The Bilas Index, Vol. II The 68 top teams in men's college basketball - ESPN

Let The Bilastrator be the first to congratulate you on your uncommon good fortune, as The Bilas Index, Volume II is now available to you, a member of the general public. Now, you can not only make sense of the vast college hoops landscape, you will stand out among the hopelessly lost members of our society who attempt to process the college hoops universe without the benevolent help of The Bilastrator. You are well on your way to winning your office pool, friendly wagers and — when discussing the game with others with the knowledge you now possess — you will be seen as a god among mortals. We speak from experience in this area, using the «royal we» — it is a wondrous feeling.

After the first third of the season is in the books and we begin conference play, there is a significant date for The Bilastrator's massive and magnificent gray matter to process. The data tells us what teams and players have accomplished to this point, but it does not necessarily tell us what said teams and players are capable of in the future. For that, we need, crave and deserve as a human right the analysis and basketball judgment of The Bilastrator. As Albert Einstein — a quality thinker in his own right, but an inferior mind to The Bilastrator in the basketball realm — once advised: «Have holy curiosity.» Well, The Bilastrator has just that… and more.

In this early season, we have witnessed some superlative play, both team and individual. Scoring is up, as is efficiency. We have seen upsets and Top 25 teams going down to unranked teams. Just like every season, the uninformed seem perplexed, as if ranked teams always won in the past. It could be that football, where a loss is disqualifying to nearly all teams but Alabama, has poisoned