PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Friday, March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Virginia	Kentucky	Duke
2	Michigan St.	North Carolina	Tennessee	Michigan
3	Houston	Purdue	LSU	Texas Tech
4	Kansas	Virginia Tech	Marquette	Nevada
5	Kansas St.	Iowa St.	Florida St.	Mississippi St.
6	Maryland	Wisconsin	Baylor	Villanova
7	Wofford	Cincinnati	Louisville	Buffalo
8	Ohio St.	Florida	Syracuse	Iowa
9	St. John’s	Washington	Auburn	Oklahoma
10	Ole Miss	TCU	North Carolina St.	Virginia Commonwealth
11	Central Florida	Texas	Utah St.	Temple
12	Alabama/Seton Hall	Clemson/Minnesota	Belmont	Lipscomb
13	New Mexico St.	Hofstra	Yale	Vermont
14	Old Dominion	South Dakota St.	UC-Irvine	Montana
15	Texas St.	Radford	Drake	Wright St.
16	Colgate	Sam Houston	Texas Sou./St. Francis (PA)	Siena/Norfolk St.

 

Last 4 In	Alabama	Clemson	Minnesota	Seton Hall
Last 4 Bye	Central Florida	Texas	Utah St.	Temple
First 4 Out	Arizona St.	Butler	Georgetown	Furman
Next 4 Out	UNC Greensboro	Dayton	Murray St.	Memphis

 

Bids By Conference	Bids
ACC	9
Big Ten	8
Big 12	8
SEC	8
AAC	4
Big East	4
MWC	2
One-Bid Leagues	25

 

Note: We expect a school other than Washington will win the Pac-12 Conference Tournament and thus allow two Pac-12 teams to go to the NCAA Tournament.  For now, Arizona State has played itself outside the at-large pool after a short stay in the last four in.

We also believe there is a decent chance that a school other than Buffalo might win the MAC Championship.  If this happens, then the MAC will get two teams in the field.

Wofford is most likely going to get in the field whether or not they earn the automatic bid from the Southern Conference.  Should UNC-Greensboro, Furman, or East Tennessee State win the SoCon Tournament over Wofford, then we believe the Terriers will get an at-large bid, giving this league its first ever multi-bid season.

The Ohio Valley Conference could get consideration for two teams if Belmont and Murray State keep winning and meet in the Championship Game of the OVC Tournament.

Should the nearly impossible happen, and Gonzaga loses in the West Coast Conference Tournament, then the WCC will get two bids.  Saint Mary’s could strengthen its at-large hopes if they upset Gonzaga Saturday night.