A new trend of marquee preseason matchups has given us some data points when it comes to ranking teams before the season begins.

With the 2025-26 men's college basketball season approaching, here are Andy Katz's champion predictions for each conference.

The past seven NCAA tournament berths from the Big Sky have been claimed by Montana, Montana State and Eastern Washington. This season, the conference might have to make room for a trio of teams looking to snap some long NCAA tournament droughts: Portland State (last in 2009), Northern Colorado (2011) and Idaho (1990).

The NCAA announced Thursday that it will issue availability reports during both the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments to help shield athletes from sports betting.

Top seeds Houston, Duke, UConn and Florida anchor our projection with Louisville and Texas Tech also poised for March redemption.

As the start of the 2025-26 season approaches, here's where ESPN's Joe Lunardi has slotted Ohio State in his latest 2026 NCAA Tournament projection.

In commemoration of the 35th anniversary of their incomparable campaign, members of the team will light the Torch when the Raiders take on the Jaguars.

The NCAA announced Thursday that player availability reports will be used for the 2026 men's and women's basketball tournaments in March. The reports from teams must be submitted the night before games and again two hours before tipoff.

In the first of two installments, The Dispatch unveils its 2025-26 Ohio State men's basketball power rankings, starting with Nos. 14-8.

The NCAA is implementing player availability reports for both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, the association announced Thursday. The new policy goes into effect for both installments of March Madness starting in 2026.

The annual preseason list takes into account all offseason moves and predicts how the march toward the NCAA tournament will play out.