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.

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

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

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