What’s this? Mid-week Bauertology? The biblical end of times must be upon us! (That, or, y’know, the final couple weeks before Selection Sunday. One or the other.) The countdown to judgment day rages on, now down to just as 11, as mid-major conference tournaments continue to gain steam. The ASUN kicked us off on Sunday,Continue reading “Bauertology: 3/5/25”
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Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 3/3/25
It’s the moooost wonderful tiiiime of the yeeeeear! Forgive my Christmas-like enthusiasm, but March really is like a second Christmas to me. My happy place is right here, feeling the winter finally thaw, sipping on shamrock shakes, and watching postseason college basketball for 30 days straight. It’s my favorite month of the year, and consideringContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 3/3/25”
Bauertology: 2/28/25
Just one more sleep. Then, when you wake up, the greatest month of the year will be here. Folks, we are officially on March’s doorstep. The countdown to Selection Sunday has crept under 20, and the start of conference tournament play is now just three days away, as the ASUN kicks us off on SundayContinue reading “Bauertology: 2/28/25”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/24/25
Is Bubble Watch getting boring? I sure hope not. Otherwise, what am I spending my entire Sunday writing 7,500+ words for?! I only pose this question because the thrill of Bubble Watch comes from seeing how résumés develop on a weekly basis. It’s an ever-evolving game, in which teams shuffle their level of safety basedContinue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/24/25”
Bauertology: 2/21/25
Good LORD, this bubble is gross. Sorry if that’s not the most couth way to introduce this week’s Bauertology, but it simply has to be said. We’ve lamented about bad bubbles in the past, to the point that it’s basically become a yearly tradition, but they truly have never been this bad. You want proof?Continue reading “Bauertology: 2/21/25”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/17/25
Well, that was rather refreshing. What I’m referring to, of course, is this past Saturday’s top 16 bracket preview—the annual “midterm” for bracketologists that presents us a peek into the selection committee’s psyche, and allows us to see whether or not our hard work through the first three-and-a-half months of the season has paid off.Continue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/17/25”
Bauertology: 2/14/25
Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! My gift of love to you is a new Bauertology bracket. About damn time—only been a week and a half since the last one! Though, for me, tomorrow is much more of a holiday than today. (Save your bachelor jokes.) The reason is that tomorrow brings with it the annual topContinue reading “Bauertology: 2/14/25”
Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/10/25
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: the best time of year is finally here. Welcome back, Bubble Watch. In just over a month’s time, the 68-team field will be revealed, and the greatest spectacle in sports—nay—world history, will commence. This, of course, is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, better known as March Madness.Continue reading “Bauer’s Bubble Watch: 2/10/25”
Bauertology: 2/3/25
Life as a mid-major was already tough. We didn’t need to make it any tougher. But we did anyway. If you’ve been keeping an eye on the seed lists that I include at the bottom of each of these Bauertology posts, you’ve probably noticed that there hasn’t been much activity in the “bids by conference”Continue reading “Bauertology: 2/3/25”
BRCT: An Exciting Update
If you haven’t already, please read the article, BRCT: A New Way to Measure NCAA Tournament Résumés, before reading this one. You’ll need the information from that article for this one to make sense! It was less than two weeks ago that I introduced the world to BRCT—the Bauertology Résumé Calculation Tool—a results-based metric developedContinue reading “BRCT: An Exciting Update”