Andy Bottoms

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: NCAA tournament projection as of January 22, 2019

Believe it or not, Selection Sunday is less than eight weeks away, and most teams have close to 20 games under their belt. With that as backdrop, there are a few notable teams with underwhelming profiles that are worth highlighting: ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of January 16, 2019

With ranked teams losing 15 games to unranked opponents since the last set of projections just eight days ago, there was a substantial amount of movement this week. Maryland was one of the biggest movers, as the Terps racked up ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of January 8, 2019

With conference play underway in nearly every league, it’s time for the first in-season set of bracket projections. The season has already had plenty of surprises, and these are sure to change dramatically by the time Selection Sunday rolls around ...

Bracketology: Five takeaways from IU’s NCAA tournament profile

As 2018 wraps up and Big Ten play resumes, it felt like the right time to take stock of the Hoosiers’ NCAA tournament profile through the first 13 games of the season. Here’s a quick reminder of how the selection ...

Bracketology: Ranking IU’s non-conference games

While putting together my preseason bracket projections, I compiled a variety of predictions both in print and online, both subjective and metrics-based. And since I already had the data, I thought it would be interesting to rank Indiana’s non-conference games ...

Preseason Bracketology: Matchups and Other Teams Considered

Over the course of the week, I’ve released the 68 teams in my preseason field, but it’s always fun to look at the actual matchups as well. In addition, it’s useful for me to get a little practice in following ...

Preseason Bracketology: 1-4 Seeds

Here are the final sixteen teams in my preseason field. Once again, the ACC is well-represented with four teams, but the SEC also checks in with four schools. Tomorrow I’ll put together the bracket and share a few quick thoughts ...

Preseason Bracketology: 5-8 Seeds

Today’s installment of preseason bracketology focuses on seed lines five through eight, where the six major conferences are well-represented with four teams from the ACC and Big Ten and two teams each from the Big East, Pac-12, and SEC. (Previously: 13-16 ...

Preseason Bracketology: 9-12 Seeds

Yesterday we hit the 13-16 seeds, and today we’ll hit the top teams from single-bid leagues as well as the squads I project as the final at-large teams to make the field. 12 Seeds Northeastern – The Huskies tied for the ...

Preseason Bracketology: 13-16 Seeds

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome Andy Bottoms and his terrific Bracketology insights back to Inside the Hall for the 2018-19 season. Andy is a longtime friend of the site and a co-host of The Assembly Call postgame show. He’s also one of ...

Bracketology: Final NCAA tournament projection as of March 12, 2018

The final automatic bids have been handed out, although the only one that really impacted the bracket was Davidson winning that Atlantic-10. Not only did that earn them a spot in the field, it also bumped an at-large contender, forcing ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 11, 2018

Fourteen more teams earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, highlighted by a number of close, entertaining games. From a bracketology standpoint, a few results stood out above the rest: – Villanova and Kansas cemented their place on ...

Bracketology: NCAA tournament projection as of March 10, 2018

After another busy day on the hardwood, a number of key bracket-related storylines emerged heading into Saturday, where 14 automatic bids will be handed out. – On the one line, Kansas leap-frogged Xavier for the one seed in the Midwest ...

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