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College Basketball Analyst- College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider
- Played and coached at Duke
- Practicing attorney
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ESPN Insider- ESPN Insider college basketball contributor
- First began covering college hoops in 2004
- Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal
Welcome to the most reliable measure of basketball prowess in the known world, or, as it is otherwise known, The Bilas Index. The unwashed masses can rely upon so little in this day and age: The sun rising in the east, Seth Greenberg being on the bubble and The Bilas Index are but a few of them.
The Bilas Index is recorded history's most dependable, unfailing and trustworthy measure of the success, aptitude, skill, capability and capacity for growth of college basketball teams. The unimpeachable judgments made herein are the result of the painstaking analysis of advanced analytics (most notably, ESPN's Basketball Power Index or BPI), combined with the most powerful basketball instrument the game has ever known: the limitless genius and unfathomable mind of The Bilastrator himself.
The quick firing neurons of The Bilastrator's gray matter team with his basketball experience and the data compiled by the smaller brains that serve as lackeys to The Bilastrator in order to compile an easily digestible list of teams that you, the general public, can use to win your office pool and sound like a whiz kid in leading a discussion by the water cooler that sounds more like a master class.
To assist in the dissemination of The Bilastrator's judgments, he has tapped an analytics guru, ESPN Insider John Gasaway, to serve as the Kwai Chang Caine to The Bilastrator's Shaolin master. When he is able to take the pebble from The Bilastrator's hand, it will be time for him to leave. Until then, young Gas-hopper will help educate the masses on The Bilastrator's conclusions on college basketball accomplishment and prowess. So, enjoy this glorious offering and, as always, you're welcome, America.
The nation's best defense allows only 50.4 points per game, and holds its opponents to under 32 percent from the field and barely 27 percent from deep. Against South Carolina, Kentucky scored only 58 points, yet won by 15. Offensively, the Wildcats can improve, but continue to offensive rebound at a high rate (42.9 percent). -- Jay Bilas