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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 26, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 19, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 12, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Feb 5, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 29, 2019
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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. ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 22, 2019
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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: ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 16, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 8, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Jan 1, 2019
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Nov 5, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Nov 3, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Nov 1, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Oct 31, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Oct 30, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Oct 29, 2018
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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 ...
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Andy Bottoms
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Mar 11, 2018
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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 ...