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.

2019-20 Preseason Bracketology: 9-12 Seeds

  • Andy Bottoms Nov 2, 2019 3
 

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 Western Kentucky – The Hilltoppers are locked ...

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2019-20 Preseason Bracketology: 13-16 Seeds

  • Andy Bottoms Nov 1, 2019 3
 

The painfully long 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. ...

Sunday featured just six games, which provided the opportunity to review the seed list yet again. Minor adjustments were made along the way, with the bulk of the work coming on the 9-11 lines, which has turned into a jumbled ...

As we head into the final day of Championship week, there are just six automatic bids left to be handed out, and there are no bid thieves lurking in any of those six leagues. Bubble teams spent the bulk of ...

Friday proved to be another wild day on the hardwood, which sets the stage for a busy Saturday that will feature 14 Championship games. Here’s an updated look at potential bid thieves heading into the season’s final two days. American ...

After focusing on key bubble games the last couple days, let’s check back in on the potential bid thieves still out there at this stage of Championship Week. American – The team to keep an eye on here is Memphis, in ...

Only one automatic bid was handed out on Wednesday, as Colgate followed up its regular season Patriot League crown by winning the conference tournament as well. No more auto-bids will be awarded until Saturday, when 14 conference championship games will ...

Five more automatic bids were handed out on Tuesday night, none more shocking than the one Saint Mary’s earned by beating Gonzaga by double digits to steal a bid from the at-large field. The Gaels executed their game plan to ...

Championship Week is in full swing with six automatic bids already handed out. Bubble teams were able to exhale when Wofford took care of UNC Greensboro to finish a perfect season in the SoCon, but Belmont’s loss on Saturday and ...

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Conference Tournament action officially got underway on Monday with the Atlantic Sun starting things off. There weren’t any major upsets on night one, but improbable championship week runs are always fun to watch. That is, of course, unless you root ...

I’m not terribly interested in the tired argument of whether this year’s bubble is the worst we’ve ever seen, but there is an argument to be made that it’s one of the most shallow. As usual, I listed my first ...

With just under four weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, this week’s projections presented a couple scenarios that may occur during Championship Week. Different bracketologists will use different methods to select the recipients of the automatic bids from smaller conferences, but ...

The NCAA Selection Committee revealed its Top 16 overall seeds on Saturday afternoon, and ultimately there were few real surprises. In the projections I tweeted out Saturday morning, I matched all the teams on the top three seed lines, and ...

With less than six weeks until Selection Sunday, it’s a good time to take stock of the teams from outside of the major conferences who have a chance to find themselves in the at-large discussion should they come up short ...

Each year there is a team or two that gets off to a strong start only to take on a number of losses once conference play begins, subsequently forcing everyone to question whether they will still make the NCAA tournament. ...

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: ...