ESPN’s Joe Lunardi released his latest Bracketology rankings Tuesday, mentioning a number of area schools in (and just outside) the tournament’s field of 68. As of Tuesday, the SEC and Big Ten are among the most dominant conferences in the country, combining for 23 teams in the projected field.

When there is that big of a pileup of losses, the seed movements are not very dramatic. Only Michigan State, one of the big winners, moved up two-seed lines. All of the other seed changes were just one line up or down.

The men's NCAA tournament is all about matchups. Sometimes, you find the right one; other times, the wrong one finds you. That's why the college basketball teams most likely to win it all aren't necessarily the ones with the greatest strengths,

With less than a month before Selection Sunday, the Tigers have perhaps the trickiest tournament profile for the selection committee to evaluate.

Many basketball fans love the NCAA Tournament because it allows for the potential for small schools or lower-seeded teams to make a run at a title. That may have fans thinking about which team was the lowest-seeded team ever to win a national title.