PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Monday, January 7, 2019

1/7/2019

Seed	Team	Conf.	Avg.
1	Duke	ACC	1.00
1	Michigan	BTEN	1.11
1	Virginia	ACC	1.22
1	Michigan St.	BTEN	1.33
2	Tennessee	SEC	1.56
2	Kansas	B12	1.89
2	Gonzaga	WCC	2.00
2	Texas Tech	B12	2.56
3	North Carolina	ACC	3.22
3	Oklahoma	B12	3.44
3	Virginia Tech	ACC	3.44
3	Auburn	SEC	3.78
4	Mississippi St.	SEC	3.89
4	Nevada	MWC	4.11
4	Florida St.	ACC	4.11
4	Houston	AAC	4.67
5	North Carolina St.	ACC	4.89
5	Ohio St.	BTEN	5.22
5	Kentucky	SEC	5.22
5	Wisconsin	BTEN	5.67
6	Marquette	BE	6.11
6	Indiana	BTEN	6.22
6	Buffalo	MAC	6.33
6	Iowa St.	B12	6.56
7	St. John’s	BE	6.78
7	Nebraska	BTEN	6.89
7	TCU	B12	7.00
7	Villanova	BE	7.44
8	Minnesota	BTEN	8.00
8	Cincinnati	AAC	8.11
8	Iowa	BTEN	8.33
8	Purdue	BTEN	8.56
9	Louisville	ACC	8.67
9	LSU	SEC	8.89
9	Maryland	BTEN	9.00
9	Seton Hall	BE	9.56
10	UCF	AAC	10.33
10	Alabama	SEC	10.56
10	Arizona St.	P12	11.11
10	Syracuse	ACC	11.22
11	VCU	A10	11.33
11	UNC-Greensboro	SOU	11.56
11	Ole Miss	SEC	11.78
11	Texas	B12	12.22
12	Murray St.	OVC	12.22
12	Temple	AAC	12.56
12	North Texas	CUSA	12.56
12	Creighton	BE	12.89
12	Clemson	ACC	13.22
12	San Francisco	WCC	16.22
13	Lipscomb	ASUN	12.22
13	Georgia St.	SBC	13.22
13	Yale	IVY	13.22
13	Hofstra	CAA	13.33
14	CSU Bakersfield	WAC	13.56
14	UC Irvine	BW	13.89
14	Loyola-Chi	MVC	13.89
14	Vermont	AE	14.00
15	Radford	BSTH	14.56
15	Northern Colorado	BSKY	14.67
15	Lehigh	PAT	15.44
15	Purdue Fort Wayne	SUM	15.44
16	Northern Kentucky	HOR	15.56
16	Stephen F. Austin	SLND	15.67
16	Texas Southern	SWAC	15.89
16	Rider	MAAC	15.89
16	Robert Morris	NEC	16.00
16	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	16.00

 

Top 4 Out
69	Butler	BE	15.33
70	Florida	SEC	17.78
71	Northwestern	BTEN	18.22
72	Fresno St.	MWC	18.22
Next 4 Out
73	St. Louis	A10	18.44
74	Kansas St.	B12	18.89
75	Arizona	P12	19.11
76	Washington	P12	19.22

 

Last 4 Byes
10	Alabama	SEC	10.56
10	Syracuse	ACC	11.22
11	Ole Miss	SEC	11.78
11	Texas	B12	12.22
Last 4 In — Headed To Dayton
12	Temple	AAC	12.56
12	Creighton	BE	12.89
12	Clemson	ACC	13.22
12	San Francisco	WCC	16.22
16 Seeds Headed To Dayton
16	Texas Southern	SWAC	15.89
16	Rider	MAAC	15.89
16	Robert Morris	NEC	16.00
16	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	16.00

 

Explanation of Average Scores

The PiRate Ratings Bracketology Ratings consist of 14 contributors to this website.  Each week, the contributors send us their bracketology ratings, which we then compile into a composite average.  At least, that is how it is supposed to work.  In actuality, this week only 8 of the 14 sent us their ratings, and then we included our own as number 9.  So, this week the average comes from 9 bracketologists.

You will note that the lower the average the better the ranking, as a #1 seed is definitely better than a #2 seed and so on.

You will also note that after #12 seed San Francisco, the average number decreases with #13 Lipscomb.  The reason for this is starting with Lipscomb, the remainder of the list are automatic qualifiers.  We first calculate the number of one-bid leagues, and then we fill in the number of at-large teams needed to fill the 68-team field.  Even the last team in the Big Dance will be seeded higher than most of the one-bid league automatic qualifiers, thus San Francisco is seeded at the lowest possible spot for an at-large team.  Lipscomb is the highest-seeded team of the remaining one-bid automatic qualifying leagues, but not the highest-seeded of all the one-bid automatic qualifying leagues, because Nevada, Buffalo, Arizona State, Virginia Commonwealth, and North Texas are seeded higher than some of the at-large qualifiers.

Bids By Conference

Conference	#
Big Ten	10
ACC	9
SEC	7
Big 12	6
Big East	5
American	4
West Coast	2
Pac-12	1
Atlantic 10	1
America East	1
Atlantic Sun	1
Big Sky	1
Big South	1
Big West	1
Colonial	1
Conference USA	1
Horizon	1
Ivy	1
MAAC	1
MAC	1
MEAC	1
Missouri Valley	1
Mountain West	1
Northeast	1
Ohio Valley	1
Patriot	1
Sun Belt	1
Southland	1
Southern	1
Summit	1
SWAC	1
WAC	1

The Pac-12 and The Atlantic 10 should eventually get a second team into consideration, as these are aberrations.  Arizona, Washington, and Oregon could work their way into the field from the Pac-12, and St. Louis is on the Bubble from the A-10.