Behind the Bracket: Conference call

Insider helps college basketball fans stay on top of the NCAA tournament field as it forms.

Joe Lunardi: Behind the Bracket

Insiders get Bracketology details the rest of the public doesn't. See which teams and which games are impacting the bracket, why it's moving and what may happen next.

• Bracket math: A bad day for C-USA

Lunardi's Tournament Odds/Rundown

Bracketology tells you only how the bracket looks on that day. Lunardi's odds tell you how it's likely to look come Selection Sunday.

• It's the final rundown

Bubble Insider

See which bubble teams are bound to get bounced and which are likely to crack the field of 65.

• The value of the signature win
• Pac-10's two-team bid busted already?
• Predicting how Big East bubble bounces
• 21 teams, 7 bids, and UConn can still surprise
• Va. Tech's body of work: poor
• The Big East's quest for nine bids
• All roads lead to Saturday
• Without one, UAB, URI could be done
• Bubble teams with the best shot at bids
• Magic numbers to secure bids
• Lessons from the Last Four In

Inside the Bracket

Hard-core analysis of squads set to endure the Madness of March.

• Michigan State's Achilles' heel
• Derrick Favors' interior impact
• Purdue should pound the paint
• Inexperience isn't UNC's problem
• How Tennessee can clip Kentucky
• Buckeyes are far better than their stats
• Georgetown's identity crisis
• How Siena stops Butler
• Louisville's secret weapon
• Texas needs a Pittman pickup
• Syracuse's special skill
• Kansas can turn back clock to '08
• Nova's Final Four repeat roadblock

Regional Breakdowns

See how the teams stack up in each region of Bracketology.

• East | West | Midwest | South

Resources

• Bracketology | Bubble Watch
• InsideRPI | Nitty-Gritty