PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Wright St.	Bryant	0.7
Rutgers	Notre Dame	-1.6
Wake Forest	Towson	7.0
Toledo	Dayton	0.3
Virginia	Mississippi St.	-0.1
SMU	Nicholls St.	14.6
Saint Louis	Northern Iowa	5.1
BYU	Long Beach St.	11.8
Florida	Iona	7.1
Coastal Carolina	Maryland Eastern Shore	12.5
Youngstown St.	Morgan St.	5.5
South Alabama	Southeast Louisiana	10.7
Florida Gulf Coast	Detroit	3.6
Maryland Baltimore Co.	Merrimack	5.5
Southern Utah	Kent St.	1.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Texas Southern	Texas A&M–CC	3.9
Wyoming	Indiana	-4.6
VCU	Princeton	7.3
Vanderbilt	Belmont	2.4
Oklahoma	Missouri St.	5.7
North Texas	Texas St.	8.1
Xavier	Cleveland St.	13.7
Texas A&M	Alcorn St.	19.1
Utah St.	Oregon	3.4
Washington St.	Santa Clara	4.3
Colorado	St. Bonaventure	4.4
Appalachian St.	USC Upstate	10.2
UTEP	Western Illinois	6.6

Coming Around 4 PM EDT–Bracketnomics 2022, The Analysis to help you pick your brackets

PiRate Ratings FINAL Bracketology 2022

Date	FINAL
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Arizona	Kansas	Baylor
2	Kentucky	Auburn	Duke	Villanova
3	Tennessee	Purdue	Texas Tech	Wisconsin
4	UCLA	Illinois	Arkansas	Iowa
5	Connecticut	Houston	Providence	Saint Mary’s
6	Texas	LSU	Alabama	Colorado St.
7	Michigan St.	Ohio St.	Boise St.	USC
8	TCU	North Carolina	Seton Hall	San Diego St.
9	Murray St.	Memphis	Creighton	Marquette
10	San Francisco	Iowa St.	Loyola (Chi.)	Virginia Tech
11	Miami (Fla.)	Davidson	Richmond	Indiana
12	South Dakota St.	UAB	Notre Dame	Wyoming	Texas A&M	Michigan
13	Vermont	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Akron
14	Montana St.	Delaware	Saint Peter’s	Cal St. Fullerton
15	Yale	Longwood	Georgia St.	Colgate
16	Jacksonville St.	Norfolk St.	Wright St.	Bryant	Texas Southern	Texas A&M-CC

First 4 #16 Seeds: Wright St., Bryant, Texas Southern, Texas A&M–CC

Last 4 Byes: Iowa St., Miami (Fla.), Davidson, Indiana

Last 4 In: Notre Dame, Wyoming, Texas A&M, Michigan

First 4 Out: SMU, Xavier, Rutgers, Wake Forest,

Next 4 Out: BYU, VCU, Oklahoma, Saint Louis

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	3/7/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Arizona	Gonzaga	Baylor	Auburn
2	Kansas	Kentucky	Duke	Purdue
3	Wisconsin	Villanova	Tennessee	Texas Tech
4	Illinois	Providence	UCLA	Arkansas
5	Connecticut	Houston	Texas	Alabama
6	Saint Mary’s	LSU	Iowa	Ohio St.
7	Colorado St.	USC	Boise St.	Seton Hall
8	Michigan St.	Iowa St.	Murray St.	Marquette
9	North Carolina	San Diego St.	TCU	San Francisco
10	Creighton	Michigan	Loyola (Chi.)	Davidson
11	Miami (Fla.)	Memphis	Xavier	Notre Dame
12	South Dakota St.	North Texas	Wake Forest	Wyoming	Rutgers	SMU
13	Iona	Toledo	Chattanooga	Vermont
14	New Mexico St.	Princeton	Towson	Montana St.
15	Long Beach St.	Longwood	Jacksonville St.	Colgate
16	Georgia St.	Purdue Ft. Wayne	Bryant	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Last 4 Byes

Miami (Fla.)

Memphis

Xavier

Notre Dame

Last Four In

Wake Forest

Wyoming

Rutgers

SMU

First Four Out

VCU

Indiana

BYU

Dayton

Next Four Out

Texas A&M

Florida

Virginia Tech

Saint Louis

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/28/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Arizona	Gonzaga	Baylor	Kansas
2	Auburn	Duke	Kentucky	Purdue
3	Texas Tech	Villanova	Wisconsin	Tennessee
4	Providence	Illinois	Connecticut	UCLA
5	Texas	Arkansas	Ohio St.	Alabama
6	Houston	Saint Mary’s	USC	Michigan St.
7	LSU	Marquette	Iowa	Iowa St.
8	Colorado St.	Boise St.	Seton Hall	Murray St.
9	Wyoming	TCU	Notre Dame	Xavier
10	Creighton	San Francisco	Wake Forest	Davidson
11	North Texas	North Carolina	San Diego St.	Miami (Fla.)
12	Iona	South Dakota St.	Indiana	Memphis	Michigan	SMU
13	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Toledo	Vermont
14	Towson	Texas St.	Princeton	Northern Iowa
15	Jacksonville St.	Montana St.	Long Beach St.	Longwood
16	Colgate	Purdue Ft. Wayne	Bryant	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Loyola (Chi.)
70	BYU
71	Rutgers
72	Florida
73	VCU
74	Virginia Tech
75	Oregon
76	St. Bonaventure
77	Dayton
78	Oklahoma
79	Mississippi St.
80	Belmont

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/25/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Arizona	Kansas	Auburn
2	Kentucky	Baylor	Purdue	Duke
3	Texas Tech	Villanova	Tennessee	Wisconsin
4	Illinois	UCLA	Providence	Texas
5	Ohio St.	Connecticut	Alabama	Houston
6	Arkansas	LSU	USC	Marquette
7	Iowa	Michigan St.	Iowa St.	Saint Mary’s
8	Colorado St.	Boise St.	Xavier	Murray St.
9	Seton Hall	Wyoming	Creighton	TCU
10	Miami (Fla.)	Michigan	San Francisco	Wake Forest
11	Notre Dame	Davidson	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina
12	North Texas	Iona	San Diego St.	Memphis	Rutgers	Indiana
13	Chattanooga	South Dakota St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
14	Toledo	Wagner	Towson	Montana St.
15	Princeton	Texas St.	Long Beach St.	Jacksonville St.
16	Cleveland St.	Longwood	Colgate	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	SMU
70	BYU
71	VCU
72	Oregon
73	Dayton
74	Florida
75	Virginia
76	St. Bonaventure
77	UAB
78	Virginia Tech
79	Belmont
80	Mississippi St.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/21/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Arizona	Kansas	Auburn
2	Kentucky	Baylor	Purdue	Duke
3	Texas Tech	Illinois	Villanova	Tennessee
4	Wisconsin	UCLA	Providence	Texas
5	Alabama	Houston	Ohio St.	Connecticut
6	LSU	Arkansas	Michigan St.	USC
7	Marquette	Saint Mary’s	Xavier	Colorado St.
8	Boise St.	Iowa St.	Seton Hall	Murray St.
9	Wyoming	Iowa	San Francisco	TCU
10	Wake Forest	Davidson	San Diego St.	Creighton
11	Notre Dame	Miami (Fla.)	Indiana	Memphis	Michigan
12	North Texas	Iona	Chattanooga	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina
13	South Dakota St.	New Mexico St.	Northern Iowa	Vermont
14	Toledo	Wagner	Towson	Montana St.
15	Jacksonville St.	Princeton	Texas St.	UC-Irvine
16	Cleveland St.	Colgate	Longwood	New Orleans	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	BYU
70	SMU
71	Florida
72	Rutgers
73	VCU
74	Belmont
75	Oklahoma
76	Oregon

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/18/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Arizona	Kansas
2	Baylor	Kentucky	Purdue	Villanova
3	Duke	Texas Tech	Wisconsin	Tennessee
4	Providence	UCLA	Illinois	Texas
5	Houston	Ohio St.	Alabama	LSU
6	Connecticut	Michigan St.	Arkansas	Marquette
7	USC	Xavier	Colorado St.	Saint Mary’s
8	Iowa	Murray St.	Seton Hall	Boise St.
9	Wake Forest	Iowa St.	Loyola (Chi.)	Wyoming
10	TCU	Miami (Fla.)	Indiana	San Francisco
11	Davidson	Notre Dame	Memphis	Michigan
12	North Texas	Iona	San Diego St.	Creighton	North Carolina	Oklahoma
13	Chattanooga	South Dakota St.	Ohio	Vermont
14	New Mexico St.	Wagner	Montana St.	Texas St.
15	Cleveland St.	Liberty	Yale	Colgate
16	Long Beach St.	Longwood	UNC Wilmington	Norfolk St.	New Orleans	Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Belmont
70	Oregon
71	Florida
72	BYU
73	Rutgers
74	UAB
75	SMU
76	Virginia Tech

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/14/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Arizona	Kentucky
2	Kansas	Purdue	Baylor	Duke
3	Villanova	Texas Tech	Providence	Wisconsin
4	Illinois	UCLA	Tennessee	Houston
5	Texas	Michigan St.	Marquette	Alabama
6	LSU	Ohio St.	Xavier	Connecticut
7	Arkansas	USC	Iowa	Saint Mary’s
8	Seton Hall	Wyoming	Colorado St.	TCU
9	Wake Forest	Boise St.	Iowa St.	Murray St.
10	Loyola (Chi.)	Indiana	Notre Dame	Miami (Fla.)
11	San Francisco	Oklahoma	Davidson	North Carolina
12	North Texas	Iona	Michigan	BYU	Memphis	Belmont
13	Toledo	New Mexico St.	Chattanooga	South Dakota St.
14	Vermont	Wagner	Liberty	Montana St.	Oregon
15	Cleveland St.	Yale	Texas St.	Long Beach St.
16	Colgate	UNC Wilmington	Longwood	Norfolk St.	New Orleans	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Creighton
70	San Diego St.
71	SMU
72	Oregon
73	Florida
74	Rutgers
75	Kansas St.
76	Saint Louis

PiRate Ratings Bracketology is an estimate of what we believe the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee will do and not our own personal beliefs on which 68 teams deserve a spot in the field. If we chose the at-large teams, no power conference team in last place or four games under .500 in their league would be considered for the Big Dance, while teams like Rutgers and Virginia, which have proven themselves in conference play and hailing from a Power Conference would be given preference over teams behind them in the conference standings.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/11/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Kentucky	Arizona
2	Kansas	Purdue	Baylor	Duke
3	Texas Tech	Houston	Wisconsin	UCLA
4	Providence	Illinois	Villanova	Texas
5	Marquette	Tennessee	Alabama	Connecticut
6	Arkansas	LSU	Michigan St.	Ohio St.
7	USC	Xavier	Iowa	Seton Hall
8	TCU	Boise St.	Saint Mary’s	Indiana
9	Wake Forest	Murray St.	Iowa St.	Wyoming
10	Loyola (Chi.)	Colorado St.	San Francisco	Oregon
11	Davidson	Oklahoma	Miami (Fla.)	BYU	North Carolina
12	North Texas	Toledo	Iona	Notre Dame	Michigan
13	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Vermont	South Dakota St.
14	Wagner	Liberty	Northern Iowa	Montana St.
15	Cleveland St.	Yale	Appalachian St.	Long Beach St.
16	Colgate	Longwood	UNC Wilmington	Norfolk St.	New Orleans	Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Creighton
70	Florida
71	Belmont
72	San Diego St.
73	Saint Louis
74	SMU
75	UAB
76	Mississippi State