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Big Ten Basketball Preview Part Two: The Top 4
Earlier in the week I unveiled the teams I picked to finish 5th through 12th in the Big Ten, which leaves just four teams to break down. Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State are all ranked...
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The Bottoms Line College Hoops Talk Podcast: Michigan Preview, Big Ten Dark...
In episode #2 of 2012, host Andy Bottoms is joined by Joe Stapleton of UMHoops.com to talk about Michigan as well as the rest of the Big Ten. The two touch on the variance in preseason rankings for the...
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College Basketball Preseason Rankings: The Bottoms Line Top 30
With the season now just days away, it’s time to roll out my preseason rankings. Because I’m an overachiever (read: a college hoops-obsessed junkie who was excited to find the Louisville-Bellarmine...
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The Bottoms Line College Hoops Podcast: Early Season Impressions and the...
In episode #3 of 2012, host Andy Bottoms is joined by Troy Machir of College Basketball Talk. They discuss the ESPN Tipoff Marathon, early impressions of the Big Ten, a look ahead to preseason...
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ACC/Big Ten Challenge Previews and Predictions
2012 marks the 14th season of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and after losing the event’s first 10 matchups, the Big Ten is looking to make it four straight victories this year. And while the Big Ten is...
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The Bottoms Line College Hoops Podcast: ACC/Big Ten Challenge Preview with...
In episode #4 of 2012, host Andy Bottoms is joined by Michael Rogner of Run the Floor and Tomahawk Nation. They discuss – what else? – all 12 games in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including tonight’s...
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The Bottoms Line College Hoops Podcast: Big Ten Early Season Roundup
In episode #5 of the 2012 college basketball season, host Andy Bottoms is joined by Rob Dauster of College Basketball Talk on NBCSports.com. They touch on nearly every team in the Big Ten, including:...
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The Bottoms Line College Hoops Podcast: Big Ten Talk with John Gasaway
In episode #6 of 2012, host Andy Bottoms is joined by John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus and ESPN Insider. They discuss the Big Ten’s best freshmen, Illinois’ hot start, the turnarounds of Tim...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: January 8th
With a seemingly never-ending cloud of illness hanging over my home, I haven’t had much time to sit down and put together a set of bracket projections so far this season. But luckily, we also haven’t...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: January 22nd
We’re now less than two months from Selection Sunday, so it’s time for another set of bracket projections. I hope to start doing these weekly soon, because the landscape can change pretty quickly as...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: Feb. 5th
Football season is now officially behind us, and more of the sports world will be turning their eyes toward college hoops. And to those people I say, where the hell have you been? Anyway, Selection...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: Feb. 12th
There seems to be a lot of hand-wringing about this being a down year for college hoops. If you define the season by whether or not there is a truly dominant team, I guess that’s a fair statement. If...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: Feb. 19
Selection Sunday is now less than a month away, and the bracket remains as fluid as ever. Nearly every bubble team lost at least once last week, and at this point you can pretty much draw names out of...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: Feb. 27
I apologize for the one-day delay in getting the projections out this week, but a death in the family changed my priorities early this week. Tuesday night’s slate looked to be an uneventful one, but...
View ArticleFinal NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: March 17
Here are my final projections for the bracket, which will be revealed at 6:00 EST on CBS. Thanks for following along this week, enjoy March Madness! Please note one of the First Four games was moved...
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Projecting the 2013-14 NCAA Tournament Field
The college basketball season tips off on Friday, and what better way to celebrate than with some dangerously early NCAA Tournament projections? Nope, I can’t think of a better way either. In the...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: Dec. 20
Believe it or not, I think it’s actually easier to do preseason bracket projections than it is to do them right now. At this point, we’ve seen most teams play at least eight games, and the top squads...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: January 21
Believe it or not, we’re now less than eight weeks from Selection Sunday, and things are starting to take shape with conference play in full swing. Three of the four top seeds are no-brainers at this...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: February 5
With less than six weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, there were some interesting decisions to be made when putting together this week’s bracket. On the top line, Syracuse and Arizona are...
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections: February 11
Up until Monday night, there was no movement at the top of the bracket, but Kansas State’s overtime victory over Kansas impacted a third team from the state by moving Wichita State up to the fourth...
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