PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/19/2021

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Ohio St.
2	Illinois	Alabama	Villanova	Iowa
3	Oklahoma	Virginia	West Virginia	Houston
4	Florida St.	USC	Texas	Texas Tech
5	Kansas	Virginia Tech	Tennessee	Creighton
6	Purdue	Wisconsin	Arkansas	Missouri
7	Rutgers	Colorado	BYU	Oklahoma St.
8	Clemson	Florida	Louisville	LSU
9	Oregon	UCLA	San Diego St.	Indiana
10	Boise St.	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina	Seton Hall
11	Minnesota	Colorado St.	Drake	VCU
12	Belmont	Western Ky.	Stanford	St. Bonaventure	Connecticut	Saint Louis
13	Toledo	Winthrop	Colgate	UCSB
14	Wright St.	S.F. Austin	Liberty	UNCG
15	Vermont	S. Dakota St.	Siena	Grand Canyon
16	James Madison	E. Washington	Texas St.	Wagner	Prairie View	N.C. A&T

Last 4 Byes: Seton Hall, Minnesota, Colorado St., Drake

Last 4 In: Stanford, St. Bonaventure, Connecticut, Saint Louis

First 4 Out: Xavier, Maryland, Wichita St., St. John’s

Next 4 Out: Utah St., Ole Miss, Syracuse, Georgia Tech

Note: After careful perusal of the mock top four seeds released a week ago, we have discovered some new tendencies that the Committee gave more weight to than they usually do when there is a lot more interconference play. Thus, expect our bracketology to change a little next week showing seeds in somewhat different order from what they are this week. For instance, we believe that a team like Colgate may be drastically underrated, while a team like 23-1 Belmont may be overrated a bit even after winning their 20th consecutive game last night.