| Date | 3/8/2021 | |||||
| Seed | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
| 1 | Gonzaga | Baylor | Michigan | Illinois | ||
| 2 | Ohio St. | Alabama | Iowa | West Virginia | ||
| 3 | Houston | Arkansas | Kansas | Villanova | ||
| 4 | Purdue | Texas | Oklahoma St. | Florida St. | ||
| 5 | Virginia | Texas Tech | USC | Tennessee | ||
| 6 | Creighton | Colorado | Clemson | Oklahoma | ||
| 7 | Oregon | Missouri | Wisconsin | Florida | ||
| 8 | BYU | LSU | Virginia Tech | Connecticut | ||
| 9 | Rutgers | San Diego St. | Loyola (Chi.) | North Carolina | ||
| 10 | Maryland | St. Bonaventure | UCLA | Louisville | ||
| 11 | Georgia Tech | Michigan St. | VCU | Colorado St. | ||
| 12 | Western Ky. | Toledo | Boise St. | Drake | Wichita St. | Xavier |
| 13 | UCSB | Winthrop | Liberty | Colgate | ||
| 14 | UNCG | S. Dakota St. | Morehead St. | Abilene Chr. | ||
| 15 | E. Washington | Georgia St. | Siena | Cleveland St. | ||
| 16 | Northeastern | Bryant | Grand Canyon | Hartford | Norfolk St. | Prairie View A&M |
Teams in Bold have secured automatic bids
The Bad Side of the Bubble
| 69 | Ole Miss |
| 70 | Syracuse |
| 71 | Utah St. |
| 72 | Saint Louis |
| 73 | Seton Hall |
| 74 | SMU |
| 75 | St. John’s |
| 76 | North Carolina St. |
Bracketnomics Tutorial Release Coming This Week!
Until recently, when our breakthrough Sabertooth Baseball Game went viral due to a Facebook post that we still do not know who the benevolent benefactor of great news is, our most popular annual activity here on the PiRate Ratings has been “Bracketnomics.”
For years, we have used technical statistics and other data to isolate the real March Madness contenders from the pretenders and to eliminate certain higher seeds due to their possessing “uh-oh” stats that show them ripe for a quick upset.
We were all set to debut our latest evolution of Bracketnomics last year, until Covidnomics defeated all sports in March of 2020. It gave us extra time to scour our resources and to look for more trends, in addition to the tried and true methods we have used for years.
Coming Friday, we will release our Bracketnomics 2021 Tutorial, so you can have the weekend to look it over and use the information the best way you know how. Please let the best way you know how be a method that involves no financial risk.
The PiRate Ratings personal creation of “R+T” Rating, schedule strength, and the Four Factors still hold considerable importance, but the handicapping of each data point has changed. Other sets of data added to the mix should let you clearly see which teams have the look of past national champions, Final Four participants, and even Cinderella Mid-Majors that might be ready to wear the slipper until there are just eight teams remaining.
Oh, and if you haven’t heard about our advanced analytics tabletop baseball game that went viral over the weekend, you can check it out at our sister site: https://sabertoothbaseball.wordpress.com and order a game at https://sabertooth-baseball.square.site , or click the link in the WordPress site.
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