PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Saturday, March 23, 2019

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
LSU	114.6	0.0	Maryland	113.0	1.6
Kentucky	118.5	0.0	Wofford	113.9	4.6
Michigan	119.0	0.0	Florida	111.9	7.1
Florida St.	115.2	0.0	Murray St.	110.4	4.8
Gonzaga	123.1	0.0	Baylor	110.5	12.6
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Minnesota	110.2	10.7
Purdue	117.1	0.0	Villanova	111.8	5.3
Kansas	115.3	0.0	Auburn	115.7	-0.4

Saturday’s Schedule

TIME (ET)	GAME	TV	SITE
12:10 p.m.	(6) Maryland vs. (3) LSU	CBS	Jacksonville
Approx. 2:55 p.m.	(7) Wofford vs. (2) Kentucky	CBS	Jacksonville
5:15 p.m.	(10) Florida vs. (2) Michigan	CBS	Des Moines
6:10 p.m.	(12) Murray St. vs. (4) Florida St.	TNT	Hartford
7:10 p.m.	(9) Baylor vs. (1) Gonzaga	TBS	Salt Lake City
Approx. 8:00 p.m.	(10) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan St.	CBS	Des Moines
Approx 8:55 p.m.	(6) Villanova vs. (3) Pudue	TNT	Hartford
Approx 9:55 p.m.	(5) Auburn vs. (4) Kansas	TBS	Salt Lake City

 

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Bracketnomics 2019: Picking The Round of 32 for Saturday, March 23, 2019

Saturday, March 23, 2019  

Round of 32

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
LSU	58.68	3.4	36.9	70.0	15.3	17.7	10.2
Maryland	59.94	7.1	33.9	75.3	16.6	12.3	8.6

Maryland’s strength of schedule advantage is negligible.  LSU’s R+T advantage is also negligible.  Rebounding should be close to even, and it doesn’t appear like turnovers will decide this game.

It comes down to true shooting % margin, and Maryland’s is better by enough to move the needle into Terp territory.

Predicted Winner: Maryland but a close game

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kentucky	60.47	9.9	36.9	74.7	15.9	16.1	16.3
Wofford	52.40	8.2	32.8	76.3	13.6	18.1	13.5

Wofford looked great in the closing minutes of their blowout win over Seton Hall, just like they did when they closed out the SoCon Championship Game against UNC-Greensboro.  This will not repeat itself Saturday.  Kentucky might give the Terriers a dose of their own medicine, but it will more than likely come in the first half.  The Wildcats are too much out of Wofford’s class, and the SOS difference makes UK’s analytics much superior to Wofford’s.

Even with P. J. Washington still unavailable until next week at the earliest, Kentucky has too much muscle and quickness for the Terriers.  Wofford’s excellent inside-outside combination won’t be able to connect enough times.

Predicted Winner: Kentucky by double digits

 

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan	60.07	8.8	23.8	75.2	12.1	16.0	3.4
Florida	60.24	1.4	31.1	67.9	15.5	19.3	-1.0

Florida became one of the few teams with a negative R+T rating to advance to the Round of 32, and their R+T is still negative.  Michigan’s R+T is definitely a liability also, but at least it is positive.  The Wolverines has a far superior true shooting % margin, most of which is due to their top-rate defense, led by “defensive coordinator” Luke Yaklich.

Predicted Winner: Michigan by 5 to 12 points

 

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Florida St.	59.75	3.4	32.8	73.5	16.3	18.1	8.7
Murray St.	48.31	11.2	31.6	70.7	14.7	17.0	7.2

 

The popular pick is Ja Morant and the Racers, but the ACC was really tough at the top, and this data shows the Seminoles’ SOS looks insurmountable in this game.  The ‘Noles have a lot more muscle than Marquette, and they will be able to wear down Murray and control the boards while forcing the Racers into more second half mistakes.

Predicted Winner: Florida St. by 7 to 15

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Gonzaga	55.92	17.7	30.9	73.1	12.8	16.6	15.0
Baylor	58.64	1.5	37.8	71.4	16.6	16.2	9.0

Baylor’s SOS is a little better than Gonzaga, and the Bears should be able to get a couple extras offensive rebounds, but Gonzaga is too much better everywhere else.  A lot of people are picking the Bears to be the first team to send a #1-seed home, but in my opinion, Gonzaga has the best path to the Final Four of any #1-seed.

Predicted Winner: Gonzaga by double digits

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan St.	61.31	13.6	33.6	73.8	16.0	12.8	11.9
Minnesota	59.70	2.0	31.5	72.4	14.8	14.3	1.1

Never before have conference rivals met in the Round of 32, and this does alter our data a little bit, but not much.  In their previous meeting, Michigan State thoroughly destroyed Minnesota in a game in East Lansing.  The analytical data in that game was not that much off the norm, as Michigan State was expected to dominate the offensive glass and get better percentage shots.

The data has not changed much from that home game for Sparty.  It will be closer this time, but the outcome should still be the same.  MSU has huge R+T and True Shooting % Margin advantages here.  Minny might not be able to beat the Spartans more than one time in 10 games on a neutral floor.

Predicted Winner: Michigan St. by 10-15 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Purdue	60.86	2.9	34.2	73.8	13.5	17.0	11.1
Villanova	58.03	5.1	30.5	72.9	14.2	15.3	3.2

 

The defending national champions may not make it to the Sweet 16.  Purdue isn’t that much slower than the Wildcats and much stronger.  The Boilermakers’ will eventually lose to a team with a superior TS Margin and enough muscle to make the board battle even, but I don’t think the Wildcats have the juice this year to be that team.

Predicted Winner: Purdue by 4 to 9 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kansas	62.70	6.1	29.7	72.0	16.0	15.6	2.7
Auburn	59.91	1.7	32.5	67.9	14.7	21.9	6.8

 

This will be an interesting game, and it should be a nail-biter unless one team just doesn’t have it and lays an egg.  I believe that if these teams play 10 times, it would be 5 to 5 in wins.  Kansas has the better TS% Margin, but not by that much.   The difference in this game is that Auburn can force turnovers, and Kansas is turnover-prone.  That’s where I give the Tigers an ever so slight advantage overall.

Predicted Winner: Auburn by 6 or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Thursday, March 21, 2019

Home

Rating

HCA

Visitor

Rating

Spread

Louisville	114.1	0.0	Minnesota	109.7	4.4
LSU	114.6	0.0	Yale	106.1	8.5
Auburn	115.7	0.0	New Mexico St.	108.9	6.8
Vermont	105.7	1.0	Florida St.	115.4	-8.7
Michigan St.	121.1	0.0	Bradley	99.8	21.3
Maryland	113.1	0.0	Belmont	109.5	3.6
Kansas	114.5	0.0	Northeastern	105.8	8.7
Marquette	112.6	0.0	Murray St.	109.2	3.4
Nevada	113.1	0.0	Florida	111.5	1.6
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Abilene Christian	101.4	16.6
Villanova	111.9	1.0	Saint Mary’s	111.1	1.8
Gonzaga	122.9	0.0	Fairleigh-Dickinson	97.3	25.6
Michigan	119.0	0.0	Montana	102.4	16.6
Wofford	113.6	0.0	Seton Hall	108.9	4.7
Purdue	117.1	0.0	Old Dominion	103.6	13.5
Syracuse	110.8	0.0	Baylor	110.0	0.8

Schedule for Thursday

Time	Game	TV	Location
12:15 p.m.	(10) Minnesota vs. (7) Louisville	CBS	Des Moines
12:40 p.m.	(14) Yale vs. (3) LSU	truTV	Jacksonville
1:30 p.m.	(12) New Mexico St. vs. (5) Auburn	TNT	Salt Lake City
2 p.m.	(13) Vermont vs. (4) Florida St.	TBS	Hartford
Approx. 2:30 PM	(15) Bradley vs. (2) Michigan St.	CBS	Des Moines
Approx. 2:55 PM	(11) Belmont vs. (6) Maryland	truTV	Jacksonville
Approx. 3:45 PM	(13) Northeastern vs. (4) Kansas	TNT	Salt Lake City
Approx. 4:15 PM	(12) Murray St. vs. (5) Marquette	TBS	Hartford
6:50 p.m.	(10) Florida vs. (7) Nevada	TNT	Des Moines
7:10 p.m.	(15) Abilene Christian vs. (2) Kentucky	CBS	Jacksonville
7:20 p.m.	(11) Saint Mary’s vs. (6) Villanova	TBS	Hartford
7:27 p.m.	(16) Fairleigh-Dickinson vs. (1) Gonzaga	truTV	Salt Lake City
Approx. 9:20 PM	(15) Montana vs. (2) Michigan	TNT	Des Moines
Approx. 9:40 PM	(10) Seton Hall vs. (7) Wofford	CBS	Jacksonville
Approx. 9:50 PM	(14) Old Dominion vs. (3) Purdue	TBS	Hartford
Approx. 9:57 PM	(9) Baylor vs. (8) Syracuse	truTV	Salt Lake City

Happy Spring!

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 16, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Vermont	105.6	3.0	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.2	12.4
Memphis	107.1	3.0	Houston	115.4	-5.3
Cincinnati	110.3	0.0	Wichita St.	103.9	6.4
Rhode Island	102.0	0.0	St. Bonaventure	102.3	-0.3
Davidson	106.3	0.0	Saint Louis	102.9	3.4
Duke	123.2	0.5	Florida St.	115.0	8.7
Kansas	114.9	1.5	Iowa St.	114.3	2.1
Seton Hall	108.6	0.5	Villanova	113.1	-4.0
Montana	101.6	0.0	Eastern Washington	96.6	5.0
Wisconsin	115.4	0.5	Michigan St.	120.3	-4.4
Minnesota	110.0	0.0	Michigan	118.7	-8.7
UC-Irvine	105.6	0.0	Cal St. Fullerton	99.0	6.6
Old Dominion	103.4	0.0	Western Kentucky	103.3	0.1
Harvard	102.9	0.0	Penn	102.3	0.6
Yale	106.0	2.5	Princeton	99.3	9.2
Buffalo	115.3	0.0	Bowling Green	104.5	10.8
Norfolk St.	94.3	0.0	North Carolina Central	92.3	2.0
San Diego St.	102.7	0.0	Utah St.	108.6	-5.9
Washington	109.5	0.0	Oregon	109.7	-0.2
Abilene Christian	101.1	0.0	New Orleans	94.6	6.5
Florida	111.4	0.0	Auburn	115.0	-3.6
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Tennessee	118.5	-0.5
UT-Arlington	100.8	0.0	Georgia Southern	95.9	4.9
Georgia St.	103.2	0.0	Texas St.	102.8	0.4
Prairie View A&M	96.5	0.0	Texas Southern	97.1	-0.6
New Mexico St.	108.1	0.0	Grand Canyon	105.1	3.0

 

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

At Vermont

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***

Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Vermont (26-6)	3	Maryland-Baltimore Co. (21-12)

 

 

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Houston	84	Connecticut	45
Memphis	79	Central Florida	55
Cincinnati	82	SMU	74
Wichita St.	80	Temple	74

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Houston (30-2)	5	Memphis (21-12)
2	Cincinnati (26-6)	6	Wichita St. (19-13)

 

 

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Rhode Island	75	VCU	70
St. Bonaventure	68	George Mason	57
Davidson	70	Saint Joseph’s	60
Saint Louis	64	Dayton	55

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Rhode Island (18-14)	4	St. Bonaventure (17-15)
2	Davidson (24-8)	6	Saint Louis (21-12)

 

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Florida St.	69	Virginia	59
Duke	74	North Carolina	73

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Florida St. (27-6)	3	Duke (28-5)

 

 

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Iowa St.	63	Kansas St.	59
Kansas	88	West Virginia	74

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Iowa St. (22-11)	3	Kansas (25-8)

 

 

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Villanova	71	Xavier	67 ot
Seton Hall	81	Marquette	79

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (24-9)	3	Seton Hall (20-12)

 

 

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Montana	78	Weber St.	49
Eastern Washington	77	Southern Utah	61

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (25-8)	3	Eastern Washington (16-17)

 

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Michigan St.	77	Ohio St.	70
Wisconsin	66	Nebraska	62
Minnesota	75	Purdue	73
Michigan	74	Iowa	53

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Michigan St. (26-6)	4	Wisconsin (23-9)
7	Minnesota (21-12)	3	Michigan (27-5)

 

 

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
UC-Irvine	75	Long Beach St.	67
Cal St. Fulerton	64	UC Santa Barbara	58

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (29-5)	3	Cal St. Fullerton (16-16)

 

 

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Old Dominion	61	UAB	59
Western Kentucky	70	Southern Miss.	59

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (25-8)	2	Western Kentucky (20-13)

 

Ivy League (Ivy Madness)
Site: John J. Lee Amphitheater, New Haven, CT (Yale)
Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Harvard (17-10)	4	Penn (19-11)
2	Yale (20-7)	3	Princeton (16-11)

 

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Buffalo	85	Central Michigan	81
Bowling Green	71	Northern Illinois	67

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (30-3)	3	Bowling Green (22-11)

 

 

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
UNC Central	65	North Carolina A&T	63
Norfolk St.	75	Howard	69

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Norfolk St. (21-12)	3	North Carolina Central (17-15)

 

 

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
San Diego St.	65	Nevada	56
Utah St.	85	Fresno St.	60

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
4	San Diego St. (21-11)	2	Utah St. (27-6)

 

 

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Washington	66	Colorado	61
Oregon	79	Arizona St.	75 ot

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (26-7)	6	Oregon (22-12)

 

 

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
New Orleans	79	Sam Houston St.	76
Abilene Christian	69	Southeastern Louisiana	66

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	New Orleans (19-12)	2	Abilene Christian (26-6)

 

 

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Florida	76	LSU	73
Auburn	73	South Carolina	64
Kentucky	73	Alabama	55
Tennessee	83	Mississippi St.	76

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Florida (19-14)	5	Auburn (24-9)
2	Kentucky (27-5)	3	Tennessee (28-4)

 

 

Sun Belt Conference
Site: 1st Rd at Higher Seed, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Georgia Southern	81	Louisiana Monroe	67
Texas St.	79	South Alabama	67

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	UT Arlington (16-15)	3	Georgia Southern (21-11)
1	Georgia St. (22-9)	4	Texas St. (24-8)

 

 

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Site: at Higher Seeds
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Prairie View A&M	81	Grambling	71
Texas Southern	80	Alabama St.	66

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Prairie View A&M (22-12)	2	Texas Southern (21-12)

 

 

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
New Mexico St.	79	UT RGV	72
Grand Canyon	78	New Mexico St.	74

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (29-4)	3	Grand Canyon (20-12)

 

 

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
Colgate	Patriot	24-10

 

The PiRate Ratings Bracket Gurus Convene

The PiRate Ratings’ Bracket Gurus have gathered (if only electronically) is our bunkers, otherwise known as our man caves and woman caves watching multiple games simultaneously to get better familiar with all the teams still trying to Dance.

Tonight, we will begin putting our opinions together to formulate our final Bracketology selections for Sunday afternoon.  We will publish our initial predicted 68 around 2 PM EDT on Sunday and then a final prediction at the conclusion of the last meaningful conference tournament championship game, if one might affect the seedings.

At the moment, there are games that could wildly swing the bottom of the seed line, affecting who plays in the First Four, and there are a couple of potenial bid-stealers still alive.

Here is our planned schedule for the weekend

Saturday late morning: Bracketology number 1 (Just the Captain’s Selection)

Sunday morning: Bracketology number 2 (Again, Just the Captain’s Selection)

Sunday early afternoon: Bracket Gurus Initial Field of 68 Predictions

Sunday late afternoon: Bracket Gurus Final Field of 68 Predictions (if necessary)

Note: The Captain and the Gurus are making their selections trying to predict what the Selection Committee will do and not by using their own opinions of which 68 teams should be in the field.  One of out methods will include trying to predict political biases of the Committee members.  By political, we don’t mean Liberal vs. Conservative.  We mean Power Conference vs. Mid-Major and Low-Major, or in other words, why State U at 18-16 will beat out Tiny Tech at 29-5 that lost in their conference championship game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Friday, March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Virginia	Gonzaga	North Carolina	Duke
2	Kentucky	Michigan St.	Tennessee	LSU
3	Michigan	Purdue	Houston	Texas Tech
4	Florida St.	Wisconsin	Kansas	Kansas St.
5	Mississippi St.	Virginia Tech	Marquette	Nevada
6	Buffalo	Villanova	Maryland	Auburn
7	Wofford	Cincinnati	Iowa St.	Louisville
8	VCU	Iowa	Central Florida	Washington
9	Syracuse	Ole Miss	Baylor	Seton Hall
10	Minnesota	Oklahoma	Ohio St.	Utah St.
11	Temple	Arizona St.	North Carolina St.	TCU/Florida
12	St. John’s/Belmont	Saint Mary’s	Murray St.	New Mexico St.
13	Liberty	Vermont	UC-Irvine	Old Dominion
14	Montana	Northeastern	Northern Kentucky	Georgia St.
15	Yale	Bradley	Colgate	Gardner-Webb
16	Sam Houston St.	Prairie View	Iona/Fairleigh-Dickinson	North Dakota St./Norfolk St.

 

Last 4 Bye	Utah St.	Temple	Arizona St.	North Carolina St.
Last 4 In	TCU	Florida	St. John’s	Belmont

 

 

First 4 Out	Alabama	Clemson	Indiana	Furman
Next 4 Out	Nebraska	Texas	UNC Greensboro	Georgetown

 

Conference	Bids
ACC	8
Big Ten	8
SEC	7
Big 12	6
Big East	5
AAC	4
MWC	2
Pac-12	2
West Coast	2
Ohio Valley	2
One-Bid Leagues	22

 

Bid-Stealers Are Alive

There are numerous bid stealers alive in the Power Conference tournaments.

Memphis plays in the AAC Quarterfinals today where they host the tournament

Saint Louis, Dayton, and Davidson are still alive in the Atlantic 10

West Virginia is an upset of Kansas today away from making the Big 12 Finals

Xavier is in the Big East semifinals playing Villanova today

Nebraska is alive in the Big Ten and playing Wisconsin in today’s quarterfinals

Fresno St. and San Diego St.  both play in the Mountain West semifinals today

Oregon and Colorado look like game competitors in the Pac-12 semifinals today

South Carolina begins play in the SEC quarterfinals today, while Alabama must beat Kentucky to stay in the mix as one of the first teams out

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 15, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Houston	114.9	0.0	Connecticut	105.1	9.8
Memphis	106.7	3.0	Central Florida	110.3	-0.6
Cincinnati	110.3	0.0	SMU	103.1	7.2
Temple	106.8	0.0	Wichita St.	104.7	2.1
Virginia Commonwealth	111.3	0.0	Rhode Island	103.0	8.3
St. Bonaventure	102.6	0.0	George Mason	100.7	1.9
Davidson	106.3	0.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.2	7.1
Dayton	107.9	0.0	Saint Louis	102.8	5.1
Virginia	122.1	0.0	Florida St.	113.4	8.7
North Carolina	121.8	0.0	Duke	123.5	-1.7
Kansas St.	112.9	1.0	Iowa St.	113.6	0.3
Kansas	114.9	2.0	West Virginia	105.7	11.2
Villanova	112	0.0	Xavier	106.0	6.0
Seton Hall	108.6	1.0	Marquette	113.0	-3.4
Montana	101.6	0.0	Weber St.	97.4	4.2
Southern Utah	93.4	0.0	Eastern Washington	95.2	-1.8
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Ohio St.	110.5	10.4
Wisconsin	115.4	1.0	Nebraska	111.7	4.7
Purdue	117.5	0.0	Minnesota	109.2	8.3
Michigan	118.3	0.0	Iowa	111.6	6.7
UC-Irvine	105.6	0.0	Long Beach St.	97.1	8.5
UC Santa Barbara	99.8	0.0	Cal St. Fullerton	98.3	1.5
Old Dominion	103.4	0.0	UAB	100.3	3.1
Western Kentucky	103.4	0.0	Southern Miss.	104.0	-0.6
Buffalo	115.3	0.0	Central Michigan	103.2	12.1
Northern Illinois	102.6	0.0	Bowling Green	104.1	-1.5
North Carolina A&T	92.5	0.0	North Carolina Central	92.6	-0.1
Norfolk St.	94.3	0.0	Howard	91.1	3.2
Nevada	113.9	1.0	San Diego St.	103.3	11.6
Utah St.	110.6	0.0	Fresno St.	108.5	2.1
Washington	109.5	0.0	Colorado	107.0	2.5
Arizona St.	107.9	0.0	Oregon	109.7	-1.8
Sam Houston St.	99.7	0.0	New Orleans	94.7	5.0
Abilene Christian	101.1	0.0	Southeastern Louisiana	95.7	5.4
LSU	114.8	0.0	Florida	112.9	1.9
South Carolina	106.9	0.0	Auburn	115.3	-8.4
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Alabama	108.2	9.8
Tennessee	119.0	1.0	Mississippi St.	114.0	6.0
Georgia Southern	104.7	0.0	Louisiana Monroe	102.3	2.4
Texas St.	103.0	0.0	South Alabama	97.4	5.6
Prairie View A&M	96.5	0.0	Grambling	94.1	2.4
Texas Southern	96.6	0.0	Alabama St.	89.0	7.6
New Mexico St.	108.1	0.0	UT Rio Grande Valley	98.7	9.4
Utah Valley	105.1	0.0	Grand Canyon	105.6	-0.5

 

Conference Tournaments Update

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
First Round–Thursday, March 14
Connecticut	80	South Florida	73
Memphis	83	Tulane	68
SMU	74	Tulsa	65
Wichita St.	73	East Carolina	57

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Houston (29-2)	9	Connecticut (16-16)
4	Central Florida (23-7)	5/12	Memphis (20-12)
2	Cincinnati (25-6)	10	SMU (15-16)
3	Temple (23-8)	6	Wichita St. (18-13)

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Rhode Island	76	La Salle	57
George Mason	61	George Washington	57
Saint Joseph’s	92	Duquesne	86
Saint Louis	71	Richmond	68

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia Commonwealth (25-6)	8	Rhode Island (17-14)
4	St. Bonaventure (16-15)	5	George Mason (18-14)
2	Davidson (23-8)	10	Saint Joseph’s (14-18)
3	Dayton (21-10)	6	Saint Louis (20-12)

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Virginia	76	North Carolina St.	56
Florida St.	65	Virginia Tech	63 ot
North Carolina	83	Louisville	70
Duke	84	Syracuse	72

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia (29-2)	5	Florida St. (26-6)
2	North Carolina (27-5)	3	Duke (27-5)

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Kansas St.	70	TCU	61
Iowa St.	83	Baylor	66
West Virginia	79	Texas Tech	74
Kansas	65	Texas	57

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Kansas St. (25-7)	5	Iowa St. (21-11)
10	West Virginia (14-19)	3	Kansas (24-8)

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Villanova	73	Providence	62
Xavier	63	Creighton	61
Marquette	86	St. John’s	54
Seton Hall	73	Georgetown	57

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (23-9)	4	Xavier (17-14)
2	Marquette (24-8)	3	Seton Hall (19-12)

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Montana	79	Sacramento St.	73
Weber St.	81	Portland St.	71
Southern Utah	83	Northern Colorado	63
Eastern Washington	90	Montana St.	84

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (24-8)	4	Weber St. (18-14)
7	Southern Utah (16-15)	3	Eastern Washington (15-17)

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Ohio St.	79	Indiana	75
Nebraska	69	Maryland	61
Minnesota	77	Penn St.	72 ot
Iowa	83	Illinois	62

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Michigan St. (25-6)	8	Ohio St. (19-13)
4	Wisconsin (22-9)	13	Nebraska (18-15)
2	Purdue (23-8)	7	Minnesota (20-12)
3	Michigan (26-5)	6	Iowa (22-10)

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
UC-Irvine	63	Cal St. Riverside	44
Long Beach St.	68	Hawaii	66
Cal St. Fullerton	75	UC Davis	71 ot
UC Santa Barbara	71	Cal St. Northridge	68

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (28-5)	5	Long Beach St. (15-18)
2	UC Santa Barbara (22-9)	3	Cal St. Fullerton (15-16)

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Old Dominion	57	Louisiana Tech	56
UAB	85	UTSA	76
Western Kentucky	67	North Texas	51
Southern Miss.	82	Marshall	73

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (24-8)	5	UAB (20-13)
2	Western Kentucky (19-13)	3	Southern Miss. (20-11)

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Buffalo	82	Akron	46
Central Michigan	89	Kent St.	81
Northern Illinois	80	Toledo	76
Bowling Green	99	Ball St.	86

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (29-3)	5	Central Michigan (23-10)
7	Northern Illinois (27-16)	3	Bowling Green (21-11)

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
UNC Central	75	Delaware St.	57
Howard	80	Bethune-Cookman	71
North Carolina A&T	82	Coppin St.	79 ot
Norfolk St.	78	South Carolina St.	73

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	North Carolina A&T (19-12)	3	North Carolina Central (16-15)
1	Norfolk St. (20-12)	4	Howard (17-15)

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Nevada	77	Boise St.	69
San Diego St.	63	UNLV	55
Utah St.	91	New Mexico	83
Fresno St.	76	Air Force	50

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
1	Nevada (29-3)	4	San Diego St. (20-11)
2	Utah St. (26-6)	3	Fresno St. (22-8)

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Washington	78	USC	75
Colorado	73	Oregon St.	58
Arizona St.	83	UCLA	72
Oregon	66	Utah	54

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (25-7)	5	Colorado (21-11)
2	Arizona St. (22-9)	6	Oregon (21-12)

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
New Orleans	76	Lamar	72
Southeastern Louisiana	79	Central Arkansas	65

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Sam Houston St. (21-10)	4	New Orleans (18-12)
2	Abilene Christian (25-6)	3	Southeastern Louisiana (17-15)

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Florida	66	Arkansas	50
Auburn	81	Missouri	71
Alabama	62	Ole Miss	57
Mississippi St.	80	Texas A&M	54

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	LSU (26-5)	8	Florida (18-14)
4	South Carolina (16-15)	5	Auburn (23-9)
2	Kentucky (26-5)	10	Alabama (18-14)
3	Tennessee (27-4)	6	Mississippi St. (23-9)

Sun Belt Conference
Site: 1st Rd at Higher Seed, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Louisiana Monroe	80	Coastal Carolina	50
South Alabama	70	Louisiana	69

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	Georgia Southern (20-11)	7	Louisiana Monroe (18-14)
4	Texas St. (23-8)	8	South Alabama (17-16)

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Site: at Higher Seeds
Quarterfinals–Tuesday, March 12
Prairie View A&M	86	Alcorn St.	66
Grambling	59	Arkansas Pine Bluff	52
Alabama St.	58	Jackson St.	49
Texas Southern	80	Southern	70

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Prairie View A&M (21-12)	4	Grambling (17-15)
2	Texas Southern (20-12)	6	Alabama St. (12-18)

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
New Mexico St.	86	Chicago St.	49
UT RGV	85	Cal St. Bakersfield	70
Grand Canyon	84	Seattle	75
Utah Valley	70	UM Kansas City	64

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (28-4)	4	UT Rio Grande Valley (19-15)
2	Utah Valley (24-8)	3/6	Grand Canyon (19-12)

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Thursday, March 14, 2019

Thursday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Akron	103.5	1.0	Buffalo	113.6	-9.1
Arizona St.	108.4	0.0	UCLA	104.9	3.5
Auburn	115.7	0.0	Missouri	106.1	9.6
Baylor	110.6	0.0	Iowa St.	114.1	-3.5
Bowling Green	103.0	0.0	Ball St.	102.8	0.2
Cal St. Fullerton	98.9	0.0	UC Davis	95.6	3.3
Duke	123.2	1.0	Syracuse	111.3	12.9
Duquesne	100.1	0.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	0.7
Eastern Washington	95.5	0.0	Montana St.	95.2	0.3
Florida	111.7	0.0	Arkansas	108.7	3.0
Florida St.	114.7	0.0	Virginia Tech	116.5	-1.8
Fresno St.	107.5	0.0	Air Force	94.8	12.7
George Mason	101.4	0.0	George Washington	93.3	8.1
Grand Canyon	104.7	0.0	Seattle	98.6	6.1
Howard	91.4	0.0	Bethune-Cookman	92.5	-1.1
Illinois	106.2	1.5	Iowa	110.9	-3.2
Kansas	114.9	1.5	Texas	112.0	4.4
Kansas St.	113.2	1.0	TCU	110.0	4.2
Kent St.	101.5	0.0	Central Michigan	101.9	-0.4
Long Beach St.	96.9	2.0	Hawaii	98.4	0.5
Louisiana	99.7	1.0	South Alabama	97.4	3.3
Louisiana Monroe	101.3	1.0	Coastal Carolina	100.7	1.6
Maryland	113.4	0.0	Nebraska	110.5	2.9
Memphis	106.8	3.0	Tulane	92.9	16.9
Minnesota	109.3	0.0	Penn St.	110.2	-0.9
Mississippi St.	113.4	0.0	Texas A&M	105.4	8.0
Montana	102.8	0.0	Sacramento St.	94.2	8.6
Nevada	115.0	1.0	Boise St.	102.6	13.4
New Mexico St.	107.7	0.0	Chicago St.	79.3	28.4
New Orleans	94	0.0	Lamar	98.0	-4.0
North Carolina	121.0	1.0	Louisville	114.0	8.0
North Carolina Central	92.8	0.0	Delaware St.	79.5	13.3
North Texas	100.9	1.5	Western Kentucky	103.1	-0.7
Northern Colorado	100.4	0.0	Southern Utah	93.0	7.4
Ohio St.	110.3	0.0	Indiana	110.6	-0.3
Old Dominion	103.8	0.0	Louisiana Tech	101.8	2.0
Ole Miss	110.1	0.0	Alabama	108.0	2.1
Oregon St.	106.2	0.0	Colorado	107.0	-0.8
Rhode Island	102.4	0.0	La Salle	97.2	5.2
Saint Louis	103.3	0.0	Richmond	99.0	4.3
Seton Hall	108.4	0.0	Georgetown	106.3	2.1
South Florida	103.2	0.0	Connecticut	105.2	-2.0
Southeastern Louisiana	94.7	0.0	Central Arkansas	91.6	3.1
Southern Miss.	103.4	0.0	Marshall	99.7	3.7
St. John’s	107.8	1.5	Marquette	112.6	-3.3
Texas Tech	118.3	0.0	West Virginia	104.9	13.4
Toledo	107.9	0.0	Northern Illinois	101.1	6.8
Tulsa	103.2	0.0	SMU	104.2	-1.0
UC Irvine	105.5	0.0	UC Riverside	91.6	13.9
UC Santa Barbara	101.0	0.0	Cal St. Northridge	93.7	7.3
UNLV	101.1	2.5	San Diego St.	103.8	-0.2
UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6	0.0	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	0.9
Utah	104.2	0.0	Oregon	109.3	-5.1
Utah St.	110.0	0.0	New Mexico	99.3	10.7
Utah Valley	104.0	0.0	Missouri Kansas City	95.0	9.0
UTSA	99.8	0.0	UAB	100.1	-0.3
Villanova	113.3	0.0	Providence	106.7	6.6
Virginia	123.3	0.0	North Carolina St.	112.9	10.4
Washington	105.5	0.0	USC	105.7	-0.2
Weber St.	98.5	0.0	Portland St.	94.7	3.8
Wichita St.	104.8	0.0	East Carolina	93.7	11.1
Xavier	107.2	0.0	Creighton	110.0	-2.8

 

Conference Tournaments Update

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
First Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	South Florida (19-12)	9	Connecticut (15-16)
5	Memphis (19-12)	12	Tulane (4-26)
7	Tulsa (18-13)	10	SMU (14-16)
6	Wichita St. (17-13)	11	East Carolina (10-20)

 

 

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
George Washington	68	Massachusetts	64 ot
Richmond	52	Fordham	50

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Rhode Island (16-14)	9	La Salle (10-20)
5	George Mason (17-14)	12	George Washington (9-23)
7	Duquesne (19-12)	10	Saint Joseph’s (13-18)
6	Saint Louis (19-12)	11	Richmond (13-19)

 

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Second Round–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina St.	59	Clemson	58
Virginia Tech	71	Miami (Fla)	56
Louisville	75	Notre Dame	53
Syracuse	73	Pittsburgh	59

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia (28-2)	8	North Carolina St. (22-10)
4	Florida St. (25-6)	5	Virginia Tech (24-7)
2	North Carolina (26-5)	7	Louisville (20-12)
3	Duke (26-5)	6	Syracuse (20-12)

 

 

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
TCU	73	Oklahoma St.	70
West Virginia	72	Oklahoma	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Kansas St. (24-7)	8	TCU (20-12)
4	Baylor (19-12)	5	Iowa St. (20-11)
2	Texas Tech (26-5)	10	West Virginia (13-19)
3	Kansas (23-8)	6	Texas (16-15)

 

 

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Providence	80	Butler	57
St. John’s	82	DePaul	74

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (22-9)	8	Providence (18-14)
4	Xavier (16-14)	5	Creighton (18-13)
2	Marquette (23-8)	7	St. John’s (21-11)
3	Seton Hall (18-12)	6	Georgetown (19-12)

 

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Sacramento St.	72	Northern Arizona	60
Southern Utah	94	Idaho St.	80
Montana St.	75	Idaho	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (23-8)	9	Sacramento St. (15-15)
4	Weber St. (17-14)	5	Portland St. (16-15)
2	Northern Colorado (21-10)	7	Southern Utah (15-15)
3	Eastern Washington (14-17)	6	Montana St. (15-16)

 

 

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Nebraska	68	Rutgers	61
Illinois	74	Northwestern	69 ot

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Ohio St. (18-13)	9	Indiana (17-14)
5	Maryland (22-9)	13	Nebraska (17-15)
7	Minnesota (19-12)	10	Penn St. (14-17)
6	Iowa (21-10)	11	Illinois (12-20)

 

 

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (27-5)	8	Cal St. Riverside (10-22)
4	Hawaii (18-12)	5	Long Beach St. (14-18)
3	Cal St. Fullerton (14-16)	6	UC Davis (11-19)
2	UC Santa Barbara (21-9)	7	Cal St. Northridge (13-19)

 

 

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Louisiana Tech	57	Florida Atlantic	56
UAB	70	Middle Tennessee	61
North Texas	71	Florida Int’l.	57
Marshall	82	Rice	65

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (23-8)	8	Louisiana Tech (20-12)
4	UTSA (17-14)	5	UAB (19-13)
2	Western Kentucky (18-13)	10	North Texas (21-11)
3	Southern Miss. (19-11)	6	Marshall (19-13)

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)

Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (28-3)	8/9	Akron/Miami (O)
4	Kent St. (22-9)	5	Central Michigan (22-10)
2	Toledo (25-6)	7	Northern Illinois (16-16)
3	Bowling Green (20-11)	11	Ball St. (16-16)

 

 

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina A&T	82	Coppin St.	79 ot
Norfolk St.	78	South Carolina St.	73

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14

3

North Carolina Central (15-15)

11

Delaware St. (6-24)

4

Howard (16-15)

5

Bethune-Cookman (14-16)

 

 

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Boise St.	66	Colorado St.	57
New Mexico	78	Wyoming	68
Air Force	87	San Jose St.	56

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Nevada (28-3)	9	Boise St. (13-19)
4	San Diego St. (19-11)	5	UNLV (17-13)
2	Utah St. (25-6)	7	New Mexico (14-17)
3	Fresno St. (21-8)	6	Air Force (14-17)

 

 

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
USC	78	Arizona	65
Colorado	56	California	51
UCLA	79	Stanford	72
Oregon	84	Washington St.	51

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (24-7)	8	USC (16-16)
4	Oregon St. (18-12)	5	Colorado (20-11)
2	Arizona St. (21-9)	7	UCLA (17-15)
3	Utah (17-13)	6	Oregon (20-12)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Championship Game–Wednesday, March 13
Colgate	94	Bucknell	80

Champion: Colgate (24-10)

 

 

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Lamar	81	Houston Baptist	79
Central Arkansas	73	Texas A&M CC	53

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	New Orleans (17-12)	5	Lamar (20-12)
3	Southeastern Louisiana (16-15)	7	Central Arkansas (14-18)

 

 

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Missouri	71	Georgia	61
Texas A&M	69	Vanderbilt	52

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Florida (17-14)	9	Arkansas (17-14)
5	Auburn (22-9)	12	Missouri (15-16)
7	Ole Miss (20-11)	10	Alabama (17-14)
6	Mississippi St. (22-9)	11	Texas A&M (14-17)

 

Sun Belt Conference

Site:  Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Coastal Carolina (15-15)	7	Louisiana Monroe (17-14)
5	Louisiana (19-12)	8	South Alabama (16-16)

 

 

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (27-4)	8	Chicago St. (3-28)
4	UT Rio Grande Valley (18-15)	5	Cal St. Bakersfield (16-14)
3	Grand Canyon (18-12)	6	Seattle (18-13)
2	Utah Valley (23-8)	7	Missouri Kansas City (11-20)

 

 

Automatic Bids To The NCAA Tournament

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
Colgate	Patriot	24-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Sunday, 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

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Wednesday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Baylor	110.8	3.0	Oklahoma St.	104.2	9.6
Charlotte	92.6	2.5	Rice	95.5	-0.4
Creighton	109.3	3.0	Providence	105.5	6.8
Davidson	105.7	3.0	St. Bonaventure	102.7	6.0
Dayton	107.0	3.0	La Salle	97.0	13.0
DePaul	103.7	3.0	Georgetown	106.4	0.3
Detroit	95.5	1.0	Northern Kentucky	104.3	-7.8
Eastern Illinois	91.8	0.0	UT Martin	92.1	-0.3
Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	2.5	Wagner	92.4	6.3
Florida	111.1	3.0	LSU	114.3	-0.2
Florida Atlantic	100.8	2.5	Louisiana Tech	101.7	1.6
Fordham	95.0	2.5	George Washington	93.1	4.4
Georgia	104.6	3.0	Missouri	105.1	2.5
Houston Baptist	93.3	2.5	Incarnate Word	85.4	10.4
Long Beach St.	96.0	2.5	UC Riverside	90.4	8.1
Marshall	98.9	3.0	Florida Int’l.	97.8	4.1
Massachusetts	96.2	2.5	Richmond	98.0	0.7
McNeese St.	89.8	2.5	Texas A&M CC	93.9	-1.6
Morehead St.	95.0	0.0	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	6.7
New Mexico	99.0	3.0	Boise St.	101.2	0.8
Nicholls St.	90.4	2.5	Northwestern St.	87.3	5.6
North Carolina St.	111.8	3.0	Georgia Tech	103.6	11.2
Northwestern	106.0	2.5	Ohio St.	110.5	-2.0
Notre Dame	105.2	3.0	Clemson	111.6	-3.4
Oakland	98.6	2.5	Youngstown St.	94.3	6.8
Old Dominion	104.3	3.0	Southern Miss.	103.0	4.3
Robert Morris	94.3	2.5	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	3.1
Rutgers	106.6	2.5	Penn St.	110.3	-1.2
Sacred Heart	95.9	2.5	Long Island	94.1	4.3
Saint Louis	102.6	3.0	Duquesne	99.9	5.7
Sam Houston St.	100.1	3.0	Central Arkansas	90.5	12.6
San Diego St.	102.7	3.0	Fresno St.	106.5	-0.8
San Jose St.	86.3	3.0	Wyoming	90.0	-0.7
Seton Hall	107.5	3.0	Marquette	112.8	-2.3
Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	2.5	New Orleans	94.9	3.1
St. Francis (PA)	95.1	3.0	Bryant	89.4	8.7
Tulane	91.9	2.5	South Florida	104.2	-9.8
UTEP	93.0	3.0	Middle Tennessee	94.8	1.2
Vanderbilt	102.5	2.5	Arkansas	107.8	-2.8
Washington	110.1	3.0	Oregon St.	105.4	7.7
Washington St.	97.6	3.0	Oregon	107.8	-7.2
West Virginia	103.4	3.0	Iowa St.	114.7	-8.3
Western Kentucky	103.1	3.0	UTSA	102.0	4.1

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Big South Conference

First Round–Tuesday, March 5 (at Higher Seeded Teams)

Presbyterian	106	UNC-Asheville	59
Charleston Sou.	71	USC Upstate	52
Hampton	77	Longwood	71

 

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7 (at Campbell)
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Radford (20-10)	7	Presbyterian (18-14)
3	Winthrop (18-11)	6	Charleston Southern (16-14)
1	Campbell (19-11)	8	Hampton (15-15)
4	Gardner-Webb (20-11)	5	High Point (16-14)

 

Horizon League (Motor City Madness)

Quarterfinals–Tuesday, March 5 (at Higher Seed)

Wright St.	71	IUPUI	56
Green Bay	82	Illinois-Chicago	77

 

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6 (at Higher Seed)

Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
3	Oakland (15-16)	6	Youngstown St. (12-19)
2	Northern Kentucky (23-8)	7	Detroit (11-19)

 

Northeast Conference

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	St. Francis (PA) (16-13)	8	Bryant (10-19)
2	Fairleigh-Dickinson (17-13)	7	Wagner (13-16)
3	Sacred Heart (15-16)	6	Long Island (15-15)
4	Robert Morris (16-15)	5	St. Francis (Bklyn) (17-14)

 

Ohio Valley Conference

Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN

First Round–Wednesday, March 6
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Morehead St. (12-19)	8	SIU Edwardsville (10-20)
6	Eastern Illinois (14-17)	7	UT-Martin (11-18)

 

Patriot League

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Boston U	71	Loyola (MD)	63
Holy Cross	79	Lafayette	74

 

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (21-10)	8	Boston U (15-17)
2	Bucknell (19-10)	10	Holy Cross (16-16)
3	Lehigh (19-10)	6	Army (13-18)
4	American (15-14)	5	Navy (11-18)

 

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PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Monday, February 18, 2019

February 18, 2019

Seed	School	Conf.
1	Gonzaga	West Coast
1	Duke	ACC
1	Virginia	ACC
1	Tennessee	SEC
2	Kentucky	SEC
2	Michigan St.	Big Ten
2	Michigan	Big Ten
2	North Carolina	ACC
3	Purdue	Big Ten
3	Houston	American Athletic
3	Kansas	Big 12
3	Nevada	Mountain West
4	LSU	SEC
4	Marquette	Big East
4	Iowa St.	Big 12
4	Virginia Tech	ACC
5	Louisville	ACC
5	Iowa	Big Ten
5	Texas Tech	Big 12
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	Villanova	Big East
6	Maryland	Big Ten
6	Florida St.	ACC
6	Kansas St.	Big 12
7	Cincinnati	American Athletic
7	Buffalo	Mid-American
7	Auburn	SEC
7	Mississippi St.	SEC
8	Wofford	Southern
8	Washington	Pac-12
8	Baylor	Big 12
8	Ole Miss	SEC
9	TCU	Big 12
9	Texas	Big 12
9	North Carolina St.	ACC
9	Utah St.	Mountain West
10	St. John’s	Big East
10	Syracuse	ACC
10	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Central Florida	American Athletic
11	Temple	American Athletic
11	Oklahoma	Big 12
11	Clemson	ACC
11	Ohio St.	Big Ten
11	Seton Hall	Big East
12	Alabama	SEC
12	Butler	Big East
12	Hofstra	Colonial
12	Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun
12	Virginia Commonwealth	Atlantic 10
13	New Mexico St.	WAC
13	Belmont	Ohio Valley
13	Vermont	America East
13	Yale	Ivy League
14	Old Dominion	CUSA
14	South Dakota St.	Summit
14	UC Irvine	Big West
14	Northern Kentucky	Horizon
15	Texas St.	Sun Belt
15	Montana	Big Sky
15	Missouri St.	Missouri Valley
15	Radford	Big South
16	Bucknell	Patriot
16	Sam Houston St.	Southland
16	Rider	Metro Atlantic
16	Texas Southern	SWAC
16	St. Francis (PA)	Northeast
16	Norfolk St.	MEAC

 

First Four OUT

Indiana

Florida

Arizona St.

Furman

 

Next Four Out

Nebraska

Creighton

Davidson

Murray St.

 

Last Four IN

Ohio St.

Seton Hall

Alabama

Butler

 

Last Four BYES

Central Florida

Temple

Oklahoma

Clemson

 

First Four

For the first time this year, we have staggered the seed lines for the First Four games involving the final four at-large bids.  We have one game pitting 11-seeds and another game pitting 12-seeds.  This could change before Selection Sunday.

For your information, the First Four games have mostly  been with 11-seeds, but there have been 12-seeds, and even 13-seeds and 14-seeds earlier in this decade.

Because of the rule that no teams from the same conference can face off in the First Four games, we had to move two teams in the seed line to prevent a conference matchup in Dayton.

11-Seed Line: Ohio State vs. Seton Hall

12-Seed Line: Alabama vs. Butler

16-Seed Line: Rider vs. Norfolk St.

16-Seed Line: Texas Southern vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

 

There are four teams that if they lose in their conference tournament, they will still be an at-large entry, and their conference will improve from one to two bids.

Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference

Washington in the Pac-12 Conference

Wofford in the Southern Conference

Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference

 

There are four other Mid-Major teams that need to be in the discussion by the Selection Committee (in addition to the Mid-Majors already on our Bubble above).

Murray State (or Belmont) in the Ohio Valley Conference

Liberty (or Lipscomb) in the Atlantic Sun Conference

Saint Mary’s in the West Coast Conference

Toledo in the Mid-American Conference