Complete Tournament Guide
America East Conference
Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2
6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford
American Athletic Conference
1st Round–Thursday, March 11 @ Fort Worth, TX
8 South Florida vs. 9 Temple (winner plays 1 Wichita St. Friday)
(4 SMU plays 5 Cincinnati Friday)
7 Tulsa vs. 10 Tulane (winner plays 2 Houston Friday)
6 Central Florida vs. 11 East Carolina (winner plays 3 Memphis Friday)
Atlantic Coast Conference
First Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Greensboro, NC
12 Pittsburgh vs. 13 Miami (Fla.)
10 Duke vs. 15 Boston College
11 Notre Dame vs. 14 Wake Forest
Atlantic 10 Conference
Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH
1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth
Big East Conference
1st Round–Wednesday 10 @ New York, NY
8 Georgetown vs. 9 Marquette (winner plays 1 Villanova Thursday)
(4 St. John’s plays 5 Seton Hall Thursday)
7 Xavier vs. 10 Butler (winner plays 2 Creighton Thursday)
6 Providence vs. 11 DePaul (winner plays 3 Connecticut Thursday)
Big Sky Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Boise, ID
8 Northern Colorado vs. 9 Sacramento St. (winner plays 1 Southern Utah Thursday)
(4 Idaho St. plays 5 Montana St. Thursday)
7 Portland St. vs. 10 Northern Arizona (winner plays 2 Eastern Washington Thursday)
6 Montana vs. 11 Idaho (winner plays 3 Weber St. Thursday)
Big Ten Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Indianapolis, IN
12 Northwestern vs. 13 Minnesota
11 Penn St. vs. 14 Nebraska
Big 12 Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Kansas City, MO
8 TCU vs. 9 Kansas St. (winner plays 1 Baylor Thursday)
(4 West Virginia plays 5 Oklahoma St. Thursday)
7 Oklahoma vs. 10 Iowa St. (winner plays 2 Kansas Thursday)
(3 Texas plays 6 Texas Tech Thursday)
Big West Conference
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Las Vegas
8 Cal St. Northridge vs. 9 Long Beach St. (winner plays 1 UCSB Wednesday)
(4 Cal St. Bakersfield vs. 5 UC-Davis Wednesday)
7 Cal St. Fullerton vs. 10 Cal Poly (winner plays 2 UC-Irvine Wednesday)
(3 UC-Riverside plays 6 Hawaii Wednesday)
Colonial Athletic Association
Semifinals–Monday, March 8 @ James Madison (Harrisonburg, VA)
4 Hofstra vs. 8 Elon
2 Northeastern vs. 6 Drexel
Conference USA
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)
6W Rice vs. 7W Southern Miss.
6E Middle Tennessee vs. 7E Florida Intl.
Horizon League
Semifinals, Monday, March 8 @ Indianapolis, IN
1 Cleveland St. vs. 8 Milwaukee
3 Oakland vs. 4 Northern Kentucky
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
1st Round, Monday, March 8 @ Atlantic City, NJ
6 Canisius vs. 11 Rider
(1st Round continues Tuesday with 8 Quinnipiac playing 9 Rider and 7 Fairfield playing 10 Manhattan)
Mid-American Conference
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Cleveland
1 Toledo vs. 8 Ball St.
4 Kent St. vs. 5 Ohio U
2 Buffalo vs. 7 Miami (O)
3 Akron vs. 6 Bowling Green
Mideastern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11 @ Norfolk, VA
2S Florida A&M vs. 3N Morgan St. (winner plays 1N Coppin St. Friday)
2N Norfolk St. vs. 3S UNC-Central (winner plays 1S North Carolina A&T Friday)
Mountain West Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Las Vegas
8 Wyoming vs. 9 San Jose St. (winner plays 1 San Diego St. Thursday)
(4 Boise St. plays 5 Nevada Thursday)
7 UNLV vs. 10 Air Force (winner plays 2 Utah St. Thursday)
6 Fresno St. vs. 11 New Mexico (winner plays 3 Colorado St. Thursday)
Northeast Conference
Championship Game, Tuesday, March 11, 7PM, ESPN2
4 Mount St. Mary’s at 2 Bryant
Pac-12 Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Las Vegas
8 Arizona St. vs. 9 Washington St. (winner plays 1 Oregon Thursday)
(4 UCLA plays 5 Oregon St. Thursday)
7 Utah vs. 10 Washington (winner plays 2 USC Thursday)
6 Stanford vs. 11 California (winner plays 3 Colorado Thursday)
Patriot League
Semifinals–Wednesday, March 10
9 Loyola (MD) at 4 Army
6 Bucknell at 2 Colgate
Southeastern Conference
1st Round–Wednesday, March 10 @ Nashville, TN
12 Texas A&M vs. 13 Vanderbilt
Southern Conference
Championship Game–Monday, March 8, 7PM, ESPN @ Asheville, NC
1 UNC-Greensboro vs. 7 Mercer
Southland Conference
1st Round–Tuesday, March 9 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)
8 Southeast Louisiana vs. 9 McNeese St.
7 Incarnate Word vs. 10 Houston Baptist
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 10 (& Thursday, March 11) @ Birmingham, AL
1 Prairie View vs. 8 Mississippi Valley (3/10)
4 Grambling vs. 5 Southern (3/11)
2 Jackson St. vs. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/10)
3 Texas Southern vs. 6 Alcorn St. (3/11)
Summit League
Semifinals, Monday, March 8 @ Sioux Falls, SD
1 South Dakota St. vs. 4 Oral Roberts
2 South Dakota vs. 3 North Dakota St.
Sun Belt Conference
Championship Game–Monday, March 8, 7PM, ESPN2 @ Pensacola, FL
1E Georgia St. vs. 4E Appalachian St.
West Coast Conference
Semifinals–Monday, March 8 @ Las Vegas
1 Gonzaga vs. 4 Saint Mary’s
2 BYU vs. 3 Pepperdine
Western Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas
4 California-Baptist vs. 5 Seattle (winner plays 1 Grand Canyon Friday)
3 New Mexico St. vs. 6 UT-Rio Grande Valley (winner plays 2 Utah Valley Friday)
Automatic Qualifiers
Liberty 23-5
Winthrop 23-1
Loyola (Chi.) 24-4
Morehead St. 23-7
The Pi-Rate Ratings 
I found your site last year before the NCAA tourney and bookmarked it for this year. I love stats, but I’m hardly a statistician. Do you provide a list of teams with their accompanying stats, such as pi-rating? Do you offer a bracket based on your metrics once the field is set? Thanks!
Comment by HB3 — March 13, 2021 @ 6:53 am
Yes, we will be doing all the leg work for everybody. The caveat is that others, like you, may interpret our data differently and may even use it more successfully than we can. It is not a set in stone formula where Team A is X points better than Team B. It is more like a beauty contest, where Team A’s criteria may or may not be prettier than Team B’s criteria.
Comment by piratings — March 13, 2021 @ 8:00 am