The Wildcats are still highly ranked in Christmas Eve's latest Bracketology prediction from ESPN expert Joe Lunardi, although they did fall somewhat after losing for the second time this season.

ESPN bracket analyst Joe Lunardi, who has already released updated versions of the 2026 bracketology, has the Cyclones as a top-12 program. Lunardi has the Cyclones as a third seed in the East ...

Back in late April, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi – the go-to bracketologist in college basketball – released his first edition of 2026 Bracketology, and Kansas was listed as a seven seed set to take ...

One of those folks is ESPN's Joe Lunardi, who is really the one who popularized the term "bracketology," which generally means projecting and predicting the NCAA Tournament bracket early and often ...

but ESPN's Joe Lunardi remains dedicated to his task of composing bracketology updates for the next installment of March Madness. Lunardi will be providing updates once a month until October as he ...