Measuring up title contenders

Mark this date on your calendar: December 2012. For one week at least, a very rare evaluative consensus has been attained. The same nine teams are at the top of the AP top 25, our own ESPN Power Rankings and indeed my own personal top 25. While we differ slightly on the exact sequencing, all three of these august sources agree that the best nine teams in the country are as follows: Duke, Michigan, Louisville, Florida, Syracuse, Indiana, Arizona, Ohio State and Kansas.

To read John Gasaway's full take on how this season's title contenders measure up to past champs, you must be an ESPN Insider.

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John Gasaway

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• ESPN Insider college basketball contributor
• First began covering college hoops in 2004
• Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal