Wisconsin basketball (21-6, 11-5 Big Ten) fell to the No. 3 seed line in Joe Lunardi’s ESPN bracketology update on Sunday. The Badgers fell after a late-game meltdown led to a home loss to the Oregon Ducks on Saturday.

About a week ago, analysts and college basketball fans were hailing the Kansas State Wildcats as a Tournament contender after a remarkable season turnaround. No

ESPN's Joe Lunardi updates his bracketology ahead of Tuesday's games with 13 SEC teams in the field and 1 more in the picture.

The Nittany Lions have lost seven straight and sit at the bottom of the Big Ten standings, needing a miracle Big Ten Tournament run to have any chance of making the 68-team field. For the other 17 teams in the conference,

So when ESPN's Joe Lunardi dropped a reality check on the current state of Kansas basketball, it raised some eyebrows. According to Lunardi, the Jayhawks are set to enter the tournament as a 7-seed in the Midwest.

In fact, in his Tuesday update, Lunardi has an incredible 13 teams in the field of 68 squads for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. That means the rest of the regular season and the SEC Tournament are going to be hugely important. Check out Lunardi’s latest SEC-related projections below.