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.
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Mar 11, 2021
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With just a few days left until Selection Sunday, Thursday is shaping up to be a fantastic day of basketball. From a bubble perspective, here are the most important games: • Michigan State vs. Maryland – The winner here gains ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 10, 2021
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Five more teams punched their tickets to the Big Dance on Tuesday, but the next automatic bids won’t be decided until Saturday. In the meantime, there are plenty of key contests involving bubble teams, starting with these on Wednesday: • ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 9, 2021
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Championship Week is underway with six teams already earning automatic bids, including UNC Greensboro and Appalachian State who punched their tickets on Monday night. Tuesday brings five more conference championship games as the Colonial, Horizon, Northeast, Summit, and West Coast ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 2, 2021
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With less than two weeks until Selection Sunday, a few conference tournaments have already begun with more starting up this week. Here are a few that bubble teams will be paying particular attention to. • American Athletic – The AAC ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 23, 2021
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Somehow there are now less than three weeks until Selection Sunday, and there are a handful of teams that have proven tough to get a handle on, particularly in the ACC and Big East where depth at the top of ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 16, 2021
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On Saturday, the Selection Committee revealed its top 16 teams, which is really the only glimpse we will get into the thought process of this year’s committee prior to Selection Sunday in less than four weeks. I had the correct ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 9, 2021
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If last week was any indication, the last four-plus weeks of the season are going to be wild. Of the 24 teams on the top six seed lines of last week’s projection, 13 lost at least once over the last ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 2, 2021
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With less than six weeks until Selection Sunday, it feels like a good time to take stock of which leagues outside of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC are best positioned to land multiple teams ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 26, 2021
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Somehow we are already less than seven weeks from Selection Sunday, but this will be a stretch run the likes of which we’ve never seen. The number of moving pieces in terms of games that may or may not be ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 19, 2021
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I typically release my first set of in-season bracket projections the day after the college football national champion is crowned, but this year I thought it might help to get an extra week of results before unveiling the projections. It ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Nov 24, 2020
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The long, strange college basketball offseason is nearly over, which means it’s time to go on record with my preseason bracket projections. This set of projections is always the toughest to do since there simply isn’t actual data to use, ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 12, 2020
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As I sit down to write this, it’s completely unclear as to what will become of this college basketball season given how much things have changed in the 36 hours since the Ivy League announced the cancelation of its conference ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 11, 2020
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Six more automatic bids were handed out on Tuesday, with one of those going to Yale as a result of the Ivy League canceling its tournament. In addition to the Ivy League champs, Gonzaga, Hofstra, North Dakota State, Northern Kentucky, ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 10, 2020
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Championship Week is here, and six automatic bids have already been handed out with Liberty, Winthrop, Bradley, Utah State, Belmont, and East Tennessee State earning their way to the Big Dance. Five more conference championships are on the docket for ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 3, 2020
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We are officially in the home stretch with less than two weeks until Selection Sunday and with four conference tournaments tipping off today. Another weekend filled with upsets led to some churn at the bottom of the bracket, but the ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 25, 2020
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With less than three weeks until Selection Sunday, a pair of teams have completely turned their seasons around and are in the at-large discussion despite significant early season struggles. It’s worth noting that the committee no longer places additional emphasis ...