as it could be. And isn't that what the NCAA should strive for? Jay Bilas breaks down four ways the selection committee's process could be improved.

Blog | Conversation | March 17, 2011

While the Giant Killers tend to thrive in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the metrics hold all the way through the end, and the second round offers a lot of intrigue. Namely, there are some tough games ahead for No. 1 seeds.

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2011

Using the Bracket Predictor tool, Chris Sprow goes through the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament and comes up with a Sweet 16. Includes analysis on picks that were close calls.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2011

Ian Gordon examines the truism that a deep bench is needed to win the NCAA tournament to see if teams like Ohio State, which goes only seven-deep, have enough depth to win a title.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2011

Chad Millman profiles the best and worst NCAA tourney teams to bet on in this week's Sweat Barometer.

Blog | Conversation | March 14, 2011

Joe Lunardi breaks down all 68 teams in his 2011 NCAA Tournament Video Previews.

The old adage of "live by the 3, die by the 3" applies only to those teams without the proper fail-safes. Matt Meyers takes a look at a few of those teams with an eye toward the NCAA tourney.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2011