Charlie Hergenrother

lol, oh my god, I need this for my girlfriend. Where did you find it?

I have no idea how everyone missed on him. I don’t understand what wasn’t there. The frame, the shot, the handles, the decision-making, the motor, he’s got it all!

- UConn remains the favorite with a 27% chance of coming away with the title
- As close as Notre Dame (Last Four In) has been to the bubble since Hannah Hidalgo stepped foot on campus
- A weak year for mid-majors, as only Princeton is projected to be above the bubble fray

An image showing the current bubble teams and full seed list as a projection for the upcoming NCAA women's basketball tournament

Women's top 16!

FORT WORTH 1
1. UConn
2. LSU
3. Iowa
4. Tennessee

SACRAMENTO 3
1. UCLA
2. Vanderbilt
3. TCU
4. Maryland

FORT WORTH 2
1. South Carolina
2. Louisville
3. Michigan
4. Baylor

SACRAMENTO 4
1. Texas
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. West Virginia

perfect DB behavior lol. I hope he’s mad about it in the postgame interview too

I'll be posting semi-weekly updates here when I find something interesting to talk about for both the men's and women's sides. Love the growing bracketology community on bluesky and can't wait to see how it blossoms.

Would love if you gave it a look, gave feedback, let me know if you're looking at it, anything. Every part of the site is functional for both men's and women's ball! I haven't seen a lot of projection-y analysis of women's bracketology, and I hope this site can be a reference for that.

Hello CBB bluesky! My site charliehergenrother.github.io/bracketology/ has a lot of new features for 2026, including:

- Current, if-the-season-ended-today bracket
- Projected Selection Sunday bracket
- Resumes for all 365 teams
- Easy-to-read schedule
- 538-style (RIP) tournament projections

“The defense appears loaded…” couldn’t agree more. I can’t believe our entire awesome linebacking corps (pray for KVA’s knee) is back for another year. AND all our secondary difference-makers are back for another year. It’s ridiculously talented back there.

A ridiculous format for a basketball tournament

@rodger.bsky.social Feel like you'd want to know about the new Horizon League tournament format for this year. One play-in game, five first-round games, one second-round game, two semifinals. Reseeding all the way through. Insanity

Aaron Rodgers is also one of the best to ever do his job. Not sure we’re exactly witnessing greatness from him tonight either

Pop-Tart presents South Korea-Brazil in Tupelo, Mississippi

Was right near you! Fake punt TD was indeed incredible from this angle

Occasionally this happens in European soccer; I think Southampton’s players donated their game checks to charity after a 9-0 loss a few years back? Would legit love to see that here

Pitt, as a program, is unquestionably the most college football team right

Good Kid, maad City - Kendrick Lamar
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend
Currents - Tame Impala
Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age
AM - Arctic Monkeys
Is This It - The Strokes
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest

Screen Violence endorsed by Hideo Kojima 🫡 took me a while to get there but I think it’s clearly their best, absolutely zero skips because they traded out the usual track where the guy sings for Literally Robert Smith

Jon Bois

Jacoby Harris’s 2011 Heisman campaign was pretty much dead in the water after the Nevin Shapiro stuff. Not sure anyone could’ve salvaged that.

Kelly on leaving Irish for LSU: ‘We were on different paths’

That's true

charliehergenrother.github.io/bracketology...

- Huge bump for Clemson after a big win, becoming the fourth ACC team in the field!
- Creighton's projection moving in the opposite direction after being handled at home in an in-state rivalry game
- Surprise of the season so far: the Wisconsin Badgers

Top 4 seeds, 11/26

ATLANTA
1. Auburn
2. Houston
3. North Carolina
4. Ohio State ⬆️

SAN FRANCISCO
1. Gonzaga
2. Kentucky
3. Cincinnati ⬆️
4. Purdue ⬆️

INDIANAPOLIS
1. Tennessee
2. Kansas
3. Connecticut ⬇️
4. Baylor

NEWARK
1. Duke
2. Marquette ⬆️
3. Alabama
4. Iowa State ⬇️

OUT: Pittsburgh, St. John's

Not sure we should even do those

Last Four Byes: Clemson, Boise State, Ole Miss, Nevada Last Four In: Nebraska, Arkansas, Michigan State,

Full rundown is here! charliehergenrother.github.io/bracketology...

- Big Ten has a full 2/3rds of the league in the projected bracket, but no teams among the top four seeds
- SEC and Big Ten combining for 20 of the 37 at-large bids

Top 4 seeds, 11/23

ATLANTA
1. Auburn
2. Houston ⬇️
3. UNC ⬆️
4. St. John's ⬆️

INDIANAPOLIS
1. Tennessee ⬆️
2. Kansas ⬇️
3. Marquette ⬆️
4. Pittsburgh ⬆️

SAN FRANCISCO
1. Gonzaga
2. Kentucky ⬆️
3. Iowa St. ⬇️
4. Baylor ⬇️

NEWARK
1. Duke ⬆️
2. Connecticut
3. Alabama ⬆️
4. Cincinnati ⬇️

OUT: Texas Tech, Purdue

Full rundown, including bubble teams (hey, Irish!) and multi-bid conferences:

Top 4 seeds, 11/20

ATLANTA
1. Auburn
2. Duke
3. Baylor
4. Marquette

NEWARK
1. Kansas
2. Connecticut
3. Kentucky
4. Purdue

SAN FRANCISCO
1. Gonzaga
2. Iowa State
3. Texas Tech
4. Alabama

INDIANAPOLIS
1. Houston
2. Tennessee
3. Cincinnati
4. North Carolina

Also included on the site: A page that lists every team's resume for easy comparison (in order of their current rank if the season ended today), and a page that has a schedule with projected (end-of-season) seeds, game times, and TV for tournament-relevant teams. Thanks for following!

I think the distinction is interesting, as it's not something I've seen a lot of bracketologists get into during the season. In lieu of attempting one or the other, I've put out two projections for each side, as I do think there is value in both.

Will be posting my NCAA men's and women's bracketology updates here! The site is updated daily. The regular page is an attempt to guess at what the bracket would be if the season ended today, and the "Future" page guesses at the Selection Sunday bracket. charliehergenrother.github.io/bracketology