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Andy Bottoms is one of the world's most respected bracketologists. He has published his bracket projections online for nearly a decade, at Midwest Sports Fans, Fox Sports, Assembly Hall and now here at Inside the Hall. Follow him on Twitter. Contact via email.

Bracketology: Final NCAA tournament projection as of March 16th, 2025

We’ve reached the end of the road after another exciting Champ Week. For a variety of reasons, there could well be some surprises on the last two teams in the field. I have Vanderbilt and San Diego State in Dayton ...

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Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 15th, 2025

We’ve reached the point of Champ Week where potential bid thieves are a bit easier to identify. Here are the teams we will be watching intently over the next couple of days. • AAC: Memphis is definitely in regardless of what ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 13th, 2025

Wednesday saw several bubble teams in action, with all of the major conference tournaments underway. Here’s a quick look at the winners and losers, as we head into a huge couple of days. Winners: • Arkansas held off South Carolina, ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 11th, 2025

Champ Week is off and running, with seven automatic bids already handed out. Most notably for bubble teams, Drake took care of business at Arch Madness and it will be Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s once again in the WCC Final, eliminating our ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 7th, 2025

We are officially in the thick of it with just nine days until Selection Sunday. Several smaller conference tournaments are underway, and the first five automatic bids will be handed out over the weekend. The major conferences wrap up league ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of February 25th, 2025

With less than three weeks before Selection Sunday, there is still plenty of intrigue at the top of the bracket as well as along the cutline. We’ll get to the bubble more in the last four in/first four out section ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of January 28th, 2025

This is a bit later than normal for my first set of projections and I would expect future updates to be a bit less regular than in years past. But as we close in on the end of January, I ...

Bracketology: Final NCAA tournament projection as of March 17, 2024

Thanks for following along during what proved to be one of the wildest weeks I can ever recall since I started doing bracketology. Luckily today has been relatively tame, which allowed some time to review a few parts of the ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 17, 2024

It has been an absolutely wild couple of days, as multiple bid stealers have created a strong yet crowded bubble. A few sections of the seed list are due for a final scrub today, but the tweaks from here should ...

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Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 15, 2024

Thursday was a wild day of conference tournament action, so between that, a postgame show after the IU game, and the fact that I am under the weather, this won’t get into a ton of detail. I will be scrubbing ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 14, 2024

Colgate, McNeese State and Montana St. all punched their tickets to the Big Dance on Wednesday, while all of the major conference tournaments are underway. Thursday is shaping up to be a massive day, with key matchups on tap in ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 13, 2024

Five more bids were handed out on Tuesday night and while a few major conference tournaments got underway, there really weren’t any meaningful games. That all changes on Wednesday with several key games on the slate: • In the ACC, ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 12, 2024

Champ Week is here and six automatic bids have already been handed out. The only impact on the at-large pool came in the Missouri Valley, where Drake knocked off Indiana State to cap off Arch Madness. In reality, the Bulldogs ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 5, 2024

With less than two weeks until Selection Sunday, there is still plenty of intrigue on the one line. Purdue, UConn and Houston have all but sewn up top seeds, but the Cougars and Huskies are jockeying for the second overall ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of February 27, 2024

Following a weekend that saw nearly every team around the cut line lose, we are less than three weeks away from Selection Sunday. As we head down the stretch, a few smaller conferences still harbor hopes of multiple bids. • ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of February 20, 2024

As mentioned last week, the NCAA Selection Committee revealed its Top 16 on Saturday. While there weren’t many surprises and the committee chair didn’t share much detail on any of the teams or the discussions surrounding them, there were a ...