Jay Bilas released his updated “Bilas Index” via ESPN which he claims is “the most comprehensive and complete examination and evaluation of college basketball proficiency and ability on this, or any, planet.”
In this beautiful piece of literature (the third version), Jay Bilas categorizes the 68 best teams in college basketball into four separate tiers which reflects a teams capabilities and ceilings:
Tier 1: National title favorites
Tier 2: Elite Eight possibles
Tier 3: Sweet 16 contenders
Tier 4: Somebody might do it, but everybody here had better get better
Syracuse basketball cracked the top-68 list at No.