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[email protected]. NAIA MBB bracketologist. Not affiliated. @bupilotsmbb alum. Crossroads fan. Making brackets since ‘08. 62/64 in ‘25. 298/304 since ‘21.

Goshen, Ind.
Joined January 2015
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"It started with getting a scholarship at Huntington University." Before helping @IlliniMBB reach the @MFinalFour, Ben Humrichous (@BHumrichous) started his college hoops journey in NE Indiana at @HuntingtonHoops! Cool to see Humrichous wrap up his college career in Indiana.
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Which teams are making it out of the Cramer pods this weekend? #NAIAHoops
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Which teams are making it out of the Liston pods this weekend? #NAIAHoops
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Which teams are making it out of the Duer pods this weekend? #NAIAHoops
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Which teams are making it out of the Naismith pods this weekend? #NAIAHoops
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As always, my day after the Selection Show hypothetical NAIA NIT. Selection process and explanation included. Always fun to look at. Who wants to see it happen?? #NAIAHoops
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The data and the composite rankings that went into this
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1/ As I’m working in my grades and my hypothetical NIT bracket, I have a couple initial thoughts: Crossroads League got hurt on their seeds. IWU and Bethel both lost to a national title favorite in Grace in CL tourney and dropped further than they should have.
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2/ Nelson with a nerve-wracking SAC tourney and jumps up to a 1-seed with an RPI of 10 and NET of 53.
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Just to clarify, I don't think Nelson is not good enough for a 1 seed; I just believe when it comes to seeding, especially for no. 1 seeds and hosts, conference tourney results matter and didn't think Nelson did enough to warrant the jump to it with Rocky and IWU available.
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Here are the grades for the Bracketologists this year. Props to @NAIAHoopsReport again, but I closed the gap from last year with my best Bracket Matrix score yet. Since 2010, I have correctly picked 740/752 teams. Since one division in 2021, it has been 360/368.
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If there are any other NAIA bracketologists out there, let me here from you!
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3/ Campbellsville and Rochester Christian get hosed. 42 and 35 RPI, respectively. Both would be highest ever to not make it, joining Tougaloo (42) last year.
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4/ Middling RRAC team gets benefit of the bubble for second year in a row.
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Full bracketology analysis and grades coming soon. I was 62/64 this year. Some surprising seeds/inclusions/exclusions to me, but not a terrible year for me for just crunching the data like the rest of you.
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2 more hours til we find out who’s in and who’s out. Excited to find out, but sad because that means my “season” is over until next year. #BowensBrackets #NAIAHoops
ICYMI: Last night I released my final bracketology. Here it is again. #BowensBrackets #NAIAHoops
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ICYMI: Last night I released my final bracketology. Here it is again. #BowensBrackets #NAIAHoops
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Will post a final clean copy with the formatting cleaned up and the aforementioned minor change tomorrow. That will be the one I grade my bracket on for the Selection Show. It’s been fun this year and one of the most competitive fields I can remember. Will always answer any q’s!
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At long last, the final #BowensBrackets of the year! Bubble Watch below #NAIAHoops
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One minor oversight on my part: switch Taylor and College of Idaho. Taylor to Cumberlands, Idaho to Langston.
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