PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 8, 2020

Sunday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Boston U	Bucknell	7.6
Bradley	Valparaiso	2.3
Central Florida	East Carolina	8.4
Charleston	Delaware	1.7
Chattanooga	Wofford	-0.2
Colgate	Lafayette	9.3
East Tennessee St.	Western Carolina	7.3
Hofstra	Drexel	8.1
Houston	Memphis	8.1
Illinois	Iowa	2.2
Liberty	Lipscomb	13.4
Maryland	Michigan	3.4
Michigan St.	Ohio St.	5.7
Minnesota	Nebraska	13.6
Oral Roberts	Omaha	4.4
South Dakota	North Dakota	4.9
Towson	Northeastern	-0.7
Tulane	Connecticut	-6.9
Wichita St.	Tulsa	7.6
William & Mary	Elon	6.2
Winthrop	Hampton	13.9

 

Sunday’s Key TV Games

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	Fox	Maryland	Michigan
12:00 PM	CBS	Houston	Memphis
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Boston	Bucknell
1:00 PM	ESPN	Winthrop	Hampton
2:00 PM	CBSSN	Colgate	Lafayette
2:05 PM	CBS	Bradley	Valparaiso
3:00 PM	ESPN	Liberty	Lipscomb
4:00 PM	CBSSN	Wichita St.	Tulsa
4:00 PM	ESPN+	East Tennessee St.	Western Carolina
4:30 PM	CBS	Michigan St.	Ohio St.
6:30 PM	ESPN+	Chattanooga	Wofford
7:00 PM	BTN	Illinois	Iowa

 

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS UPDATE

 

America East Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Vermont	61	Maine	50
Stony Brook	76	Albany	73
Hartford	89	UMass Lowell	75
UMBC	73	New Hampshire	67

 

Semifinals	March 10	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Vermont (25-7)	4 UMBC (16-16)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
2 Stony Brook (20-12)	3 Hartford (17-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

Atlantic Sun Tournament
Championship	March 8	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Liberty (29-4)	3 Lipscomb (16-15)	3:00 PM	ESPN

 

 

 

Big South Tournament
Championship	March 8	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
2 Winthrop (23-10)	5 Hampton (15-18)	1:00 PM	ESPN

 

 

Colonial Athletic Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Drexel	66	UNC Wilmington	55
Elon	63	James Madison	61

 

Quarterfinals	March 8	Washington, D.C. (Entertainment & Sports Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Hofstra (23-8)	8 Drexel (14-18)	12:00 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)
4 Charleston (17-13)	5 Delaware (21-10)	2:30 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)
2 William & Mary (21-10)	7 Elon (12-20)	6:00 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)
3 Towson (19-12)	6 Northeastern (15-15)	8:30 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)

 

 

 

Missouri Valley Tournament (Arch Madness)
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Bradley	76	Drake	66
Valparaiso	89	Missouri St.	82

 

Championship	March 8	St. Louis (Enterprise Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Bradley (22-11)	7 Valparaiso (19-15)	2:10 PM	CBS

 

 

 

Mountain West Tournament
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Utah St.	59	San Diego St.	56

 

 

Northeast Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
St. Francis (PA)	84	Sacred Heart	72
Robert Morris	86	Long Island	66

 

Championship	March 10	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Robert Morris (19-14)	2 St. Francis (PA) (22-9)	7:00 PM	ESPN2

 

 

 

Ohio Valley Tournament
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Belmont	76	Murray St.	75

 

 

 

Patriot League Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Bucknell	64	American	59
Boston U	69	Navy	63
Lafayette	73	Army	68
Colgate	83	Lehigh	70

Semifinals	March 8	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
3 Boston U (19-13)	Bucknell (14-19)	12:00 PM	CBSSN
1 Colgate (24-8)	5 Lafayette (19-11)	2:00 PM	CBSSN

 

 

 

Southern Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
East Tennessee St.	70	VMI	57
Western Carolina	70	Mercer	56
Wofford	77	Furman	68
Chattanooga	78	UNC Greensboro	68

 

Semifinals	March 8	Asheville, NC (Harrah’s Cherokee Center)
Team	Team	Time ET	TV
1 East Tennessee St. (28-4)	5 Western Carolina (19-11)	4:00 PM	ESPN+
6 Chattanooga (20-12)	7 Wofford (18-15)	6:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

Summit Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
North Dakota St.	71	Denver	69
Purdue Fort Wayne	77	South Dakota St.	74

Quarterfinals Continued	March  8	Sioux Falls, SD (Sanford Premier Center)
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
4 Oral Roberts (16-13)	5 Omaha (16-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
3 South Dakota (20-11)	6 North Dakota (13-17)	9:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

Sun Belt Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Louisiana	73	Arkansas St.	66
Coastal Carolina	63	UT-Arlington	62

 

2nd Round	March 9	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
5 Georgia Southern (18-13)	8 Louisiana (14-18)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
6 Appalachian St. (17-14)	10 Coastal Carolna (16-16)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

West Coast Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
San Francisco	72	Pacific	54
Saint Mary’s	89	Pepperdine	82 2ot

Semifinals	March 9	Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Gonzaga (29-2)	5 San Francisco (22-11)	9:00 PM	ESPN
2 BYU (24-7)	3 Saint Mary’s (25-7)	11:30 PM	ESPN2

AUTOMATIC BIDS EARNED

 

Team	Conference	Record
Utah St.	Mountain West	26-8
Belmont	Ohio Valley	26-7