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The Athletic's Bracket Madness
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The Athletic's Bracket Madness is the first ever podcast dedicated specifically to the art of bracketology. The NCAA tournament field of 68 changes constantly leading up to Selection Sunday. We'll detail all those changes and project the field in every episode of Bracket Madness, from the beginnings of conference play all the way through Championship Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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The State of the Bubble as Power Conference Tourneys Get Underway
Rundown 2:00 Where Have All the Bid Thieves Gone? 5:00 Should Small- and Mid-Majors Do More to Protect Their Regular Season Champs? 10:54 Are Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas Tech Safe? 17:52 Explaining Some NET Intricacies 20:29 Where is the Cutline? 24:40 How Many Wins Does Each Bubble Team Need to...
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Can Dayton Supplant San Diego State on the Top Line?
Rundown 1:49 Are Kansas, Baylor and Gonzaga Locked in as No. 1 Seeds? 3:29 Arizona State Still Among Our Last Four Byes 4:51 Texas One of Our Last Four In 6:16 Wichita State Leads the First Four Out 8:17 Richmond Has Some Hope Among the Next Four Out 9:33 San Diego State vs. Dayton for the Final...
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UCLA's Unlikely Run Highlights the Bubble Watch
Rundown 2:16 UCLA's Dream Run in the Pac-12 7:21 Downturn in the AAC 12:20 Is the Atlantic 10 Going to Be a One-Bid League? 16:35 Texas Making an At-Large Push 21:20 If We Could Give an Auto Bid to a Team Unlikely to Get an At-Large Invite, It Would Be...? 26:44 Another Round of In or Out Follow...
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The Teams to Watch with Two Weeks Until Selection Sunday
Rundown 2:03 Is San Diego State in Danger of Dropping a Line? 5:15 Last Four Byes/Any At-Large Concerns for Rutgers? 7:03 Last Four In/Can NC State Hold On? 8:54 First Four Out/UCLA on the Rise, and Arkansas' Unique Case 12:37 Next Four Out 14:13 What to Watch with Duke the Next Two Weeks 17:58...
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The Bubble Watch Comes to Bracket Madness
Rundown 2:16 Providence on the Rise 4:40 Purdue Needs Wins 8:41 Has Oklahoma Done Enough? 13:16 N.C. State Still Has Some Work to Do 16:13 Rhode Island's At-Large Case 20:29 Weighing Arkansas With and Without Isaiah Joe 23:20 Wichita State a Bubble Prototype 27:11 Potential Bid Thieves 32:43 Ten...
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Creighton on the Rise, Michigan and Ohio State Righting the Ship, and the Battle for the West's No. 1 Seed
Rundown 1:23 Can Baylor Lock in Its No. 1 Seed This Weekend? 2:50 Purdue Holding on to one of the Last Four Byes 5:03 NC State One of the Last Four Teams In after Beating Duke 6:27 Richmond Leads the First Four Out 8:08 Is UNC-Greesnboro on the At-Large Radar? 10:14 Has San Diego State Moved…
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A Chat with David Worlock, the Selection Committee's Statistical Guru
Rundown 1:49 What Could Knock Baylor or Kansas off the Top Line? 4:34 Last Four Byes, Focusing on Wichita State 6:32 Last Four In, Focusing on Virginia 8:10 First Four Out, Focusing on Memphis and Cincinnati 9:39 The Unique Case of Minnesota 11:20 Next Four Out, Focusing on Alabama 12:55 David...
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Reactions to the Selection Committee's Midseason Top-16 Team Reveal
Rundown 1:37 Any Surprises in the Reveal? 3:49 The Battle for the No. 1 Seed in the West Region 6:35 Kansas as the No. 2 Overall Seed 7:37 Dayton in Excellent Shape 10:28 Which Teams Fall out of the Top 16? 12:58 Did Villanova Take a Hit by Losing at Home to Seton Hall? 16:28 Maryland on the Rise...
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Looming Threats to the Current No. 1 Seeds
Rundown 2:02 No. 1 Seeds 4:49 Last Four Byes 7:24 Last Four In 8:38 First Four Out 11:03 Next Four Out 13:18 What Can We Learn from the Top-16 Reveal? 16:53 Threats to the Current No. 1 Seeds, starting with Maryland 19:30 Can the ACC Champ Get a No. 1 Seed? 21:09 West Virginia's Ability to Climb…
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The Back Half of the NCAA Tournament At-Large Field is a Jumbled Mess
Rundown 2:37 The No. 1 Seeds 4:53 Last Four Byes 9:23 Last Four In 11:18 First Four Out 12:25 Next Four Out 15:05 How Much Margin for Error Does Memphis Have? 18:30 Trying to Make Sense of Michigan 22:00 Is Wisconsin Unraveling? 26:53 VCU at Rhode Island 28:57 Saint Mary's at BYU 31:32 Arkansas…
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San Diego State and Iowa on the Rise, Arizona's Puzzling Résumé, and Big Bracket Games This Weekend
Rundown 2:31 Gonzaga and San Diego State Move to the Top Line 5:14 Last Four Byes, Including Indiana 6:41 VCU Is One of Our Last Four In 8:53 Lots of Big East among the First Four Out 10:45 A Couple of Atlantic 10 Teams among the Next Four Out 12:49 Iowa Jumps to a No. 4 Seed 16:24 Making Sense…
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No. 1 Seeds and Bubble Teams in the Debut of Bracket Madness
Rundown 0:54 Introducing Bracket Madness 6:08 The No. 1 Seeds 8:54 Last Four Byes 12:05 Last Four In 13:58 First Four Out 15:27 Next Four Out 17:35 Why is Gonzaga a No. 2 Seed? 21:30 What Does San Diego State Need to Do to Get a No. 1 Seed? 24:48 Twelve Bids for the Big Ten? 28:57 Weekend Bracket...
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The Athletic's Bracket Madness — Trailer
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Athletic's Bracket Madness is the first ever podcast dedicated specifically to the art of bracketology. The NCAA tournament field of 68 changes constantly leading up to Selection Sunday. We'll detail all those changes and project the field in every episode of Bracket Madness, from the beginnings of conference play all the way through Championship Week.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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