In the newest episode of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Podcast, hosts Chris Dortch (@cdortch) and Kevin Ingram (@KIngramSports) welcome back ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.

Some of the topics of discussion:

* The strength of the Big Ten

* Vanderbilt’s Dylan Disu having a breakout season

* Duke making a run at an NCAA Tournament spot

* Lunardi’s upcoming book, Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession

* How the Big Ten could land multiple No. 1 and No. 2 seeds

* Alabama potentially earning a No. 1 seed

* Dark horse Final Four contenders

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Coming up on Thursday

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In Thursday’s long-form edition for paid subscribers, Chris Dortch and Joseph Dycus contribute installments to our Blue Ribbon Update series, focusing on Michigan and Florida State, respectively. And Kevin Ingram takes another trip to an iconic college basketball arena in his monthly My Favorite Venues series.

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