Bracketnomics 2019: Picking The Elite 8

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Gonzaga	56.36	17.3	30.7	73.6	12.9	16.5	15.0
Texas Tech	59.03	10.2	27.6	72.0	16.0	20.0	4.2

Texas Tech enjoys a slight SOS edge, but Gonzaga’s exceptional R+T Rating is a major factor in this game.  Gonzaga will enjoy a modest rebounding advantage at both ends of the court, while the Bulldogs will be able to withstand the Red Raiders’ ball-hawking ability.  Thus, turnover margin should be close to even.  Gonzaga’s TS% Margin is somewhat better here, and the SOS advantage by TTU is mostly negated.

Prediction: Gonzaga by 6 to 11 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Virginia	59.89	12.3	29.7	75.0	12.9	15.8	10.2
Purdue	61.14	3.6	34.0	74.0	13.5	16.6	11.5

Purdue’s SOS and R+T Rating are marginally better, while Virginia holds a commanding TS% Margin advantage.  Purdue should grab a few additional offensive rebounds in this game, while turnovers should be relatively close.  This has the makings of an exciting close game, just like so many others in this year’s tournament.  In this game, the Bracketnomics cannot pick a conclusive winner, so other factors must be included.  Virginia has been a little more consistent in matching their statistical data, while Purdue has been a little more varied.  I will go with the more consistent team.

Prediction: Virginia by 2 to 7 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kentucky	60.76	9.8	36.6	74.7	15.8	16.0	16.2
Auburn	60.34	1.9	32.2	67.8	14.6	21.8	2.7

The effect of the Chuma Okeke injury can only be estimated for Auburn, while Kentucky’s P.J. Washington appears to be close to 100% for this game after playing well against Houston.

You would expect conference rivals at this point of the season to have similar SOS’s, and these two teams do.  Kentucky’s R+T Rating is so superior in this game, and their TS% Margin is considerably better, so this makes it a potential blowout game.  Auburn will force the Wildcats into a few extra turnovers, but the rebounding edge could be scary in this game, as the Big Blue might be able to win the boards by more than a 60-40% advantage.  

During the regular season, Kentucky beat Auburn both times.  It was a close game in Auburn, but the Wildcats breezed to an easy win in Lexington.

Prediction: Kentucky by 10 to 15 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Duke	62.63	9.8	35.5	71.0	14.7	17.0	12.1
Michigan St.	61.29	14.0	33.8	74.1	16.4	12.7	12.3

This game has the makings of another classic.  The data predicts a close contest.  Duke’s SOS advantage is minimal, and the R+T Ratings basically wash.  Michigan State’s TS% Margin mostly comes from a better 3-point shooting ability, and only slightly better defense.  Duke’s big advantage comes in turnover margin.  The Blue Devils have the ability to exploit the Spartans’ real liability, as Sparty is prone to turning the ball over, while Duke is a competent team when it comes to forcing turnovers.  Michigan State’s normal rebounding strength will be somewhat negated if not totally negated in this game.

It isn’t a slam dunk win for Coach K over Coach Izzo, but the Blue Devils have more going for themselves in the data for this one.

Prediction: Duke by 5 to 10 points

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Thursday, March 28, 2019

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Gonzaga	123.1	0.0	Florida St.	115.7	7.4
Tennessee	117.8	0.0	Purdue	117.6	0.2
Michigan	119.1	0.0	Texas Tech	118.4	0.7
Virginia	120.6	0.0	Oregon	111.2	9.4

 

Tonight’s Schedule

Team	Team	TIME (EDT)	TV	LOCATION
Florida St.	Gonzaga	7:09 PM	CBS	Anaheim
Purdue	Tennessee	7:29 PM	TBS	Louisville
Texas Tech	Michigan	9:39 PM	CBS	Anaheim
Oregon	Virginia	9:59 PM	TBS	Louisville

 

Bracketnomics 2019: Picking The Sweet 16

What a Sweet 16 we have!  My experience in watching the NCAA Tournament goes back to the 1964 season as UCLA went 30-0 using a small lineup with no starter over 6 foot 5.  The 16-0 run in 2 1/2 minutes made me a Bruin fan on the spot, especially because one of the catalysts was small,left-handed guard Gail Goodrich; I was also a small, left-handed guard.

On the whole, my memory now includes 56 different NCAA Tournaments.  I had a difficult time finding a Sweet 16 as strong as this one.  I had to go back to the 1970 season to find the equivalent in power teams still in the Dance.  Of course, in 1970,  there were just 25 teams invited to the Tournament, so 18 teams competed in the opening round, while another seven received express bids to the Sweet 16.

Among that talented group of 1970 teams, there were:

1. UCLA was not supposed to win the 1970 tournament, as Kareem Abdul Jabbar and his fantastic class of 1969 graduated.  Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, and Henry Bibby gave John Wooden an incredibly talented trio to build around as he went back to his high post offense.

2. Jacksonville had Artis Gilmore and Rex Morgan as an incredible inside-outside attack.  The Dolphins averaged close to 100 points per game and had a second starter in their lineup, Pembroke Burrows, who was over 7 feet tall.

3. St. Bonaventure had the best player in college basketball not named Maravich in Bob Lanier.  Lanier led the Bonnies to the top of the Eastern Elite, and SBU made it to the Final Four.  However, Lanier was injured in the East Regional Final and SBU had no chance in the Final Four against Jacksonville.

4. New Mexico State was in the top 5 all year long with future NBA stars Charlie Criss and Sam Lacey as well as hot shooting Jimmy Collins.  The Aggies were picked by many as capable of beating UCLA in the national semifinals.  Wicks and Rowe put NMSU out of their misery early in the second half.

5. Kentucky might have had the best team in the nation in 1970 had star guard Mike Casey not have suffered season-ending injuries in a car wreck the summer before.  With Dan Issel, Mike Pratt, Tom Parker, and Larry Steele, the Wildcats might have gone 30-0 had Casey not hurt his leg.

6. Niagara had the incomparable 5 foot 9 inch Calvin Murphy who was the total package on the hardwoods.  Murphy averaged well over 30 ppg for his career with the Purple Eagles and enjoyed a lengthy pro career.  He once scored 68 points against Syracuse.  He was a lot more than a scorer.  His defensive pressure broke down opposing teams.  He could drive quickly through defenses and pass to open teammates under the basket, and he was the best baton twirler in the college ranks.

7. Villanova had two future NBA All-Stars in Howard Porter and Chris Ford, as well as Fran O’Hanlon, who played in the ABA.  It was Ford that tripped Lanier in the Eastern Regional Championship Game that doomed St. Bonaventure.

8. Notre Dame had the best offensive player in the tournament in Austin Carr.  Carr was unstoppable on offense with the way officials called fouls in 1970.  He averaged over 38 points per game, but he made history in this tournament by scoring 61 points in the opening round win over Ohio U.  He hit for more than 50 in the Sweet 16 against Kentucky.

9. Iowa set the Big Ten record for points per game in 1970, almost averaging 100 points per night.  Among their stars was Downtown Freddie Brown, who would become one of the best 6th men in NBA history.  Before he became known as “Instant Offense” off the Seattle Supersonics’ bench, he was a dynamic starter for the Hawkeyes along with John Johnson, who averaged close to 30 ppg.

14 of the 16 teams in that tournament were what I consider strong teams according to today’s statistical standards, and 14 of this year’s 16 remaining teams fit that same description.

It’s no coincidence that of the 16 teams left, the Bracketnomics correctly picked 14 of the 16.

NOTE: The data that follows may be a little different than the original Bracketnomics’ posting at the beginning of the tournament.  Stats have been altered, especially the Strengths of Schedule (SOS) for some of the teams.

If you get to re-select your brackets at this point, ignore the original predictions and use these updated stats.  The originals predictions are still our “official bracket-picks,” but in this round, there is new and improved analytics.

NOTE 2: Do not confuse the Bracketnomics’ selections with the PiRate Ratings, which may contradict these picks in a couple of games.  The PiRate Ratings are strictly mechanical with no objective reasoning applied.  Bracketnomics are more subjective based on back-tested data usable only in the NCAA Tournament.

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Gonzaga	56.14	17.6	31.1	73.2	12.8	16.5	15.1
Florida St.	59.85	3.7	33.0	73.5	16.2	18.0	9.1

After two rounds in this tournament, Gonzaga still owns the best criteria in the field, and nothing has changed in our beliefs that they have the best chance to run the table.  The Bulldogs only potential weakness is schedule strength, but at 56%+, it is more than adequate for a national champion.  The True Shooting % Margin combined with the R+T make The Zags the much better team here.  Florida State relies on offensive rebounding and forcing turnovers, but Gonzaga is not the team that the Seminoles can exploit enough times to come up with the win.  Gonzaga gets revenge for last year’s Sweet 16.

Prediction:  Gonzaga by 10-15 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Tennessee	59.50	5.3	31.1	70.5	13.9	15.8	5.5
Purdue	60.82	3.5	34.3	74.0	13.6	16.9	11.6

Purdue hasn’t been in the Elite 8 since 2000, and they have not made it to the Final Four since 1980.  The Boilermakers have historically been unable to get scoring spurts in the Gene Keady-Matt Painter years.  They played excellent half-court offense and defense defense, but their style did not allow them to be overpowering on the boards or to gamble for steals on defense.  Like Money Ball does not work in the Major League Playoffs, possession basketball doesn’t work well in the Big Dance.  Teams need to have that spurtability, which is what the R+T rating shows, and Purdue has rarely had a great R+T rating.  That was the past; this Boilermaker squad has a very good R+T rating, and it comes from both an excellent rebounding strength combined with an adequate ability to force turnovers and not cough the ball up enough times to matter.

Tennessee is more like the old Purdue teams.  The Volunteers have excellent half-court presence on both sides of the ball, but they cannot dominate on the glass, and they do not force enough turnovers.  In this game, I look for Purdue to get numerous second chance scoring opportunities, and eventually, the Boilermakers will go for the kill shot with a scoring run that gives them the victory.

Prediction: Purdue by 6 to 11 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan	59.87	8.8	24.0	75.6	12.1	15.9	4.0
Texas Tech	58.42	10.1	28.1	71.7	16.1	20.0	4.4

 

This has the chance to be a classic game that will generate headlines for a long time.  This is the closest thing to a 50-50 tossup there can be.  If you had to choose one game to go to triple overtime, this is the one I’d pick (I just gave it the kiss of death and it will be a blowout now).

With Michigan’s 1 1/2 point SOS advantage, it basically makes all the criteria dead even.  Two teams with excellent defensive efficiency should lead to the game being decided on rebounding and turnovers.  The Red Raiders are better on the offensive glass, but the Wolverines are better on the defensive glass.  Texas Tech is considerably better forcing turnovers, but Michigan is considerably better holding onto the ball.  The R+T is dead even.  The only tiny little stat where there is a difference is TS% Margin, where even with the better SOS, Michigan comes up just a tad short, but not enough to matter more than one point on the scoreboard.

I have to go to extracurricular statistics here to select a winner in this game.  Texas Tech has been more consistent with their production, while Michigan’s standard deviation of statistics has been greater.  The Wolverines have been up for five consecutive games, while Texas Tech has been on an even keel since January.  Michigan has experience from making it to the Championship Game last year, while Texas Tech made it to the Elite 8 last year, so once again this washes.  Michigan is 7-3 against ranked teams this year.  TTU is 3-2.  Maybe, this is the only stat I can use to pick a winner, and it is still a total guess.  I’ll have my eyes glued to this game.

Prediction: Michigan by 1 to 5 points, possibly in overtime

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Virginia	59.95	12.9	29.9	74.8	13.0	15.7	10.4
Oregon	55.83	4.5	29.4	71.7	15.4	18.3	4.3

Oregon coach Dana Altman deserves a ton of credit.  If you don’t think losing a 5-star McDonald’s All-American freshman phenom when you have another one on the roster  hurts, look at what happened to Bryce Drew at Vanderbilt.  Drew lost Darius Garland early in the year but still had another 5-star freshman phenom in Simi Shittu.  Vanderbilt lost their final 20 games in a row, and Drew was dismissed.  Altman lost superstar Bol Bol early in the year, and the Ducks were counted out.  Altman rallied Oregon and won the Pac-12 Tournament.  Then, they knocked out mid-major darling UC-Irvine to make it back to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years.

Virginia survived a scare against Gardner-Webb, but the Cavaliers righted the ship and stormed back to win by 15, and then the Cavs ousted Oklahoma much more easily in the Round of 32.  On the surface, some may believe that UVA is strictly a half-court possession wonder, the type that usually disappoints in the Big Dance.  This is not so.  The Cavaliers have a double-digit R+T rating, which makes them capable of benefiting from scoring spurts, like they did in 2016, when they made it to the Elite 8 and watched a second half double-digit lead against Syracuse turn into a loss when the Orangemen went on a huge scoring run.

This game looks like the most lopsided in this round.  Virginia has the advantage across the board, and Oregon has not beaten a team this good all year.  The Ducks only played one ranked team in the regular season.  Think of Bol Bol as twice the player Tacko Fall is for Central Florida.  That’s why  Oregon should be happy they made the Sweet 16.

Prediction: Virginia by 12-17 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan St.	61.11	14.0	33.8	74.1	16.4	12.7	12.3
LSU	58.71	3.4	36.5	69.8	15.2	17.6	9.4

The fact that four SEC teams made the Sweet 16, and LSU won the conference championship shows that the Tigers are good enough to keep playing into April, even with acting coach Tony Benford taking over for Will Wade.

On the other side, Michigan State is almost perfect when you look at the resume of a Final Four team.  The Spartans do not force turnovers like most Final Four teams in the past, and they are vulnerable to a team that can pressure them into turnovers.

LSU has the personnel to force MSU out of their normal offense and negate any potential rebounding advantage Sparty has.  This game still looks favorable to Michigan State due to a great difference in True Shooting Percentage Margin.  LSU might not get enough open looks and second chance points to match the inside scoring of Nick Ward and Xavier Tillman combined with the three-point shooting of Cassius Winston.

Prediction: Michigan State by 4 to 9 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
North Carolina	62.05	5.4	34.8	77.7	14.6	16.5	18.9
Auburn	59.91	1.9	32.2	67.8	14.6	21.8	2.7

 

This game should be played at a tempo of 75 possessions per team.  Auburn was the best up-tempo team in the SEC this year, but North Carolina was the best up-tempo team in the ACC.

Can Auburn force North Carolina, namely point guard Coby White to make enough mistakes to keep this game close?  White has been prone to force the issue a bit at times, but in the games against the best pressure man-to-man teams, he did not make enough mistakes to cost Carolina the win, and in several games, his deft handling of the ball was the reason the Tar Heels won.

North Carolina remains the second best team in the tournament according to Bracketnomics, and this game has the potential to get out of hand.  The Tar Heels have a huge advantage on the offensive glass, and this should be the deciding factor.  UNC will score on several consecutive possessions at some point in this game and take a commanding lead that forces Auburn to panic on offense and commit some mistakes of their own.

Prediction: North Carolina by 10-15 points

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Duke	62.61	9.8	35.5	71.0	14.7	17.0	12.1
Virginia Tech	58.20	8.5	29.0	72.9	15.3	19.1	6.1

 

Virginia Tech’s home court advantage in a game with Duke was three points and change, but let’s round it back to 3.  They beat Duke in Blacksburg by five points.  Duke didn’t have Zion Williamson.  Is Zion worth three points more for Duke than his backup?  Of course, he is; he’s worth a lot more than three extra points in Duke’s overall production.

Duke has an exploitable liability, and Central Florida exposed it.  Buzz Williams will do everything to try to force the Blue Devils to beat his squad by not being weak in their perimeter shooting.  UCF had two big guys inside that could force Duke to shoot from the perimeter.  Virginia Tech has one big guy, Kerry Blackshear, who probably cannot stop the Duke inside game.

In my opinion, there are a couple teams that can force Duke to have a better than average perimeter shooting night to beat them, but Virginia Tech is not one of them.

Prediction: Duke by 8 to 13 points

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kentucky	60.44	9.8	36.6	74.7	15.8	16.0	16.2
Houston	55.45	8.3	34.2	74.8	14.0	15.8	14.6

This game could be very interesting in a different way than the Michigan and Texas Tech game.  You get contrasting styles in this contest, and there are many variables, some of which favor the underdog Cougars in this cat fight.

There is a giant variable here, one that is enough to take this game from a relatively safe victory for Kentucky to a toss-up.  Star forward P.J. Washington might play in this game, and he might not be healthy enough.  Even if he plays, he cannot possibly be all that effective.  What bothers me is that he went from a protective boot to a cast, which means the injury was worse than first thought.  He’s going to one of the top foot specialists in the nation, and I think the goal here is to make sure Washington is ready for the NBA Draft.

If Washington does not play in this game, it becomes one where Houston has a 40-45% chance of winning.  If Washington plays sparingly, Kentucky’s chances increase by another 5-10%.  If miraculously Washington can play near full strength for 25 minutes, then the Big Blue win this game going away.

I will select this game based on the assumption that Washington will play but at much less than full strength.  Reid Travis is ready to have a big game for Kentucky now that he is basically 100% at full strength following his injury, and I look for John Calipari to direct his team to play intelligently and take advantage of their muscle advantage.

Prediction: Kentucky but 5-10 points

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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 FINAL Bracketology For 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019

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

 

Last Four Byes

Virginia Commonwealth

Florida

Oklahoma

Ohio St.

 

Last Four In

Temple

St. John’s

TCU

Arizona St.

 

First Four Out

North Carolina St.

Belmont

UNC Greensboro

Furman

 

Next Four Out

Indiana

Alabama

Clemson

Texas

 

Bids By Conference

Conference	Bids
Big Ten	8
ACC	7
SEC	7
Big 12	7
Big East	4
AAC	4
Pac-12	3
MWC	2
West Coast	2
Atlantic 10	2
One-Bid Leagues	22

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Monday, March 11, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Savannah State	85.2	0.0	Delaware State	79.5	5.7
Hofstra	106.3	0.0	Delaware	95.0	11.3
Wofford	113.2	0.0	UNC Greensboro	105.8	7.4
North Dakota State	97.8	0.0	Western Illinois	92.6	5.2
Central Michigan	101.9	2.5	Western Michigan	94.6	9.8
Wright State	102.9	0.0	Green Bay	97.8	5.1
Eastern Michigan	100.3	3.0	Ball State	102.8	0.5
Akron	103.5	2.5	Miami (OH)	101.2	4.8
Charleston	103.4	1.5	Northeastern	105.8	-0.9
Gonzaga	124.4	0.0	Pepperdine	100.6	23.8
Iona	98.0	0.0	Monmouth	93.9	4.1
Northern Illinois	101.1	2.5	Ohio	98.4	5.2
Northern Kentucky	104.4	0.0	Oakland	98.3	6.1
Omaha	100.1	0.0	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5	0.6
Saint Mary’s	110.4	0.0	San Diego	105.5	4.9

 

PiRate Ratings  (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Gonzaga	124.4	West Coast
2	Virginia	123.3	ACC
3	Duke	123.2	ACC
4	North Carolina	121.0	ACC
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
6	Tennessee	118.9	SEC
7	Kentucky	118.3	SEC
8	Texas Tech	118.3	Big 12
9	Michigan	118.1	Big Ten
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	116.5	ACC
12	Wisconsin	115.7	Big Ten
13	Auburn	115.7	SEC
14	Nevada	115.0	Mtn West
15	Houston	115.0	AAC
16	Kansas	114.9	Big 12
17	Florida St.	114.7	ACC
18	Iowa St.	114.1	Big 12
19	Louisville	114.0	ACC
20	LSU	114.0	SEC
21	Buffalo	113.6	MAC
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
23	Mississippi St.	113.4	SEC
24	Villanova	113.3	Big East
25	Kansas St.	113.2	Big 12
26	Wofford	113.2	SoCon
27	North Carolina St.	112.9	ACC
28	Marquette	112.6	Big East
29	Clemson	112.2	ACC
30	Texas	112.0	Big 12
31	Florida	111.7	SEC
32	Cincinnati	111.4	AAC
33	Oklahoma	111.3	Big 12
34	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1	Atl 10
36	Iowa	110.9	Big Ten
37	Indiana	110.6	Big Ten
38	Baylor	110.6	Big 12
39	Central Florida	110.6	AAC
40	Nebraska	110.5	Big Ten
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4	West Coast
42	Ohio St.	110.3	Big Ten
43	Penn St.	110.2	Big Ten
44	Mississippi	110.1	SEC
45	Creighton	110.0	Big East
46	Utah St.	110.0	Mtn West
47	TCU	110.0	Big 12
48	Minnesota	109.3	Big Ten
49	Oregon	109.3	Pac-12
50	Belmont	109.0	Ohio Val
51	Murray St.	109.0	Ohio Val
52	Lipscomb	108.8	A-Sun
53	Arkansas	108.7	SEC
54	Seton Hall	108.4	Big East
55	Dayton	108.4	Atl 10
56	Arizona St.	108.4	Pac-12
57	Butler	108.2	Big East
58	Alabama	108.0	SEC
59	Toledo	107.9	MAC
60	Furman	107.8	SoCon
61	St. John’s	107.8	Big East
62	New Mexico St.	107.7	WAC
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5	ACC
64	Fresno St.	107.5	Mtn West
65	Northwestern	107.2	Big Ten
66	Temple	107.2	AAC
67	Xavier	107.2	Big East
68	San Francisco	107.0	West Coast
69	Colorado	107.0	Pac-12
70	Davidson	106.8	Atl 10
71	Memphis	106.8	AAC
72	South Carolina	106.8	SEC
73	Providence	106.7	Big East
74	Hofstra	106.3	Colonial
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3	SoCon
76	Georgetown	106.3	Big East
77	Liberty	106.2	A-Sun
78	Illinois	106.2	Big Ten
79	Oregon St.	106.2	Pac-12
80	Missouri	106.1	SEC
81	Rutgers	106.0	Big Ten
82	Yale	106.0	Ivy
83	Vermont	106.0	Amer East
84	Notre Dame	105.9	ACC
85	Arizona	105.9	Pac-12
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8	SoCon
87	Northeastern	105.8	Colonial
88	USC	105.7	Pac-12
89	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
90	BYU	105.6	West Coast
91	Washington	105.5	Pac-12
92	UC Irvine	105.5	Big West
93	San Diego	105.5	West Coast
94	Texas A&M	105.4	SEC
95	Connecticut	105.2	AAC
96	Pittsburgh	105.1	ACC
97	West Virginia	104.9	Big 12
98	DePaul	104.9	Big East
99	UCLA	104.9	Pac-12
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8	Big 12
101	Wichita St.	104.8	AAC
102	Grand Canyon	104.7	WAC
103	Georgia Tech	104.6	ACC
104	Georgia Southern	104.6	Sun Belt
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4	Horizon
106	Boston College	104.3	ACC
107	SMU	104.2	AAC
108	Utah	104.2	Pac-12
109	Utah Valley	104.0	WAC
110	Stanford	103.9	Pac-12
111	San Diego St.	103.8	Mtn West
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8	Missouri Val
113	Old Dominion	103.8	CUSA
114	Penn	103.6	Ivy
115	Georgia St.	103.6	Sun Belt
116	Georgia	103.5	SEC
117	Akron	103.5	MAC
118	Charleston	103.4	Colonial
119	Southern Miss	103.4	CUSA
120	Saint Louis	103.3	Atl 10
121	South Florida	103.2	AAC
122	Texas St.	103.2	Sun Belt
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2	Ohio Val
124	Tulsa	103.2	AAC
125	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
126	Austin Peay	103.0	Ohio Val
127	Bowling Green	103.0	MAC
128	Harvard	102.9	Ivy
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9	Atl 10
130	Wright St.	102.9	Horizon
131	Ball St.	102.8	MAC
132	Drake	102.8	Missouri Val
133	Montana	102.8	Big Sky
134	Boise St.	102.6	Mtn West
135	Rhode Island	102.4	Atl 10
136	Radford	102.4	Big South
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2	West Coast
138	Colgate	102.1	Patriot
139	Bucknell	102.0	Patriot
140	Vanderbilt	102.0	SEC
141	Central Michigan	101.9	MAC
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8	CUSA
143	Southern Illinois	101.6	Missouri Val
144	Washington St.	101.6	Pac-12
145	Kent St.	101.5	MAC
146	Brown	101.4	Ivy
147	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3	Sun Belt
149	Miami (O)	101.2	MAC
150	UNLV	101.1	Mtn West
151	Northern Illinois	101.1	MAC
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0	Big West
153	North Texas	100.9	CUSA
154	Abilene Christian	100.9	Southland
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7	Sun Belt
156	Pepperdine	100.6	West Coast
157	Samford	100.5	SoCon
158	Northern Colorado	100.4	Big Sky
159	Wake Forest	100.3	ACC
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3	MAC
161	Stony Brook	100.1	Amer East
162	UAB	100.1	CUSA
163	Gardner Webb	100.1	Big South
164	Omaha	100.1	Summit
165	Duquesne	100.1	Atl 10
166	Bradley	99.9	Missouri Val
167	UT Arlington	99.8	Sun Belt
168	Lehigh	99.8	Patriot
169	UTSA	99.8	CUSA
170	Louisiana	99.7	Sun Belt
171	Marshall	99.7	CUSA
172	Missouri St.	99.6	Missouri Val
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5	Summit
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	Atl 10
175	Charleston Southern	99.4	Big South
176	Princeton	99.3	Ivy
177	Northern Iowa	99.3	Missouri Val
178	New Mexico	99.3	Mtn West
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2	Southland
180	Winthrop	99.2	Big South
181	Colorado St.	99.2	Mtn West
182	Richmond	99.0	Atl 10
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9	Big West
184	NJIT	98.8	A-Sun
185	Hartford	98.8	Amer East
186	Campbell	98.8	Big South
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7	CUSA
188	Seattle	98.6	WAC
189	Presbyterian	98.5	Big South
190	Weber St.	98.5	Big Sky
191	Ohio	98.4	MAC
192	Hawaii	98.4	Big West
193	Rider	98.4	Metro Atl
194	Oakland	98.3	Horizon
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
196	Illinois St.	98.1	Missouri Val
197	Hampton	98.1	Big South
198	Iona	98.0	Metro Atl
199	IUPUI	98.0	Horizon
200	Santa Clara	98.0	West Coast
201	American	98.0	Patriot
202	Lamar	98.0	Southland
203	North Florida	98.0	A-Sun
204	Appalachian St.	97.9	Sun Belt
205	Valparaiso	97.8	Missouri Val
206	Green Bay	97.8	Horizon
207	North Dakota St.	97.8	Summit
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6	WAC
209	California Baptist	97.5	WAC
210	Massachusetts	97.5	Atl 10
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4	CUSA
212	Dartmouth	97.4	Ivy
213	South Alabama	97.4	Sun Belt
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3	Horizon
215	William & Mary	97.3	Colonial
216	La Salle	97.2	Atl 10
217	Indiana St.	97.2	Missouri Val
218	Columbia	97.2	Ivy
219	Pacific	97.1	West Coast
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1	Northeast
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0	Amer East
222	Long Beach St.	96.9	Big West
223	Texas Southern	96.9	SWAC
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	WAC
225	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
226	Quinnipiac	96.6	Metro Atl
227	Cornell	96.4	Ivy
228	Evansville	96.4	Missouri Val
229	Boston University	96.2	Patriot
230	High Point	96.2	Big South
231	Little Rock	96.1	Sun Belt
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1	SWAC
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0	A-Sun
234	Holy Cross	95.9	Patriot
235	St. Francis PA	95.8	Northeast
236	Army	95.8	Patriot
237	UC Davis	95.6	Big West
238	Troy	95.6	Sun Belt
239	Sacred Heart	95.5	Northeast
240	Eastern Washington	95.5	Big Sky
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4	Ohio Val
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2	CUSA
243	Fordham	95.2	Atl 10
244	Drexel	95.2	Colonial
245	Montana St.	95.2	Big Sky
246	Siena	95.1	Metro Atl
247	Norfolk St.	95.1	MEAC
248	California	95.0	Pac-12
249	Long Island	95.0	Northeast
250	Delaware	95.0	Colonial
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0	WAC
252	Robert Morris	94.9	Northeast
253	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
254	Air Force	94.8	Mtn West
255	Morehead St.	94.8	Ohio Val
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7	Southland
257	Portland St.	94.7	Big Sky
258	Western Michigan	94.6	MAC
259	Canisius	94.6	Metro Atl
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6	Colonial
261	Arkansas St.	94.5	Sun Belt
262	North Dakota	94.5	Summit
263	The Citadel	94.5	SoCon
264	Jacksonville	94.4	A-Sun
265	Detroit	94.4	Horizon
266	Marist	94.4	Metro Atl
267	Rice	94.3	CUSA
268	Chattanooga	94.3	SoCon
269	Sacramento St.	94.2	Big Sky
270	New Orleans	94.0	Southland
271	Towson	94.0	Colonial
272	Albany	94.0	Amer East
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9	Patriot
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9	Northeast
275	Monmouth	93.9	Metro Atl
276	James Madison	93.9	Colonial
277	Grambling St.	93.7	SWAC
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7	Southland
279	East Carolina	93.7	AAC
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7	Big West
281	Youngstown St.	93.5	Horizon
282	Houston Baptist	93.3	Southland
283	George Washington	93.3	Atl 10
284	Fairfield	93.2	Metro Atl
285	Navy	93.1	Patriot
286	Southern Utah	93.0	Big Sky
287	Tulane	92.9	AAC
288	Western Carolina	92.9	SoCon
289	North Carolina Central	92.8	MEAC
290	Cleveland St.	92.8	Horizon
291	Milwaukee	92.6	Horizon
292	Oral Roberts	92.6	Summit
293	Western Illinois	92.6	Summit
294	UT Martin	92.5	Ohio Val
295	UTEP	92.5	CUSA
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5	MEAC
297	Tennessee St.	92.5	Ohio Val
298	Lafayette	92.4	Patriot
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2	MEAC
300	Longwood	92.2	Big South
301	Charlotte	92.2	CUSA
302	Wagner	92.1	Northeast
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1	Southland
304	Northern Arizona	92.1	Big Sky
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0	Metro Atl
306	VMI	91.9	SoCon
307	Niagara	91.9	Metro Atl
308	Elon	91.9	Colonial
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7	Ohio Val
310	UC Riverside	91.6	Big West
311	Central Arkansas	91.6	Southland
312	Nicholls St.	91.5	Southland
313	Howard	91.4	MEAC
314	North Alabama	91.2	A-Sun
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2	Ohio Val
316	Denver	91.1	Summit
317	Manhattan	90.8	Metro Atl
318	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
319	Wyoming	90.3	Mtn West
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2	SWAC
321	Central Connecticut	90.0	Northeast
322	Jackson St.	89.9	SWAC
323	Binghamton	89.8	Amer East
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7	Northeast
325	Portland	89.6	West Coast
326	Florida A&M	89.6	MEAC
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5	Ohio Val
328	Bryant	89.3	Northeast
329	McNeese St.	88.9	Southland
330	Alabama St.	88.8	SWAC
331	Maine	88.6	Amer East
332	Cal Poly	88.4	Big West
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0	Ohio Val
334	Stetson	87.9	A-Sun
335	USC Upstate	87.7	Big South
336	Morgan St.	87.6	MEAC
337	Southern	87.3	SWAC
338	South Carolina St.	87.3	MEAC
339	Northwestern St.	86.4	Southland
340	New Hampshire	86.2	Amer East
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1	A-Sun
342	San Jose St.	85.4	Mtn West
343	Savannah St.	85.2	MEAC
344	Idaho	85.0	Big Sky
345	Coppin St.	84.9	MEAC
346	Incarnate Word	84.6	Southland
347	Alabama A&M	84.6	SWAC
348	UNC Asheville	84.1	Big South
349	Alcorn St.	84.0	SWAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1	MEAC
352	Delaware St.	79.5	MEAC
353	Chicago St.	79.3	WAC

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetical)

Rk	Team	PiRate
154	Abilene Christian	100.9
254	Air Force	94.8
117	Akron	103.5
58	Alabama	108.0
347	Alabama A&M	84.6
330	Alabama St.	88.8
272	Albany	94.0
349	Alcorn St.	84.0
201	American	98.0
204	Appalachian St.	97.9
85	Arizona	105.9
56	Arizona St.	108.4
53	Arkansas	108.7
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2
261	Arkansas St.	94.5
236	Army	95.8
13	Auburn	115.7
126	Austin Peay	103.0
131	Ball St.	102.8
38	Baylor	110.6
50	Belmont	109.0
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5
323	Binghamton	89.8
134	Boise St.	102.6
106	Boston College	104.3
229	Boston University	96.2
127	Bowling Green	103.0
166	Bradley	99.9
146	Brown	101.4
328	Bryant	89.3
139	Bucknell	102.0
21	Buffalo	113.6
57	Butler	108.2
90	BYU	105.6
332	Cal Poly	88.4
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7
248	California	95.0
209	California Baptist	97.5
186	Campbell	98.8
259	Canisius	94.6
311	Central Arkansas	91.6
321	Central Connecticut	90.0
39	Central Florida	110.6
141	Central Michigan	101.9
118	Charleston	103.4
175	Charleston Southern	99.4
301	Charlotte	92.2
268	Chattanooga	94.3
353	Chicago St.	79.3
32	Cincinnati	111.4
29	Clemson	112.2
290	Cleveland St.	92.8
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7
138	Colgate	102.1
69	Colorado	107.0
181	Colorado St.	99.2
218	Columbia	97.2
95	Connecticut	105.2
345	Coppin St.	84.9
227	Cornell	96.4
45	Creighton	110.0
212	Dartmouth	97.4
70	Davidson	106.8
55	Dayton	108.4
250	Delaware	95.0
352	Delaware St.	79.5
316	Denver	91.1
98	DePaul	104.9
265	Detroit	94.4
132	Drake	102.8
244	Drexel	95.2
3	Duke	123.2
165	Duquesne	100.1
279	East Carolina	93.7
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3
240	Eastern Washington	95.5
308	Elon	91.9
228	Evansville	96.4
284	Fairfield	93.2
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1
31	Florida	111.7
326	Florida A&M	89.6
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4
17	Florida St.	114.7
243	Fordham	95.2
64	Fresno St.	107.5
60	Furman	107.8
163	Gardner Webb	100.1
147	George Mason	101.4
283	George Washington	93.3
76	Georgetown	106.3
116	Georgia	103.5
104	Georgia Southern	104.6
115	Georgia St.	103.6
103	Georgia Tech	104.6
1	Gonzaga	124.4
277	Grambling St.	93.7
102	Grand Canyon	104.7
206	Green Bay	97.8
197	Hampton	98.1
185	Hartford	98.8
128	Harvard	102.9
192	Hawaii	98.4
230	High Point	96.2
74	Hofstra	106.3
234	Holy Cross	95.9
15	Houston	115.0
282	Houston Baptist	93.3
313	Howard	91.4
344	Idaho	85.0
318	Idaho St.	90.7
78	Illinois	106.2
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3
196	Illinois St.	98.1
346	Incarnate Word	84.6
37	Indiana	110.6
217	Indiana St.	97.2
198	Iona	98.0
36	Iowa	110.9
18	Iowa St.	114.1
199	IUPUI	98.0
322	Jackson St.	89.9
264	Jacksonville	94.4
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2
276	James Madison	93.9
16	Kansas	114.9
25	Kansas St.	113.2
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1
145	Kent St.	101.5
7	Kentucky	118.3
216	La Salle	97.2
298	Lafayette	92.4
202	Lamar	98.0
168	Lehigh	99.8
77	Liberty	106.2
52	Lipscomb	108.8
231	Little Rock	96.1
222	Long Beach St.	96.9
249	Long Island	95.0
300	Longwood	92.2
170	Louisiana	99.7
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8
19	Louisville	114.0
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2
20	LSU	114.0
331	Maine	88.6
317	Manhattan	90.8
266	Marist	94.4
28	Marquette	112.6
171	Marshall	99.7
22	Maryland	113.4
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1
210	Massachusetts	97.5
329	McNeese St.	88.9
71	Memphis	106.8
195	Mercer	98.2
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5
149	Miami (O)	101.2
9	Michigan	118.1
5	Michigan St.	120.5
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2
291	Milwaukee	92.6
48	Minnesota	109.3
44	Mississippi	110.1
23	Mississippi St.	113.4
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8
80	Missouri	106.1
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0
172	Missouri St.	99.6
275	Monmouth	93.9
133	Montana	102.8
245	Montana St.	95.2
255	Morehead St.	94.8
336	Morgan St.	87.6
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7
51	Murray St.	109.0
285	Navy	93.1
40	Nebraska	110.5
14	Nevada	115.0
340	New Hampshire	86.2
178	New Mexico	99.3
62	New Mexico St.	107.7
270	New Orleans	94.0
307	Niagara	91.9
312	Nicholls St.	91.5
184	NJIT	98.8
247	Norfolk St.	95.1
314	North Alabama	91.2
4	North Carolina	121.0
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2
289	North Carolina Central	92.8
27	North Carolina St.	112.9
262	North Dakota	94.5
207	North Dakota St.	97.8
203	North Florida	98.0
153	North Texas	100.9
87	Northeastern	105.8
304	Northern Arizona	92.1
158	Northern Colorado	100.4
151	Northern Illinois	101.1
177	Northern Iowa	99.3
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4
65	Northwestern	107.2
339	Northwestern St.	86.4
84	Notre Dame	105.9
194	Oakland	98.3
191	Ohio	98.4
42	Ohio St.	110.3
33	Oklahoma	111.3
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8
113	Old Dominion	103.8
164	Omaha	100.1
292	Oral Roberts	92.6
49	Oregon	109.3
79	Oregon St.	106.2
219	Pacific	97.1
114	Penn	103.6
43	Penn St.	110.2
156	Pepperdine	100.6
96	Pittsburgh	105.1
325	Portland	89.6
257	Portland St.	94.7
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1
189	Presbyterian	98.5
176	Princeton	99.3
73	Providence	106.7
10	Purdue	117.6
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5
226	Quinnipiac	96.6
136	Radford	102.4
135	Rhode Island	102.4
267	Rice	94.3
182	Richmond	99.0
193	Rider	98.4
252	Robert Morris	94.9
81	Rutgers	106.0
269	Sacramento St.	94.2
239	Sacred Heart	95.5
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4
120	Saint Louis	103.3
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2
157	Samford	100.5
93	San Diego	105.5
111	San Diego St.	103.8
68	San Francisco	107.0
342	San Jose St.	85.4
200	Santa Clara	98.0
343	Savannah St.	85.2
188	Seattle	98.6
54	Seton Hall	108.4
246	Siena	95.1
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0
107	SMU	104.2
213	South Alabama	97.4
72	South Carolina	106.8
338	South Carolina St.	87.3
225	South Dakota	96.7
89	South Dakota St.	105.6
121	South Florida	103.2
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7
337	Southern	87.3
143	Southern Illinois	101.6
119	Southern Miss	103.4
286	Southern Utah	93.0
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9
235	St. Francis PA	95.8
61	St. John’s	107.8
110	Stanford	103.9
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1
334	Stetson	87.9
161	Stony Brook	100.1
34	Syracuse	111.3
47	TCU	110.0
66	Temple	107.2
6	Tennessee	118.9
297	Tennessee St.	92.5
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5
30	Texas	112.0
94	Texas A&M	105.4
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7
223	Texas Southern	96.9
122	Texas St.	103.2
8	Texas Tech	118.3
263	The Citadel	94.5
59	Toledo	107.9
271	Towson	94.0
238	Troy	95.6
287	Tulane	92.9
124	Tulsa	103.2
162	UAB	100.1
237	UC Davis	95.6
92	UC Irvine	105.5
310	UC Riverside	91.6
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0
99	UCLA	104.9
253	UMass Lowell	94.9
348	UNC Asheville	84.1
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6
150	UNLV	101.1
88	USC	105.7
335	USC Upstate	87.7
167	UT Arlington	99.8
294	UT Martin	92.5
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6
108	Utah	104.2
46	Utah St.	110.0
109	Utah Valley	104.0
295	UTEP	92.5
169	UTSA	99.8
205	Valparaiso	97.8
140	Vanderbilt	102.0
83	Vermont	106.0
24	Villanova	113.3
2	Virginia	123.3
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1
11	Virginia Tech	116.5
306	VMI	91.9
302	Wagner	92.1
159	Wake Forest	100.3
91	Washington	105.5
144	Washington St.	101.6
190	Weber St.	98.5
97	West Virginia	104.9
288	Western Carolina	92.9
293	Western Illinois	92.6
125	Western Kentucky	103.1
258	Western Michigan	94.6
101	Wichita St.	104.8
215	William & Mary	97.3
180	Winthrop	99.2
12	Wisconsin	115.7
26	Wofford	113.2
130	Wright St.	102.9
319	Wyoming	90.3
67	Xavier	107.2
82	Yale	106.0
281	Youngstown St.	93.5

 

PiRate Ratings (Conference)

#	America East	PiRate
83	Vermont	106.0
161	Stony Brook	100.1
185	Hartford	98.8
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0
253	UMass Lowell	94.9
272	Albany	94.0
323	Binghamton	89.8
331	Maine	88.6
340	New Hampshire	86.2

 

 

#	American Athletic	PiRate
15	Houston	115.0
32	Cincinnati	111.4
39	Central Florida	110.6
66	Temple	107.2
71	Memphis	106.8
95	Connecticut	105.2
101	Wichita St.	104.8
107	SMU	104.2
121	South Florida	103.2
124	Tulsa	103.2
279	East Carolina	93.7
287	Tulane	92.9

 

 

#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1
55	Dayton	108.4
70	Davidson	106.8
120	Saint Louis	103.3
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9
135	Rhode Island	102.4
147	George Mason	101.4
165	Duquesne	100.1
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4
182	Richmond	99.0
210	Massachusetts	97.5
216	La Salle	97.2
243	Fordham	95.2
283	George Washington	93.3

 

 

#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
2	Virginia	123.3
3	Duke	123.2
4	North Carolina	121.0
11	Virginia Tech	116.5
17	Florida St.	114.7
19	Louisville	114.0
27	North Carolina St.	112.9
29	Clemson	112.2
34	Syracuse	111.3
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5
84	Notre Dame	105.9
96	Pittsburgh	105.1
103	Georgia Tech	104.6
106	Boston College	104.3
159	Wake Forest	100.3

 

 

#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
52	Lipscomb	108.8
77	Liberty	106.2
184	NJIT	98.8
203	North Florida	98.0
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0
264	Jacksonville	94.4
314	North Alabama	91.2
334	Stetson	87.9
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1

 

 

#	Big 12	PiRate
8	Texas Tech	118.3
16	Kansas	114.9
18	Iowa St.	114.1
25	Kansas St.	113.2
30	Texas	112.0
33	Oklahoma	111.3
38	Baylor	110.6
47	TCU	110.0
97	West Virginia	104.9
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8

 

 

#	Big East	PiRate
24	Villanova	113.3
28	Marquette	112.6
45	Creighton	110.0
54	Seton Hall	108.4
57	Butler	108.2
61	St. John’s	107.8
67	Xavier	107.2
73	Providence	106.7
76	Georgetown	106.3
98	DePaul	104.9

 

 

#	Big Sky	PiRate
133	Montana	102.8
158	Northern Colorado	100.4
190	Weber St.	98.5
240	Eastern Washington	95.5
245	Montana St.	95.2
257	Portland St.	94.7
269	Sacramento St.	94.2
286	Southern Utah	93.0
304	Northern Arizona	92.1
318	Idaho St.	90.7
344	Idaho	85.0

 

 

#	Big South	PiRate
136	Radford	102.4
163	Gardner Webb	100.1
175	Charleston Southern	99.4
180	Winthrop	99.2
186	Campbell	98.8
189	Presbyterian	98.5
197	Hampton	98.1
230	High Point	96.2
300	Longwood	92.2
335	USC Upstate	87.7
348	UNC Asheville	84.1

 

 

#	Big Ten	PiRate
5	Michigan St.	120.5
9	Michigan	118.1
10	Purdue	117.6
12	Wisconsin	115.7
22	Maryland	113.4
36	Iowa	110.9
37	Indiana	110.6
40	Nebraska	110.5
42	Ohio St.	110.3
43	Penn St.	110.2
48	Minnesota	109.3
65	Northwestern	107.2
78	Illinois	106.2
81	Rutgers	106.0

 

 

#	Big West	PiRate
92	UC Irvine	105.5
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9
192	Hawaii	98.4
222	Long Beach St.	96.9
237	UC Davis	95.6
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7
310	UC Riverside	91.6
332	Cal Poly	88.4

 

 

#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
74	Hofstra	106.3
87	Northeastern	105.8
118	Charleston	103.4
215	William & Mary	97.3
244	Drexel	95.2
250	Delaware	95.0
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6
271	Towson	94.0
276	James Madison	93.9
308	Elon	91.9

 

 

#	Conference USA	PiRate
113	Old Dominion	103.8
119	Southern Miss	103.4
125	Western Kentucky	103.1
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8
153	North Texas	100.9
162	UAB	100.1
169	UTSA	99.8
171	Marshall	99.7
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2
267	Rice	94.3
295	UTEP	92.5
301	Charlotte	92.2

 

 

#	Horizon	PiRate
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4
130	Wright St.	102.9
194	Oakland	98.3
199	IUPUI	98.0
206	Green Bay	97.8
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3
265	Detroit	94.4
281	Youngstown St.	93.5
290	Cleveland St.	92.8
291	Milwaukee	92.6

 

 

#	Ivy	PiRate
82	Yale	106.0
114	Penn	103.6
128	Harvard	102.9
146	Brown	101.4
176	Princeton	99.3
212	Dartmouth	97.4
218	Columbia	97.2
227	Cornell	96.4

 

 

#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
193	Rider	98.4
198	Iona	98.0
226	Quinnipiac	96.6
246	Siena	95.1
259	Canisius	94.6
266	Marist	94.4
275	Monmouth	93.9
284	Fairfield	93.2
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0
307	Niagara	91.9
317	Manhattan	90.8

 

 

#	Mid-American	PiRate
21	Buffalo	113.6
59	Toledo	107.9
117	Akron	103.5
127	Bowling Green	103.0
131	Ball St.	102.8
141	Central Michigan	101.9
145	Kent St.	101.5
149	Miami (O)	101.2
151	Northern Illinois	101.1
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3
191	Ohio	98.4
258	Western Michigan	94.6

 

 

#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
247	Norfolk St.	95.1
289	North Carolina Central	92.8
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2
313	Howard	91.4
326	Florida A&M	89.6
336	Morgan St.	87.6
338	South Carolina St.	87.3
343	Savannah St.	85.2
345	Coppin St.	84.9
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1
352	Delaware St.	79.5

 

 

#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8
132	Drake	102.8
143	Southern Illinois	101.6
166	Bradley	99.9
172	Missouri St.	99.6
177	Northern Iowa	99.3
196	Illinois St.	98.1
205	Valparaiso	97.8
217	Indiana St.	97.2
228	Evansville	96.4

 

 

#	Mountain West	PiRate
14	Nevada	115.0
46	Utah St.	110.0
64	Fresno St.	107.5
111	San Diego St.	103.8
134	Boise St.	102.6
150	UNLV	101.1
178	New Mexico	99.3
181	Colorado St.	99.2
254	Air Force	94.8
319	Wyoming	90.3
342	San Jose St.	85.4

 

 

#	Northeast	PiRate
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1
235	St. Francis PA	95.8
239	Sacred Heart	95.5
249	Long Island	95.0
252	Robert Morris	94.9
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9
302	Wagner	92.1
321	Central Connecticut	90.0
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7
328	Bryant	89.3

 

 

#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
50	Belmont	109.0
51	Murray St.	109.0
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2
126	Austin Peay	103.0
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
255	Morehead St.	94.8
294	UT Martin	92.5
297	Tennessee St.	92.5
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0

 

 

#	Pac-12	PiRate
49	Oregon	109.3
56	Arizona St.	108.4
69	Colorado	107.0
79	Oregon St.	106.2
85	Arizona	105.9
88	USC	105.7
91	Washington	105.5
99	UCLA	104.9
108	Utah	104.2
110	Stanford	103.9
144	Washington St.	101.6
248	California	95.0

 

 

#	Patriot	PiRate
138	Colgate	102.1
139	Bucknell	102.0
168	Lehigh	99.8
201	American	98.0
229	Boston University	96.2
234	Holy Cross	95.9
236	Army	95.8
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9
285	Navy	93.1
298	Lafayette	92.4

 

 

#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Tennessee	118.9
7	Kentucky	118.3
13	Auburn	115.7
20	LSU	114.0
23	Mississippi St.	113.4
31	Florida	111.7
44	Mississippi	110.1
53	Arkansas	108.7
58	Alabama	108.0
72	South Carolina	106.8
80	Missouri	106.1
94	Texas A&M	105.4
116	Georgia	103.5
140	Vanderbilt	102.0

 

 

#	Southern	PiRate
26	Wofford	113.2
60	Furman	107.8
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8
157	Samford	100.5
195	Mercer	98.2
263	The Citadel	94.5
268	Chattanooga	94.3
288	Western Carolina	92.9
306	VMI	91.9

 

#	Southland	PiRate
154	Abilene Christian	100.9
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2
202	Lamar	98.0
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7
270	New Orleans	94.0
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7
282	Houston Baptist	93.3
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1
311	Central Arkansas	91.6
312	Nicholls St.	91.5
329	McNeese St.	88.9
339	Northwestern St.	86.4
346	Incarnate Word	84.6

 

 

#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
223	Texas Southern	96.9
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1
277	Grambling St.	93.7
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2
322	Jackson St.	89.9
330	Alabama St.	88.8
337	Southern	87.3
347	Alabama A&M	84.6
349	Alcorn St.	84.0
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8

 

 

#	Summit	PiRate
89	South Dakota St.	105.6
164	Omaha	100.1
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5
207	North Dakota St.	97.8
225	South Dakota	96.7
262	North Dakota	94.5
292	Oral Roberts	92.6
293	Western Illinois	92.6
316	Denver	91.1

 

 

#	Sun Belt	PiRate
104	Georgia Southern	104.6
115	Georgia St.	103.6
122	Texas St.	103.2
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7
167	UT Arlington	99.8
170	Louisiana	99.7
204	Appalachian St.	97.9
213	South Alabama	97.4
231	Little Rock	96.1
238	Troy	95.6
261	Arkansas St.	94.5

 

 

#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	124.4
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4
68	San Francisco	107.0
90	BYU	105.6
93	San Diego	105.5
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2
156	Pepperdine	100.6
200	Santa Clara	98.0
219	Pacific	97.1
325	Portland	89.6

 

 

#	Western Athletic	PiRate
62	New Mexico St.	107.7
102	Grand Canyon	104.7
109	Utah Valley	104.0
188	Seattle	98.6
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6
209	California Baptist	97.5
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0
353	Chicago St.	79.3

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Atlantic Sun Conference
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Liberty	74	Lipscomb	68

 

 

Big South Conference
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 (at Radford) ***
Gardner-Webb	76	Radford	65

 

 

Colonial Athletic Association
Site: North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Quarterfinals–Sunday, March 10
Hofstra	76	James Madison	67
Delaware	85	William & Mary	79
Northeastern	80	UNC Wilmington	59
Charleston	73	Drexel	61

 

Semifinals–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Hofstra (26-6)	5	Delaware (17-15)
2	Northeastern (21-10)	3	Charleston (24-8)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Iona	73	Siena	57
Monmouth	73	Canisius	59

Championship Game–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (16-15)	6	Monmouth (14-20)

 

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: 1st Rd @ Higher Seeds/ Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
First Round–Monday, March 11
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
8	Akron (16-15)	9	Miami (O) (15-16)
5	Central Michigan (21-10)	12	Western Michigan (8-23)
7	Northern Illinois (15-16)	10	Ohio (14-16)
6	Eastern Michigan (15-16)	11	Ball St. (15-16)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Bradley	57	Northern Iowa	54

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Colgate	80	Navy	70
Bucknell	97	Lehigh	75

 

*** Championship Game–Wednesday, March 13 ***
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (23-10)	2	Bucknell (21-10)

 

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Wofford	81	East Tennessee St.	72
UNC Greensboro	66	Furman	62

 

*** Championship Game–Monday, March 11 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wofford (28-4)	2	UNC Greensboro (28-5)

 

 

Summit League
Site: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals
North Dakota St.	86	Oral Roberts	73
Purdue Ft. Wayne	96	South Dakota	70

 

Semifinals–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Western Illinois (10-20)	4	North Dakota St. (16-15)
2	Omaha (20-10)	3	Purdue Ft. Wayne (18-14)

 

West Coast Conference

Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV

Semifinals–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Saint Mary’s (20-11)	6	San Diego (21-13)
1	Gonzaga (29-2)	8	Pepperdine (16-17)

 

Teams With Automatic Bids

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

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 8, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Ball St.	103.1	2.5	Northern Illinois	100.7	4.9
Belmont	109.0	0.0	Austin Peay	103.2	5.8
Buffalo	113.7	3.0	Bowling Green	102.9	13.8
Campbell	99.0	2.5	Gardner-Webb	99.3	2.2
Canisius	95.1	0.0	Manhattan	90.9	4.2
Columbia	97.1	2.5	Dartmouth	97.9	1.7
Cornell	95.4	2.5	Harvard	103.6	-5.7
Drake	102.6	0.0	Illinois St.	98.5	4.1
Iona	97.7	0.0	Saint Peter’s	92.0	5.7
Kent St.	101.4	2.5	Akron	103.4	0.5
Loyola (Chi)	103.7	0.0	Valparaiso	98.1	5.6
Loyola Marymount	102.3	0.0	Pepperdine	99.8	2.5
Maryland	113.3	3.0	Minnesota	109.4	6.9
Missouri St.	99.7	0.0	Bradley	99.5	0.2
Murray St.	108.6	0.0	Jacksonville St.	103.1	5.5
Ohio	98.1	2.5	Miami (O)	101.4	-0.8
Penn	103.3	3.0	Yale	105.7	0.6
Princeton	100.2	3.0	Brown	101.3	1.9
Radford	102.7	0.0	Charleston Southern	99.5	3.2
Samford	99.9	0.0	The Citadel	95.2	4.7
Santa Clara	98.3	0.0	San Diego	104.6	-6.3
Southern Illinois	101.8	0.0	Northern Iowa	99.1	2.7
Toledo	108.0	3.0	Eastern Michigan	100.1	10.9
Virginia Commonwealth	111.2	3.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	14.8
Virginia Tech	116.3	3.0	Miami (Fla)	107.5	11.8
VMI	91.6	0.0	Western Carolina	93.2	-1.6
Western Michigan	94.7	2.5	Central Michigan	101.8	-4.6

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Big South Conference

Site: Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC

Quarterfinals
Radford	84	Presbyterian	76
Charleston Southern	77	Winthrop	63
Campbell	86	Hampton	77
Gardner-Webb	75	High Point	69

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8 (at Campbell)
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
2	Radford (21-10)	6	Charleston Southern (17-14)
1	Campbell (20-11)	4	Gardner-Webb (21-11)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)

First Round
Saint Peter’s	71	Marist	68 ot
Manhattan	57	Fairfield	53
Monmouth	76	Niagara	72

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (14-15)	9	Saint Peter’s (10-21)
4	Rider (16-14)	5	Siena (16-15)

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Canisius (14-16)	7	Manhattan (11-20)
3	Quinnipiac (16-13)	6	Monmouth (12-20)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
First Round–Thursday, March 7
Valparaiso	77	Indiana St.	55
Illinois St.	65	Evansville	60

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Loyola (Chi) (19-12)	9	Valparaiso (15-17)
4	Missouri St. (16-15)	5	Bradley (17-14)
2	Drake (23-8)	7	Illinois St. (17-15)
3	Southern Illinois (17-14)	6	Northern Iowa (14-17)

 

 

Ohio Valley Conference
Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Austin Peay	95	Morehead St.	81
Jacksonville St.	88	UT-Martin	81

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Belmont (25-4)	4	Austin Peay (22-10)
2	Murray St. (25-4)	3	Jacksonville St. (24-8)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Colgate	81	Boston U	69
Bucknell	77	Holy Cross	65
Lehigh	78	Army	70
Navy	60	American	56

 

Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (22-10)	5	Navy (12-18)
2	Bucknell (20-10)	3	Lehigh (20-10)

 

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
First Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	VMI (10-20)	9	Western Carolina (7-24)
7	Samford (16-15)	10	The Citadel (12-17)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Thursday, March 7
San Diego	67	Portland	47
Pepperdine	61	Pacific	53

 

Second Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Santa Clara (16-14)	7	San Diego (19-13)
5	Loyola Marymount (20-10)	8	Pepperdine (14-17)

 

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PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Tuesday, March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Gonzaga	Virginia	Kentucky
2	Tennessee	Michigan	North Carolina	Michigan St.
3	Houston	LSU	Purdue	Texas Tech
4	Kansas	Marquette	Wisconsin	Florida St.
5	Kansas St.	Virginia Tech	Nevada	Iowa St.
6	Maryland	Mississippi St.	Cincinnati	Villanova
7	Buffalo	Louisville	Baylor	Iowa
8	Auburn	Wofford	Syracuse	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Virginia Commonwealth	Florida	St. John’s
10	Central Florida	Ohio St.	Alabama	Ohio St.
11	Texas	TCU	Minnesota	Seton Hall
12	North Carolina St./Temple	Arizona St./Utah St.	Belmont	Lipscomb
13	New Mexico St.	Old Dominion	Vermont	Hofstra
14	UC-irvine	Yale	South Dakota St.	Texas St.
15	Montana	Colgate	Drake	Wright St.
16	Campbell	Sam Houston St.	Norfolk St./St. Francis (PA)	Siena/Texas Southern

Last 4 In

North Carolina St.

Arizona St.

Utah St.

Temple

Last 4 Bye

Texas

TCU

Minnesota

Seton Hall

First 4 Out

Clemson

Indiana

Georgetown

Furman

Next 4 Out

Murray St.

Nebraska

Xavier

Saint Mary’s

Bids By Conference	Bids
ACC	8
Big Ten	8
Big 12	8
SEC	8
AAC	4
Big East	4
MWC	2
Pac-12	2
One-Bid Leagues	24

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Monday, March 4, 2019

Monday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Syracuse	111.3	3.0	Virginia	121.3	-7.0
North Florida	99.0	2.5	North Alabama	92.8	8.7
Liberty	106.5	3.0	Jacksonville	94.5	15.0
Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	3.0	NJIT	99.1	1.0
Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	2.5	Morgan St.	89.0	-5.5
Delaware St.	79.1	2.5	Norfolk St.	95.3	-13.7
Lipscomb	110.1	3.0	Kennesaw St.	86.5	26.6
Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	2.5	Jackson St.	89.7	3.1
Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	2.5	Grambling	93.2	-6.9
Alabama A&M	85.3	2.5	Texas Southern	98.0	-10.2
Texas Tech	117.7	2.5	Texas	112.8	7.4
TCU	109.8	3.0	Kansas St.	111.9	0.9
Alabama St.	90.6	2.5	Prairie View A&M	95.2	-2.1
Montana	102.6	3.0	Northern Arizona	91.1	14.5
Montana St.	95.4	2.5	Southern Utah	92.9	5.0
Idaho St.	90.7	2.5	Weber St.	97.6	-4.4

 

The PiRate Ratings (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Duke	124.7	ACC
2	Gonzaga	124.5	West Coast
3	Virginia	121.3	ACC
4	North Carolina	121.2	ACC
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
6	Tennessee	118.7	SEC
7	Michigan	118.4	Big Ten
8	Kentucky	117.9	SEC
9	Texas Tech	117.7	Big 12
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	115.7	ACC
12	Buffalo	115.1	Mid-Amer
13	Kansas	115.1	Big 12
14	Wisconsin	114.7	Big Ten
15	Iowa St.	114.7	Big 12
16	Auburn	114.7	SEC
17	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
18	LSU	114.3	SEC
19	Houston	114.2	AAC
20	Nevada	113.8	Mtn West
21	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
23	Louisville	113.4	ACC
24	Wofford	113.1	SoCon
25	Texas	112.8	Big 12
26	Marquette	112.8	Big East
27	Villanova	112.0	Big East
28	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
29	North Carolina St.	111.8	ACC
30	Clemson	111.6	ACC
31	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
32	Florida	111.1	SEC
33	Iowa	111.1	Big Ten
34	Utah St.	110.9	Mtn West
35	Oklahoma	110.9	Big 12
36	Baylor	110.8	Big 12
37	Cincinnati	110.8	AAC
38	Ohio St.	110.5	Big Ten
39	Central Florida	110.5	AAC
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4	Atl 10
41	Penn St.	110.3	Big Ten
42	Mississippi	110.3	SEC
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3	West Coast
44	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
45	Lipscomb	110.1	Atl Sun
46	TCU	109.8	Big 12
47	Nebraska	109.7	Big Ten
48	Minnesota	109.6	Big Ten
49	Belmont	109.3	OH Valley
50	Creighton	109.3	Big East
51	Indiana	109.2	Big Ten
52	Murray St.	108.6	OH Valley
53	Furman	108.6	SoCon
54	Toledo	108.5	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.3	SEC
56	New Mexico St.	108.1	WAC
57	Arkansas	107.8	SEC
58	Oregon	107.8	Pac-12
59	San Francisco	107.6	West Coast
60	Illinois	107.6	Big Ten
61	Arizona St.	107.5	Pac-12
62	Seton Hall	107.5	Big East
63	Butler	107.5	Big East
64	Memphis	107.4	AAC
65	St. John’s	107.3	Big East
66	Dayton	107.0	Atl 10
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
68	Rutgers	106.6	Big Ten
69	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
70	Fresno St.	106.5	Mtn West
71	Georgetown	106.4	Big East
72	BYU	106.4	West Coast
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3	ACC
74	Colorado	106.3	Pac-12
75	Temple	106.2	AAC
76	Xavier	106.2	Big East
77	Northwestern	106.0	Big Ten
78	Texas A&M	105.8	SEC
79	Davidson	105.7	Atl 10
80	Yale	105.6	Ivy
81	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
82	Hofstra	105.6	Colonial
83	Providence	105.5	Big East
84	Oregon St.	105.4	Pac-12
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4	SoCon
86	USC	105.4	Pac-12
87	Grand Canyon	105.4	WAC
88	South Carolina	105.4	SEC
89	Arizona	105.3	Pac-12
90	Vermont	105.2	Amer East
91	Notre Dame	105.2	ACC
92	Northeastern	105.2	Colonial
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
94	Missouri	105.1	SEC
95	UCLA	105.1	Pac-12
96	Georgia Southern	105.1	Sun Belt
97	Connecticut	104.9	AAC
98	Pittsburgh	104.8	ACC
99	Utah Valley	104.8	WAC
100	Bowling Green	104.7	Mid-Amer
101	Boston College	104.7	ACC
102	Georgia	104.6	SEC
103	Wichita St.	104.6	AAC
104	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
105	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3	Horizon
107	South Florida	104.2	AAC
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
109	San Diego	104.0	West Coast
110	DePaul	103.7	Big East
111	Georgia Tech	103.6	ACC
112	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5	OH Valley
114	West Virginia	103.4	Big 12
115	Utah	103.4	Pac-12
116	Texas St.	103.4	Sun Belt
117	Radford	103.4	Big South
118	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
119	Central Michigan	103.2	Mid-Amer
120	Akron	103.2	Mid-Amer
121	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-Amer
122	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
123	Southern Miss	103.0	CUSA
124	Tulsa	102.9	AAC
125	Georgia St.	102.8	Sun Belt
126	Penn	102.8	Ivy
127	Wright St.	102.7	Horizon
128	Drake	102.7	Mo Valley
129	Colgate	102.7	Patriot
130	San Diego St.	102.7	Mtn West
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7	Atl 10
132	Austin Peay	102.7	OH Valley
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6	Mo Valley
134	Saint Louis	102.6	Atl 10
135	Miami (O)	102.6	Mid-Amer
136	Montana	102.6	Big Sky
137	SMU	102.6	AAC
138	Vanderbilt	102.5	SEC
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4	West Coast
140	UTSA	102.0	CUSA
141	Kent St.	101.7	Mid-Amer
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
143	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
144	Brown	101.3	Ivy
145	Southern Illinois	101.2	Mo Valley
146	Boise St.	101.2	Mtn West
147	Northern Illinois	101.1	Mid-Amer
148	Bucknell	101.1	Patriot
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1	Sun Belt
150	Samford	101.0	SoCon
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9	Sun Belt
152	Rhode Island	100.9	Atl 10
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9	Mid-Amer
154	North Texas	100.8	CUSA
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	CUSA
156	Abilene Christian	100.7	Sthland
157	UT Arlington	100.6	Sun Belt
158	Omaha	100.3	Summit
159	Princeton	100.2	Ivy
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1	Sthland
161	UAB	100.1	CUSA
162	Lehigh	100.1	Patriot
163	Stony Brook	100.0	Amer East
164	UNLV	99.9	Mtn West
165	Duquesne	99.9	Atl 10
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9	Big West
167	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
168	Winthrop	99.7	Big South
169	Charleston Southern	99.5	Big South
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5	WAC
171	Colorado St.	99.5	Mtn West
172	Northern Colorado	99.5	Big Sky
173	Missouri St.	99.4	Mo Valley
174	Bradley	99.4	Mo Valley
175	Santa Clara	99.3	West Coast
176	NJIT	99.1	Atl Sun
177	Northern Iowa	99.1	Mo Valley
178	Campbell	99.1	Big South
179	Hartford	99.0	Amer East
180	North Florida	99.0	Atl Sun
181	New Mexico	99.0	Mtn West
182	Marshall	98.9	CUSA
183	Louisiana	98.9	Sun Belt
184	Seattle	98.8	WAC
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7	Big West
186	Ohio	98.6	Mid-Amer
187	Hampton	98.6	Big South
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
189	Wake Forest	98.6	ACC
190	Oakland	98.6	Horizon
191	American	98.5	Patriot
192	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
194	Gardner Webb	98.2	Big South
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
196	Richmond	98.0	Atl 10
197	Indiana St.	98.0	Mo Valley
198	Texas Southern	98.0	SWAC
199	Illinois St.	97.9	Mo Valley
200	California Baptist	97.9	WAC
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8	CUSA
202	Appalachian St.	97.8	Sun Belt
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8	Horizon
204	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
205	Weber St.	97.6	Big Sky
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5	Summit
207	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4	WAC
209	Green Bay	97.4	Horizon
210	Pacific	97.2	West Coast
211	William & Mary	97.2	Colonial
212	Little Rock	97.2	Sun Belt
213	North Dakota St.	97.1	Summit
214	Hawaii	97.1	Big West
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atl Sun
216	South Dakota	97.0	Summit
217	La Salle	97.0	Atl 10
218	Rider	97.0	Metro Atl
219	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
220	Columbia	96.9	Ivy
221	Lamar	96.8	Sthland
222	Iona	96.8	Metro Atl
223	High Point	96.7	Big South
224	Evansville	96.5	Mo Valley
225	Quinnipiac	96.5	Metro Atl
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3	Amer East
227	Valparaiso	96.2	Mo Valley
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	Northeast
229	Massachusetts	96.2	Atl 10
230	Boston University	96.1	Patriot
231	Long Beach St.	96.0	Big West
232	Sacred Heart	95.9	Northeast
233	Air Force	95.9	Mtn West
234	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8	WAC
236	Cornell	95.7	Ivy
237	Holy Cross	95.6	Patriot
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	Sthland
239	Detroit	95.5	Horizon
240	Rice	95.5	CUSA
241	Montana St.	95.4	Big Sky
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
243	Norfolk St.	95.3	MEAC
244	Army	95.3	Patriot
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2	SWAC
246	The Citadel	95.1	SoCon
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1	Northeast
248	Drexel	95.1	Colonial
249	Fordham	95.0	Atl 10
250	Morehead St.	95.0	OH Valley
251	New Orleans	94.9	Sthland
252	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8	CUSA
254	Western Michigan	94.8	Mid-Amer
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7	OH Valley
256	Arkansas St.	94.7	Sun Belt
257	California	94.5	Pac-12
258	Jacksonville	94.5	Atl Sun
259	Chattanooga	94.4	SoCon
260	Robert Morris	94.3	Northeast
261	Delaware	94.3	Colonial
262	Youngstown St.	94.3	Horizon
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2	Patriot
265	Troy	94.2	Sun Belt
266	Marist	94.2	Metro Atl
267	Long Island	94.1	Northeast
268	East Carolina	94.0	AAC
269	Western Carolina	94.0	SoCon
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9	Sthland
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9	Colonial
272	North Dakota	93.8	Summit
273	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atl
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	Northeast
275	Eastern Washington	93.6	Big Sky
276	Sacramento St.	93.5	Big Sky
277	James Madison	93.5	Colonial
278	Towson	93.4	Colonial
279	Houston Baptist	93.3	Sthland
280	Grambling St.	93.2	SWAC
281	George Washington	93.1	Atl 10
282	Longwood	93.0	Big South
283	Albany	93.0	Amer East
284	Cleveland St.	93.0	Horizon
285	Oral Roberts	93.0	Summit
286	UTEP	93.0	CUSA
287	Southern Utah	92.9	Big Sky
288	Navy	92.8	Patriot
289	North Alabama	92.8	Atl Sun
290	Charlotte	92.6	CUSA
291	Fairfield	92.5	Metro Atl
292	Lafayette	92.5	Patriot
293	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
294	Wagner	92.4	Northeast
295	North Carolina Central	92.4	MEAC
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4	MEAC
297	Monmouth	92.4	Metro Atl
298	VMI	92.3	SoCon
299	Portland St.	92.3	Big Sky
300	Tennessee St.	92.1	OH Valley
301	UT Martin	92.1	OH Valley
302	Elon	91.9	Colonial
303	Tulane	91.9	AAC
304	Western Illinois	91.8	Summit
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8	MEAC
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8	OH Valley
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6	Sthland
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3	OH Valley
309	Denver	91.2	Summit
310	Northern Arizona	91.1	Big Sky
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1	Metro Atl
312	Howard	90.8	MEAC
313	Niagara	90.7	Metro Atl
314	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
315	Alabama St.	90.6	SWAC
316	Central Arkansas	90.5	Sthland
317	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
318	UC Riverside	90.4	Big West
319	Nicholls St.	90.4	Sthland
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	SWAC
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0	Northeast
323	Wyoming	90.0	Mtn West
324	Central Connecticut	89.9	Northeast
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
326	Portland	89.7	West Coast
327	Jackson St.	89.7	SWAC
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4	OH Valley
329	Bryant	89.4	Northeast
330	Binghamton	89.3	Amer East
331	Cal Poly	89.2	Big West
332	Stetson	89.1	Atl Sun
333	Morgan St.	89.0	MEAC
334	Maine	88.4	Amer East
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	OH Valley
336	USC Upstate	87.5	Big South
337	South Carolina St.	87.5	MEAC
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Sthland
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5	Atl Sun
341	San Jose St.	86.3	Mtn West
342	UNC Asheville	85.7	Big South
343	Savannah St.	85.5	MEAC
344	Incarnate Word	85.4	Sthland
345	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
346	New Hampshire	84.8	Amer East
347	Alcorn St.	84.6	SWAC
348	Idaho	84.2	Big Sky
349	Coppin St.	84.1	MEAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	MEAC
352	Chicago St.	80.7	WAC
353	Delaware St.	79.1	MEAC

 

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetical)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
156	Abilene Christian	100.7	Sthland
233	Air Force	95.9	Mtn West
120	Akron	103.2	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.3	SEC
345	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
315	Alabama St.	90.6	SWAC
283	Albany	93.0	Amer East
347	Alcorn St.	84.6	SWAC
191	American	98.5	Patriot
202	Appalachian St.	97.8	Sun Belt
89	Arizona	105.3	Pac-12
61	Arizona St.	107.5	Pac-12
57	Arkansas	107.8	SEC
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3	SWAC
256	Arkansas St.	94.7	Sun Belt
244	Army	95.3	Patriot
16	Auburn	114.7	SEC
132	Austin Peay	102.7	OH Valley
121	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-Amer
36	Baylor	110.8	Big 12
49	Belmont	109.3	OH Valley
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4	MEAC
330	Binghamton	89.3	Amer East
146	Boise St.	101.2	Mtn West
101	Boston College	104.7	ACC
230	Boston University	96.1	Patriot
100	Bowling Green	104.7	Mid-Amer
174	Bradley	99.4	Mo Valley
144	Brown	101.3	Ivy
329	Bryant	89.4	Northeast
148	Bucknell	101.1	Patriot
12	Buffalo	115.1	Mid-Amer
63	Butler	107.5	Big East
72	BYU	106.4	West Coast
331	Cal Poly	89.2	Big West
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4	WAC
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7	Big West
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
257	California	94.5	Pac-12
200	California Baptist	97.9	WAC
178	Campbell	99.1	Big South
273	Canisius	93.8	Metro Atl
316	Central Arkansas	90.5	Sthland
324	Central Connecticut	89.9	Northeast
39	Central Florida	110.5	AAC
119	Central Michigan	103.2	Mid-Amer
118	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
169	Charleston Southern	99.5	Big South
290	Charlotte	92.6	CUSA
259	Chattanooga	94.4	SoCon
352	Chicago St.	80.7	WAC
37	Cincinnati	110.8	AAC
30	Clemson	111.6	ACC
284	Cleveland St.	93.0	Horizon
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1	Sun Belt
129	Colgate	102.7	Patriot
74	Colorado	106.3	Pac-12
171	Colorado St.	99.5	Mtn West
220	Columbia	96.9	Ivy
97	Connecticut	104.9	AAC
349	Coppin St.	84.1	MEAC
236	Cornell	95.7	Ivy
50	Creighton	109.3	Big East
207	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
79	Davidson	105.7	Atl 10
66	Dayton	107.0	Atl 10
261	Delaware	94.3	Colonial
353	Delaware St.	79.1	MEAC
309	Denver	91.2	Summit
110	DePaul	103.7	Big East
239	Detroit	95.5	Horizon
128	Drake	102.7	Mo Valley
248	Drexel	95.1	Colonial
1	Duke	124.7	ACC
165	Duquesne	99.9	Atl 10
268	East Carolina	94.0	AAC
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8	OH Valley
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7	OH Valley
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9	Mid-Amer
275	Eastern Washington	93.6	Big Sky
302	Elon	91.9	Colonial
224	Evansville	96.5	Mo Valley
291	Fairfield	92.5	Metro Atl
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2	Northeast
32	Florida	111.1	SEC
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8	CUSA
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1	Atl Sun
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8	CUSA
17	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
249	Fordham	95.0	Atl 10
70	Fresno St.	106.5	Mtn West
53	Furman	108.6	SoCon
194	Gardner Webb	98.2	Big South
143	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
281	George Washington	93.1	Atl 10
71	Georgetown	106.4	Big East
102	Georgia	104.6	SEC
96	Georgia Southern	105.1	Sun Belt
125	Georgia St.	102.8	Sun Belt
111	Georgia Tech	103.6	ACC
2	Gonzaga	124.5	West Coast
280	Grambling St.	93.2	SWAC
87	Grand Canyon	105.4	WAC
209	Green Bay	97.4	Horizon
187	Hampton	98.6	Big South
179	Hartford	99.0	Amer East
112	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
214	Hawaii	97.1	Big West
223	High Point	96.7	Big South
82	Hofstra	105.6	Colonial
237	Holy Cross	95.6	Patriot
19	Houston	114.2	AAC
279	Houston Baptist	93.3	Sthland
312	Howard	90.8	MEAC
348	Idaho	84.2	Big Sky
314	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
60	Illinois	107.6	Big Ten
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8	Horizon
199	Illinois St.	97.9	Mo Valley
344	Incarnate Word	85.4	Sthland
51	Indiana	109.2	Big Ten
197	Indiana St.	98.0	Mo Valley
222	Iona	96.8	Metro Atl
33	Iowa	111.1	Big Ten
15	Iowa St.	114.7	Big 12
192	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
327	Jackson St.	89.7	SWAC
258	Jacksonville	94.5	Atl Sun
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5	OH Valley
277	James Madison	93.5	Colonial
13	Kansas	115.1	Big 12
28	Kansas St.	111.9	Big 12
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5	Atl Sun
141	Kent St.	101.7	Mid-Amer
8	Kentucky	117.9	SEC
217	La Salle	97.0	Atl 10
292	Lafayette	92.5	Patriot
221	Lamar	96.8	Sthland
162	Lehigh	100.1	Patriot
69	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
45	Lipscomb	110.1	Atl Sun
212	Little Rock	97.2	Sun Belt
231	Long Beach St.	96.0	Big West
267	Long Island	94.1	Northeast
282	Longwood	93.0	Big South
183	Louisiana	98.9	Sun Belt
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9	Sun Belt
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
23	Louisville	113.4	ACC
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6	Mo Valley
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2	Patriot
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4	West Coast
18	LSU	114.3	SEC
334	Maine	88.4	Amer East
317	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
266	Marist	94.2	Metro Atl
26	Marquette	112.8	Big East
182	Marshall	98.9	CUSA
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3	Amer East
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	MEAC
229	Massachusetts	96.2	Atl 10
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
64	Memphis	107.4	AAC
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3	ACC
135	Miami (O)	102.6	Mid-Amer
7	Michigan	118.4	Big Ten
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8	CUSA
293	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
48	Minnesota	109.6	Big Ten
42	Mississippi	110.3	SEC
21	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	SWAC
94	Missouri	105.1	SEC
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8	WAC
173	Missouri St.	99.4	Mo Valley
297	Monmouth	92.4	Metro Atl
136	Montana	102.6	Big Sky
241	Montana St.	95.4	Big Sky
250	Morehead St.	95.0	OH Valley
333	Morgan St.	89.0	MEAC
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0	Northeast
52	Murray St.	108.6	OH Valley
288	Navy	92.8	Patriot
47	Nebraska	109.7	Big Ten
20	Nevada	113.8	Mtn West
346	New Hampshire	84.8	Amer East
181	New Mexico	99.0	Mtn West
56	New Mexico St.	108.1	WAC
251	New Orleans	94.9	Sthland
313	Niagara	90.7	Metro Atl
319	Nicholls St.	90.4	Sthland
176	NJIT	99.1	Atl Sun
243	Norfolk St.	95.3	MEAC
289	North Alabama	92.8	Atl Sun
4	North Carolina	121.2	ACC
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8	MEAC
295	North Carolina Central	92.4	MEAC
29	North Carolina St.	111.8	ACC
272	North Dakota	93.8	Summit
213	North Dakota St.	97.1	Summit
180	North Florida	99.0	Atl Sun
154	North Texas	100.8	CUSA
92	Northeastern	105.2	Colonial
310	Northern Arizona	91.1	Big Sky
172	Northern Colorado	99.5	Big Sky
147	Northern Illinois	101.1	Mid-Amer
177	Northern Iowa	99.1	Mo Valley
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3	Horizon
77	Northwestern	106.0	Big Ten
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Sthland
91	Notre Dame	105.2	ACC
190	Oakland	98.6	Horizon
186	Ohio	98.6	Mid-Amer
38	Ohio St.	110.5	Big Ten
35	Oklahoma	110.9	Big 12
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
105	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
158	Omaha	100.3	Summit
285	Oral Roberts	93.0	Summit
58	Oregon	107.8	Pac-12
84	Oregon St.	105.4	Pac-12
210	Pacific	97.2	West Coast
126	Penn	102.8	Ivy
41	Penn St.	110.3	Big Ten
167	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
98	Pittsburgh	104.8	ACC
326	Portland	89.7	West Coast
299	Portland St.	92.3	Big Sky
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2	SWAC
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
159	Princeton	100.2	Ivy
83	Providence	105.5	Big East
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5	Summit
225	Quinnipiac	96.5	Metro Atl
117	Radford	103.4	Big South
152	Rhode Island	100.9	Atl 10
240	Rice	95.5	CUSA
196	Richmond	98.0	Atl 10
218	Rider	97.0	Metro Atl
260	Robert Morris	94.3	Northeast
68	Rutgers	106.6	Big Ten
276	Sacramento St.	93.5	Big Sky
232	Sacred Heart	95.9	Northeast
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
134	Saint Louis	102.6	Atl 10
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3	West Coast
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1	Metro Atl
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1	Sthland
150	Samford	101.0	SoCon
109	San Diego	104.0	West Coast
130	San Diego St.	102.7	Mtn West
59	San Francisco	107.6	West Coast
341	San Jose St.	86.3	Mtn West
175	Santa Clara	99.3	West Coast
343	Savannah St.	85.5	MEAC
184	Seattle	98.8	WAC
62	Seton Hall	107.5	Big East
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3	OH Valley
137	SMU	102.6	AAC
219	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
88	South Carolina	105.4	SEC
337	South Carolina St.	87.5	MEAC
216	South Dakota	97.0	Summit
81	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
107	South Florida	104.2	AAC
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3	OH Valley
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5	Sthland
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
145	Southern Illinois	101.2	Mo Valley
123	Southern Miss	103.0	CUSA
287	Southern Utah	92.9	Big Sky
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7	Atl 10
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7	Northeast
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1	Northeast
65	St. John’s	107.3	Big East
104	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6	Sthland
332	Stetson	89.1	Atl Sun
163	Stony Brook	100.0	Amer East
31	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
46	TCU	109.8	Big 12
75	Temple	106.2	AAC
6	Tennessee	118.7	SEC
300	Tennessee St.	92.1	OH Valley
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4	OH Valley
25	Texas	112.8	Big 12
78	Texas A&M	105.8	SEC
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9	Sthland
198	Texas Southern	98.0	SWAC
116	Texas St.	103.4	Sun Belt
9	Texas Tech	117.7	Big 12
246	The Citadel	95.1	SoCon
54	Toledo	108.5	Mid-Amer
278	Towson	93.4	Colonial
265	Troy	94.2	Sun Belt
303	Tulane	91.9	AAC
124	Tulsa	102.9	AAC
161	UAB	100.1	CUSA
234	UC Davis	95.8	Big West
93	UC Irvine	105.1	Big West
318	UC Riverside	90.4	Big West
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9	Big West
95	UCLA	105.1	Pac-12
252	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
342	UNC Asheville	85.7	Big South
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4	SoCon
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9	Colonial
164	UNLV	99.9	Mtn West
86	USC	105.4	Pac-12
336	USC Upstate	87.5	Big South
157	UT Arlington	100.6	Sun Belt
301	UT Martin	92.1	OH Valley
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5	WAC
115	Utah	103.4	Pac-12
34	Utah St.	110.9	Mtn West
99	Utah Valley	104.8	WAC
286	UTEP	93.0	CUSA
140	UTSA	102.0	CUSA
227	Valparaiso	96.2	Mo Valley
138	Vanderbilt	102.5	SEC
90	Vermont	105.2	Amer East
27	Villanova	112.0	Big East
3	Virginia	121.3	ACC
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4	Atl 10
11	Virginia Tech	115.7	ACC
298	VMI	92.3	SoCon
294	Wagner	92.4	Northeast
189	Wake Forest	98.6	ACC
44	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
204	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
205	Weber St.	97.6	Big Sky
114	West Virginia	103.4	Big 12
269	Western Carolina	94.0	SoCon
304	Western Illinois	91.8	Summit
122	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
254	Western Michigan	94.8	Mid-Amer
103	Wichita St.	104.6	AAC
211	William & Mary	97.2	Colonial
168	Winthrop	99.7	Big South
14	Wisconsin	114.7	Big Ten
24	Wofford	113.1	SoCon
127	Wright St.	102.7	Horizon
323	Wyoming	90.0	Mtn West
76	Xavier	106.2	Big East
80	Yale	105.6	Ivy
262	Youngstown St.	94.3	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings (Conference)

#	America East	PiRate
90	Vermont	105.2
163	Stony Brook	100.0
179	Hartford	99.0
226	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.3
252	UMass Lowell	94.9
283	Albany	93.0
330	Binghamton	89.3
334	Maine	88.4
346	New Hampshire	84.8

#	American Athletic	PiRate
19	Houston	114.2
37	Cincinnati	110.8
39	Central Florida	110.5
64	Memphis	107.4
75	Temple	106.2
97	Connecticut	104.9
103	Wichita St.	104.6
107	South Florida	104.2
124	Tulsa	102.9
137	SMU	102.6
268	East Carolina	94.0
303	Tulane	91.9

#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
40	Virginia Commonwealth	110.4
66	Dayton	107.0
79	Davidson	105.7
131	St. Bonaventure	102.7
134	Saint Louis	102.6
143	George Mason	101.4
152	Rhode Island	100.9
165	Duquesne	99.9
188	Saint Joseph’s	98.6
196	Richmond	98.0
217	La Salle	97.0
229	Massachusetts	96.2
249	Fordham	95.0
281	George Washington	93.1

#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	124.7
3	Virginia	121.3
4	North Carolina	121.2
11	Virginia Tech	115.7
17	Florida St.	114.4
23	Louisville	113.4
29	North Carolina St.	111.8
30	Clemson	111.6
31	Syracuse	111.3
73	Miami (Fla)	106.3
91	Notre Dame	105.2
98	Pittsburgh	104.8
101	Boston College	104.7
111	Georgia Tech	103.6
189	Wake Forest	98.6

#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
45	Lipscomb	110.1
69	Liberty	106.5
176	NJIT	99.1
180	North Florida	99.0
215	Florida Gulf Coast	97.1
258	Jacksonville	94.5
289	North Alabama	92.8
332	Stetson	89.1
340	Kennesaw St.	86.5

#	Big 12	PiRate
9	Texas Tech	117.7
13	Kansas	115.1
15	Iowa St.	114.7
25	Texas	112.8
28	Kansas St.	111.9
35	Oklahoma	110.9
36	Baylor	110.8
46	TCU	109.8
108	Oklahoma St.	104.2
114	West Virginia	103.4

#	Big East	PiRate
26	Marquette	112.8
27	Villanova	112.0
50	Creighton	109.3
62	Seton Hall	107.5
63	Butler	107.5
65	St. John’s	107.3
71	Georgetown	106.4
76	Xavier	106.2
83	Providence	105.5
110	DePaul	103.7

#	Big Sky	PiRate
136	Montana	102.6
172	Northern Colorado	99.5
205	Weber St.	97.6
241	Montana St.	95.4
275	Eastern Washington	93.6
276	Sacramento St.	93.5
287	Southern Utah	92.9
299	Portland St.	92.3
310	Northern Arizona	91.1
314	Idaho St.	90.7
348	Idaho	84.2

#	Big South	PiRate
117	Radford	103.4
168	Winthrop	99.7
169	Charleston Southern	99.5
178	Campbell	99.1
187	Hampton	98.6
193	Presbyterian	98.3
194	Gardner Webb	98.2
223	High Point	96.7
282	Longwood	93.0
336	USC Upstate	87.5
342	UNC Asheville	85.7

#	Big Ten	PiRate
5	Michigan St.	120.5
7	Michigan	118.4
10	Purdue	117.6
14	Wisconsin	114.7
22	Maryland	113.4
33	Iowa	111.1
38	Ohio St.	110.5
41	Penn St.	110.3
47	Nebraska	109.7
48	Minnesota	109.6
51	Indiana	109.2
60	Illinois	107.6
68	Rutgers	106.6
77	Northwestern	106.0

#	Big West	PiRate
93	UC Irvine	105.1
166	UC Santa Barbara	99.9
185	Cal St. Fullerton	98.7
214	Hawaii	97.1
231	Long Beach St.	96.0
234	UC Davis	95.8
263	Cal St. Northridge	94.2
318	UC Riverside	90.4
331	Cal Poly	89.2

#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
82	Hofstra	105.6
92	Northeastern	105.2
118	Charleston	103.3
211	William & Mary	97.2
248	Drexel	95.1
261	Delaware	94.3
271	UNC Wilmington	93.9
277	James Madison	93.5
278	Towson	93.4
302	Elon	91.9

#	Conference USA	PiRate
105	Old Dominion	104.3
122	Western Kentucky	103.1
123	Southern Miss	103.0
140	UTSA	102.0
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7
154	North Texas	100.8
155	Florida Atlantic	100.8
161	UAB	100.1
182	Marshall	98.9
201	Florida Int’l.	97.8
240	Rice	95.5
253	Middle Tennessee	94.8
286	UTEP	93.0
290	Charlotte	92.6

#	Horizon	PiRate
106	Northern Kentucky	104.3
127	Wright St.	102.7
190	Oakland	98.6
192	IUPUI	98.3
203	Illinois Chicago	97.8
209	Green Bay	97.4
239	Detroit	95.5
262	Youngstown St.	94.3
284	Cleveland St.	93.0
293	Milwaukee	92.5

#	Ivy	PiRate
80	Yale	105.6
112	Harvard	103.6
126	Penn	102.8
144	Brown	101.3
159	Princeton	100.2
207	Dartmouth	97.5
220	Columbia	96.9
236	Cornell	95.7

#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
218	Rider	97.0
222	Iona	96.8
225	Quinnipiac	96.5
242	Siena	95.3
266	Marist	94.2
273	Canisius	93.8
291	Fairfield	92.5
297	Monmouth	92.4
311	Saint Peter’s	91.1
313	Niagara	90.7
317	Manhattan	90.5

#	Mid-American	PiRate
12	Buffalo	115.1
54	Toledo	108.5
100	Bowling Green	104.7
119	Central Michigan	103.2
120	Akron	103.2
121	Ball St.	103.1
135	Miami (O)	102.6
141	Kent St.	101.7
147	Northern Illinois	101.1
153	Eastern Michigan	100.9
186	Ohio	98.6
254	Western Michigan	94.8

#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
243	Norfolk St.	95.3
295	North Carolina Central	92.4
296	Bethune Cookman	92.4
305	North Carolina A&T	91.8
312	Howard	90.8
321	Florida A&M	90.3
333	Morgan St.	89.0
337	South Carolina St.	87.5
343	Savannah St.	85.5
349	Coppin St.	84.1
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0
353	Delaware St.	79.1

#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
128	Drake	102.7
133	Loyola (Chi)	102.6
145	Southern Illinois	101.2
173	Missouri St.	99.4
174	Bradley	99.4
177	Northern Iowa	99.1
197	Indiana St.	98.0
199	Illinois St.	97.9
224	Evansville	96.5
227	Valparaiso	96.2

#	Mountain West	PiRate
20	Nevada	113.8
34	Utah St.	110.9
70	Fresno St.	106.5
130	San Diego St.	102.7
146	Boise St.	101.2
164	UNLV	99.9
171	Colorado St.	99.5
181	New Mexico	99.0
233	Air Force	95.9
323	Wyoming	90.0
341	San Jose St.	86.3

#	Northeast	PiRate
228	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.2
232	Sacred Heart	95.9
247	St. Francis (PA)	95.1
260	Robert Morris	94.3
267	Long Island	94.1
274	St. Francis (Bklyn)	93.7
294	Wagner	92.4
322	Mount St. Mary’s	90.0
324	Central Connecticut	89.9
329	Bryant	89.4

#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
49	Belmont	109.3
52	Murray St.	108.6
113	Jacksonville St.	103.5
132	Austin Peay	102.7
250	Morehead St.	95.0
255	Eastern Kentucky	94.7
300	Tennessee St.	92.1
301	UT Martin	92.1
306	Eastern Illinois	91.8
308	Southeast Missouri St.	91.3
328	Tennessee Tech	89.4
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.3

#	Pac-12	PiRate
44	Washington	110.1
58	Oregon	107.8
61	Arizona St.	107.5
74	Colorado	106.3
84	Oregon St.	105.4
86	USC	105.4
89	Arizona	105.3
95	UCLA	105.1
104	Stanford	104.5
115	Utah	103.4
204	Washington St.	97.6
257	California	94.5

#	Patriot	PiRate
129	Colgate	102.7
148	Bucknell	101.1
162	Lehigh	100.1
191	American	98.5
230	Boston University	96.1
237	Holy Cross	95.6
244	Army	95.3
264	Loyola (MD)	94.2
288	Navy	92.8
292	Lafayette	92.5

#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Tennessee	118.7
8	Kentucky	117.9
16	Auburn	114.7
18	LSU	114.3
21	Mississippi St.	113.6
32	Florida	111.1
42	Mississippi	110.3
55	Alabama	108.3
57	Arkansas	107.8
78	Texas A&M	105.8
88	South Carolina	105.4
94	Missouri	105.1
102	Georgia	104.6
138	Vanderbilt	102.5

#	Southern	PiRate
24	Wofford	113.1
53	Furman	108.6
67	East Tennessee St.	106.9
85	UNC Greensboro	105.4
150	Samford	101.0
195	Mercer	98.2
246	The Citadel	95.1
259	Chattanooga	94.4
269	Western Carolina	94.0
298	VMI	92.3

#	Southland	PiRate
156	Abilene Christian	100.7
160	Sam Houston St.	100.1
221	Lamar	96.8
238	Southeastern Louisiana	95.5
251	New Orleans	94.9
270	Texas A&M CC	93.9
279	Houston Baptist	93.3
307	Stephen F. Austin	91.6
316	Central Arkansas	90.5
319	Nicholls St.	90.4
325	McNeese St.	89.8
338	Northwestern St.	87.3
344	Incarnate Word	85.4

#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
198	Texas Southern	98.0
245	Prairie View A&M	95.2
280	Grambling St.	93.2
315	Alabama St.	90.6
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.3
327	Jackson St.	89.7
339	Southern	87.2
345	Alabama A&M	85.3
347	Alcorn St.	84.6
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.8

#	Summit	PiRate
81	South Dakota St.	105.6
158	Omaha	100.3
206	Purdue Fort Wayne	97.5
213	North Dakota St.	97.1
216	South Dakota	97.0
272	North Dakota	93.8
285	Oral Roberts	93.0
304	Western Illinois	91.8
309	Denver	91.2

#	Sun Belt	PiRate
96	Georgia Southern	105.1
116	Texas St.	103.4
125	Georgia St.	102.8
149	Coastal Carolina	101.1
151	Louisiana Monroe	100.9
157	UT Arlington	100.6
183	Louisiana	98.9
202	Appalachian St.	97.8
212	Little Rock	97.2
219	South Alabama	96.9
256	Arkansas St.	94.7
265	Troy	94.2

#	West Coast	PiRate
2	Gonzaga	124.5
43	Saint Mary’s	110.3
59	San Francisco	107.6
72	BYU	106.4
109	San Diego	104.0
139	Loyola Marymount	102.4
167	Pepperdine	99.9
175	Santa Clara	99.3
210	Pacific	97.2
326	Portland	89.7

#	Western Athletic	PiRate
56	New Mexico St.	108.1
87	Grand Canyon	105.4
99	Utah Valley	104.8
170	UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5
184	Seattle	98.8
200	California Baptist	97.9
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4
235	Missouri Kansas City	95.8
352	Chicago St.	80.7

#	League		PiRate Avg.
1	Big Ten		111.8
2	Atlantic Coast		111.2
3	Big 12		111.1
4	Southeastern		110.0
5	Big East		107.8
6	American Athletic		104.5
7	Pac-12		104.4
8	West Coast		104.1
9	Mid-American		103.1
10	Southern		100.9
11	Atlantic 10		100.6
12	Mountain West		100.5
13	Ivy		100.4
14	Sun Belt		99.5
15	Missouri Valley		99.3
16	Conference USA		99.2
17	Western Athletic		98.7
18	Horizon		97.4
19	Colonial Athletic		97.3
20	Atlantic Sun		97.2
21	Patriot		96.9
22	Ohio Valley		96.6
23	Summit		96.4
24	Big South		96.3
25	Big West		96.3
26	America East		94.6
27	Big Sky		93.9
28	Metro Atlantic		93.7
29	Northeast		93.1
30	Southland		93.1
31	Southwestern Athletic		89.8
32	Mideastern Athletic		88.3

 

Today’s Conference Tournament Schedule

 

Atlantic Sun Conference

All Games Played on the home floor of the higher-seeded team.

Quarterfinals–Monday, March 4
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (23-6)	8	Kennesaw St. (6-25)
2	Liberty (25-6)	7	Jacksonville (12-19)
3	North Florida (15-16)	6	North Alabama (10-21)
4	Florida Gulf Coast (14-17)	5	NJIT (20-11)

 

Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology