February 7, 2022
Date 2/7/2022 Seed Team Team Team Team Team Team 1 Gonzaga Auburn Purdue Kentucky 2 Kansas Arizona Baylor Duke 3 Texas Tech Houston Illinois Providence 4 Michigan St. Wisconsin UCLA Villanova 5 Marquette Tennessee Texas Ohio St. 6 Xavier LSU Connecticut Alabama 7 USC Indiana Saint Mary’s Iowa St. 8 Arkansas TCU Iowa Boise St. 9 Wake Forest Murray St. San Francisco Wyoming 10 Loyola (Chi.) BYU Davidson Seton Hall 11 Colorado St. Oregon Miami (Fla.) North Carolina 12 Iona North Texas Notre Dame Creighton Florida Belmont 13 Ohio Chattanooga Vermont South Dakota St. 14 New Mexico St. Wagner Weber St. Cal St. Fullerton 15 Longwood Jacksonville St. Cleveland St. Yale 16 Colgate UNC Wilmington Norfolk St. Appalachian St. New Orleans Southern
Best of the Rest
69 San Diego St. 70 Saint Louis 71 Mississippi State 72 SMU 73 Washington St. 74 Michigan 75 Florida State 76 Oklahoma
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February 4, 2022
Date 2/4/2022 Seed Team Team Team Team Team Team 1 Gonzaga Auburn Purdue Baylor 2 Kansas Arizona Kentucky UCLA 3 Duke Texas Tech Houston Villanova 4 Michigan St. Wisconsin Illinois Providence 5 Xavier Marquette Ohio St. LSU 6 Tennessee Alabama Texas Connecticut 7 Iowa St. USC Indiana Iowa 8 Saint Mary’s TCU Arkansas San Francisco 9 Loyola (Chi.) Wake Forest Murray St. Wyoming 10 Boise St. BYU Seton Hall Davidson 11 Oregon Colorado St. Oklahoma San Diego St. 12 Iona North Texas Creighton Miami (Fla.) North Carolina Florida 13 Toledo Furman Vermont South Dakota St. 14 New Mexico St. Wagner Towson Liberty 15 Oakland Weber St. Longwood Cal St. Fullerton 16 Yale Colgate Norfolk St. Troy New Orleans Florida A&M
Best of the Rest
69 Notre Dame 70 Michigan 71 Florida State 72 Mississippi State 73 SMU 74 Belmont 75 Drake 76 Washington St.
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February 1, 2022
Home Visitors Spread Virginia Boston College 7.9 Connecticut Creighton 10.2 Iowa St. Kansas -3.7 Maryland Michigan St. -4.2 Tennessee Texas A&M 11.5 Siena Canisius 3.3 Duquesne Richmond -6.8 St. Bonaventure Davidson 1.5 Western Michigan Northern Illinois 0.3 Ohio Ball St. 12.6 Eastern Michigan Toledo -11.6 Central Michigan Bowling Green -6.4 Miami (O) Kent St. 0.8 Mississippi St. South Carolina 7.7 Northwestern Rutgers 6.5 Louisville North Carolina -3.9 Georgetown Seton Hall -8.3 Auburn Alabama 7.1 Texas Tech Texas 4.6 St. John’s Providence 0.8 LSU Mississippi 15.0 Wichita St. Tulsa 8.4 Utah St. Air Force 16.5 Michigan Nebraska 15.0 Stanford California 5.6 UC Riverside UC Davis 7.0 UNLV Nevada 4.2 San Jose St. Fresno St. -12.0
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January 7, 2022
Date 1/7/2022 Seed Team Team Team Team Team Team 1 Baylor Gonzaga Houston Arizona 2 Kansas Villanova Auburn LSU 3 Duke Purdue Texas Tennessee 4 Illinois Michigan St. USC Kentucky 5 Alabama UCLA Connecticut Iowa St. 6 Wisconsin Xavier Ohio St. Texas Tech 7 Loyola (Chi.) Seton Hall BYU Indiana 8 Iowa Colorado St. W. Virginia N. Carolina 9 Oklahoma Va.Tech San Francisco Mississippi St. 10 Providence TCU Florida Wake Forest 11 Saint Mary’s Michigan San Diego St. Memphis Texas A&M Clemson 12 Chattanooga Belmont Davidson UAB 13 Iona Ohio Vermont Towson 14 Wagner South Dakota St. Navy Oakland 15 Grand Canyon UC-Irvine Liberty Princeton 16 Louisiana Weber St. Nicholls St. Gardner-Webb Texas Southern Howard
First Four Out
Creighton Louisville Florida St. Cincinnati
Next Four Out
Minnesota Wyoming Boise St. Washington St.
Process: The PiRate Ratings use a combination of NET Rankings, Computer Rankings, Strength of Schedule, Strength of Wins, The Eye-Test, and unfortunately Politics to attempt to mimic what the NCAA Selection Committee does leading up to Selection Sunday.
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February 24, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Home Visitor Spread Davidson St. Bonaventure -1.0 George Mason George Washington 6.5 Saint Joseph’s Dayton -8.8 La Salle Duquesne -4.3 South Florida Temple 3.8 Memphis Tulane 11.7 Tulsa Cincinnati 1.2 Wake Forest Clemson -6.0 Virginia NC St. 8.7 Miami (Fla.) Florida St. -12.5 North Carolina Marquette 8.9 Butler Seton Hall -6.7 Creighton DePaul 13.6 Providence Xavier -0.8 Southern Utah Northern Arizona 11.8 Longwood Hampton 8.8 Rutgers Indiana 3.1 Ball St. Kent St. -4.6 UNC Central North Carolina A&T 2.8 Norfolk St Delaware St. 14.2 Air Force New Mexico 0.1 UNLV Fresno St. 5.8 Boston University Holy Cross 5.4 Loyola (MD) American 3.6 Mississippi St. South Carolina 3.5 Arkansas Alabama -2.0 Vanderbilt Tennessee -6.8 Furman The Citadel 12.8 Mercer Chattanooga 2.5 UNCG Western Carolina 11.9 Northwestern St. Stephen F. Austin -7.4 SE Louisiana McNeese 4.2 Texas A&M-CC New Orleans -0.4 Nicholls Houston Baptist 10.5 Incarnate Word Lamar 4.5 Abilene Christian Sam Houston St. 8.1 Southern Alabama A&M 6.4 Alcorn St. Alabama St. 5.7
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March 4, 2020
Wednesday’s Games
Home
Visitor
Spread
Arkansas
LSU
2.8
Auburn
Texas A&M
12.7
Butler
St. John’s
7.6
Central Florida
SMU
-0.2
Charlotte
North Texas
-3.9
Colorado St.
Wyoming
14.3
Creighton
Georgetown
8.9
Eastern Illinois
Jacksonville St.
4.8
Fresno St.
Air Force
4.0
George Mason
Saint Louis
-2.8
George Washington
Fordham
5.7
Georgia
Florida
-2.2
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
6.7
Incarnate Word
Houston Baptist
2.8
Indiana
Minnesota
2.9
Iona
Quinnipiac
5.5
Kansas
TCU
18.2
La Salle
Massachusetts
3.3
Long Island
Fairleigh Dickinson
4.8
Louisiana Tech
Florida Intl.
9.2
Marist
Canisius
0.2
Marshall
Florida Atlantic
5.6
Miami (Fla.)
Virginia
-1.4
Middle Tennessee
UTEP
-2.4
Monmouth
Fairfield
8.0
New Mexico
San Jose St.
10.5
Nicholls
McNeese
5.9
Northwestern St.
New Orleans
3.4
Notre Dame
Florida St.
-2.7
Oklahoma St.
Kansas St.
6.2
Old Dominion
UTSA
4.6
Ole Miss
Missouri
4.3
Providence
Xavier
3.1
Rhode Island
Dayton
-4.1
Rider
Manhattan
7.6
Robert Morris
St. Francis (NY)
8.6
Sacred Heart
Mount St. Mary’s
8.6
Seton Hall
Villanova
4.3
Siena
Niagara
10.7
Southeast Louisiana
Central Arkansas
-3.4
Southern Miss
Rice
-0.5
St. Bonaventure
Saint Joseph’s
11.8
St. Francis (PA)
Bryant
6.5
Temple
Tulsa
2.0
Tennessee St.
Morehead St.
6.1
Texas A&M-CC
Sam Houston St.
-2.8
UC Irvine
Cal St. Northridge
12.8
Virginia Tech
Clemson
0.9
Wisconsin
Northwestern
13.5
Key TV Games on Wednesday
Time (EST)
Network
Home
Visitor
6:30 PM
FS1
Providence
Xavier
7:00 PM
SECN
Arkansas
LSU
8:00 PM
ESPN+
Kansas
TCU
8:30 PM
FS1
Seton Hall
Villanova
9:00 PM
CBSSN
Rhode Island
Dayton
Conference Tournament Section
Tuesday’s Results
Atlantic Sun Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
Liberty
55
NJIT
49
Stetson
82
North Alabama
72
Lipscomb
68
Florida Gulf Coast
63
North Florida
91
Jacksonville
88
Semifinals
March 5
at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home
Visitor
Time (ET)
TV
1 Liberty (28-4)
4 Stetson (16-16)
7:00 PM
ESPN+
2 North Florida (21-11)
3 Lipscomb (15-15)
7:00 PM
ESPN+
Big South Tournament
1st Round
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
USC Upstate
69
High Point
59
UNC-Asheville
72
Campbell
68
Charleston Southern
81
Presbyterian
64
Quarterfinals
March 5
at #1 Seed Radford
Team
Team
Time (ET)
TV
2 Winthrop (21-10)
7 USC Upstate (13-19)
12:00 PM
ESPN3
3 Gardner-Webb (15-15)
6 UNC-Asheville (15-15)
2:00 PM
ESPN3
1 Radford (20-10)
8 Charleston Southern (14-17)
6:00 PM
ESPN3
4 Longwood (14-17)
5 Hampton (13-18)
8:00 PM
ESPN3
Horizon League Tournament
1st Round
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
Illinois Chicago
93
IUPUI
59
Youngstown St.
63
Milwaukee
57
Oakland
80
Cleveland St.
59
Quarterfinals
March 5
at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home
Visitor
Time (ET)
TV
3 Green Bay (16-15)
6 Oakland (14-18)
8:00 PM
ESPN+
4 Illinois Chicago (15-17)
5 Youngstown (18-14)
8:00 PM
ESPN+
Patriot League Tournament
1st Round
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
Bucknell
65
Holy Cross
62
Lehigh
78
Loyola (MD)
75
Quarterfinals
March 5
at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home
Visitor
Time (ET)
TV
2 American (16-13)
7 Bucknell (13-19)
7:00 PM
Pat League Network
3 Boston U (18-13)
6 Navy (14-15)
7:00 PM
Pat League Network
4 Army (15-14)
5 Lafayette (18-11)
7:00 PM
Pat League Network
1 Colgate (23-8)
8 Lehigh (11-20)
7:00 PM
Pat League Network
Tournaments Beginning Wednesday
Mountain West Tournament
1st Round
March 4
Las Vegas (Thomas & Mack Center)
Team
Team
Time (ET)
TV
8 Fresno St. (11-18)
9 Air Force (11-19)
3:00 PM
Mountain West Net.
7 New Mexico (18-13)
10 San Jose St. (7-23)
5:30 PM
Mountain West Net.
6 Colorado St. (20-11)
11 Wyoming (7-23)
8:00 PM
Mountain West Net.
Northeast Tournament
Quarterfinals
March 4
at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home
Visitor
Time (ET)
TV
1 Robert Morris (17-14)
8 St. Francis (NY) (13-17)
7:00 PM
2 St. Francis (PA) (20-9)
7 Bryant (15-16)
7:00 PM
3 Sacred Heart (19-12)
6 Mount St. Mary’s (11-20)
7:00 PM
4 Long Island (14-17)
5 Fairleigh-Dickinson (11-18)
7:00 PM
Ohio Valley Tournament
1st Round
March 4
Evansville, IN (Ford Center)
Team
Team
Time (ET)
TV
5 Tennessee St. (17-14)
8 Morehead St. (13-18)
7:30 PM
ESPN+
6 Eastern Illinois (16-14)
7 Jacksonville St. (13-18)
9:30 PM
ESPN+
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February 23, 2020
Sunday’s Games
Home
Visitor
Spread
Boise St.
New Mexico
7.8
Boston University
American
6.9
Bryant
Sacred Heart
0.1
Cincinnati
Wichita St.
2.8
Colgate
Holy Cross
19.5
Connecticut
South Florida
8.0
Creighton
Butler
5.4
Detroit
Milwaukee
0.8
East Carolina
Temple
-4.5
Evansville
Indiana St.
-6.6
Fairfield
Siena
-3.3
Fairleigh Dickinson
Robert Morris
-1.3
Indiana
Penn St.
-0.4
Lafayette
Loyola (MD)
14.5
Lehigh
Bucknell
-1.1
Manhattan
Canisius
3.4
Marist
Niagara
1.8
Monmouth
Quinnipiac
6.4
Mount St. Mary’s
Merrimack
-0.5
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
11.6
Northwestern
Minnesota
-4.8
Notre Dame
Miami (Fla.)
6.9
Oakland
Green Bay
2.7
Ohio St.
Maryland
2.9
Saint Peter’s
Rider
1.7
Seton Hall
St. John’s
10.2
South Dakota St.
South Dakota
6.4
St. Francis (NY)
Wagner
6.7
St. Francis (PA)
Long Island
7.9
Utah
USC
-2.1
Washington St.
Stanford
-4.1
Wisconsin
Rutgers
3.7
Sunday’s Key TV Games
Time (EST)
Network
Home
Visitor
12:00 PM
FS1
Indiana
Penn St.
1:00 PM
ESPN
Cincinnati
Wichita St.
1:00 PM
BTN
Wisconsin
Rutgers
2:00 PM
ESPN3
Saint Peter’s
Rider
2:00 PM
ESPNU
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
3:00 PM
ESPN+
South Dakota St.
South Dakota
4:00 PM
CBS
Ohio St.
Maryland
4:00 PM
FS1
Creighton
Butler
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January 26, 2020
Date
1/26/2020
Seed
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
Team
1
Baylor
Gonzaga
Kansas
San Diego St.
2
Florida St.
Duke
Seton Hall
West Virginia
3
Louisville
Michigan St.
Dayton
Butler
4
Villanova
Oregon
Maryland
Iowa
5
Kentucky
Auburn
Colorado
LSU
6
Creighton
Penn St.
Arizona
Rutgers
7
Marquette
Illinois
Wichita St.
Arkansas
8
Ohio St.
Stanford
Indiana
Wisconsin
9
Houston
Florida
Saint Mary’s
Oklahoma
10
Memphis
Texas Tech
BYU
USC
11
Michigan
North Carolina St.
East Tennessee St.
Virginia Tech
VCU
12
Akron
North Texas
Liberty
Minnesota
Xavier
13
Stephen F. Austin
New Mexico St.
Vermont
Harvard
14
Loyola (Chi.)
Colgate
William & Mary
Wright St.
15
Little Rock
UC-Irvine
Murray St.
South Dakota St.
16
Montana
Winthrop
Monmouth
Norfolk St.
Robert Morris
Prairie View
First Four Out
Georgetown
Purdue
Alabama
Tennessee
Next Four Out
Richmond
Rhode Island
DePaul
Northern Iowa
Another Bracketology Will Publish Tomorrow Afternoon. Many NCAA Tournament Team Contenders Are Playing Sunday.
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March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019
Seed
Team
Team
Team
Team
1
Virginia
Gonzaga
Kentucky
North Carolina
2
Duke
Michigan St.
Tennessee
LSU
3
Michigan
Texas Tech
Houston
Purdue
4
Florida St.
Wisconsin
Kansas
Kansas St.
5
Virginia Tech
Maryland
Mississippi St.
Nevada
6
Buffalo
Villanova
Marquette
Auburn
7
Wofford
Cincinnati
Louisville
Iowa St.
8
Baylor
VCU
Iowa
Ole Miss
9
Syracuse
Washington
Central Florida
Oklahoma
10
Minnesota
Seton Hall
Utah St.
TCU
11
Temple
Arizona St.
North Carolina St.
Ohio St./St. John’s
12
Florida/Clemson
Saint Mary’s
Murray St.
New Mexico St.
13
Liberty
Vermont
Old Dominion
UC-Irvine
14
Montana
Northeastern
Northern Kentucky
Georgia St.
15
Yale
Bradley
Bucknell
Gardner-Webb
16
Sam Houston St.
Prairie View
Iona/Fairleigh-Dickinson
North Dakota St./Norfolk St.
Last 4 Byes
TCU
Temple
Arizona St.
North Carolina St.
Last 4 In
Ohio St.
St. John’s
Clemson
Florida
First 4 Out
Creighton
Indiana
Georgetown
Texas
Next 4 Out
Alabama
Belmont
Nebraska
UNC Greensboro
Bids By Conference
Conference
Bids
ACC
9
Big Ten
8
Big 12
7
SEC
7
Big East
4
AAC
4
MWC
2
Pac-12
2
West Coast
2
One-Bid Leagues
23
Automatic Bids To Date
Team
Conf
W-L
Liberty
Atlantic Sun
28-6
Gardner-Webb
Big South
23-11
Murray St.
Ohio Valley
27-4
Bradley
Missouri Valley
20-14
Wofford
Southern
29-4
Iona
Metro Atlantic
17-15
Fairleigh-Dickinson
Northeast
20-13
Northern Kentucky
Horizon
26-8
Northeastern
Colonial
23-10
Saint Mary’s
West Coast
22-11
North Dakota St.
Summit
18-15
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March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019
Seed
Team
Team
Team
Team
1
Gonzaga
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
2
Duke
Michigan St.
Tennessee
LSU
3
Purdue
Houston
Texas Tech
Michigan
4
Florida St.
Kansas
Kansas St.
Wisconsin
5
Virginia Tech
Maryland
Mississippi St.
Nevada
6
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Villanova
Marquestte
7
Wofford
Auburn
Louisville
Iowa
8
Baylor
Virginia Commonwealth
Iowa St.
Ole Miss
9
Syracuse
Washington
Central Florida
Oklahoma
10
Minnesota
Seton Hall
Utah St.
TCU
11
Ohio St.
Temple
Arizona St.
North Carolina St.
12
St. John’s/Clemson
Florida/Creighton
Lipscomb
Murray St.
13
New Mexico St.
Vermont
Hofstra
Old Dominion
14
UC-irvine
Montana
Yale
Georgia St.
15
Bradley
Bucknell
Radford
Wright St.
16
Omaha
Sam Houston St.
Norfolk St./St. Francis (PA)
Iona/Prairie View
Teams In Red Have Won Automatic Bids
Last 4 Byes
Ohio St.
Temple
Arizona St.
North Carolina St.
Last 4 In–Headed to First Four in Dayton
St. John’s
Florida
Clemson
Creighton
First Four Out
Georgetown
Furman
Indiana
Belmont
Next Four Out
UNC Greensboro
Texas
Nebraska
Saint Mary’s
Bids By Conference
Bids
ACC
9
Big Ten
8
Big 12
7
SEC
7
Big East
5
AAC
4
MWC
2
Pac-12
2
One-Bid Leagues
24
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