PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 9, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Indiana	Minnesota	9.9
Harvard	Yale	1.1
Evansville	Illinois St.	-0.5
Memphis	Cincinnati	8.3
Colorado	Washington	8.2
Ohio St.	Northwestern	7.6
Maryland	Wisconsin	-0.4

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 31, 2020

Friday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Brown	Cornell	6.6
Buffalo	Bowling Green	4.0
Canisius	Quinnipiac	4.1
Detroit	Oakland	1.4
Green Bay	Northern Kentucky	-3.1
Iona	Siena	-0.9
Kent St.	Akron	0.4
Milwaukee	Wright St.	-7.0
Niagara	Marist	6.9
Pennsylvania	Harvard	-0.8
Princeton	Dartmouth	3.5
Rhode Island	VCU	1.2
Rider	Fairfield	6.2
Saint Peter’s	Manhattan	4.0
Yale	Columbia	17.3

 

Friday Night’s Best TV Games

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
6:30 PM	CBSSN	Kent St.	Akron
7:00 PM	ESPNU	Buffalo	Bowling Green
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Rhode Island	VCU
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Yale	Columbia
8:00 PM	ESPN3	Milwaukee	Wright St.
9:00 PM	ESPNU	Green Bay	Northern Kentucky

 

Today’s PiRate Ratings

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Kansas	121.4	Big 12
2	Duke	121.4	Atlantic Coast
3	Gonzaga	120.0	West Coast
4	Michigan St.	118.8	Big Ten
5	Baylor	117.8	Big 12
6	West Virginia	117.3	Big 12
7	Dayton	117.2	Atlantic 10
8	Arizona	116.6	Pac-12
9	Louisville	116.2	Atlantic Coast
10	Maryland	116.1	Big Ten
11	San Diego St.	115.8	Mountain West
12	Seton Hall	115.5	Big East
13	Ohio St.	115.4	Big Ten
14	Iowa	114.4	Big Ten
15	Butler	114.2	Big East
16	Villanova	114.1	Big East
17	Penn St.	113.9	Big Ten
18	Florida St.	113.9	Atlantic Coast
19	Oregon	113.8	Pac-12
20	BYU	113.5	West Coast
21	Texas Tech	113.1	Big 12
22	Kentucky	113.1	Southeastern
23	Illinois	113.0	Big Ten
24	Marquette	113.0	Big East
25	LSU	112.9	Southeastern
26	Colorado	112.9	Pac-12
27	Michigan	112.7	Big Ten
28	Purdue	112.5	Big Ten
29	Houston	112.5	American Athletic
30	Rutgers	112.5	Big Ten
31	Auburn	112.5	Southeastern
32	Arkansas	112.5	Southeastern
33	Creighton	112.2	Big East
34	Florida	111.9	Southeastern
35	Wisconsin	111.7	Big Ten
36	Wichita St.	111.4	American Athletic
37	Indiana	111.4	Big Ten
38	Alabama	111.3	Southeastern
39	Mississippi St.	111.2	Southeastern
40	Minnesota	111.2	Big Ten
41	Saint Mary’s	111.1	West Coast
42	VCU	111.1	Atlantic 10
43	Cincinnati	110.9	American Athletic
44	Utah St.	110.5	Mountain West
45	Stanford	110.1	Pac-12
46	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
47	Oklahoma	109.9	Big 12
48	Memphis	109.9	American Athletic
49	Georgetown	109.6	Big East
50	USC	109.4	Pac-12
51	Northern Iowa	109.4	Missouri Valley
52	North Carolina St.	109.4	Atlantic Coast
53	Virginia	109.3	Atlantic Coast
54	Syracuse	109.3	Atlantic Coast
55	Rhode Island	109.3	Atlantic 10
56	Notre Dame	109.1	Atlantic Coast
57	Tennessee	108.9	Southeastern
58	Xavier	108.8	Big East
59	Yale	108.7	Ivy
60	Iowa St.	108.4	Big 12
61	Louisiana Tech	108.2	Conference USA
62	North Carolina	108.1	Atlantic Coast
63	Arizona St.	108.0	Pac-12
64	UNC Greensboro	107.9	Southern
65	TCU	107.8	Big 12
66	Texas	107.8	Big 12
67	Providence	107.7	Big East
68	Virginia Tech	107.7	Atlantic Coast
69	Richmond	107.5	Atlantic 10
70	St. John’s	107.5	Big East
71	East Tennessee St.	107.5	Southern
72	Vermont	107.4	America East
73	Oklahoma St.	107.4	Big 12
74	Connecticut	107.3	American Athletic
75	Akron	107.3	Mid-American
76	DePaul	107.2	Big East
77	Georgia Tech	107.1	Atlantic Coast
78	Pittsburgh	107.0	Atlantic Coast
79	Clemson	107.0	Atlantic Coast
80	Liberty	106.8	Atlantic Sun
81	SMU	106.8	American Athletic
82	Tulsa	106.8	American Athletic
83	South Carolina	106.7	Southeastern
84	Kansas St.	106.6	Big 12
85	Furman	106.5	Southern
86	North Texas	106.5	Conference USA
87	Missouri	106.5	Southeastern
88	Oregon St.	106.5	Pac-12
89	Boise St.	106.4	Mountain West
90	San Francisco	106.2	West Coast
91	Nevada	106.2	Mountain West
92	Georgia	106.0	Southeastern
93	Loyola (Chi.)	105.7	Missouri Valley
94	Davidson	105.6	Atlantic 10
95	Duquesne	105.6	Atlantic 10
96	Belmont	105.5	Ohio Valley
97	Temple	105.4	American Athletic
98	Saint Louis	105.3	Atlantic 10
99	Harvard	105.2	Ivy
100	Georgia St.	105.1	Sun Belt
101	Bradley	104.9	Missouri Valley
102	New Mexico St.	104.7	Western Athletic
103	Kent St.	104.7	Mid-American
104	Colorado St.	104.6	Mountain West
105	Utah	104.6	Pac-12
106	Mississippi	104.5	Southeastern
107	Miami (Fla.)	104.5	Atlantic Coast
108	Wright St.	104.4	Horizon
109	Western Kentucky	104.3	Conference USA
110	Wake Forest	104.3	Atlantic Coast
111	Ball St.	104.1	Mid-American
112	Central Florida	103.9	American Athletic
113	Northern Colorado	103.9	Big Sky
114	UCLA	103.8	Pac-12
115	Northwestern	103.5	Big Ten
116	UC Irvine	103.4	Big West
117	Stephen F. Austin	103.3	Southland
118	UT Arlington	103.2	Sun Belt
119	Winthrop	103.2	Big South
120	Texas St.	103.1	Sun Belt
121	Nebraska	103.1	Big Ten
122	Toledo	103.0	Mid-American
123	South Dakota St.	102.9	Summit
124	Washington St.	102.8	Pac-12
125	St. Bonaventure	102.8	Atlantic 10
126	South Florida	102.8	American Athletic
127	UNLV	102.8	Mountain West
128	Indiana St.	102.6	Missouri Valley
129	Murray St.	102.5	Ohio Valley
130	Colgate	102.4	Patriot
131	Northern Kentucky	102.3	Horizon
132	Little Rock	102.3	Sun Belt
133	Northeastern	102.3	Colonial Athletic
134	New Mexico	102.2	Mountain West
135	Stony Brook	102.1	America East
136	Hofstra	101.9	Colonial Athletic
137	Buffalo	101.9	Mid-American
138	Wofford	101.9	Southern
139	Charleston	101.8	Colonial Athletic
140	Oral Roberts	101.8	Summit
141	Georgia Southern	101.8	Sun Belt
142	Texas A&M	101.7	Southeastern
143	North Dakota St.	101.7	Summit
144	Santa Clara	101.7	West Coast
145	Southern Utah	101.5	Big Sky
146	Fresno St.	101.4	Mountain West
147	Penn	101.4	Ivy
148	Drake	101.3	Missouri Valley
149	Austin Peay	101.2	Ohio Valley
150	Marshall	101.0	Conference USA
151	Pacific	101.0	West Coast
152	Bowling Green	100.9	Mid-American
153	Pepperdine	100.8	West Coast
154	Charlotte	100.8	Conference USA
155	Towson	100.6	Colonial Athletic
156	Missouri St.	100.4	Missouri Valley
157	Boston College	100.4	Atlantic Coast
158	Eastern Washington	100.4	Big Sky
159	Chattanooga	100.2	Southern
160	Sam Houston St.	100.2	Southland
161	UTEP	100.2	Conference USA
162	William & Mary	100.2	Colonial Athletic
163	Southern Illinois	100.2	Missouri Valley
164	George Mason	100.0	Atlantic 10
165	Radford	100.0	Big South
166	Western Carolina	100.0	Southern
167	Valparaiso	99.9	Missouri Valley
168	Old Dominion	99.9	Conference USA
169	California	99.9	Pac-12
170	Appalachian St.	99.8	Sun Belt
171	Vanderbilt	99.8	Southeastern
172	Boston U	99.5	Patriot
173	South Dakota	99.5	Summit
174	South Alabama	99.5	Sun Belt
175	La Salle	99.4	Atlantic 10
176	Hawaii	99.3	Big West
177	Central Michigan	99.3	Mid-American
178	North Florida	99.3	Atlantic Sun
179	California Baptist	99.2	Western Athletic
180	Northern Illinois	99.2	Mid-American
181	Montana	99.2	Big Sky
182	Tulane	99.1	American Athletic
183	Florida Int’l.	99.0	Conference USA
184	UC Santa Barbara	98.9	Big West
185	UAB	98.7	Conference USA
186	Air Force	98.6	Mountain West
187	Coastal Carolina	98.6	Sun Belt
188	Massachusetts	98.6	Atlantic 10
189	Delaware	98.6	Colonial Athletic
190	Northern Arizona	98.4	Big Sky
191	Princeton	98.3	Ivy
192	Rider	98.2	Metro Atlantic
193	Lafayette	98.2	Patriot
194	UTSA	98.2	Conference USA
195	Florida Atlantic	98.2	Conference USA
196	Nicholls St.	98.1	Southland
197	Sacramento St.	98.0	Big Sky
198	George Washington	98.0	Atlantic 10
199	Dartmouth	97.8	Ivy
200	Siena	97.8	Metro Atlantic
201	Abilene Christian	97.7	Southland
202	Portland St.	97.6	Big Sky
203	Ohio	97.6	Mid-American
204	Sacred Heart	97.6	Northeast
205	Prairie View A&M	97.5	Southwestern Athl.
206	Seattle	97.4	Western Athletic
207	UC Riverside	97.3	Big West
208	Omaha	97.3	Summit
209	Mercer	97.2	Southern
210	Arkansas St.	97.2	Sun Belt
211	Monmouth	97.2	Metro Atlantic
212	Montana St.	97.0	Big Sky
213	Loyola Marymount	97.0	West Coast
214	Miami (O)	96.9	Mid-American
215	Brown	96.9	Ivy
216	St. Francis (PA)	96.9	Northeast
217	Illinois St.	96.9	Missouri Valley
218	Robert Morris	96.5	Northeast
219	San Diego	96.5	West Coast
220	Eastern Illinois	96.4	Ohio Valley
221	Missouri-KC	96.4	Western Athletic
222	American	96.4	Patriot
223	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.4	Western Athletic
224	Eastern Michigan	96.4	Mid-American
225	Navy	96.4	Patriot
226	Bryant	96.3	Northeast
227	McNeese St.	96.2	Southland
228	Green Bay	96.2	Horizon
229	Illinois Chicago	96.1	Horizon
230	Canisius	96.1	Metro Atlantic
231	Drexel	96.1	Colonial Athletic
232	Bucknell	96.1	Patriot
233	East Carolina	96.1	American Athletic
234	North Dakota	95.9	Summit
235	Albany	95.9	America East
236	Saint Peter’s	95.7	Metro Atlantic
237	Grand Canyon	95.7	Western Athletic
238	UC Davis	95.5	Big West
239	Long Island	95.5	Northeast
240	Western Michigan	95.4	Mid-American
241	Tennessee St.	95.3	Ohio Valley
242	Merrimack	95.3	Northeast
243	Gardner-Webb	95.2	Big South
244	Oakland	95.2	Horizon
245	Louisiana	95.2	Sun Belt
246	Jacksonville	95.2	Atlantic Sun
247	Rice	95.1	Conference USA
248	Youngstown St.	95.1	Horizon
249	Quinnipiac	95.0	Metro Atlantic
250	Fairfield	95.0	Metro Atlantic
251	Jacksonville St.	94.9	Ohio Valley
252	Norfolk St.	94.9	Mideastern Athletic
253	Texas Southern	94.9	Southwestern Athl.
254	Cal St. Northridge	94.7	Big West
255	Manhattan	94.7	Metro Atlantic
256	Weber St.	94.6	Big Sky
257	Saint Joseph’s	94.5	Atlantic 10
258	Columbia	94.4	Ivy
259	Milwaukee	94.4	Horizon
260	Mount St. Mary’s	94.4	Northeast
261	Cal St. Fullerton	94.3	Big West
262	Lipscomb	94.2	Atlantic Sun
263	Portland	94.2	West Coast
264	Fordham	94.1	Atlantic 10
265	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.0	Summit
266	Southern Miss.	94.0	Conference USA
267	Army	94.0	Patriot
268	Utah Valley	94.0	Western Athletic
269	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.9	Western Athletic
270	Iona	93.9	Metro Atlantic
271	Lamar	93.7	Southland
272	Hartford	93.6	America East
273	North Alabama	93.6	Atlantic Sun
274	Detroit	93.6	Horizon
275	VMI	93.5	Southern
276	New Hampshire	93.4	America East
277	Evansville	93.3	Missouri Valley
278	NJIT	93.3	Atlantic Sun
279	Cornell	93.3	Ivy
280	Campbell	93.2	Big South
281	Louisiana Monroe	93.2	Sun Belt
282	Troy	93.0	Sun Belt
283	UMass Lowell	93.0	America East
284	Middle Tennessee	93.0	Conference USA
285	UNC Asheville	92.8	Big South
286	Samford	92.8	Southern
287	Loyola (MD)	92.6	Patriot
288	Wyoming	92.5	Mountain West
289	James Madison	92.4	Colonial Athletic
290	Texas A&M CC	92.4	Southland
291	Bethune Cookman	92.3	Mideastern Athletic
292	Niagara	92.2	Metro Atlantic
293	North Carolina Central	92.2	Mideastern Athletic
294	Alcorn St.	92.2	Southwestern Athl.
295	Long Beach St.	92.1	Big West
296	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
297	North Carolina A&T	91.9	Mideastern Athletic
298	Charleston Southern	91.9	Big South
299	UM Baltimore Co.	91.9	America East
300	Morehead St.	91.8	Ohio Valley
301	Idaho St.	91.8	Big Sky
302	Lehigh	91.6	Patriot
303	St. Francis (NY)	91.6	Northeast
304	Central Arkansas	91.5	Southland
305	Stetson	91.5	Atlantic Sun
306	UNC Wilmington	91.4	Colonial Athletic
307	Cleveland St.	91.2	Horizon
308	Eastern Kentucky	91.1	Ohio Valley
309	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0	Northeast
310	Florida Gulf Coast	91.0	Atlantic Sun
311	Southern	90.8	Southwestern Athl.
312	Denver	90.4	Summit
313	Elon	90.4	Colonial Athletic
314	UT-Martin	90.4	Ohio Valley
315	Hampton	90.3	Big South
316	Morgan St.	90.3	Mideastern Athletic
317	Cal Poly	90.2	Big West
318	Idaho	90.1	Big Sky
319	Florida A&M	90.1	Mideastern Athletic
320	Citadel	90.1	Southern
321	USC Upstate	90.0	Big South
322	Grambling	89.9	Southwestern Athl.
323	Northwestern St.	89.8	Southland
324	New Orleans	89.8	Southland
325	Longwood	89.6	Big South
326	Jackson St.	89.3	Southwestern Athl.
327	IUPUI	89.3	Horizon
328	Wagner	89.0	Northeast
329	South Carolina St.	89.0	Mideastern Athletic
330	Western Illinois	88.9	Summit
331	Maine	88.9	America East
332	Coppin St.	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
333	Marist	88.3	Metro Atlantic
334	Presbyterian	88.2	Big South
335	Binghamton	88.1	America East
336	SE Missouri	88.1	Ohio Valley
337	SE Louisiana	87.8	Southland
338	Tennessee Tech	87.6	Ohio Valley
339	SIU Edwardsville	87.2	Ohio Valley
340	Alabama St.	86.9	Southwestern Athl.
341	Holy Cross	86.9	Patriot
342	Alabama A&M	86.6	Southwestern Athl.
343	High Point	86.1	Big South
344	Houston Baptist	84.4	Southland
345	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.6	Southwestern Athl.
346	Incarnate Word	82.8	Southland
347	Howard	82.1	Mideastern Athletic
348	Kennesaw St.	81.8	Atlantic Sun
349	Central Connecticut	81.1	Northeast
350	MD Eastern Shore	80.5	Mideastern Athletic
351	Delaware St.	79.8	Mideastern Athletic
352	Mississippi Valley St.	78.6	Southwestern Athl.
353	Chicago St.	76.7	Western Athletic

 

Alphabetical

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conf.
1	Abilene Christian	97.7	Southland
2	Air Force	98.6	Mountain West
3	Akron	107.3	Mid-American
4	Alabama	111.3	Southeastern
5	Alabama A&M	86.6	Southwestern Athl.
6	Alabama St.	86.9	Southwestern Athl.
7	Albany	95.9	America East
8	Alcorn St.	92.2	Southwestern Athl.
9	American	96.4	Patriot
10	Appalachian St.	99.8	Sun Belt
11	Arizona	116.6	Pac-12
12	Arizona St.	108.0	Pac-12
13	Arkansas	112.5	Southeastern
14	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.6	Southwestern Athl.
15	Arkansas St.	97.2	Sun Belt
16	Army	94.0	Patriot
17	Auburn	112.5	Southeastern
18	Austin Peay	101.2	Ohio Valley
19	Ball St.	104.1	Mid-American
20	Baylor	117.8	Big 12
21	Belmont	105.5	Ohio Valley
22	Bethune Cookman	92.3	Mideastern Athletic
23	Binghamton	88.1	America East
24	Boise St.	106.4	Mountain West
25	Boston College	100.4	Atlantic Coast
26	Boston U	99.5	Patriot
27	Bowling Green	100.9	Mid-American
28	Bradley	104.9	Missouri Valley
29	Brown	96.9	Ivy
30	Bryant	96.3	Northeast
31	Bucknell	96.1	Patriot
32	Buffalo	101.9	Mid-American
33	Butler	114.2	Big East
34	BYU	113.5	West Coast
35	Cal Poly	90.2	Big West
36	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.4	Western Athletic
37	Cal St. Fullerton	94.3	Big West
38	Cal St. Northridge	94.7	Big West
39	California	99.9	Pac-12
40	California Baptist	99.2	Western Athletic
41	Campbell	93.2	Big South
42	Canisius	96.1	Metro Atlantic
43	Central Arkansas	91.5	Southland
44	Central Connecticut	81.1	Northeast
45	Central Florida	103.9	American Athletic
46	Central Michigan	99.3	Mid-American
47	Charleston	101.8	Colonial Athletic
48	Charleston Southern	91.9	Big South
49	Charlotte	100.8	Conference USA
50	Chattanooga	100.2	Southern
51	Chicago St.	76.7	Western Athletic
52	Cincinnati	110.9	American Athletic
53	Citadel	90.1	Southern
54	Clemson	107.0	Atlantic Coast
55	Cleveland St.	91.2	Horizon
56	Coastal Carolina	98.6	Sun Belt
57	Colgate	102.4	Patriot
58	Colorado	112.9	Pac-12
59	Colorado St.	104.6	Mountain West
60	Columbia	94.4	Ivy
61	Connecticut	107.3	American Athletic
62	Coppin St.	88.7	Mideastern Athletic
63	Cornell	93.3	Ivy
64	Creighton	112.2	Big East
65	Dartmouth	97.8	Ivy
66	Davidson	105.6	Atlantic 10
67	Dayton	117.2	Atlantic 10
68	Delaware	98.6	Colonial Athletic
69	Delaware St.	79.8	Mideastern Athletic
70	Denver	90.4	Summit
71	DePaul	107.2	Big East
72	Detroit	93.6	Horizon
73	Drake	101.3	Missouri Valley
74	Drexel	96.1	Colonial Athletic
75	Duke	121.4	Atlantic Coast
76	Duquesne	105.6	Atlantic 10
77	East Carolina	96.1	American Athletic
78	East Tennessee St.	107.5	Southern
79	Eastern Illinois	96.4	Ohio Valley
80	Eastern Kentucky	91.1	Ohio Valley
81	Eastern Michigan	96.4	Mid-American
82	Eastern Washington	100.4	Big Sky
83	Elon	90.4	Colonial Athletic
84	Evansville	93.3	Missouri Valley
85	Fairfield	95.0	Metro Atlantic
86	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0	Northeast
87	Florida	111.9	Southeastern
88	Florida A&M	90.1	Mideastern Athletic
89	Florida Atlantic	98.2	Conference USA
90	Florida Gulf Coast	91.0	Atlantic Sun
91	Florida Int’l.	99.0	Conference USA
92	Florida St.	113.9	Atlantic Coast
93	Fordham	94.1	Atlantic 10
94	Fresno St.	101.4	Mountain West
95	Furman	106.5	Southern
96	Gardner-Webb	95.2	Big South
97	George Mason	100.0	Atlantic 10
98	George Washington	98.0	Atlantic 10
99	Georgetown	109.6	Big East
100	Georgia	106.0	Southeastern
101	Georgia Southern	101.8	Sun Belt
102	Georgia St.	105.1	Sun Belt
103	Georgia Tech	107.1	Atlantic Coast
104	Gonzaga	120.0	West Coast
105	Grambling	89.9	Southwestern Athl.
106	Grand Canyon	95.7	Western Athletic
107	Green Bay	96.2	Horizon
108	Hampton	90.3	Big South
109	Hartford	93.6	America East
110	Harvard	105.2	Ivy
111	Hawaii	99.3	Big West
112	High Point	86.1	Big South
113	Hofstra	101.9	Colonial Athletic
114	Holy Cross	86.9	Patriot
115	Houston	112.5	American Athletic
116	Houston Baptist	84.4	Southland
117	Howard	82.1	Mideastern Athletic
118	Idaho	90.1	Big Sky
119	Idaho St.	91.8	Big Sky
120	Illinois	113.0	Big Ten
121	Illinois Chicago	96.1	Horizon
122	Illinois St.	96.9	Missouri Valley
123	Incarnate Word	82.8	Southland
124	Indiana	111.4	Big Ten
125	Indiana St.	102.6	Missouri Valley
126	Iona	93.9	Metro Atlantic
127	Iowa	114.4	Big Ten
128	Iowa St.	108.4	Big 12
129	IUPUI	89.3	Horizon
130	Jackson St.	89.3	Southwestern Athl.
131	Jacksonville	95.2	Atlantic Sun
132	Jacksonville St.	94.9	Ohio Valley
133	James Madison	92.4	Colonial Athletic
134	Kansas	121.4	Big 12
135	Kansas St.	106.6	Big 12
136	Kennesaw St.	81.8	Atlantic Sun
137	Kent St.	104.7	Mid-American
138	Kentucky	113.1	Southeastern
139	La Salle	99.4	Atlantic 10
140	Lafayette	98.2	Patriot
141	Lamar	93.7	Southland
142	Lehigh	91.6	Patriot
143	Liberty	106.8	Atlantic Sun
144	Lipscomb	94.2	Atlantic Sun
145	Little Rock	102.3	Sun Belt
146	Long Beach St.	92.1	Big West
147	Long Island	95.5	Northeast
148	Longwood	89.6	Big South
149	Louisiana	95.2	Sun Belt
150	Louisiana Monroe	93.2	Sun Belt
151	Louisiana Tech	108.2	Conference USA
152	Louisville	116.2	Atlantic Coast
153	Loyola (Chi.)	105.7	Missouri Valley
154	Loyola Marymount	97.0	West Coast
155	Loyola (MD)	92.6	Patriot
156	LSU	112.9	Southeastern
157	Maine	88.9	America East
158	Manhattan	94.7	Metro Atlantic
159	Marist	88.3	Metro Atlantic
160	Marquette	113.0	Big East
161	Marshall	101.0	Conference USA
162	Maryland	116.1	Big Ten
163	Massachusetts	98.6	Atlantic 10
164	McNeese St.	96.2	Southland
165	MD Eastern Shore	80.5	Mideastern Athletic
166	Memphis	109.9	American Athletic
167	Mercer	97.2	Southern
168	Merrimack	95.3	Northeast
169	Miami (Fla.)	104.5	Atlantic Coast
170	Miami (O)	96.9	Mid-American
171	Michigan	112.7	Big Ten
172	Michigan St.	118.8	Big Ten
173	Middle Tennessee	93.0	Conference USA
174	Milwaukee	94.4	Horizon
175	Minnesota	111.2	Big Ten
176	Mississippi	104.5	Southeastern
177	Mississippi St.	111.2	Southeastern
178	Mississippi Valley St.	78.6	Southwestern Athl.
179	Missouri	106.5	Southeastern
180	Missouri-KC	96.4	Western Athletic
181	Missouri St.	100.4	Missouri Valley
182	Monmouth	97.2	Metro Atlantic
183	Montana	99.2	Big Sky
184	Montana St.	97.0	Big Sky
185	Morehead St.	91.8	Ohio Valley
186	Morgan St.	90.3	Mideastern Athletic
187	Mount St. Mary’s	94.4	Northeast
188	Murray St.	102.5	Ohio Valley
189	Navy	96.4	Patriot
190	Nebraska	103.1	Big Ten
191	Nevada	106.2	Mountain West
192	New Hampshire	93.4	America East
193	New Mexico	102.2	Mountain West
194	New Mexico St.	104.7	Western Athletic
195	New Orleans	89.8	Southland
196	Niagara	92.2	Metro Atlantic
197	Nicholls St.	98.1	Southland
198	NJIT	93.3	Atlantic Sun
199	Norfolk St.	94.9	Mideastern Athletic
200	North Alabama	93.6	Atlantic Sun
201	North Carolina	108.1	Atlantic Coast
202	North Carolina A&T	91.9	Mideastern Athletic
203	North Carolina Central	92.2	Mideastern Athletic
204	North Carolina St.	109.4	Atlantic Coast
205	North Dakota	95.9	Summit
206	North Dakota St.	101.7	Summit
207	North Florida	99.3	Atlantic Sun
208	North Texas	106.5	Conference USA
209	Northeastern	102.3	Colonial Athletic
210	Northern Arizona	98.4	Big Sky
211	Northern Colorado	103.9	Big Sky
212	Northern Illinois	99.2	Mid-American
213	Northern Iowa	109.4	Missouri Valley
214	Northern Kentucky	102.3	Horizon
215	Northwestern	103.5	Big Ten
216	Northwestern St.	89.8	Southland
217	Notre Dame	109.1	Atlantic Coast
218	Oakland	95.2	Horizon
219	Ohio	97.6	Mid-American
220	Ohio St.	115.4	Big Ten
221	Oklahoma	109.9	Big 12
222	Oklahoma St.	107.4	Big 12
223	Old Dominion	99.9	Conference USA
224	Omaha	97.3	Summit
225	Oral Roberts	101.8	Summit
226	Oregon	113.8	Pac-12
227	Oregon St.	106.5	Pac-12
228	Pacific	101.0	West Coast
229	Penn	101.4	Ivy
230	Penn St.	113.9	Big Ten
231	Pepperdine	100.8	West Coast
232	Pittsburgh	107.0	Atlantic Coast
233	Portland	94.2	West Coast
234	Portland St.	97.6	Big Sky
235	Prairie View A&M	97.5	Southwestern Athl.
236	Presbyterian	88.2	Big South
237	Princeton	98.3	Ivy
238	Providence	107.7	Big East
239	Purdue	112.5	Big Ten
240	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.0	Summit
241	Quinnipiac	95.0	Metro Atlantic
242	Radford	100.0	Big South
243	Rhode Island	109.3	Atlantic 10
244	Rice	95.1	Conference USA
245	Richmond	107.5	Atlantic 10
246	Rider	98.2	Metro Atlantic
247	Robert Morris	96.5	Northeast
248	Rutgers	112.5	Big Ten
249	Sacramento St.	98.0	Big Sky
250	Sacred Heart	97.6	Northeast
251	Saint Joseph’s	94.5	Atlantic 10
252	Saint Louis	105.3	Atlantic 10
253	Saint Mary’s	111.1	West Coast
254	Saint Peter’s	95.7	Metro Atlantic
255	Sam Houston St.	100.2	Southland
256	Samford	92.8	Southern
257	San Diego	96.5	West Coast
258	San Diego St.	115.8	Mountain West
259	San Francisco	106.2	West Coast
260	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
261	Santa Clara	101.7	West Coast
262	SE Louisiana	87.8	Southland
263	SE Missouri	88.1	Ohio Valley
264	Seattle	97.4	Western Athletic
265	Seton Hall	115.5	Big East
266	Siena	97.8	Metro Atlantic
267	SIU Edwardsville	87.2	Ohio Valley
268	SMU	106.8	American Athletic
269	South Alabama	99.5	Sun Belt
270	South Carolina	106.7	Southeastern
271	South Carolina St.	89.0	Mideastern Athletic
272	South Dakota	99.5	Summit
273	South Dakota St.	102.9	Summit
274	South Florida	102.8	American Athletic
275	Southern	90.8	Southwestern Athl.
276	Southern Illinois	100.2	Missouri Valley
277	Southern Miss.	94.0	Conference USA
278	Southern Utah	101.5	Big Sky
279	St. Bonaventure	102.8	Atlantic 10
280	St. Francis (NY)	91.6	Northeast
281	St. Francis (PA)	96.9	Northeast
282	St. John’s	107.5	Big East
283	Stanford	110.1	Pac-12
284	Stephen F. Austin	103.3	Southland
285	Stetson	91.5	Atlantic Sun
286	Stony Brook	102.1	America East
287	Syracuse	109.3	Atlantic Coast
288	TCU	107.8	Big 12
289	Temple	105.4	American Athletic
290	Tennessee	108.9	Southeastern
291	Tennessee St.	95.3	Ohio Valley
292	Tennessee Tech	87.6	Ohio Valley
293	Texas	107.8	Big 12
294	Texas A&M	101.7	Southeastern
295	Texas A&M CC	92.4	Southland
296	Texas Southern	94.9	Southwestern Athl.
297	Texas St.	103.1	Sun Belt
298	Texas Tech	113.1	Big 12
299	Toledo	103.0	Mid-American
300	Towson	100.6	Colonial Athletic
301	Troy	93.0	Sun Belt
302	Tulane	99.1	American Athletic
303	Tulsa	106.8	American Athletic
304	UAB	98.7	Conference USA
305	UC Davis	95.5	Big West
306	UC Irvine	103.4	Big West
307	UC Riverside	97.3	Big West
308	UC Santa Barbara	98.9	Big West
309	UCLA	103.8	Pac-12
310	UM Baltimore Co.	91.9	America East
311	UMass Lowell	93.0	America East
312	UNC Asheville	92.8	Big South
313	UNC Greensboro	107.9	Southern
314	UNC Wilmington	91.4	Colonial Athletic
315	UNLV	102.8	Mountain West
316	USC	109.4	Pac-12
317	USC Upstate	90.0	Big South
318	UT Arlington	103.2	Sun Belt
319	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.9	Western Athletic
320	UT-Martin	90.4	Ohio Valley
321	Utah	104.6	Pac-12
322	Utah St.	110.5	Mountain West
323	Utah Valley	94.0	Western Athletic
324	UTEP	100.2	Conference USA
325	UTSA	98.2	Conference USA
326	Valparaiso	99.9	Missouri Valley
327	Vanderbilt	99.8	Southeastern
328	VCU	111.1	Atlantic 10
329	Vermont	107.4	America East
330	Villanova	114.1	Big East
331	Virginia	109.3	Atlantic Coast
332	Virginia Tech	107.7	Atlantic Coast
333	VMI	93.5	Southern
334	Wagner	89.0	Northeast
335	Wake Forest	104.3	Atlantic Coast
336	Washington	110.1	Pac-12
337	Washington St.	102.8	Pac-12
338	Weber St.	94.6	Big Sky
339	West Virginia	117.3	Big 12
340	Western Carolina	100.0	Southern
341	Western Illinois	88.9	Summit
342	Western Kentucky	104.3	Conference USA
343	Western Michigan	95.4	Mid-American
344	Wichita St.	111.4	American Athletic
345	William & Mary	100.2	Colonial Athletic
346	Winthrop	103.2	Big South
347	Wisconsin	111.7	Big Ten
348	Wofford	101.9	Southern
349	Wright St.	104.4	Horizon
350	Wyoming	92.5	Mountain West
351	Xavier	108.8	Big East
352	Yale	108.7	Ivy
353	Youngstown St.	95.1	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

#	America East	PiRate
1	Vermont	107.4
2	Stony Brook	102.1
3	Albany	95.9
4	Hartford	93.6
5	New Hampshire	93.4
6	UMass Lowell	93.0
7	UM Baltimore Co.	91.9
8	Maine	88.9
9	Binghamton	88.1
Avg	America East	94.9
#	American Athletic	PiRate
1	Houston	112.5
2	Wichita St.	111.4
3	Cincinnati	110.9
4	Memphis	109.9
5	Connecticut	107.3
6	SMU	106.8
7	Tulsa	106.8
8	Temple	105.4
9	Central Florida	103.9
10	South Florida	102.8
11	Tulane	99.1
12	East Carolina	96.1
Avg	American Athletic	106.1
#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
1	Dayton	117.2
2	VCU	111.1
3	Rhode Island	109.3
4	Richmond	107.5
5	Davidson	105.6
6	Duquesne	105.6
7	Saint Louis	105.3
8	St. Bonaventure	102.8
9	George Mason	100.0
10	La Salle	99.4
11	Massachusetts	98.6
12	George Washington	98.0
13	Saint Joseph’s	94.5
14	Fordham	94.1
Avg.	Atlantic 10	103.5
#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	121.4
2	Louisville	116.2
3	Florida St.	113.9
4	North Carolina St.	109.4
5	Virginia	109.3
6	Syracuse	109.3
7	Notre Dame	109.1
8	North Carolina	108.1
9	Virginia Tech	107.7
10	Georgia Tech	107.1
11	Pittsburgh	107.0
12	Clemson	107.0
13	Miami (Fla.)	104.5
14	Wake Forest	104.3
15	Boston College	100.4
Avg	Atlantic Coast	109.0
#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
1	Liberty	106.8
2	North Florida	99.3
3	Jacksonville	95.2
4	Lipscomb	94.2
5	North Alabama	93.6
6	NJIT	93.3
7	Stetson	91.5
8	Florida Gulf Coast	91.0
9	Kennesaw St.	81.8
Avg	Atlantic Sun	94.1
#	Big 12	PiRate
1	Kansas	121.4
2	Baylor	117.8
3	West Virginia	117.3
4	Texas Tech	113.1
5	Oklahoma	109.9
6	Iowa St.	108.4
7	TCU	107.8
8	Texas	107.8
9	Oklahoma St.	107.4
10	Kansas St.	106.6
Avg	Big 12	111.8
#	Big East	PiRate
1	Seton Hall	115.5
2	Butler	114.2
3	Villanova	114.1
4	Marquette	113.0
5	Creighton	112.2
6	Georgetown	109.6
7	Xavier	108.8
8	Providence	107.7
9	St. John’s	107.5
10	DePaul	107.2
Avg	Big East	111.0
#	Big Sky	PiRate
1	Northern Colorado	103.9
2	Southern Utah	101.5
3	Eastern Washington	100.4
4	Montana	99.2
5	Northern Arizona	98.4
6	Sacramento St.	98.0
7	Portland St.	97.6
8	Montana St.	97.0
9	Weber St.	94.6
10	Idaho St.	91.8
11	Idaho	90.1
#	Big Sky	97.5
#	Big South	PiRate
1	Winthrop	103.2
2	Radford	100.0
3	Gardner-Webb	95.2
4	Campbell	93.2
5	UNC Asheville	92.8
6	Charleston Southern	91.9
7	Hampton	90.3
8	USC Upstate	90.0
9	Longwood	89.6
10	Presbyterian	88.2
11	High Point	86.1
Avg	Big South	92.8
#	Big Ten	PiRate
1	Michigan St.	118.8
2	Maryland	116.1
3	Ohio St.	115.4
4	Iowa	114.4
5	Penn St.	113.9
6	Illinois	113.0
7	Michigan	112.7
8	Purdue	112.5
9	Rutgers	112.5
10	Wisconsin	111.7
11	Indiana	111.4
12	Minnesota	111.2
13	Northwestern	103.5
14	Nebraska	103.1
Avg	Big Ten	112.2
#	Big West	PiRate
1	UC Irvine	103.4
2	Hawaii	99.3
3	UC Santa Barbara	98.9
4	UC Riverside	97.3
5	UC Davis	95.5
6	Cal St. Northridge	94.7
7	Cal St. Fullerton	94.3
8	Long Beach St.	92.1
9	Cal Poly	90.2
Avg	Big West	96.2
#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
1	Northeastern	102.3
2	Hofstra	101.9
3	Charleston	101.8
4	Towson	100.6
5	William & Mary	100.2
6	Delaware	98.6
7	Drexel	96.1
8	James Madison	92.4
9	UNC Wilmington	91.4
10	Elon	90.4
Avg	Colonial Athletic	97.6
#	Conference USA	PiRate
1	Louisiana Tech	108.2
2	North Texas	106.5
3	Western Kentucky	104.3
4	Marshall	101.0
5	Charlotte	100.8
6	UTEP	100.2
7	Old Dominion	99.9
8	Florida Int’l.	99.0
9	UAB	98.7
10	UTSA	98.2
11	Florida Atlantic	98.2
12	Rice	95.1
13	Southern Miss.	94.0
14	Middle Tennessee	93.0
Avg	Conference USA	99.8
#	Horizon	PiRate
1	Wright St.	104.4
2	Northern Kentucky	102.3
3	Green Bay	96.2
4	Illinois Chicago	96.1
5	Oakland	95.2
6	Youngstown St.	95.1
7	Milwaukee	94.4
8	Detroit	93.6
9	Cleveland St.	91.2
10	IUPUI	89.3
Avg	Horizon	95.8
#	Ivy	PiRate
1	Yale	108.7
2	Harvard	105.2
3	Penn	101.4
4	Princeton	98.3
5	Dartmouth	97.8
6	Brown	96.9
7	Columbia	94.4
8	Cornell	93.3
Avg	Ivy	99.5
#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
1	Rider	98.2
2	Siena	97.8
3	Monmouth	97.2
4	Canisius	96.1
5	Saint Peter’s	95.7
6	Quinnipiac	95.0
7	Fairfield	95.0
8	Manhattan	94.7
9	Iona	93.9
10	Niagara	92.2
11	Marist	88.3
Avg	Metro Atlantic	94.9
#	Mid-American	PiRate
1	Akron	107.3
2	Kent St.	104.7
3	Ball St.	104.1
4	Toledo	103.0
5	Buffalo	101.9
6	Bowling Green	100.9
7	Central Michigan	99.3
8	Northern Illinois	99.2
9	Ohio	97.6
10	Miami (O)	96.9
11	Eastern Michigan	96.4
12	Western Michigan	95.4
Avg	Mid-American	100.6
#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
1	Norfolk St.	94.9
2	Bethune Cookman	92.3
3	North Carolina Central	92.2
4	North Carolina A&T	91.9
5	Morgan St.	90.3
6	Florida A&M	90.1
7	South Carolina St.	89.0
8	Coppin St.	88.7
9	Howard	82.1
10	MD Eastern Shore	80.5
11	Delaware St.	79.8
Avg	Mideastern Athletic	88.3
#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
1	Northern Iowa	109.4
2	Loyola (Chi.)	105.7
3	Bradley	104.9
4	Indiana St.	102.6
5	Drake	101.3
6	Missouri St.	100.4
7	Southern Illinois	100.2
8	Valparaiso	99.9
9	Illinois St.	96.9
10	Evansville	93.3
Avg	Missouri Valley	101.5
#	Mountain West	PiRate
1	San Diego St.	115.8
2	Utah St.	110.5
3	Boise St.	106.4
4	Nevada	106.2
5	Colorado St.	104.6
6	UNLV	102.8
7	New Mexico	102.2
8	Fresno St.	101.4
9	Air Force	98.6
10	Wyoming	92.5
11	San Jose St.	92.0
Avg	Mountain West	103.0
#	Northeast	PiRate
1	Sacred Heart	97.6
2	St. Francis (PA)	96.9
3	Robert Morris	96.5
4	Bryant	96.3
5	Long Island	95.5
6	Merrimack	95.3
7	Mount St. Mary’s	94.4
8	St. Francis (NY)	91.6
9	Fairleigh Dickinson	91.0
10	Wagner	89.0
11	Central Connecticut	81.1
Avg	Northeast	93.2
#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
1	Belmont	105.5
2	Murray St.	102.5
3	Austin Peay	101.2
4	Eastern Illinois	96.4
5	Tennessee St.	95.3
6	Jacksonville St.	94.9
7	Morehead St.	91.8
8	Eastern Kentucky	91.1
9	UT-Martin	90.4
10	SE Missouri	88.1
11	Tennessee Tech	87.6
12	SIU Edwardsville	87.2
Avg	Ohio Valley	94.3
#	Pac-12	PiRate
1	Arizona	116.6
2	Oregon	113.8
3	Colorado	112.9
4	Stanford	110.1
5	Washington	110.1
6	USC	109.4
7	Arizona St.	108.0
8	Oregon St.	106.5
9	Utah	104.6
10	UCLA	103.8
11	Washington St.	102.8
12	California	99.9
Avg	Pac-12	108.2
#	Patriot	PiRate
1	Colgate	102.4
2	Boston U	99.5
3	Lafayette	98.2
4	American	96.4
5	Navy	96.4
6	Bucknell	96.1
7	Army	94.0
8	Loyola (MD)	92.6
9	Lehigh	91.6
10	Holy Cross	86.9
Avg	Patriot	95.4
#	Southeastern	PiRate
1	Kentucky	113.1
2	LSU	112.9
3	Auburn	112.5
4	Arkansas	112.5
5	Florida	111.9
6	Alabama	111.3
7	Mississippi St.	111.2
8	Tennessee	108.9
9	South Carolina	106.7
10	Missouri	106.5
11	Georgia	106.0
12	Mississippi	104.5
13	Texas A&M	101.7
14	Vanderbilt	99.8
Avg	Southeastern	108.5
#	Southern	PiRate
1	UNC Greensboro	107.9
2	East Tennessee St.	107.5
3	Furman	106.5
4	Wofford	101.9
5	Chattanooga	100.2
6	Western Carolina	100.0
7	Mercer	97.2
8	VMI	93.5
9	Samford	92.8
10	Citadel	90.1
Avg	Southern	99.8
#	Southland	PiRate
1	Stephen F. Austin	103.3
2	Sam Houston St.	100.2
3	Nicholls St.	98.1
4	Abilene Christian	97.7
5	McNeese St.	96.2
6	Lamar	93.7
7	Texas A&M CC	92.4
8	Central Arkansas	91.5
9	Northwestern St.	89.8
10	New Orleans	89.8
11	SE Louisiana	87.8
12	Houston Baptist	84.4
13	Incarnate Word	82.8
Avg	Southland	92.9
#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
1	Prairie View A&M	97.5
2	Texas Southern	94.9
3	Alcorn St.	92.2
4	Southern	90.8
5	Grambling	89.9
6	Jackson St.	89.3
7	Alabama St.	86.9
8	Alabama A&M	86.6
9	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.6
10	Mississippi Valley St.	78.6
Avg	Southwestern Athletic	89.0
#	Summit	PiRate
1	South Dakota St.	102.9
2	Oral Roberts	101.8
3	North Dakota St.	101.7
4	South Dakota	99.5
5	Omaha	97.3
6	North Dakota	95.9
7	Purdue Fort Wayne	94.0
8	Denver	90.4
9	Western Illinois	88.9
Avg	Summit	96.9
#	Sun Belt	PiRate
1	Georgia St.	105.1
2	UT Arlington	103.2
3	Texas St.	103.1
4	Little Rock	102.3
5	Georgia Southern	101.8
6	Appalachian St.	99.8
7	South Alabama	99.5
8	Coastal Carolina	98.6
9	Arkansas St.	97.2
10	Louisiana	95.2
11	Louisiana Monroe	93.2
12	Troy	93.0
Avg	Sun Belt	99.3
#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	120.0
2	BYU	113.5
3	Saint Mary’s	111.1
4	San Francisco	106.2
5	Santa Clara	101.7
6	Pacific	101.0
7	Pepperdine	100.8
8	Loyola Marymount	97.0
9	San Diego	96.5
10	Portland	94.2
Avg	West Coast	104.2
#	Western Athletic	PiRate
1	New Mexico St.	104.7
2	California Baptist	99.2
3	Seattle	97.4
4	Missouri-KC	96.4
5	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.4
6	Grand Canyon	95.7
7	Utah Valley	94.0
8	UT Rio Grande Valley	93.9
9	Chicago St.	76.7
Avg	Western Athletic	94.9

 

Conference Ratings

 

#	Conference	PiRate
1	Big Ten	112.2
2	Big 12	111.8
3	Big East	111.0
4	Atlantic Coast	109.0
5	Southeastern	108.5
6	Pac-12	108.2
7	American Athletic	106.1
8	West Coast	104.2
9	Atlantic 10	103.5
10	Mountain West	103.0
11	Missouri Valley	101.5
12	Mid-American	100.6
13	Conference USA	99.8
14	Southern	99.8
15	Ivy	99.5
16	Sun Belt	99.3
17	Colonial Athletic	97.6
18	Big Sky	97.5
19	Summit	96.9
20	Big West	96.2
21	Horizon	95.8
22	Patriot	95.4
23	Western Athletic	94.9
24	Metro Atlantic	94.9
25	America East	94.9
26	Ohio Valley	94.3
27	Atlantic Sun	94.1
28	Northeast	93.2
29	Southland	92.9
30	Big South	92.8
31	Southwestern Athletic	89.0
32	Mideastern Athletic	88.3

 

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PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Sunday, March 17, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home

Rating

HCA

Visitor

Rating

Spread

Houston	114.9	0.0	Cincinnati	111.1	3.8
Saint Louis	102.6	0.0	St. Bonaventure	102.2	0.4
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Michigan	118.5	2.4
Yale	106.0	2.5	Harvard	103.0	5.5
Tennessee	119.0	1.0	Auburn	115.8	4.2
Georgia St.	103.2	0.0	UT-Arlington	99.3	3.9

Late Saturday Night Bracketology Update

Includes Oregon’s Championship Win in the Pac-12

March 17, 2019 (AM Edition)
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Virginia	Gonzaga	North Carolina
2	Michigan St.	Tennessee	Michigan	Kentucky
3	Houston	Purdue	Texas Tech	LSU
4	Florida St.	Kansas St.	Wisconsin	Kansas
5	Auburn	Villanova	Virginia Tech	Mississippi St.
6	Buffalo	Marquette	Cincinnati	Iowa St.
7	Wofford	Maryland	Louisville	Nevada
8	Iowa	Seton Hall	Minnesota	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Syracuse	Baylor	Central Florida
10	Virginia Commonwealth	Utah St.	Ohio St.	Oklahoma
11	Oregon	TCU	Temple/North Carolina St.	St. John’s/Florida
12	Saint Mary’s	Murray St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
13	Liberty	UC-Irvine	Old Dominion	Montana
14	St. 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 4 Bye	Virginina Commonwealth	Ohio St.	Oklahoma	TCU
Last 4 In	Temple	Florida	St. John’s	North Carolina St.

 

First 4 Out	Arizona St.	Belmont	UNC Greensboro	Furman
Next 4 Out	Indiana	Alabama	Clemson	Texas

 

The Bracket Gurus Take Over The Bracketology Seeding Sunday

Next Bracketology Update–Sunday Early Afternoon

Final Bracketology Update–Once Big Ten Championship Game Winner is Known

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Tournament Update–Sunday, March 5, 2017

First Ticket Punched

Welcome Jacksonville State to the giant Dance Studio of March.  The Gamecocks have been a small football factory at the FCS level, noted for upsetting Ole Miss and almost knocking off Auburn in recent years.  As a basketball member of Division 1, JSU has never been a contender for the NCAA Tournament.  In fact, in a score of seasons at the D1 level, the school has produced just four overall winning records with no conference championships.

Last year, the Gamecocks finished just 8-23 and parted ways with Coach James Green.  Enter Coach Ray Harper, who had just resigned from Western Kentucky following a WKU School suspension of three key players.  Harper came to JSU with two Division II national titles, two NAIA national titles, and two D1 NCAA appearances while with the Hilltoppers.

Even with such a stellar resume, not even Coach K himself could have made the so-called media experts select the Gamecocks to finish first in the Ohio Valley Conference this year, nor even make the upper half of the standings.  JSU was a consensus 12th-place pick out of 12 teams in the league.

Not only did Harper guide the Gamecocks well above last place, he took JSU to a winning record in the league and winning record overall.  Then, he upset top-seed Belmont to make it to the OVC Championship Game, where the Gamecocks looked like they were definitely the best team in the league at this point of the season.

Jacksonville State thus becomes team number one in the NCAA Tournament with an overall record of 20-14.  They are likely to be a #16 seed and at best a #15, but they will not lay down and allow a #1 seed to walk all over them.  Expect a tough fight from these Gamecocks.

 

Three More Tickets Issued Today

By the end of the day, there will be a quartet of teams in the Field of 68.  Surprise 7th-seed Campbell (17-16) faces a challenging task, as the Camels must go to top-seed Winthrop (25-6) to decide the Big South Championship.  That game will air on ESPN at 1:00PM Eastern Time.  If Campbell wins, the Camels are virtually assured of knowing they will have to go to Dayton for a First Four game.  If Winthrop wins, the Eagles just might move up to a 13-seed and should be no worse than a 14-seed, and a formidable one at that.

 

An hour later, the finale of Arch Madness (Missouri Valley Conference) tips off on CBS, and the top two seeds have made it to the championship round for their rubber game grudge match.  Top-seed Illinois State (27-5) is actually an underdog to second-seed Wichita State (29-4) and for good reason.  The Shockers look as strong at this point of the season as they did when they advanced to the Final Four a few years back.  Coach Greg Marshall’s WSU team has won 14 games in a row, including an incredible 41-point win over ISU four weeks ago.  Some bracketologists believe that the loser of this game could move outside of the good part of the bubble, but most of our Bracketology Gurus have the Valley sending both teams to the Dance.

 

At 3:00 PM Eastern today, the Atlantic Sun Title Game will tip off in a game between rivals from the Sunshine State.  3-seed North Florida (15-18) visits perennial league champion and top-seed Florida Gulf Coast (25-7).  The two teams played in Fort Myers at the end of January, and FGCU pulled away in the second half to win by 15 thanks to a hot night from guard Brandon Goodwin.  In a semifinal win at 2-seed Lipscomb, you might have been confused and thought that the names on the back of the UNF jerseys read, “Curry,” “Harden,” and “Korver,” as the Ospreys hit three-pointer after three-pointer to pull away from Lipscomb quickly.  They will have to have a repeat performance to have a chance to upset FGCU today.

 

Have We Got Offense For You

We are true hardwood junkies here on the PiRate Ship.  And, we keep a close watch on all the low and mid-major conferences, where there are teams operating under the radar and not getting any national publicity.  If you really love basketball and especially love the style of play that was prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s, when teams raced up and down the floor with 80-possession games, then there is a must watch game for you tonight.

In the Summit League, at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, Fort Wayne will take on Omaha in a quarterfinal match.  The last time these two teams squared off, Ft. Wayne won 108-101 in overtime, and there is no reason to think tonight’s game will be much different.  That 45-minute game saw both teams accumulate 91 possessions, and even if they only play 40 minutes tonight, they could easily top 80 possessions apiece.

 

The Inaugural Ivy League Tournament Is Finally Set

Call us snobbish or traditional, but most of us buckaroos and buckarettes here really like the Ivy League basketball season.  Our head Captain here can remember Bill Bradley playing at Princeton and Jim McMillan playing at Columbia, and he has followed this league like he is the commissioner himself.

Last night, Penn upset Harvard, while Columbia fell to Yale.  The Lions could not protect a five-point second half lead, and then after Yale took a four-point lead, Columbia fought back to tie the game with less than 90 seconds to go.  A missed three-pointer when there was a possible high-percentage two-pointer available led to Yale getting the rebound with the lead in the final minute, and the Bulldogs then held onto the ball, forcing Columbia to foul.  Unfortunately for the Lions, they had yet to put Yale in the bonus, and they did not force the seventh foul until there were less than five seconds remaining.  Miye Oni hit both foul shots for Yale to put the dagger in CU’s hopes.

So, the first ever Ivy League Tournament will feature top-seed Princeton, who went a perfect 14-0 in the league facing fourth-seed Penn in one semifinal match, while Harvard and Yale meet in the other semifinal.  If the Ivy League had wanted to script the perfect first ever tournament, they would have wanted it exactly like this.  Two sets of arch-rivals with the weakest of the four teams hosting the thing at the most venerable Eastern gymnasium, the Palestra.  Hey Ivy League brass–we are waiting for our media pass!  We’ll sit anywhere and even move the dust mop across the floor at halftime and during timeouts.

Today’s Tournament Schedule (by Conference)

Time	Network	Conference	Team	vs.	Team
3:00 PM	ESPN	A_Sun TITLE	Florida Gulf Coast	vs.	North Florida
1:00 PM	ESPN	B-South TITLE	Winthrop	vs.	Campbell
2:00 PM	Comcast SN	Colonial	UNC-Wilmington	vs.	William & Mary
4:30 PM	Comcast SN	Colonial	College of Charleston	vs.	Northeastern
5:00 PM	ESPN3	Horizon	Green Bay	vs.	Illinois-Chicago
7:30 PM	ESPN3	Horizon	Northern Kentucky	vs.	Wright St.
4:30 PM	ESPN3	MAAC	Monmouth	vs.	Siena
7:00 PM	ESPN3	MAAC	St. Peter’s	vs.	Iona
2:00 PM	CBS	MVC  TITLE	Illinois St.	vs.	Wichita St.
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Patriot	Boston U	vs.	Lehigh
2:00 PM	CBSSN	Patriot	Bucknell	vs.	Navy
5:00 PM	ESPN3	SoCon	UNC-Greensboro	vs.	Wofford
7:30 PM	ESPN3	SoCon	East Tennessee St.	vs.	Samford
7:00 PM	ESPN3	Summit	South Dakota St.	vs.	Denver
9:30 PM	ESPN3	Summit	Omaha	vs.	Fort Wayne

Schedule by Tip-off Time

Time	Network	Conference	Team	vs.	Team
12:00 PM	CBSSN	Patriot	Boston U	vs.	Lehigh
1:00 PM	ESPN	Big South	Winthrop	vs.	Campbell
2:00 PM	Comcast SN	Colonial	UNC-Wilmington	vs.	William & Mary
2:00 PM	CBS	MVC	Illinois St.	vs.	Wichita St.
2:00 PM	CBSSN	Patriot	Bucknell	vs.	Navy
3:00 PM	ESPN	Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	vs.	North Florida
4:30 PM	Comcast SN	Colonial	College of Charleston	vs.	Northeastern
4:30 PM	ESPN3	MAAC	Monmouth	vs.	Siena
5:00 PM	ESPN3	Horizon	Green Bay	vs.	Illinois-Chicago
5:00 PM	ESPN3	SoCon	UNC-Greensboro	vs.	Wofford
7:00 PM	ESPN3	MAAC	St. Peter’s	vs.	Iona
7:00 PM	ESPN3	Summit	South Dakota St.	vs.	Denver
7:30 PM	ESPN3	Horizon	Northern Kentucky	vs.	Wright St.
7:30 PM	ESPN3	SoCon	East Tennessee St.	vs.	Samford
9:30 PM	ESPN3	Summit	Omaha	vs.	Fort Wayne

Coming Tomorrow: An updated Bracketology Gurus report plus all the tournament brackets and the schedule of games for Monday.

PiRate Ratings NCAA Basketball Report for January 28, 2012

Welcome back to College Basketball PiRate style.  We have a unique way of looking at the NCAA Tournament, and as March approaches, we will review what we call Bracketnomics.  Until then, we will concentrate on focusing in on the teams that are in contention for an NCAA berth.

 

In this week’s preview, we will focus on the low-major conferences.  In most years, these leagues would have no shot at sending multiple teams to the Big Dance.  However, that is not an impossible task this year.

 

Before we get to each of the 16 low-major conferences, let’s take a look at which low and mid-major teams appear in the top 50 in the RPI rankings (as of Friday, January 27, 2012).

 

There are 14 teams on the list.  Creighton, Southern Mississippi, and Gonzaga all appear in the second ten, and these teams would appear to be safe at-large teams if they do not win automatic bids.

 

San Diego State, Wichita State, Murray State, and St. Mary’s all have RPIs in the 20’s.  If these four teams continue to play at the same pace, they should have no trouble getting at-large bids as well.

 

Long Beach State, Oral Roberts, Davidson, Middle Tennessee, Harvard, Northern Iowa, and Iona have RPIs in the 40’s.  They need to improve on their resumes in order to be under consideration for at-large bids.

 

Here is our look at the bottom 16 conferences.

 

America East (definite 1-bid conference)

Stony Brook 8-1  13-7

Boston U. 7-2  11-12

Vermont 6-2  12-10

 

Stony Brook defeated Boston last night to take a one game lead over the Terriers.  BU had defeated Stony Brook two weeks earlier in the first contest.

 

Stony Brook is led by blue-collar worker Tommy Brenton.  He does all the dirty work—gets rebounds, makes great passes, and plays excellent defense.

 

Boston U has a big scorer in Darryl Partin, who averages 20 points per game.  D. J. Irving sets him up with crisp passes.  Irving scores 12 points per game and dishes out 5.5 assists per contest.

 

Atlantic Sun (definite 1-bid conference)

Belmont 7-2  14-7

Mercer 7-2  15-7

USC Upstate 7-3  13-9

 

Belmont defeated Mercer earlier this year, so the Bruins technically are in first place.  This Belmont team is not as good as last year’s 30-win squad, but they cannot be overlooked.  Belmont lost by one at Duke.

 

Seven teams are within two games of first in this league, so the conference tournament should be quite interesting. 

 

Big Sky (definite 1-bid conference)

Weber State 8-0  16-3

Montana 7-1  14-6

Montana St. 6-2  11-8

 

Weber State wins games at the free throw line.  The Wildcats lead the nation in free throw percentage at better than 80%, and they have a chance to break the all-time single season mark.  Two Wildcats, Damian Lillard and Scott Bamforth, average better than 90% from the line.  Lillard leads the Big Sky in scoring at 25 points per game.

 

The Wildcats have won 10 games in a row, outscoring opponents by an average of 80.1 to 62.5.

 

Big South (definite 1-bid conference)

UNC-Asheville 10-1  15-7

Coastal Carolina 8-2  15-5

Campbell 8-3  14-9

Charleston Southern 7-3  13-7

V M I 6-5  11-10

 

UNCA is a scoring machine.  The Bulldogs average 83 points per game and shoot close to 50% per game.  They have a great two-man tandem in Matt Dickey and J. P. Primm.  Both average 16 points per game and make it tough for opposing backcourts to matchup.

 

Coastal Carolina has a better inside game and could be the better NCAA Tournament team if they can get there.  CCU owns wins over LSU and Clemson.

 

Big West (possible 2-bid conference)

Long Beach St. 8-0  15-6

 

The 49ers have a 2 ½-game lead over Cal State Fullerton and UCSB.  LBSU defeated Pitt and Xavier and lost close games to San Diego State, Louisville, North Carolina, and Kansas.  The 49ers have three star players capable of starting in big conferences.  T. J. Robinson averages a double-double.  Casper Ware and Larry Anderson make the league’s best guard tandem.  Should LBSU win the regular season title with no or just one conference loss, the 49ers could still get into the Big Dance if they lost in the finals of the Big West Tournament.

 

Ivy League (possible 2-bid conference)

Harvard 3-0  17-2

Penn 2-0  10-9

Yale 2-1  12-5

Princeton 1-1  10-8

 

Harvard trounced Yale last night in New Haven by 30 points.  The Crimson have an RPI rating in the 40’s, and they might have a shot at an at-large bid if they finished tied for first in the Ivy at 13-1 and lost in a conference playoff. 

 

Penn and Princeton are always threats to run off a string of conference victories, but we believe that this is Tommy Amaker’s year in Boston.  Harvard has a win over Florida State.

 

M A A C (possible 2-bid conference)

Iona 8-2  16-5

Loyola (MD) 8-2  15-5

Manhattan 8-2  15-7

 

All three co-leaders won last night.  Iona has the best resume to date, and with an RPI in the high 40’s, the Gaels are on the cusp of at-large status.  They lead the nation in assists per game with 20, and they shoot almost 50% from the field.  They own a 26-point win over Maryland, and they lost by one to Purdue.

 

M E A C (definite 1-bid conference)

Norfolk State  7-0  15-6

Bethune-Cookman 6-1  9-12

Savannah St. 5-2  10-10

 

Norfolk State may be the best MEAC team in the last five years.  They lost by just two points to Marquette earlier this year, and at 15-6, they have a good shot at winning 20 regular season games.  The Spartans must play at Bethune-Cookman in the only meeting of the top two teams.

 

Kyle O’Quinn averages 16 points and 10 rebounds per game, and he shoots 59% from the field.  O’Quinn stands a great chance of winning league MVP honors.

 

N E C (definite 1-bid conference)

Long Island 8-1  14-7

Wagner 7-2  16-4

Robert Morris 7-2  16-6

St. Francis NY 7-2  10-10

 

Long Island is not as good this year as last, but the Blackbirds are still the class of the league.  LIU swept Wagner already, so the Blackbirds would have to lose twice for Wagner to have any chance to win the regular season title.

 

LIU still has three top notch stars.  Julian Boyd and Jamal Olasewere team for 33 points and 17 boards per game, while Jason Brickman averages six assists per game.

 

Wagner defeated Pittsburgh, Penn, and Princeton this year, so the Seahawks might be a better matchup for a major conference opponent in the NCAA Tournament.

 

Ohio Valley (possible 2-bid league)

Murray State 8-0  20-0

 

The Racers have moved up to number nine in the nation, the first OVC team to crack the Top 10 since Western Kentucky was a member in the early 1970’s.  The last undefeated team in the nation has a small chance of running the table in the regular season.

 

The Racers are winning games with excellent outside shooting, where they average 42% from behind the arc.  Isaiah Canaan is the best of those outside shooters, hitting 47% three pointers and 18.7 points per game.

 

Patriot League (definite 1-bid league)

Bucknell 6-0  16-6

Lehigh 4-2  16-6

 

Bucknell may not be strong enough to pull off an epic upset in the first round of the Big Dance, but the Bison will be a tough out in the first round.  They lost by 12 to both Minnesota and Vanderbilt and lost by 19 to Syracuse.  The Bison have won eight games in a row.

 

Southern (possible 2-bid league)

North

Elon 5-3  10-9

UNC-Greensboro 5-4  7-14

 

South

Davidson 9-0  15-4

 

Davidson could possibly earn an at-large bid if the Wildcats failed to earn an automatic bid.  The Wildcats won at Kansas.

 

Southland (definite 1-bid league)

East

Northwestern State 4-2  11-9

McNeese State 4-2  8-10

 

West

UT-Arlington 6-0  14-5

UT-San Antonio 5-1  13-7

 

UT-Arlington has won 10 games in a row after beginning the season at 4-5.  They lost to Baylor by 10 points.  UTA has excellent depth for a low-major team.

 

S W A C (definite 1-bid league)

Mississippi Valley State 7-0  8-11

Southern 6-2  10-11

Texas Southern 5-2  6-13

 

No team in this league has a winning record, so it is a strong chance the winner of the SWAC Tournament will be making a quick trip to Dayton for the play-in round.

 

Mississippi Valley has won seven games in a row after beginning the season 1-11.  Among the teams that beat them are Notre Dame, North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Ole Miss.

 

Summit League (possible 2-bid league)

Oral Roberts 11-0  19-4

South Dakota State 8-2  16-6

 

Oral Roberts has reeled off 12 straight victories and moved up to the mid 40’s in the RPI rating.  ORU owns a 22-point win over Xavier.  Two of their four losses came at the hands of Gonzaga by six and West Virginia by seven.

 

Sunbelt (possible 2-bid league)

East

Middle Tennessee 9-0  20-2

 

West

Denver 6-2  16-5

 

This could be Middle Tennessee’s best ever team.  The Blue Raiders have made waves in the NCAA Tournament in the past, knocking off Kentucky in 1982.

 

This Middle Tennessee team won by 20 points at UCLA, and if they can knock off Vanderbilt today, the Blue Raiders could move into the Top 25.  They have excellent depth and can go 10 or 11 deep.  Laron Dendy is the leader of the team.

NCAA Basketball Conference Tournaments–March 12 Update

Bucknell Joins The Dance Party

The Bucknell Bison earned the Patriot League’s automatic bid Friday with a 72-54 victory over Lafayette.  Versatile big man Mike Muscala led the Bison with 18 points while sharpshooter Bryson Johnson added 15.

 

Bucknell improved to 25-8 on the season.  They project to be a 12 or 13-seed.

 

12 More Bids To Go Out Saturday

 

This is the busiest day of the tournament schedule.  13 conferences will crown their champion, and four other conferences will conduct semifinal rounds.  All told, every single one of the 21 games scheduled will be televised nationally.  Do you have enough televisions and a good high-speed computer?

 

Here is a conference-by-conference look at all the action.

 

All Game Times EST

 

Atlantic Coast Conference—Greensboro, NC

Quarterfinal Round

#1 North Carolina  61  #9 Miami  59

#4 Clemson  70  #5 Boston College  47

#2 Duke  87  #7 Maryland  71

#6 Virginia Tech  52  #3 Florida State  51 

 

Semifinal Round

#1 North Carolina (25-6)  vs. #4 Clemson (21-10)  1:30 PM  ESPN 

#2 Duke (28-4)  vs. #6 Virginia Tech (21-11)  3:45 PM  ESPN

 

All four teams are safely in the NCAA Tournament.  The Hokies secured a spot in the Dance with the nail-biting win over the Seminoles.

 

America East Conference

Championship Round

#5 Stony Brook (15-16)  at #2 Boston U (20-13)  12 Noon  ESPN2

 

Boston U won both regular season meetings.  The Terriers won 67-62 at home and 62-49 on the road.  They win with their defense, as they only shoot 40.6% from the field.

 

Atlantic 10 Conference—Atlantic City, NJ

Quarterfinal Round

#9 Dayton  68  #1 Xavier  67

#12 St. Joseph’s  93  #4 Duquesne  90  ot

#2 Temple  96  #10 LaSalle  76

#3 Richmond  55  #6 Rhode Island 45

 

Semifinal Round

#9 Dayton (21-12)  vs. #12 St. Joseph’s (11-21)  1 PM  CBS College

#2 Temple (25-6)  vs. #3 Richmond (24-7)  3:30 PM  CBS College

 

The Bubble teams will have to sweat it out all the way until Sunday.  At least one long shot will advance to the Championship Game.  Neither St. Joe’s nor Dayton is getting an at-large bid, and one of the two will be playing for an automatic bid Sunday.  Both Temple and Richmond are in the Dance.

 

Big 12 Conference—Kansas City

Semifinal Round

#1 Kansas  90  #5 Colorado  83

#2 Texas  70  #3 Texas A&M  58

 

Championship Game

#1 Kansas (31-2)  vs. #2 Texas (27-6)  6 PM  ESPN

 

The Jayhawks are still playing for the overall number one seed, while Texas is probably locked in on a number two seed.  However, with Notre Dame losing, a Longhorn win could put them in the conversation, especially if Duke does not win the ACC Tournament.

 

Big East Conference—New York City

Semifinal Round

#9 Connecticut  76  #4 Syracuse  71  ot

#3 Louisville 83  #2 Notre Dame  77  ot 

 

Championship Game

#3 Louisville (25-8)  vs. #9 Connecticut (25-9)  9 PM  ESPN

 

Connecticut becomes the first team ever to play five games in five days in modern college basketball history.  Will they have anything left in the tank next week when it really counts?  Louisville’s win more than likely killed any chance for the Irish getting a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament.

 

Big Ten Conference—Indianapolis

Quarterfinal Round

#1 Ohio State  67  #8 Northwestern  61 ot

#4 Michigan  60  #5 Illinois  55

#7 Michigan State  74  #2 Purdue  56

#6 Penn State  36  #3 Wisconsin 33

 

Semifinal Round

#1 Ohio State (30-2)  vs. #4 Michigan (20-12)  1:40 PM  CBS

#6 Penn State (18-13)  vs. #7 Michigan State (19-13)  4 PM  CBS

 

Michigan State has now earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament.  Penn State might move from the Bubble to in the tournament with a win over the Spartans.

 

Big West Conference—Anaheim

Semifinal Round

#1 Long Beach State  74  #7 UC-Riverside  63

#5 UC-Santa Barbara 83  #3 Cal State Northridge 63

 

Championship Game

#1 Long Beach State (22-10)  vs. #5 UC-Santa Barbara (17-13)  8 PM  ESPN2

 

Long Beach State won both meetings against the Gauchos in the regular season, and neither game was close.  The 49ers are not going to become another Butler or even repeat the exploits of Northern Iowa last year, but they could scare a favored team in the first round.  If UCSB wins, then they will make a quick exit in the first round.

 

Conference USA—El Paso, TX

Semifinal Round

#4 Memphis  76  #8 East Carolina  56

#3 U T E P  66  #2 Tulsa  54

 

Championship Game

#3 UTEP (25-8)  vs. #4 Memphis (24-9)  11:30 AM  CBS

 

The host Miners blew Memphis off the floor 74-47 in their only regular season meeting.  That game took place on this court.

 

Ivy League Playoff

Harvard (23-5)  vs. Princeton (24-6)  at Yale University  4 PM  ESPN3.com 

 

If Princeton wins a close game, there is an outside chance that the Ivy League could get two bids.

 

Mid-American Conference—Cleveland

Semifinal Round

#6 Akron  79  #2 Western Michigan  68

#1 Kent State 79  #4 Ball State 68

 

Championship Game

#1 Kent State (23-10)  vs. #6 Akron (22-12)  6 PM  ESPN2

 

The winner goes dancing, while the loser can only hope for a trip to Madison Square Garden in late March.

 

M E A C—Winston-Salem, NC

Semifinal Round

#4 Morgan State  61  #1 Bethune-Cookman  48

#2 Hampton  85  #6 Norfolk State  61

 

Championship Game

#2 Hampton (23-8)  vs. #4 Morgan State (17-13)  2 PM  ESPN2

 

Morgan State goes for a four-peat.  The Bears beat Hampton in the regular season 78-72.

 

Mountain West Conference—Las Vegas

Semifinal Round

#1 B Y U  87  #5 New Mexico  76

#2 San Diego State  74  #3 UNLV 72

 

Championship Game

#1 B Y U  (30-3)  vs. #2 San Diego State (31-2)  7 PM  Versus

 

Is the third time the charm for San Diego State?  The Aztecs’ two losses were to the Cougars.  If they can hold Jimmer Fredette under 35 points, we have a feeling that SDSU will cut down the nets. 

 

Both teams are legitimate threats to make it to the Sweet 16 and possibly a round or two farther.

 

Pac-10 Conference—Los Angeles

Semifinal Round

#1 Arizona  67  #4 Southern Cal  62

#3 Washington 69  #7 Oregon 51

 

Championship Game

#1 Arizona (27-6)  vs. #3 Washington (22-10)  6 PM  CBS

 

This should be an exciting game, even though it will not greatly affect the NCAA Tournament seedings.

 

The two teams split the season series, but the Huskies came close to sweeping.  UW won by 17 at home and fell by a single point in Tucson.  We think this is a tossup game.

 

Southeastern Conference—Atlanta

Quarterfinal Round

1W  Alabama 65  4E Georgia 59  ot

2E  Kentucky  75  3W  Ole Miss 66

1E  Florida  85  5E  Tennessee  74

3E  Vanderbilt  87  2W  Mississippi State  81

 

Semifinal Round

1W  Alabama (21-10)  vs. 2E  Kentucky (23-8)  1 PM  ABC

1E  Florida (25-6)  vs.  3E  Vanderbilt (23-9)  3:30 PM  ABC

 

Alabama played themselves into position to get one of the final at-large bids.  The Crimson Tide fans need to route against a Dayton or St. Joseph’s tournament championship in the Atlantic 10, because there is still little room for error for ‘Bama.

 

Kentucky looks unstoppable at times and then looks like a team that doesn’t belong in the tournament at others.  That’s what you get with a bunch of underclassmen and with no depth.

 

We believe this game will be close for most of the day, but the Wildcats will enjoy one nice spurt in both halves to hold off the Tide by six to 12 points.

 

Florida is playing about as well as either of their two National Champion teams.  It is hard to stop a team with five guys capable of scoring 20 points.  The Gators’ have few weaknesses.

 

Vanderbilt is a lot like Florida, but not as talented.  The Commodores have excellent outside shooters, but they cannot create their own shot like Florida’s outside shooters.  They have a couple of excellent inside scorers, but they can disappear against Florida’s inside players.  We look for the Gators to dominate this one from the beginning and win by double digits.

 

Southland Conference—Katy, TX

Championship Game

#1 McNeese State (21-10)  vs. #7 UT-San Antonio (18-13)  4 PM  ESPN2

 

S W A C—Garland, TX

Semifinal Round

#4 Alabama State  73  #1 Texas Southern  66

#6 Grambling  81  #2 Jackson State  75  ot

 

Championship Game

#4 Alabama State (16-17)  vs. #6 Grambling (12-20)  8:30 PM  ESPNU

 

The winner of this game can definitely plan on heading to Dayton for a First Four game.

 

W A C—Las Vegas

Semifinal Round

#1 Utah State  58  #8 San Jose State  54

#2 Boise State 81  #3 New Mexico State  63

 

Championship Game

#1 Utah State (29-3)  vs. #2 Boise State (20-11) 10 PM  ESPN2

 

Utah State is definitely in the Dance, so if the Broncos can pull off the big upset, another bubble will burst somewhere else.

 

Note: St. Mary’s defeated Weber State Friday night 77-54 in a non-conference game that was scheduled only two months ago.  The Gaels appear to be safe as an at-large team.