There is no such thing as a college basketball offseason for Joe Lunardi. ESPN’s Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament ...

ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi has released a new Bracketology. The Kentucky Wildcats are seeded the same, but in a new bracket.

It may still be the offseason, but the college basketball conversation is alive and well – and Joe Lunardi is helping to keep it going with his latest 2026 NCAA Tournament Bracketology update.

Joe Lunardi updated his ESPN 2026 Bracketology on Tuesday and it projects Kentucky to pick up right where it left off in Year 2 under head coach Mark Pope.

ESPN's Joe Lundardi went through another way-too-early effort to project the NCAA Tournament field and dropped Ohio State down a couple of seed lines.

After missing the NCAA Tournament for the last three years, the Ohio State men's basketball team is projected to be safely in ...

And speaking of March Madness, ESPN's Joe Lunardi released his initial bracketology for the 2025-26 season on April 29–– placing Alabama as the No. 6 seed in the East Region.

Florida basketball's seeding in ESPN's 2026 bracketology In Lunardi's May installment, he had the Gators as a No. 3 seed in the South Region, matched up with the 14th-seeded Furman Paladins in ...

Lunardi has the Cyclones as a third seed in the East Region, a grouping led by Purdue and with St. John's as the No. 2 seed. In-state rival Iowa is a No. 8 seed.

ESPN's Joe Lunardi released his latest Way-Too-Early Bracketology for the upcoming season on Tuesday, and Florida is listed as the top overall seed. UF is joined on the 1-seed line by the Duke ...

Kansas basketball continues to build its roster ahead of the 2025-26 season. At the moment, that has KU projected to make the NCAA tournament.

— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) June 24, 2025 Just a few months ago, the Illini were slotted as a No. 7 seed in Lunardi’s initial 2026 Bracketology.