According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Duke has the best chance to win the national title with a 28.5% forecast, Houston is next with 20.6% followed by Auburn at 13.6%. Duke has a 56% chance to make it to the Final Four compared to Auburn's 41.6% chance.

With ACC Tournament play already impacting NCAA Tournament projections, Duke's biggest rival might make enough waves to crack the tournament.

Joe Lunardi, ESPN's bracketology expert, has updated his NCAA Tournament projections ahead of Day 2 in Nashville.

Now overall, making the move to the 2-seed line obviously lightens the path to a deeper run, but the biggest advantage really comes on still sticking away from the 1-seed side of

ESPN expert Joe Lunardi has the Kentucky Wildcats slotted in as a three-seed in the West prior to today's SEC tournament.