Can you have too many locks? Well, that’s a dumb question; obviously you can have too many locks. If we gave locks to, say, 100 teams, then, yeah, that’s too many. But from a standpoint of practicality, how many locks can you actually have? We ask this because this week’s Bubble Watch adds a wholeContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 3/8/21”
Category Archives: Bubble Watch
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 3/1/21
This is March. What—you were expecting anything else for an introduction? What more do you need? OK, this is March: the month home to the NCAA Tournament, a yearly phenomenon in which 68 teams are selected to a single-elimination bracket with the title of national champion on the line. Only one team can win it; theContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 3/1/21”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/22/21
There’s no doubt that college basketball is a wild, wild sport. The nature of the game is more conducive to dramatic finishes and unbelieve upsets than any other athletic competition. Momentum, mentality, and the ebb and flow of on and off nights are key in figuring out the formula to the madness, and even whenContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/22/21”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/15/21
Clarity. Something that bracketologists and bubble watchers alike enjoy. Clarity is what came on Saturday afternoon, as the NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed its current top 16 teams. There were a handful of minor surprises in that preview show—Oklahoma as the No. 12 overall team stuck out—though nothing was extremely out of the ordinary. WhileContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/15/21”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/8/21
Bauer’s Bubble Watch is back. And that can mean only one thing: it’s the best time of year. The homestretch. The final month before Selection Sunday. As you may remember, last year’s bubble watch ended rather unceremoniously because of—ahem—a certain cancellation. But as this is being written, the 2021 NCAA Tournament is a go—and thanksContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/8/21”