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Bauertology, the 4th-ranked bracketologist in the world, three years running! Operated by @DJ_Bauer_99 .

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According to the latest update from @bracketproject , I've moved up from 6th best bracketologist in the world to 4th! Still gunning for that top spot eventually (and still annoyed that my rival @BracketDom stayed ahead of me by one spot 🤬), but I'm so happy that this thing that
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The boring Final Four: Duke, Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina The FUN Final Four: Arkansas, Houston, Miami, Saint Peter's
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This might be the most insane line score I’ve ever seen
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After zero bid thieves in 2023, we will have FOUR in 2024: Oregon, NC State, and the winners of VCU-Duquesne and UAB-Temple. This will likely be the first tournament ever where we will have First Four games among the 10 seeds. All in a year where the bubble is among its
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5 months
As of Feb. 13, here’s the full list of teams that have multiple true road wins over NET top 10 teams: - Clemson
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4 months
Why we shouldn't label teams "100% locks" after a single conference tourney win—assuming one more bid thief, three of these teams will miss the NCAA Tournament: - Virginia - Texas A&M - Pitt - St. John's - Indiana State - New Mexico - Seton Hall Who's out? Not easy to decide.
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The last four teams remaining: - UConn: Best team in the country - Alabama: Best offense in the country - Purdue: Best player in the country - NC State: Hottest team in the country Let's have a Final Four.
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4 months
NC State is officially a bid thief, and many teams that national media members had listed as “locks” just a couple days ago will be missing the tournament. Let’s not jump the gun and undercut the work we bracketologists do all year, sound good?
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4 months
Tom Crean spitting nothing but facts here. Opting out of the NIT is a move that only losers make. You decline an NIT bid, you’re admitting that you’ve given up
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Tom Crean ( @TomCrean ) just went in on teams electing not to play in the NIT. And he’s spot on.
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What a night. Back home in Pittsburgh for my first ever in-person NCAA Tournament experience. Two games. Both go to overtime. Spent it all with my brother and best friend. Couldn’t have for a better experience if I tried. This is March.
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6 months
Monday morning is here, and so is the latest edition of Bauertology! Check out the bracket and seed list below to see how the results of the weekend shook up the latest projection.
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Here it is: the final Bauertology of 2024. What a year it's been, and what a wild finish we're in for, as this year's bracket will break tons of established precedents with four bid thieves and a bubble as strong as it's ever been. We bracketologists are not going to get
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In my opinion, Indiana State was the selection committee’s biggest miss this year. How do you not choose a team that won 27 games, won the regular season in a KenPom top-10 league, and ranks 28th in your own evaluation metric? Especially when they haven’t had a season like this
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For bookmarking purposes, here's the full 1-68 true seed list from the committee for 2024: 1. UConn 2. Houston 3. Purdue 4. North Carolina 5. Tennessee 6. Arizona 7. Marquette 8. Iowa State 9. Baylor 10. Creighton 11. Kentucky 12. Illinois 13. Duke 14. Kansas 15. Auburn 16.
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Bauertology
4 months
Well, I've got a 7-hour overnight layover in Raleigh, so why not take the free time I've got to do a re-engineer of the NCAA Tournament bracket? Always love doing this every year to find out just how the bracket and matchups were built based on the committee's seed list. I'll
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1 year
This is actually pathetic. Penn State went to the NIT and won the whole thing in 2018; two years later, they were NCAA tournament-bound before COVID shut it down. You use this as an opportunity to get better, but this administration is "too good" for that. Please.
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Tar Heels choose not to participate in 2023 NIT. 🔗:
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1 year
One of these teams will be going to the Final Four: Michigan State Kansas State Tennessee Florida Atlantic Fairleigh Dickinson
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4 months
Welcome to Bauertology Live! Over the course of the next few hours, I'll be live tweeting my seed list from 1-68 as I go through it today, explaining my reasoning for every choice I make, then I'll build the bracket and show you guys how that process works too. Some important
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5 months
If you’re not watching Mountain West games every night, you are seriously missing out Madness in Fort Collins
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4 months
I get to do both! In person!!
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1 seeds that lose to 16 seeds in the first round advance to the Final Four the next season 100% of the time The strategy going forward is clear
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Bauertology
6 months
A new Monday edition of Bauertology, comin' at ya! Some big-time movements after Saturday's big day hoops, and the bubble is starting to better define itself.
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3 months
I think this is what they officially call in the bracketology world “making it”
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2 years
St. Bonaventure is closer to the bubble than you think
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Bauertology
1 year
For the first time in my college basketball-viewing life, the Penn State Nittany Lions have won an NCAA tournament game. This is a special feeling I won’t soon forget.
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Bauertology
5 months
Could someone remind me what month it is? Oh, that's right. This is March. And this is the newest Bauertology bracket and seed list projection! This is last weekend of the regular season for many conferences, so let's make these final couple days count!
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Bauertology
6 months
T.G.I.F., and that's because new bracket projections are abound, including for Bauertology! Check out below where the field of 68 stands before this weekend's wild and wonderful slate of games:
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Bauertology
4 years
Akron is moving on to the Sweet Sixteen! A strong performance from tip to finish results in a victory over Yale 89-70, and at this point, I think at least half my followers are Akron fans. #2020BT
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Bauertology
4 months
Here it is, the officially Bauertology bracket for 2024! Let’s make some madness!
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Bauertology
9 months
NCAAT 1 seeds after day one: - Oregon - Princeton - McNeese - James Madison
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Bauertology
4 months
TWO GAMES IN PITTSBURGH TONIGHT AND BOTH GO TO OT THIS IS MARCH
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Bauertology
5 months
Monday's back around again, so let's start the week off with a brand new Bauertology! One new team in the at-large field, one new team as a 1 seed, and a couple more changes in today's projection.
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5 months
Gonzaga goes from right on the bubble to a near lock in the span of about three days. I don't think anyone is going to want to be paired up with the Zags in March
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Bauertology
5 months
Huge college hoops Saturday coming up, headlined by the selection committee's top 16 preview show! Here's my prediction for the reveal. Full Bauertology bracket and seed list comes out in the morning before the preview!
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Bauertology
1 year
Fun tidbit I like to bring out for Selection Sunday every year: The 95% rule Every year since the Bracket Matrix expanded to 100+ projections, every team that has appeared in 95% or more of final projections has made the tournament.
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Bauertology
1 year
Fellow bracketologists, bookmark this explanation for how the NET works every time you see someone complain about how it's "broken," it will save you a lot of time and words
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Bauertology
5 months
With the ASUN tourney starting tonight, postseason play is officially here, and so is the new Bauertology! Today's update is a bit messier than usual: potential second-round rematches, teams from the same conference in the same pod, teams out of their true seed line... madness!
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6 months
Happy Friday! Somehow found time to squeeze in a new Bauertology projection this week, and we've got a few shakeups. Take a look at the new bracket and seed list below!
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
6 months
Happy Saturday, everyone! Before we dive into a massive slate of college hoops, let's celebrate an extra special Bauertology with these brand new graphics I've been working on over the course of this week! Let me know what you think—both the graphics, and the bracket itself!
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2 years
@ContextFreeCBB Driving that train, high on cocaine… 🎵
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3 years
Assuming St. Bonaventure holds on to its 21-point lead over Duquesne, the Bonnies should have a >95% chance of being selected for the NCAA Tournament.
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Bauertology
5 months
A good reminder that a one-game sample in the NCAA Tournament is not as good of an indicator of a team’s overall performance as a full, 30-game season
@T3Bracketology
T3 Bracketology™️🏀
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@jit_ball What they do in a single elimination tournament has 0.0% to do with a tournament resume
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6 months
If there's one thing bracketologists can agree on, it's that the BPI is not a good measure for deciding which teams should be selected and seeded to the NCAA Tournament. Here's close to 3,000 words on exactly what's wrong with it.
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
4 years
I want to give a big thank you to Zips Nation for joining me on this ride. Most of my last 40 or so followers have been Akron fans, and it's been a lot of fun watching your team pull off an incredible upset run to the Sweet Sixteen. Best of luck to you guys next year! #2020BT
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Bauertology
10 months
Bracketology is now in the dictionary… with an incorrect definition
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🚨🚨🚨BRACKETOLOGY IS IN THE DICTIONARY🚨🚨🚨
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In my bracket, I had exactly two teams from the West Region losing to double-digit seeds in the first round: Clemson and Alabama. Those will be the two teams representing the West Region in the Elite Eight. March.
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4 years
Another upset in St. Louis! Akron shoots 46% from 3-point range to stun Kentucky. The Zips will play Yale on Saturday for a chance to go to the Sweet Sixteen. This is March! #2020BT
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4 months
14 points in 15 minutes 👍
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3 years
@rodger Definitely owns a bowling alley
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5 months
Less than one week until Selection Sunday! The bubble is shrinking, bids are being clinched, and only a handful of conference tournament games stand between us and the big day. Here's today's new Bauertology to settle where everything stands currently.
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1 year
My NIT champion lives another day! North Texas goes to Stillwater and downs Oklahoma State in OT.
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Bauertology
1 year
To the 300 or so people who have followed this account in the past week, your support is very much appreciated! Would love to see if we can get to 1,000 before the start of March!
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4 months
67/68 teams correct ✅ 42 teams on the correct seed line 👍 19 teams one seed line off 🤷‍♂️ 6 teams two seed lines off or worse 😬 Final score (if I did everything right): 346. Would be a huge drop-off from my score of 371 last year, but I'm pretty sure everybody is going to drop
@Bauertology
Bauertology
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Here it is: the final Bauertology of 2024. What a year it's been, and what a wild finish we're in for, as this year's bracket will break tons of established precedents with four bid thieves and a bubble as strong as it's ever been. We bracketologists are not going to get
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It's Monday, and that means a new Bauertology bracket is here! See how the selection committee's top 16 preview and weekend results shook up the latest projection.
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1 year
Reminder for bracketologists that it’s a good idea to put your “pencils down” after scrubbing the seed list from today’s results, committee is starting to wrap things up and Saturday/Sunday results won’t impact seeding much, if at all
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Bauertology
3 years
Before I start to unleash a motherlode of content on this championship Saturday, I want to recognize a couple of the people who have shaped my bracketology experience here on Twitter. Every single one of these accounts is worth a follow:
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Close game
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Through the first two hours of voting, people are heavily favoring Team B's résumé over Team A's, 88% to 12%. Team A is Marquette. Team B is UConn. Most of the major bracketologists (including ESPN, CBS, and FOX) have Marquette one or two seed lines ahead of UConn currently.
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Blind résumé comparison for today! Team A (20-6) NET: 15 SOS/NCSOS: 46/138 KPI/SOR: 26/13 BPI/POM/SAG: 16/12/17 Q1: 4-5 (3-3 Q1A) Q2: 4-0 Q3: 5-1 Q4: 7-0 Team B (19-7) NET: 8 SOS/NCSOS: 26/68 KPI/SOR: 21/16 BPI/POM/SAG: 7/6/9 Q1: 7-6 Q1 (4-3 Q1A) Q2: 1-0 Q3: 5-1 Q4: 6-0
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- Five wins against the at-large field - Three Q1 road wins - No losses below Q2 - Metrics that will all be top 50 or close after updating I'm not crazy for thinking that Penn State is a lot closer to the cut line than many other bracketologists are forecasting, right?
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@Bauertology
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Happy Friday! Here's the latest Bauertology bracket and seed list—things are really starting to take shape and firm up inside the bracket. An exciting month lies ahead!
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1 year
Paymon scores on my brackets each year: 2019: 353 2021: 366 2022: 366 2023: 371 Always improving!
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Bauertology
1 year
Penn State defeats Illinois for the third time this season, tallying its sixth Quad 1 win. Barring the apocalyptic end of days, the Penn State Nittany Lions will be playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.
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@Bauertology
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It's the second-to-last Friday before Selection Sunday! Only a few more Bauertology projections to go, and we've got one today. Welcome to the field, Colorado, Sam Houston, and Stetson!
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1 year
Currently building my bracket for tomorrow morning... why do Marquette, Xavier, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Indiana all have the exact same résumé lol
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
3 years
Syracuse WILL: -Be on the bubble all season long -Sneak into the tournament, likely over-seeded -Win at least two games in March Repeat every season.
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Absolutely absurd officiating in what has otherwise been an excellent championship game. Shameful performance from these referees
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1 year
Final look at my Sweet Sixteen: ✅ Alabama ✅ San Diego State ✅ Creighton 🅾️ Arizona 🅾️ Memphis 🅾️ Duke 🅾️ Kentucky ✅ Michigan State ✅ Houston 🅾️ Indiana 🅾️ Pittsburgh 🅾️ Penn State 🅾️ Kansas ✅ UConn ✅ Gonzaga ✅ UCLA Got 8/16. How did y’all do?
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I asked if we could get to 1,000 followers before midnight, and we did it in, like, an hour 😂 Every last one of you is awesome, thanks so much for supporting me and my content! The countdown to March begins…
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Iowa State: Sinking quickly down the seed list with six losses in the last seven. Baylor: Competing for slim odds at a 1 seed with the #2 most efficient offense and a 12-3 record since Jan. 11. The result: Cyclones absolutely maul the Bears in Waco. Only college basketball.
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1 year
This FAU-FDU game is a sterling example of why the average college basketball fan needs to watch more mid-major basketball
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5 months
Six. Bid. Mountain. West.
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1 year
Also, for everyone who has ever said the NIT doesn’t matter—watch North Texas’ postgame celebration and tell me this doesn’t matter to them. I will champion the NIT year in and year out 👏
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4 months
Greg Sankey is in SHAMBLES
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1 year
Utah State is now up to 24th in KenPom and 22nd in NET. Those are some very difficult numbers to ignore, even without a Quad 1 win on their team sheet.
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
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Remember to show your thanks for @bracketproject ! He’s just one guy who does all the hard work of manually updating and scoring the Bracket Matrix. That is an absolute ton of numbers that need taken care of, and this guy does it flawlessly. Thank you for all the work you do!
@bracketproject
Bracket Project
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I’ve finished compiling the 2023 Bracket Matrix. There were 229 entries this year, a new record. A big thanks to all of you who contributed.
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1 year
Last year, I put Oklahoma in my final bracket and got burned for it. Oklahoma State enters this weekend with basically the exact same résumé.
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5 months
Gonzaga and Saint Mary's will meet in the WCC final for the zillionth time, with both teams well on their way to the NCAA Tournament. There will be no bid thief in the WCC this year—bubble teams breathe a sigh of relief.
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Starting to think that if there's any team in this tournament that can stop the buzzsaw that is UConn, it's Purdue. Destroyed a great Utah State team, destroyed a great Gonzaga team. This is the best team Matt Painter has ever had
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
3 years
And so after 12 straight hours of NCAA Tournament action, the sun has set on Day 1 of the first round. Like this tweet if you can't wait to do it all over again tomorrow.
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1 year
I think UConn is going to win the national championship
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2 years
My Paymon score of 366 has me tied for 11th best out of 211 projections on the Bracket Matrix this year. So close to a second-straight top-10 finish!
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@TBracketology One that I take seriously. But it's too fun to fill out 24 other brackets using random methods to not do it
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1 year
Can we get 56 more followers before the clock hits midnight? 👀 We’re so close to 1K!
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Three years ago, the Kennesaw State owls won ONE game. Today, they defeated Liberty, the gold standard of the ASUN, to earn their first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. How can you not love this sport?
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How I'm seeing the heart of the bubble RIGHT NOW: Almost certainly in: Rutgers, Auburn, Mississippi State, Nevada, NC State True 50-50: Pittsburgh, Arizona State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Utah State Almost certainly out: North Carolina, Michigan, Oklahoma State
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Tie game in Pittsburgh! Literally does not get better than this
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For the people putting Gonzaga ahead of Arizona today because they have better metrics in each category, remember in the top 16 reveal that UConn had better metrics than Indiana in each category. Indiana had 3 Q1 road wins to UConn's 1. Arizona has 3 Q1 road wins to Gonzaga's 0.
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Indiana State is now two games away from an NIT championship, and those games will be held just 85 miles away from home. Should have been an NCAA Tournament team, but this would be a heck of a consolation prize for the Sycamores’ best season in 45 years.
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Bauertology
1 year
Northwestern wins big at the RAC. Rutgers is now in serious bubble jeopardy. A 19-point comeback at Penn State last Sunday might be the only thing keeping them in the field currently.
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Bauertology
7 months
Here it is, the first Bauertology of 2024! Just a seed list for now—I'll go more in-depth with matchups and stuff on the blog once my new computer arrives. Remember, this is the first one; I've got some rust to shake off, so take it easy on me if you've got questions/concerns!
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No question LSU deserves this—they played a near-perfect game at the best possible time with an extremely impressive performance from the bench. But we as fans deserved a better performance from the officials, who turned what should have been an all-timer into a whistle fest.
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
1 year
Hey bracketologists, one last reminder as you're building your final brackets—the Bauertology website has tools to help with those pesky locations and first-round rematches to avoid. They've been updated for the final time this season!
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@Bauertology
Bauertology
3 years
Sneak peek at the difficult bubble I waded through just now: 14 teams for 6 tournament spots: -Colorado State -Duke -Georgia Tech -Indiana -Michigan State -Minnesota -Ole Miss -Richmond -Saint Louis -Seton Hall -Stanford -UConn -Wichita State -Xavier Who you got?
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Bubble Watch for today's early games: - Michigan St (W vs. Minn): near lock - Mississippi St (W vs. LSU): should be safe - Seton Hall (L vs. SJU): probably still in - St. John's (W vs. SHU): likely in now - Pitt (W vs. WF): out, but close - Wake Forest (L vs. Pitt): likely done
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Bauertology
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Just noticed that I eclipsed 2,000 followers at some point in the last day, super cool! Thanks so much for following, all your support means everything to me! Maybe we'll hit 3K by next March 🤔
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Bauertology
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Looks like the final results on Bracket Matrix are in! Very strong year for bracketologists, it seems. So, while my individual score of 371 was an improvement from last year's score of 366, it was only good enough for 27th place of 229 brackets. But, hey, that's still top 12%!
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Bauertology
1 year
The San Diego State defense just beats you and brings you down to their level. So fun to watch... probably completely unfun to play against
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Bauertology
6 months
6-bid Mountain West. Speak it into existence.
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6 months
Happy Tuesday! Take a little break from the work week with some mid-morning Bauertology! Find out below where your team is projected to land in the latest update:
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