Weeks after a captivating Final Four, we've finally caught our collective breath to evaluate the 2024-25 men's college basketball season.
We'll be grading each team in the top conferences in a series of report cards we'll release each Wednesday for the next five weeks: the Big East (below), ACC (May 7), Big Ten (May 14), Big 12 (May 21) and SEC (May 28).
Part of this process is straightforward: A good team that played like a good team will earn a strong grade, and a good team that played like a bad team will not. But it will be complicated for certain teams.