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| Alabama | San Diego St. | 7.6 |
| Houston | Miami (Fla) | 7.7 |
| Creighton | Princeton | 10.6 |
| Texas | Xavier | 3.2 |
March 24, 2023
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March 22, 2023
PiRate Ratings Bracketnomics — Sweet 16 Edition
The opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament was not so wonderful for the PiRate Ratings Bracketnomic System, as two of the projected Final Four fell out. Of the 16 teams we projected, 9 are still alive, including Connecticut, who we selected as an alternative pick for the title if you were afraid to go with a Big Ten team.
We didn’t listen to our own advice. The numbers showed Purdue to be the top team according to the Bracketnomics, but we spent multiple paragraphs telling you why Purdue’s style of play, as well as any team out of the past that was coached by a Gene Keady disciple, was not the way to win the NCAA Tournament. We thought it was time for that trend to end, but in the end, Purdue couldn’t handle the pressure defense of #16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson, and the Boilermakers became the second #1 seed to lose to a #16 seed.
There are still multiple teams remaining in the Sweet 16 that we stated had most of the resume of a national champion. Maybe you took our stats and made your own picks, like many have in the past. We know that many of you are better at interpreting this data than we are.
Many bracket pools allow people to redo their brackets each weekend, so here are the sweet 16 matchups with the bracketnomics data. If you don’t know what each item is, refer back to the Bracketnomics Primer of Monday, March, 13.
| Stat | Alabama | S. D. St |
| O-RTG | 18 | 70 |
| D-RTG | 3 | 5 |
| SOS | 61.70 | 57.60 |
| 3-Pt | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| O-Reb | 34.0 | 31.9 |
| 2PT%D | 40.9 | 49.4 |
| FTR | 36.9 | 33.4 |
| R+T Rate | 5.0 | 9.5 |
| Old R+T | 14.4 | 14.2 |
| Marg | 14.1 | 8.8 |
| Win Strk | 9 & 5 | 6 & 6 |
| Pre25 | YES | YES |
| Champ | YES | YES |
| Coach Exp | 5:4-4/1S16 | 3: 0-3 |
| 3 Upper | NO | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | NO |
| DBLFIG | 3 | 1 |
| OReb | 34.0 | 31.9 |
| OStl | 8.2 | 10.3 |
| OTurn | 15.9 | 15.1 |
| DReb | 27.7 | 25.1 |
| DStl | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| DTurn | 13.6 | 17.3 |
| Reb Marg | 7.3 | 4.9 |
| Stl/G | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| D Stl | 7.2 | 6.3 |
| TO Marg | -2.1 | 1.2 |
Everything points Alabama’s way in this game, as the Aztecs will have difficulty matching the Tide point-for-point if the first half possessions for both teams tops 35. SDSU’s only chance in this game is to force Alabama into making double digit turnovers in the first 25-28 minutes of the game.
| Stat | Creighton | Princeton |
| O-RTG | 23 | 100 |
| D-RTG | 13 | 96 |
| SOS | 59.40 | 49.80 |
| 3-Pt | 35.8 | 33.9 |
| O-Reb | 25.4 | 29.6 |
| 2PT%D | 45.8 | 47.0 |
| FTR | 28.6 | 30.7 |
| R+T Rate | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Old R+T | 8.2 | 13.5 |
| Marg | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| Win Strk | 8 & 6 | 8 & 6 |
| Pre25 | YES | NO |
| Champ | No | YES |
| Coach Exp | 10: 1S16 | 1: 0-1 |
| 3 Upper | NO | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | YES |
| DBLFIG | 5 | 3 |
| OReb | 25.4 | 29.6 |
| OStl | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| OTurn | 14.8 | 15.3 |
| DReb | 23.5 | 22.2 |
| DStl | 8.7 | 9.0 |
| DTurn | 12.5 | 13.4 |
| Reb Marg | 3.7 | 6.6 |
| Stl/G | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| D Stl | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| TO Marg | -1.7 | -1.9 |
Princeton has a small chance to win this game. They can dominate the glass and the inside game. If they can hold Creighton’s 3-point shooting under its normal rate and get 8 or more second chance points, they can make this game close. Creighton has about an 80-85% chance of winning, not a sure thing, but almost.
| Stat | FAU | Tennessee |
| O-RTG | 29 | 60 |
| D-RTG | 34 | 1 |
| SOS | 50.30 | 59.40 |
| 3-Pt | 36.7 | 33.0 |
| O-Reb | 31.2 | 36.4 |
| 2PT%D | 44.9 | 44.8 |
| FTR | 28.8 | 31.0 |
| R+T Rate | 9.4 | 14.9 |
| Old R+T | 16.4 | 19.9 |
| Marg | 13.3 | 13.4 |
| Win Strk | 20 & 9 | 8 & 5 |
| Pre25 | NO | YES |
| Champ | YES | No |
| Coach Exp | 0 | 26:1FF28 |
| 3 Upper | NO | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | NO | NO |
| DBLFIG | 3 | 3 |
| OReb | 31.2 | 36.4 |
| OStl | 9.7 | 12.5 |
| OTurn | 14.4 | 15.4 |
| DReb | 24.6 | 26.6 |
| DStl | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| DTurn | 16.1 | 19.4 |
| Reb Marg | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| Stl/G | 6.7 | 8.3 |
| D Stl | 5.6 | 6.7 |
| TO Marg | 1.0 | 2.6 |
This game is all over the map. FAU has the superior offense, but Tennessee has the #1 defense. Tennessee’s schedule is considerably stronger, so the Vols make it through the most important factors as the favorite.
Tennessee is still missing one of their top players in Zakai Zeigler, and the Vols are a hot and cold team. When they are hot, they can beat anybody in the nation, like they did against Alabama. When, they are cold, they lose by double digits to Colorado.
FAU is a consistently good team, but the Owls face an uphill battle in this game. The Vols should advance to the Elite 8.
| Stat | Kan. St. | Mich. St. |
| O-RTG | 47 | 37 |
| D-RTG | 17 | 31 |
| SOS | 58.30 | 60.50 |
| 3-Pt | 33.6 | 38.7 |
| O-Reb | 30.5 | 27.3 |
| 2PT%D | 49.2 | 48.2 |
| FTR | 36.6 | 26.9 |
| R+T Rate | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Old R+T | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| Marg | 6.6 | 3.2 |
| Win Strk | 9 & 6 | 7 |
| Pre25 | NO | NO |
| Champ | No | No |
| Coach Exp | 0 | 24: 8 FFNC |
| 3 Upper | YES | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | NO |
| DBLFIG | 3 | 3 |
| OReb | 30.5 | 27.3 |
| OStl | 10.9 | 7.2 |
| OTurn | 17.3 | 14.4 |
| DReb | 29.8 | 25.2 |
| DStl | 10.4 | 8.4 |
| DTurn | 18.1 | 13.2 |
| Reb Marg | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Stl/G | 7.8 | 4.8 |
| D Stl | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| TO Marg | 0.8 | -0.9 |
This is an interesting match up. Neither team has a definite advantage. In a typical year, Michigan State would have a sizable rebounding advantage, but this year has been quite different. Kansas State has the inside advantage in this one.
Michigan State won’t force turnovers on the Wildcats, and when KSU has lost this year, the other team usually forces more turnovers on the Wildcats than they normally commit. We’re going with Kansas State in a close one.
| Stat | Houston | Miami |
| O-RTG | 9 | 11 |
| D-RTG | 4 | 108 |
| SOS | 56.40 | 55.90 |
| 3-Pt | 34.2 | 36.8 |
| O-Reb | 37.4 | 32.3 |
| 2PT%D | 42.9 | 51.6 |
| FTR | 28.8 | 30.2 |
| R+T Rate | 16.4 | 6.5 |
| Old R+T | 23.5 | 11.1 |
| Marg | 18.3 | 7.5 |
| Win Strk | 13 & 9 | 9 & 7 |
| Pre25 | YES | NO |
| Champ | YES | Co |
| Coach Exp | 18 & 2FF | 10 & 1FF |
| 3 Upper | YES | NO |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | NO |
| DBLFIG | 4 | 4 |
| OReb | 37.4 | 32.3 |
| OStl | 12.5 | 10.6 |
| OTurn | 13.0 | 14.2 |
| DReb | 27.9 | 28.4 |
| DStl | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| DTurn | 18.6 | 15.8 |
| Reb Marg | 7.5 | 3.1 |
| Stl/G | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| D Stl | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| TO Marg | 3.8 | 1.2 |
IF? If Marcus Sasser is healthy enough to play near 100% effectively for 32 minutes, Houston is the clear choice to make it to the Elite 8. A groin injury is a tricky thing, because one wrong move can put the injured player out of commission for a long time. A healthy Sasser makes this game a double-digit win possibility for the Cougars, who would then be one win away from getting a chance to play in the Final Four at home.
If Sasser is unable to play, Miami has the advantage. If Sasser plays at less than full strength, then this game becomes a tossup.
| Stat | Xavier | Texas |
| O-RTG | 7 | 15 |
| D-RTG | 64 | 10 |
| SOS | 59.00 | 60.00 |
| 3-Pt | 38.9 | 34.1 |
| O-Reb | 30.8 | 28.5 |
| 2PT%D | 48.5 | 47.4 |
| FTR | 31.8 | 30.7 |
| R+T Rate | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| Old R+T | 12.8 | 7.9 |
| Marg | 7.4 | 10.6 |
| Win Strk | 11 & 5 | 6 & 6 |
| Pre25 | NO | YES |
| Champ | No | YES |
| Coach Exp | 11:48|416 | 1: 0-1 |
| 3 Upper | YES | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | NO |
| DBLFIG | 4 | 4 |
| OReb | 30.8 | 28.5 |
| OStl | 9.0 | 11.2 |
| OTurn | 15.1 | 14.3 |
| DReb | 25.2 | 29.2 |
| DStl | 9.6 | 8.2 |
| DTurn | 14.5 | 19.6 |
| Reb Marg | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Stl/G | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| D Stl | 6.9 | 5.8 |
| TO Marg | -0.6 | 4.3 |
This is another interesting game. Xavier’s offense is national title-worthy, while their defense is right on the edge of eliminating them. Texas’s offense is just barely outside what most national champions have been rated on the attack side, but their defense is good enough.
The most glaring remaining stat is in coaching experience. Sean Miller has taken 11 past teams to the NCAA Tournament with 4 Elite 8’s and 4 (now 5) Sweet 16’s. Rodney Terry took Fresno St. to one NCAA Tournament and lost in the first game.
We’ve changed our opinion on this game twice. At the time of this writing, we’re going with Texas, but only because Xavier cannot exploit the Longhorns’ liability of handling the ball.
| Stat | Arkansas | UConn |
| O-RTG | 51 | 3 |
| D-RTG | 15 | 14 |
| SOS | 59.20 | 58.30 |
| 3-Pt | 31.3 | 36.4 |
| O-Reb | 30.6 | 39.0 |
| 2PT%D | 47.0 | 45.4 |
| FTR | 39.2 | 30.9 |
| R+T Rate | 5.9 | 15.6 |
| Old R+T | 10.6 | 21.3 |
| Marg | 6.9 | 13.8 |
| Win Strk | 7 | 14 & 6 |
| Pre25 | YES | NO |
| Champ | NO | No |
| Coach Exp | 5:2E8|1S16 | 4: 0-4 |
| 3 Upper | YES | NO |
| F/C 20-12 | NO | YES |
| DBLFIG | 4 | 3 |
| OReb | 30.6 | 39.0 |
| OStl | 11.9 | 9.2 |
| OTurn | 15.9 | 15.8 |
| DReb | 27.6 | 25.6 |
| DStl | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| DTurn | 17.9 | 16.8 |
| Reb Marg | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| Stl/G | 8.4 | 6.3 |
| D Stl | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| TO Marg | 1.5 | 0.1 |
UConn still has the best resume for a potential national champion, but we’re leery of this game. Throwing out all the criteria you see above, there is one big obvious criterion that cannot be overlooked, even if it isn’t part of this system.
Arkansas Coach Eric Musselman is the best college basketball coach in Division I and second best overall in college (Ben McCollum at Northwest Missouri State is the John Wooden of the 21st Century). Muss has taken two consecutive Razorback teams to the Elite 8, even though neither team had Elite 8 talent. This team is missing a key player and played for much of the season missing two key players. But, the more important piece, Nick Smith, is back.
The criteria favors Connecticut by a sizable margin, but give Arkansas a little bonus for Muss on the bench. It means UConn is favored by a little rather than a lot.
| Stat | Gonzaga | UCLA |
| O-RTG | 1 | 21 |
| D-RTG | 75 | 2 |
| SOS | 57.20 | 58.80 |
| 3-Pt | 38.7 | 34.3 |
| O-Reb | 31.4 | 33.6 |
| 2PT%D | 50.6 | 46.6 |
| FTR | 33.8 | 27.5 |
| R+T Rate | 11.0 | 14.3 |
| Old R+T | 18.4 | 17.5 |
| Marg | 14.2 | 13.9 |
| Win Strk | 11 & 11 | 14 & 12 |
| Pre25 | YES | YES |
| Champ | YES | YES |
| Coach Exp | 22 & 2FF | 13: 1FF |
| 3 Upper | YES | YES |
| F/C 20-12 | YES | NO |
| DBLFIG | 4 | 3 |
| OReb | 31.4 | 33.6 |
| OStl | 10.5 | 12.5 |
| OTurn | 12.9 | 12.9 |
| DReb | 25.3 | 27.7 |
| DStl | 7.2 | 7.0 |
| DTurn | 16.7 | 20.6 |
| Reb Marg | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| Stl/G | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| D Stl | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| TO Marg | 3.0 | 4.6 |
This is the best of the Sweet 16 games. You have the top offense in the nation going against the #2 defense in the nation. The schedule strengths are close to even, not really enough to tip the scale much.
Gonzaga has the edge in outside shooting, but UCLA has an equal edge on the inside, but not by dominating with a post player, but by having tall guards like Jaime Jacquez and Amari Bailey. Of note, UCLA is quite banged up coming into this game. In addition to not having the services of star swing man Jaylen Clark, big man Adem Bona and sharpshooting guard David Singleton are nursing injuries. A team like UCLA can beat Northwestern with a depleted roster, but asking it to beat Gonzaga is too much. We believe that Bona and Singleton will play and not be 100% effective. All it takes is for Drew Timme to have his typical output, and Gonzaga is in the Elite 8.
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March 16, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Thursday, March 16, 2023
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| Alabama | Texas A&M-CC | 24.2 |
| Arizona | Princeton | 13.5 |
| Arkansas | Illinois | 1.5 |
| Duke | Oral Roberts | 5.1 |
| Houston | Northern Kentucky | 19.7 |
| Iowa | Auburn | -2.2 |
| Kansas | Howard | 19.6 |
| Maryland | West Virginia | -0.6 |
| Missouri | Utah St. | -2.5 |
| Northwestern | Boise St. | -0.5 |
| San Diego St. | Charleston | 5.1 |
| Tennessee | Louisiana | 13.3 |
| Texas | Colgate | 13.9 |
| Texas A&M | Penn St. | 2.4 |
| UCLA | UNC Asheville | 18.5 |
| Virginia | Furman | 5.6 |
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March 14, 2023
PiRate Ratings Bracket-Picking 2023
If you earned your PhD in Bracketnomics yesterday, then you are ready to delve right into the numbers that follow and understand the metrics that we use to choose winners in the NCAA Tournament bracket. If you missed it, check it out first before continuing below.
Let’s get right to it. Here is a look at the 68 teams ranked by each metric, starting with the three most important ones.
Adjusted Offensive Efficiency
| Team | O-RTG |
| Gonzaga | 1 |
| Baylor | 2 |
| Iowa | 3 |
| Arizona | 4 |
| Connecticut | 6 |
| Purdue | 7 |
| Marquette | 8 |
| Xavier | 9 |
| Missouri | 10 |
| Houston | 11 |
| Miami (Fla) | 12 |
| Utah St. | 13 |
| Kentucky | 14 |
| West Virginia | 15 |
| Providence | 16 |
| Penn St. | 17 |
| Texas | 18 |
| Alabama | 19 |
| Oral Roberts | 23 |
| Pittsburgh | 24 |
| UCLA | 25 |
| Memphis | 26 |
| Indiana | 27 |
| Creighton | 28 |
| Kansas | 29 |
| Texas A&M | 30 |
| Florida Atlantic | 32 |
| Furman | 33 |
| Maryland | 35 |
| North Carolina St. | 37 |
| Saint Mary’s | 40 |
| Michigan St. | 41 |
| Duke | 42 |
| USC | 43 |
| Colgate | 44 |
| Auburn | 48 |
| Tennessee | 49 |
| Arkansas | 51 |
| Kansas St. | 52 |
| TCU | 53 |
| Grand Canyon | 54 |
| Louisiana | 57 |
| Illinois | 58 |
| Nevada | 61 |
| San Diego St. | 64 |
| Charleston | 70 |
| UCSB | 71 |
| Virginia | 74 |
| Boise St. | 78 |
| Iona | 79 |
| Iowa St. | 96 |
| Drake | 98 |
| Vermont | 99 |
| Princeton | 103 |
| Northwestern | 109 |
| Kent St. | 110 |
| Arizona St. | 133 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 137 |
| VCU | 140 |
| Kennesaw St. | 153 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 155 |
| Mississippi St. | 164 |
| Montana St. | 170 |
| UNC Asheville | 195 |
| Howard | 204 |
| Northern Kentucky | 217 |
| SE Missouri St. | 263 |
| Texas Southern | 330 |
Adjusted Defensive Efficiency
| Team | D-RTG |
| UCLA | 1 |
| Tennessee | 2 |
| Alabama | 3 |
| Houston | 4 |
| Mississippi St. | 6 |
| Kansas | 7 |
| Iowa St. | 8 |
| Saint Mary’s | 9 |
| San Diego St. | 10 |
| Texas | 11 |
| Northwestern | 13 |
| Boise St. | 14 |
| Creighton | 15 |
| Arkansas | 16 |
| VCU | 17 |
| Connecticut | 18 |
| Kansas St. | 19 |
| TCU | 20 |
| Duke | 24 |
| Virginia | 25 |
| Purdue | 26 |
| Arizona St. | 28 |
| Auburn | 29 |
| Illinois | 32 |
| Maryland | 33 |
| Memphis | 35 |
| Florida Atlantic | 36 |
| Texas A&M | 37 |
| Kent St. | 38 |
| Michigan St. | 40 |
| Arizona | 41 |
| Nevada | 42 |
| Indiana | 43 |
| Drake | 44 |
| Marquette | 47 |
| USC | 48 |
| West Virginia | 52 |
| Utah St. | 64 |
| Iona | 67 |
| Xavier | 70 |
| Kentucky | 71 |
| Montana St. | 73 |
| Charleston | 75 |
| Gonzaga | 76 |
| North Carolina St. | 85 |
| Penn St. | 101 |
| Baylor | 104 |
| Oral Roberts | 107 |
| Providence | 108 |
| UNC Asheville | 115 |
| Kennesaw St. | 116 |
| Northern Kentucky | 121 |
| Miami (Fla) | 132 |
| Princeton | 137 |
| Pittsburgh | 142 |
| Louisiana | 146 |
| Vermont | 153 |
| UCSB | 163 |
| Iowa | 167 |
| Missouri | 178 |
| Furman | 183 |
| Texas Southern | 196 |
| Grand Canyon | 198 |
| Howard | 212 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 229 |
| Colgate | 231 |
| SE Missouri St. | 243 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 361 |
Strength of Schedule (PiRate Ratings Formula)
| Team | SOS |
| Kansas | 62.66 |
| Alabama | 61.84 |
| West Virginia | 60.80 |
| Baylor | 60.64 |
| Michigan St. | 60.44 |
| Iowa St. | 60.13 |
| Texas | 60.07 |
| Tennessee | 59.39 |
| TCU | 59.32 |
| Creighton | 59.21 |
| Xavier | 59.09 |
| Arkansas | 59.06 |
| UCLA | 58.88 |
| Indiana | 58.87 |
| Purdue | 58.85 |
| Kentucky | 58.51 |
| Auburn | 58.50 |
| Marquette | 58.43 |
| Penn St. | 58.38 |
| Connecticut | 58.33 |
| Kansas St. | 58.30 |
| Illinois | 58.22 |
| Iowa | 58.06 |
| Arizona | 57.94 |
| Maryland | 57.87 |
| Arizona St. | 57.81 |
| San Diego St. | 57.55 |
| Memphis | 57.52 |
| Duke | 57.36 |
| Gonzaga | 57.29 |
| Missouri | 57.24 |
| Texas A&M | 57.19 |
| Mississippi St. | 57.15 |
| Providence | 57.13 |
| Saint Mary’s | 57.09 |
| Northwestern | 56.73 |
| Houston | 56.41 |
| Nevada | 56.36 |
| Boise St. | 56.35 |
| Utah St. | 56.26 |
| Virginia | 56.14 |
| USC | 56.04 |
| Miami (Fla) | 55.89 |
| North Carolina St. | 55.27 |
| Pittsburgh | 54.58 |
| VCU | 53.60 |
| Florida Atlantic | 50.25 |
| Drake | 50.07 |
| Grand Canyon | 49.79 |
| Kent St. | 49.77 |
| Louisiana | 49.14 |
| Iona | 49.08 |
| Furman | 48.80 |
| Montana St. | 48.22 |
| Kennesaw St. | 48.04 |
| Vermont | 47.70 |
| Charleston | 47.69 |
| Princeton | 47.34 |
| Oral Roberts | 47.22 |
| UCSB | 46.70 |
| Northern Kentucky | 46.14 |
| UNC Asheville | 45.68 |
| Colgate | 44.71 |
| SE Missouri St. | 44.35 |
| Texas Southern | 44.23 |
| Howard | 43.16 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 40.76 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 40.36 |
Who Looks Great So Far?
One team has an offensive rating in the top 10 and defensive rating in the top 25 with a schedule strength of 57 or better. That team is Connecticut. Purdue misses this by one defensive spot. Other teams that come close to fitting this criteria are Arizona and Marquette.
Houston, Alabama, and Texas are in the mix here as defensive teams that are close enough in the offensive range to contend. Houston just misses the minimum for schedule strength.
R+T Ratings (Rate Version)
| Team | RateRT |
| Saint Mary’s | 16.86 |
| Houston | 16.51 |
| Kentucky | 15.77 |
| Connecticut | 15.71 |
| Purdue | 15.66 |
| Tennessee | 14.91 |
| Charleston | 14.69 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 14.63 |
| UCLA | 14.51 |
| Iowa St. | 13.14 |
| Mississippi St. | 11.03 |
| Providence | 10.97 |
| Gonzaga | 10.91 |
| Duke | 10.80 |
| Louisiana | 10.51 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 10.34 |
| North Carolina St. | 10.00 |
| San Diego St. | 9.43 |
| Florida Atlantic | 9.37 |
| Iowa | 8.51 |
| Texas A&M | 8.23 |
| Northwestern | 7.49 |
| Kent St. | 7.31 |
| Illinois | 6.80 |
| Northern Kentucky | 6.63 |
| Xavier | 6.51 |
| West Virginia | 6.40 |
| Iona | 6.23 |
| Princeton | 5.83 |
| TCU | 5.77 |
| Baylor | 5.54 |
| Furman | 5.49 |
| Miami (Fla) | 5.43 |
| Virginia | 5.43 |
| Montana St. | 5.31 |
| Maryland | 5.31 |
| Arkansas | 5.03 |
| Alabama | 4.86 |
| Kennesaw St. | 4.34 |
| Drake | 4.23 |
| Colgate | 4.23 |
| Kansas | 4.17 |
| Boise St. | 4.00 |
| UCSB | 3.49 |
| Arizona | 3.49 |
| Texas | 3.37 |
| VCU | 3.26 |
| Texas Southern | 2.91 |
| Auburn | 2.74 |
| Pittsburgh | 2.74 |
| Howard | 2.29 |
| UNC Asheville | 2.17 |
| Utah St. | 1.89 |
| Oral Roberts | 1.71 |
| Memphis | 1.43 |
| SE Missouri St. | 0.91 |
| Creighton | 0.57 |
| Michigan St. | 0.57 |
| Vermont | 0.51 |
| Kansas St. | 0.51 |
| Nevada | 0.46 |
| Marquette | 0.17 |
| Arizona St. | 0.11 |
| Indiana | -0.80 |
| USC | -4.69 |
| Missouri | -5.14 |
| Grand Canyon | -6.42 |
| Penn St. | -8.00 |
R+T Ratings (Old Version)
| Team | R+T |
| Houston | 23.80 |
| Purdue | 23.30 |
| Connecticut | 21.25 |
| Saint Mary’s | 20.70 |
| Kentucky | 20.55 |
| Tennessee | 19.85 |
| Charleston | 19.20 |
| Duke | 18.95 |
| UCLA | 18.50 |
| Baylor | 18.05 |
| Gonzaga | 18.00 |
| Florida Atlantic | 16.70 |
| Providence | 16.25 |
| Louisiana | 16.10 |
| Alabama | 14.35 |
| Iowa St. | 13.90 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 13.80 |
| Mississippi St. | 13.70 |
| San Diego St. | 13.65 |
| Texas A&M | 13.40 |
| Princeton | 13.15 |
| Xavier | 12.85 |
| Arizona | 12.75 |
| North Carolina St. | 12.15 |
| Illinois | 11.70 |
| Drake | 11.50 |
| Kent St. | 11.05 |
| Boise St. | 10.95 |
| Colgate | 10.90 |
| Furman | 10.70 |
| Iona | 10.65 |
| Montana St. | 10.55 |
| Miami (Fla) | 10.35 |
| Iowa | 10.10 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 10.00 |
| Utah St. | 10.00 |
| Arkansas | 9.80 |
| Maryland | 9.70 |
| West Virginia | 9.25 |
| TCU | 9.20 |
| UCSB | 9.20 |
| Northwestern | 8.90 |
| Oral Roberts | 8.65 |
| Pittsburgh | 8.50 |
| Creighton | 8.40 |
| Kansas | 8.40 |
| Virginia | 8.35 |
| Grand Canyon | 8.25 |
| Kennesaw St. | 8.10 |
| VCU | 7.85 |
| Texas | 7.65 |
| Michigan St. | 7.60 |
| Kansas St. | 7.25 |
| Northern Kentucky | 6.90 |
| Memphis | 6.80 |
| Indiana | 6.40 |
| Nevada | 6.15 |
| Auburn | 5.80 |
| Howard | 5.50 |
| Texas Southern | 4.90 |
| Vermont | 4.10 |
| UNC Asheville | 3.30 |
| Marquette | 3.10 |
| SE Missouri St. | 2.45 |
| Arizona St. | 2.25 |
| USC | 1.70 |
| Penn St. | -1.50 |
| Missouri | -3.45 |
R+T measures “spurtability,” the ability for a team to go on a wining scoring run. Once again, Connecticut and Purdue shine in these important metrics, while Houston has an incredible spurtability score.
Also important is to note which teams have poor R+T Ratings, the type that can lead to early upset losses. Among those teams are Missouri, USC, Penn St., and Arizona St.
3-point FG%
Getting to the secondary ratings, these are still quite important and very usable when comparing teams head to head. Here are the 3-point shooting percentages for the 68 teams in the Field.
| Team | 3PT% |
| Colgate | 40.8 |
| Michigan St. | 39.5 |
| Xavier | 39.5 |
| Utah St. | 39.3 |
| UNC Asheville | 39.0 |
| Gonzaga | 38.7 |
| Penn St. | 38.5 |
| Grand Canyon | 38.3 |
| Arizona | 38.2 |
| Louisiana | 37.8 |
| Howard | 37.7 |
| Drake | 37.3 |
| Baylor | 37.2 |
| Florida Atlantic | 37.2 |
| Saint Mary’s | 37.2 |
| Indiana | 37.0 |
| Oral Roberts | 36.9 |
| Kennesaw St. | 36.8 |
| Miami (Fla) | 36.8 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 36.8 |
| Boise St. | 36.5 |
| Missouri | 36.1 |
| Creighton | 36.0 |
| Iona | 36.0 |
| Pittsburgh | 36.0 |
| Connecticut | 35.9 |
| Vermont | 35.9 |
| Kentucky | 35.4 |
| Memphis | 35.3 |
| San Diego St. | 35.3 |
| UCSB | 35.3 |
| Virginia | 35.3 |
| Providence | 35.1 |
| Northern Kentucky | 35.0 |
| North Carolina St. | 34.9 |
| Houston | 34.8 |
| Marquette | 34.8 |
| West Virginia | 34.8 |
| Furman | 34.7 |
| UCLA | 34.7 |
| VCU | 34.7 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 34.6 |
| Nevada | 34.6 |
| USC | 34.5 |
| Kansas | 34.4 |
| Princeton | 34.4 |
| Iowa | 34.3 |
| Kansas St. | 34.0 |
| Iowa St. | 33.9 |
| Texas | 33.9 |
| Alabama | 33.8 |
| Montana St. | 33.8 |
| Duke | 33.6 |
| Kent St. | 33.6 |
| Charleston | 33.4 |
| Maryland | 33.0 |
| Tennessee | 32.9 |
| Texas A&M | 32.8 |
| SE Missouri St. | 32.7 |
| Purdue | 32.6 |
| Northwestern | 32.1 |
| Arkansas | 31.7 |
| Arizona St. | 31.4 |
| Auburn | 31.4 |
| Illinois | 30.9 |
| TCU | 30.6 |
| Texas Southern | 28.4 |
| Mississippi St. | 26.6 |
The most glaring part of this is the absence of the top contenders to this point in this category. Against the top defenses, teams are going to need to rely on the three-point shot. Arizona moves up in the contender section with the top percentage among teams appearing near the top in the previous criteria. Purdue is weak here, and the Boilermakers might be vulnerable to a team that can force Purdue to take more perimeter shots than they want to take. Connecticut isn’t great here, but the Huskies don’t have a real liability in this department.
Offensive Rebound Rate
| Team | OReb% |
| Connecticut | 39.4 |
| Kentucky | 38.7 |
| Purdue | 38.3 |
| Tennessee | 36.8 |
| Houston | 36.7 |
| Texas A&M | 36.6 |
| Duke | 36.2 |
| Charleston | 35.6 |
| Providence | 35.3 |
| Mississippi St. | 35.2 |
| Baylor | 34.7 |
| Louisiana | 34.4 |
| Howard | 34.3 |
| Iowa St. | 33.9 |
| Alabama | 33.8 |
| West Virginia | 33.7 |
| UCLA | 33.6 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 33.5 |
| Saint Mary’s | 33.4 |
| Auburn | 33.3 |
| TCU | 32.4 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 32.3 |
| Illinois | 32.3 |
| Iowa | 32.2 |
| Northern Kentucky | 32.1 |
| San Diego St. | 32.1 |
| Iona | 32.0 |
| Miami (Fla) | 32.0 |
| Xavier | 31.8 |
| Gonzaga | 31.3 |
| Grand Canyon | 31.2 |
| Arizona | 31.1 |
| Texas Southern | 31.1 |
| Memphis | 31.0 |
| Florida Atlantic | 30.7 |
| Kansas | 30.7 |
| Kent St. | 30.7 |
| North Carolina St. | 30.7 |
| Arkansas | 30.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 30.4 |
| Maryland | 30.2 |
| Arizona St. | 29.6 |
| Furman | 29.5 |
| Princeton | 29.4 |
| USC | 29.0 |
| VCU | 29.0 |
| Texas | 28.3 |
| Northwestern | 28.2 |
| Indiana | 28.0 |
| Kansas St. | 28.0 |
| Kennesaw St. | 28.0 |
| Michigan St. | 27.4 |
| Utah St. | 27.3 |
| UCSB | 27.0 |
| Missouri | 26.8 |
| SE Missouri St. | 26.8 |
| Boise St. | 26.7 |
| Montana St. | 26.6 |
| Marquette | 26.5 |
| UNC Asheville | 26.3 |
| Creighton | 25.5 |
| Virginia | 25.5 |
| Colgate | 25.4 |
| Oral Roberts | 25.4 |
| Drake | 24.8 |
| Nevada | 23.0 |
| Vermont | 20.5 |
| Penn St. | 18.8 |
Offensive Rebound Rate is a part of R+T Rate, so we don’t want to count this twice. This is better used to compare two teams that are evenly matched. Note that three of the contenders are rated #1, #3, and #5 in this metric.
2-Point % Defense
| Team | 2PtD% |
| Kentucky | 36.8 |
| Maryland | 37.2 |
| Alabama | 41.2 |
| USC | 42.4 |
| Houston | 42.8 |
| Arizona St. | 43.8 |
| Florida Atlantic | 44.6 |
| Tennessee | 44.6 |
| Grand Canyon | 45.0 |
| Illinois | 45.3 |
| Creighton | 45.6 |
| Saint Mary’s | 45.6 |
| Indiana | 45.7 |
| Connecticut | 45.8 |
| Arizona | 45.9 |
| Oral Roberts | 45.9 |
| Utah St. | 45.9 |
| Mississippi St. | 46.2 |
| VCU | 46.2 |
| Virginia | 46.5 |
| Northwestern | 46.6 |
| Duke | 46.7 |
| Kent St. | 46.7 |
| Auburn | 46.8 |
| Princeton | 46.8 |
| UCLA | 46.8 |
| Arkansas | 46.9 |
| Iona | 47.0 |
| Drake | 47.1 |
| Texas | 47.1 |
| Kansas | 47.2 |
| Purdue | 47.3 |
| Boise St. | 47.4 |
| Montana St. | 47.4 |
| Texas A&M | 47.4 |
| Memphis | 47.6 |
| Texas Southern | 47.9 |
| Northern Kentucky | 48.4 |
| Pittsburgh | 48.5 |
| Louisiana | 48.6 |
| Michigan St. | 48.6 |
| UCSB | 48.6 |
| UNC Asheville | 48.6 |
| Xavier | 48.7 |
| Kansas St. | 48.8 |
| Penn St. | 48.8 |
| Charleston | 49.1 |
| Kennesaw St. | 49.1 |
| Nevada | 49.1 |
| TCU | 49.1 |
| Iowa St. | 49.6 |
| Providence | 49.6 |
| San Diego St. | 49.9 |
| Vermont | 49.9 |
| Marquette | 50.0 |
| SE Missouri St. | 50.2 |
| Howard | 50.3 |
| West Virginia | 50.5 |
| North Carolina St. | 50.6 |
| Furman | 50.7 |
| Gonzaga | 50.8 |
| Colgate | 51.2 |
| Missouri | 51.7 |
| Miami (Fla) | 51.8 |
| Iowa | 52.6 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 53.2 |
| Baylor | 53.3 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 55.4 |
The contenders all fare well in this category, but there are some teams at the bottom of this metric that might be a bit too generous inside the paint. Baylor, Iowa, Miami, Missouri, and Gonzaga have issues here, which could spell trouble against teams that can pound the ball inside.
Free Throw Rate
| Team | FTR |
| Texas A&M | 45.9 |
| Montana St. | 43.7 |
| VCU | 41.8 |
| UNC Asheville | 41.2 |
| Nevada | 39.8 |
| West Virginia | 39.7 |
| Arkansas | 38.7 |
| SE Missouri St. | 37.9 |
| Baylor | 37.2 |
| Purdue | 37.2 |
| Louisiana | 37.1 |
| Providence | 36.8 |
| Alabama | 36.7 |
| Grand Canyon | 36.6 |
| Arizona | 36.5 |
| Kansas St. | 36.3 |
| Kennesaw St. | 36.3 |
| Memphis | 35.8 |
| Auburn | 35.5 |
| Utah St. | 35.0 |
| UCSB | 34.8 |
| Mississippi St. | 34.6 |
| Virginia | 34.5 |
| Texas Southern | 34.4 |
| Furman | 34.1 |
| Howard | 33.9 |
| TCU | 33.9 |
| Illinois | 33.8 |
| Maryland | 33.8 |
| USC | 33.8 |
| Gonzaga | 33.7 |
| San Diego St. | 33.7 |
| Charleston | 32.8 |
| Iowa | 32.6 |
| Kentucky | 32.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 32.4 |
| Princeton | 31.8 |
| Connecticut | 31.6 |
| Texas | 31.5 |
| Kent St. | 31.3 |
| Saint Mary’s | 31.2 |
| Tennessee | 30.9 |
| Arizona St. | 30.8 |
| Duke | 30.8 |
| Xavier | 30.8 |
| Boise St. | 30.6 |
| Indiana | 30.1 |
| Miami (Fla) | 30.0 |
| Northwestern | 29.7 |
| Missouri | 29.5 |
| Florida Atlantic | 29.3 |
| Iona | 29.0 |
| Vermont | 28.7 |
| Northern Kentucky | 28.4 |
| Drake | 28.2 |
| Creighton | 28.1 |
| Houston | 28.0 |
| Iowa St. | 27.8 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 27.6 |
| Colgate | 27.3 |
| Marquette | 27.1 |
| UCLA | 27.1 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 27.0 |
| Michigan St. | 25.8 |
| Kansas | 25.3 |
| North Carolina St. | 25.3 |
| Oral Roberts | 24.9 |
| Penn St. | 21.4 |
The top contenders all fare well here. They can force defenses to foul and get their starters in foul trouble. Not much to see here.
Scoring Margin
| Team | Marg |
| Houston | 19.4 |
| Gonzaga | 14.6 |
| Oral Roberts | 14.1 |
| Florida Atlantic | 13.8 |
| Tennessee | 13.8 |
| Alabama | 13.7 |
| UCLA | 13.6 |
| Connecticut | 13.5 |
| Charleston | 13.4 |
| Drake | 11.4 |
| Iona | 11.4 |
| Saint Mary’s | 11.3 |
| Arizona | 11.2 |
| Furman | 10.9 |
| Kent St. | 10.9 |
| Purdue | 10.9 |
| Texas | 10.5 |
| Colgate | 9.6 |
| Marquette | 9.3 |
| Utah St. | 8.9 |
| Duke | 8.6 |
| Grand Canyon | 8.5 |
| San Diego St. | 8.5 |
| VCU | 8.5 |
| Louisiana | 8.2 |
| Creighton | 8.1 |
| Boise St. | 7.9 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 7.9 |
| Illinois | 7.7 |
| Memphis | 7.7 |
| Montana St. | 7.6 |
| Virginia | 7.5 |
| North Carolina St. | 7.4 |
| Princeton | 7.4 |
| Miami (Fla) | 7.3 |
| TCU | 7.3 |
| Xavier | 7.3 |
| Maryland | 7.2 |
| Kentucky | 7.1 |
| Arkansas | 7.0 |
| Kansas | 7.0 |
| Texas A&M | 7.0 |
| Baylor | 6.9 |
| Providence | 6.8 |
| UCSB | 6.6 |
| Indiana | 6.5 |
| Kansas St. | 6.5 |
| Kennesaw St. | 6.4 |
| UNC Asheville | 6.4 |
| Vermont | 6.4 |
| Iowa | 5.8 |
| Nevada | 5.7 |
| Auburn | 5.6 |
| Iowa St. | 5.6 |
| Pittsburgh | 5.6 |
| USC | 5.5 |
| West Virginia | 5.3 |
| Northwestern | 5.2 |
| Mississippi St. | 4.9 |
| Missouri | 4.9 |
| Northern Kentucky | 4.6 |
| Penn St. | 3.9 |
| Howard | 3.6 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 2.9 |
| Michigan St. | 2.8 |
| Arizona St. | 2.6 |
| SE Missouri St. | 1.7 |
| Texas Southern | -2.2 |
Once again, the previous contenders do well here and fit the criteria. Note the major conference teams with scoring margins under 5.0 points per game.
Regular Season or Conference Tournament Champion
The following teams won either their regular season conference championship or their postseason conference tournament.
| Alabama |
| Arizona |
| Charleston |
| Colgate |
| Drake |
| Duke |
| Florida Atlantic |
| Furman |
| Gonzaga |
| Grand Canyon |
| Houston |
| Howard |
| Iona |
| Kansas |
| Kennesaw St. |
| Kent St. |
| Louisiana |
| Marquette |
| Memphis |
| Montana St. |
| Northern Kentucky |
| Oral Roberts |
| Princeton |
| Purdue |
| Saint Mary’s |
| San Diego St. |
| SE Missouri St. |
| Texas |
| Texas A&M-CC |
| Texas Southern |
| UCLA |
| UCSB |
| UNC Asheville |
| VCU |
| Vermont |
| Virginia |
Miami (Fla) was co-champion of the ACC, but technically not the champion.
Winning Streak of 10 or More
| Team | 10+W |
| Charleston | 20 |
| Florida Atlantic | 20 |
| Oral Roberts | 17 |
| Vermont | 15 |
| Connecticut | 14 |
| Iona | 14 |
| UCLA | 14 |
| Houston | 13 |
| Purdue | 13 |
| Colgate | 12 |
| Saint Mary’s | 12 |
| Gonzaga | 11 |
| Mississippi St. | 11 |
| TCU | 11 |
| Xavier | 11 |
| Drake | 10 |
| Kansas | 10 |
| Kent St. | 10 |
| Louisiana | 10 |
| Alabama | 9 |
| Arizona St. | 9 |
| Boise St. | 9 |
| Duke | 9 |
| Howard | 9 |
| Kansas St. | 9 |
| Marquette | 9 |
| Miami (Fla) | 9 |
| Missouri | 9 |
| Providence | 9 |
| UCSB | 9 |
| UNC Asheville | 9 |
| Utah St. | 9 |
| VCU | 9 |
| Arizona | 8 |
| Auburn | 8 |
| Creighton | 8 |
| Furman | 8 |
| Kennesaw St. | 8 |
| Maryland | 8 |
| Montana St. | 8 |
| Princeton | 8 |
| Tennessee | 8 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 8 |
| Virginia | 8 |
| Arkansas | 7 |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Michigan St. | 7 |
| Texas A&M | 7 |
| USC | 7 |
| Baylor | 6 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 6 |
| Grand Canyon | 6 |
| Iowa St. | 6 |
| Memphis | 6 |
| Nevada | 6 |
| San Diego St. | 6 |
| Texas | 6 |
| Iowa | 5 |
| Northern Kentucky | 5 |
| Northwestern | 5 |
| Penn St. | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 |
| Illinois | 4 |
| Kentucky | 4 |
| North Carolina St. | 4 |
| SE Missouri St. | 4 |
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Texas Southern | 3 |
Don’t expect a team that hasn’t won 6 or more games in a row this year to do so in March Madness. Most past national champions had 8 or more game winning streaks, and many had 10 or more game winning streaks.
Preseason Top 25
Almost every past national champion was in the preseason top 25. The following NCAA Tournament teams were in the preseason top 25.
| Team |
| Alabama |
| Arizona |
| Arkansas |
| Auburn |
| Baylor |
| Creighton |
| Duke |
| Gonzaga |
| Houston |
| Illinois |
| Indiana |
| Kansas |
| Kentucky |
| San Diego St. |
| TCU |
| Tennessee |
| Texas |
| UCLA |
| Virginia |
Coach With Past NCAA Tournament Experience
| Team | Yrs. | Deepest | |
| Tennessee | 26 | 1 FF, 2 E8 | |
| West Virginia | 25 | 2 FF | |
| Michigan St. | 24 | 1 NC, 8 FF | |
| Kansas | 23 | 1 NC, 4 FF | |
| Iona | 22 | 2 NC, 4 FF | |
| Gonzaga | 22 | 2 FF | |
| Kentucky | 21 | 1NC, 6 FF | |
| Houston | 18 | 2 FF | |
| Purdue | 14 | 5 Swt16 | |
| UCLA | 13 | 1 FF | |
| TCU | 13 | 1 E8, 2 Swt16 | |
| Iowa | 11 | 6-11 no deep | |
| Xavier | 11 | 4 E8, 4 Swt16 | |
| Auburn | 11 | 1 FF, 1 E8 | |
| Nevada | 11 | 4 Swt16 | |
| Creighton | 10 | 1 Swt16 | |
| Baylor | 10 | 1 NC, 2 E8 | |
| Virginia | 10 | 1 NC, 1E8, 2 Swt16 | |
| Miami (Fla) | 10 | 1 FF, 1 E8, 2 Swt16 | |
| Marquette | 9 | 1 FF | |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 1 E8, 3 Swt16 | |
| Saint Mary’s | 8 | 1 Swt16 | |
| Illinois | 6 | 4-6 no deep | |
| Providence | 6 | 1 Swr16 | |
| Alabama | 5 | 1 Swt16 | |
| Arkansas | 5 | 2 E8, 1 Swt16 | |
| Texas Southern | 5 | 2-5 no deep | |
| USC | 5 | 1 E8, 1 Swt16 | |
| Maryland | 5 | 1-5 no deep | |
| Vermont | 4 | 1-4 no deep | |
| Connecticut | 4 | 0-4 | |
| Grand Canyon | 4 | 0-4 | |
| Iowa St. | 3 | 1 Swt16 | |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 E8 | |
| Arizona St. | 3 | 1-3 no deep | |
| Mississippi St. | 3 | 1-3 no deep | |
| Boise St. | 3 | 0-3 | |
| Colgate | 3 | 0-3 | |
| Louisiana | 3 | 0-3 | |
| North Carolina St. | 3 | 0-3 | |
| San Diego St. | 3 | 0-3 | |
| Charleston | 2 | 0-2 | |
| VCU | 2 | 0-1* | |
| Northern Kentucky | 1 | 2-1 no deep | |
| Oral Roberts | 1 | 2-1 no deep | |
| Texas A&M-CC | 1 | 0-1 | |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 Swt16 | |
| Drake | 1 | 1-1 no deep | |
| Indiana | 1 | 1-1 no deep | |
| Memphis | 1 | 1-1 no deep | |
| Northwestern | 1 | 1-1 no deep | |
| Utah St. | 1 | 1-1 no deep | |
| Kent St. | 1 | 0-1 | |
| Missouri | 1 | 0-1 | |
| Montana St. | 1 | 0-1 | |
| Princeton | 1 | 0-1 | |
| UCSB | 1 | 0-1 | |
| Kennesaw St. | 0 | 0 | |
| UNC Asheville | 0 | 0 | |
| Duke | 0 | 0 | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | 0 | |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | |
| Furman | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard | 0 | 0 | |
| Kansas St. | 0 | 0 | |
| Penn St. | 0 | 0 | |
| SE Missouri St. | 0 | 0 | |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | |
| *Mike Rhoades (VCU) couldn’t play in 2022 tourney due to the Rams having issues with Covid. | |||
3 or more Upperclassmen in Starting 5
Almost every team in the Dance has 3 or more seniors and juniors starting, due to Covid, and the NCAA granting an additional year of eligibility. Only the following teams fail to meet this criteria.
| Alabama |
| Connecticut |
| Creighton |
| Duke |
| Florida Atlantic |
| Miami (Fla) |
| USC |
| VCU |
Note that two of the key contenders, Alabama and Connecticut do not meet this criteria. Kentucky won the 2012 National Championship without an upperclassmen starting.
Two Front Court Starters Combine for 20 PPG/12 RPG
A team with two starters combining for 20 & 12 is a team that tends to score the most consistently in the NCAA Tournament. These players can get a lot of garbage points, which in the Big Dance, is vital.
| Team | 20:12 |
| Alabama | YES |
| Arizona | YES |
| Auburn | YES |
| Connecticut | YES |
| Creighton | YES |
| Duke | YES |
| Gonzaga | YES |
| Houston | YES |
| Indiana | YES |
| Iona | YES |
| Iowa | YES |
| Kansas | YES |
| Kansas St. | YES |
| Kentucky | YES |
| Louisiana | YES |
| Maryland | YES |
| Memphis | YES |
| Mississippi St. | YES |
| Montana St. | YES |
| Nevada | YES |
| Oral Roberts | YES |
| Princeton | YES |
| Providence | YES |
| Purdue | YES |
| Texas A&M-CC | YES |
| Texas Southern | YES |
| UCSB | YES |
| UNC Asheville | YES |
| Utah St. | YES |
| VCU | YES |
| Xavier | YES |
| Arizona St. | NO |
| Arkansas | NO |
| Baylor | NO |
| Boise St. | NO |
| Charleston | NO |
| Colgate | NO |
| Drake | NO |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | NO |
| Florida Atlantic | NO |
| Furman | NO |
| Grand Canyon | NO |
| Howard | NO |
| Illinois | NO |
| Iowa St. | NO |
| Kennesaw St. | NO |
| Kent St. | NO |
| Marquette | NO |
| Miami (Fla) | NO |
| Michigan St. | NO |
| Missouri | NO |
| North Carolina St. | NO |
| Northern Kentucky | NO |
| Northwestern | NO |
| Penn St. | NO |
| Pittsburgh | NO |
| Saint Mary’s | NO |
| San Diego St. | NO |
| SE Missouri St. | NO |
| TCU | NO |
| Tennessee | NO |
| Texas | NO |
| Texas A&M | NO |
| UCLA | NO |
| USC | NO |
| Vermont | NO |
| Virginia | NO |
| West Virginia | NO |
3 Or More Double Figure Scorers
| Team | DBL |
| Arizona | 5 |
| Boise St. | 5 |
| Charleston | 5 |
| Colgate | 5 |
| Creighton | 5 |
| Iowa | 5 |
| Providence | 5 |
| Utah St. | 5 |
| Arkansas | 4 |
| Auburn | 4 |
| Baylor | 4 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 4 |
| Furman | 4 |
| Gonzaga | 4 |
| Houston | 4 |
| Kansas | 4 |
| Kentucky | 4 |
| Marquette | 4 |
| Maryland | 4 |
| Miami (Fla) | 4 |
| North Carolina St. | 4 |
| Pittsburgh | 4 |
| Saint Mary’s | 4 |
| Texas | 4 |
| Texas Southern | 4 |
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Xavier | 4 |
| Alabama | 3 |
| Connecticut | 3 |
| Florida Atlantic | 3 |
| Grand Canyon | 3 |
| Howard | 3 |
| Iona | 3 |
| Kansas St. | 3 |
| Kennesaw St. | 3 |
| Kent St. | 3 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| Michigan St. | 3 |
| Missouri | 3 |
| Montana St. | 3 |
| Nevada | 3 |
| Oral Roberts | 3 |
| Penn St. | 3 |
| Princeton | 3 |
| SE Missouri St. | 3 |
| TCU | 3 |
| Tennessee | 3 |
| Texas A&M-CC | 3 |
| UCLA | 3 |
| VCU | 3 |
| Vermont | 3 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Arizona St. | 2 |
| Drake | 2 |
| Duke | 2 |
| Illinois | 2 |
| Indiana | 2 |
| Iowa St. | 2 |
| Memphis | 2 |
| Northern Kentucky | 2 |
| Northwestern | 2 |
| Purdue | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 2 |
| UCSB | 2 |
| UNC Asheville | 2 |
| USC | 2 |
| Mississippi St. | 1 |
| San Diego St. | 1 |
Who Has “The Look?”
Unlike most years, the 2023 edition of March Madness has NO single team that stands out above all others. A half-dozen teams possess many of the criteria that past national champions had, but none have across-the-board positive resumes.
If you have read prior publications here, you know how leery I am of teams coached by Gene Keady proteges, and Big Ten teams in general. The style of play in that league, especially with Purdue, has not been the way to win national titles for many years. Michigan State was the last Big Ten team to win the championship 23 years ago, the only time a Big Ten team has cut down the nets in the last 31 tournaments. It will eventually happen again one year, but picking the Boilermakers to win six games with little ability to force turnovers, get cheap fast break points, and consistently hit the 3-point shot makes it hard for us to see Purdue going all the way.
Connecticut has a lot in its favor, namely the top three most important criteria. But, the Huskies did not win their regular season or conference tournament championship. Marquette has issues with their R+T Ratings. Alabama is young and inexperienced, but the Crimson Tide fits almost all other criteria. However, their offensive efficiency is a tad lower than what a typical national champion has.
Let’s go through the bracket and see how the individual matchups look. That will find us our choice this year. You may see different results based on the criteria above, so don’t take our picks as Gospel. We tend to choose very few upsets until the later rounds when the criteria shows the lower seed to be superior. We will list the teams we feel have a chance to upset favored teams in the early rounds.
Round of 64
| Winner | Loser |
| Alabama | Play-In Winner (TAMCC) |
| West Virginia | Maryland |
| San Diego St. | Charleston |
| Virginia | Furman (Upset possible) |
| Creighton | North Carolina St. |
| Baylor | UCSB |
| Utah St. | Missouri (Bad R+T) |
| Arizona | Princeton |
| Purdue | Play-in Winner (FDU) |
| Memphis | Florida Atlantic |
| Duke | Oral Roberts (close game?) |
| Tennessee | Louisiana (close game?) |
| Kentucky | Providence (Upset possible) |
| Kansas St. | Montana St. |
| Michigan St. | USC (close game) |
| Marquette | Vermont |
| Houston | Northern Kentucky |
| Auburn | Iowa |
| Miami (Fla) | Drake (exciting game!) |
| Indiana | Kent St. |
| Play-in Winner (Pittsburgh) | Iowa St. (Upset) |
| Xavier | Kennesaw St. |
| Texas A&M | Penn St. (neg. R+T) |
| Texas | Colgate |
| Kansas | Howard |
| Arkansas | Illinois |
| Saint Mary’s | VCU |
| Connecticut | Iona |
| TCU | Play-in Winner (Nevada) |
| Gonzaga | Grand Canyon |
| Boise St. | Northwestern |
| UCLA | UNC Asheville |
Round of 32
| Winner | Loser |
| Alabama | West Virginia (close game?) |
| San Diego St. | Virginia |
| Baylor | Creighton (close game) |
| Arizona | Utah St. |
| Purdue | Memphis |
| Duke | Tennessee |
| Kentucky | Kansas St. |
| Marquette | Michigan St. (close game) |
| Houston | Auburn |
| Miami (Fla) | Indiana (close game) |
| Xavier | Pittsburgh |
| Texas | Texas A&M (close game) |
| Kansas | Arkansas |
| Connecticut | Saint Mary’s |
| Gonzaga | TCU (close game) |
| UCLA | Boise St. |
Sweet 16
| Winner | Loser |
| Alabama | San Diego St. |
| Arizona | Baylor |
| Purdue | Duke (could be brutal) |
| Marquette | Kentucky |
| Miami (Fla) | Houston (Sasser injury???) |
| Texas | Xavier |
| Connecticut | Kansas (close Game) |
| Gonzaga | UCLA (close game) |
If Marcus Sasser is healthy, Houston would be favored, but my information tells me he will not be healthy by this time. UCLA also has multiple injury issues.
Elite 8
| Winner | Loser |
| Arizona | Alabama |
| Purdue | Marquette (R+T favors PU) |
| Texas | Miami (Fla) |
| Connecticut | Gonzaga |
Arizona gets the nod over Alabama due to having more experienced, game-tested veterans, while Alabama is led by underclassmen. Marquette lacks the R+T rating to win a close game, and we can’t see them blowing Purdue off the floor, which is how they would have to win this game. Texas and Miami are evenly matched, but the Longhorns have just a little better criteria. Gonzaga’s defense isn’t as strong as in recent years, even though their offense is the best in the nation. UConn has much better defensive criteria and almost as good offensive criteria.
Final Four
| Winner | Loser |
| Purdue | Arizona |
| Connecticut | Texas |
It comes down to the two teams that best fit the most important part of the criteria. Neither the Boilermakers nor the Huskies have a typical national champions resume, but these two teams best fit that criteria.
Purdue’s main Achilles’ Heel is their inability to force turnovers against opponents. They have to buck a long trend and win half-court possession games, something that has not worked in the Final Four since Bobby Knight led Indiana to two championships in the 1980s. However, Purdue’s R+T ratings combined with their efficiency and schedule strength overrule the other liabilities. We don’t personally have total faith in the Boilermakers breaking the 43-year curse of Keadyball, where PU can win playing a halfcourt game against regular season oppoents, but just like Moneyball hasn’t worked for the Oakland A’s in the playoffs, Keadyball does not work in the NCAA Tournament. If it is every going to work, it’s going to work this year, when the Boilermakers have the most dominant player in the nation. Note that PU had the most dominant player in the nation in 1994 in Glenn Robinson, and the Boilermakers were ousted in the Elite 8 (the only Elite 8 appearance since Lee Rose lead PU to the 1980 Final Four).
Connecticut has better metrics than Texas, but the Huskies won neither the Big East regular season or conference tournament championship. National champions tend to win at least one if not both. The last team to cut the nets without cutting them in the regular season was (wait for it)–Connecticut in 2014.
National Championship Game
| Winner | Loser |
| Purdue | Connecticut |
Can the curse be broken? If you saw the final minutes of the Big Ten Championship Game on Sunday, you saw a Boilermaker team that wilted against Penn State’s full court press defense. The Nittany Lions don’t have a fantastic pressure defensive team, so a team that can play a havoc style of defense might be able to take Purdue out of its game plan. Additionally, Purdue has been weaker than average from behind the 3-point line. They keep winning because they have the top player in the nation in the paint. A dominant big man has not led his team to the national championship in many years, and there are many examples of said post player’s team losing to a quicker, smaller team.
There are two parts to this equation. There has to be a team good enough to exploit the power team’s liabilities. What we see here is an ideal draw for the Boilermakers. The teams that can best employ the tactics needed to stop Purdue are mostly on the other side of the bracket, and the few in their bracket that might be able to stop PU are likely to be eliminated before their line on the bracket coincided with Purdue’s line on the bracket. Additionally, you can know for sure that Purdue has spent extra time in practice preparing for opposing teams to try to pressure Purdue’s guards. Braden Smith and Mason Gillis will need to step up and play their best ball of the season, and that is not a given, but we cannot see Purdue succumbing to the press like they did against Penn State. If teams don’t practice pressing constantly, they aren’t going to be that good using the defense, and if Purdue can break some presses for easy baskets, that ploy will be discontinued.
Connecticut has something going in their favor, but it is quirky. Twice before, the Huskies won the national championship in outlier style. In point of fact, their two national championships in 2011 and 2014 are the only outliers to the PiRate Ratings Criteria in the 21st Century. They are similar in style to Purdue. Don’t count on the Huskies to force opposing offenses out of their normal style of play with pressure defense.
So, there you have it. We are going against our personal biases and relying on the metrics, and the metrics say that Purdue is going to end their curse. Maybe it is 2004 again, but will any Purdue player appear with a bloody sock? The Boston Red Sox broke their 86-year curse by dominating in the new 21st Century metrics. Purdue has the 7th best offensive efficiency and 26th best defensive efficiency ratings with a schedule strength almost nine points above average.
Connecticut has the 6th best offensive efficiency and the 18th best defensive efficiency with a schedule strength that is eight points above average. You can’t go wrong picking the Huskies to go all the way, and if you have two choices to fill out a bracket, you might consider splitting your vote with Purdue and Connecticut. But, officially, our choice to cut the nets is Purdue.
March 12, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Sunday, March 12, 2023
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Houston | Memphis | 4.7 |
| VCU | Dayton | 0.1 |
| Purdue | Penn St. | 6.2 |
| Princeton | Yale | -2.6 |
| Alabama | Texas A&M | 7.3 |
Sunday’s Conference Championship Games
All Times Eastern DAYLIGHT Time (Did you remember to Spring forward?)
American Athletic Conference — Fort Worth, TX
3:15 PM on ESPN
#1 Houston (31-2) vs. #2 Memphis (25-8)
Atlantic 10 Conference — Brooklyn
1 PM on CBS
#1 VCU (26-7) vs. #2 Dayton (22-11)
Big Ten — Chicago
3:30 PM on CBS
#1 Purdue (28-5) vs. #10 Penn St. (22-12)
Ivy League — Princeton, NJ
12:00 PM on ESPN2
#1 Yale (21-7) vs. #2 Princeton (20-8)
Southeastern Conference — Nashville
1 PM on ESPN
#1 Alabama (28-5) vs. #2 Texas A&M (25-8)
Selection Sunday Shows
6 PM on CBS
7 PM on ESPN
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March 10, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Saturday, March 11, 2023
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Vermont | UMass Lowell | 3.1 |
| Houston | Cincinnati | 9.6 |
| Memphis | Tulane | 6.5 |
| VCU | Saint Louis | 2.4 |
| Dayton | Fordham | 6.6 |
| Duke | Virginia | 1.0 |
| Kansas | Texas | 0.2 |
| Marquette | Xavier | -0.3 |
| Purdue | Ohio St. | 5.8 |
| Penn St. | Indiana | -3.2 |
| UCSB | Cal St. Fullerton | 1.1 |
| Florida Atlantic | UAB | 1.5 |
| Yale | Cornell | 6.4 |
| Princeton | Penn | 3.5 |
| Iona | Marist | 14.3 |
| Toledo | Kent St. | -0.4 |
| Howard | Norfolk St. | -2.0 |
| San Diego St. | Utah St. | 0.5 |
| UCLA | Arizona | 2.2 |
| Alabama | Missouri | 10.1 |
| Texas A&M | Vanderbilt | 4.9 |
| Grambling | Texas Southern | 6.0 |
| Southern Utah | Grand Canyon | 0.6 |
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March 4, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Sunday, March 5, 2023
Sunday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Bradley | Drake | -0.1 |
| Central Florida | East Carolina | 12.6 |
| Charleston | Stony Brook | 18.0 |
| Cincinnati | SMU | 12.5 |
| Colgate | Army | 10.7 |
| Eastern Washington | Northern Arizona | 6.3 |
| Furman | Western Carolina | 10.4 |
| Hofstra | William & Mary | 13.9 |
| Houston Christian | New Orleans | -1.0 |
| Indiana | Michigan | 5.3 |
| Iowa | Nebraska | 10.4 |
| James Madison | South Alabama | 2.0 |
| Kennesaw St. | Liberty | -4.8 |
| Lafayette | American | 2.6 |
| Louisiana | Texas St. | 6.2 |
| McNeese St. | Texas A&M-Commerce | -3.0 |
| Memphis | Houston | -5.2 |
| Minnesota | Wisconsin | -7.3 |
| Montana St. | Northern Colorado | 6.6 |
| North Dakota St. | South Dakota | 4.6 |
| Penn St. | Maryland | -0.2 |
| Purdue | Illinois | 7.1 |
| Rutgers | Northwestern | 4.9 |
| Towson | Delaware | 5.1 |
| Tulane | Temple | 4.9 |
| UNC Asheville | Campbell | 5.0 |
| UNC Wilmington | Drexel | 1.2 |
| Western Illinois | St. Thomas | -3.7 |
| Wichita St. | South Florida | 5.2 |
| Wofford | Chattanooga | -2.0 |
Automatic Bids To NCAA Tournament
Fairleigh-Dickinson (19-14) Northeast Conference
Southeast Missouri St. (19-16) Ohio Valley Conference
Sunday’s Conference Tournament Schedule
All Times Eastern Standard
Atlantic Sun Conference — Higher Seed Hosts
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ESPN2)
#2 Liberty (26-7) at #1 Kennesaw St. (25-8) 3 PM
Big Sky Conference — Boise, ID
Quarterfinals Day 1 (Both Games on ESPN+)
#1 Eastern Washington (22-9) vs. #9 Northern Arizona (10-22) 5:30 PM
#2 Montana St. (22-9) vs. #8 Northern Colorado (12-19) 8 PM
Big South Conference — Charlotte
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (ESPN2)
#1 UNC Asheville (26-7) vs. #7 Campbell (16-17) 1 PM
Colonial Athletic Association — Washington, D.C.
Quarterfinals (All Games on flohoops.com)
#1 Hofstra (23-8) vs. #8 William & Mary (13-19) 12 PM
#4 UNC Wilmington (22-9) vs. #5 Drexel (17-14) 2:30 PM
#2 Charleston (28-3) vs. #10 Stony Brook (11-21) 6 PM
#3 Towson (20-11) vs. #6 Delaware (17-15) 8:30 PM
Missouri Valley Conference — Saint Louis (Arch Madness)
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (CBS)
#1 Bradley (25-8) vs. #2 Drake (26-7) 2 PM
Patriot League — Higher Seed Hosts
Semifinals (Both Games on CBSSN)
#1 Colgate (24-8) vs. #4 Army (17-15) 2 PM
#6 Lafayette (10-22) vs. #7 American (17-14) 4 PM
Southern Conference — Asheville, NC
Semifinals
#1 Furman (25-7) vs. #4 Western Carolina (18-14) ESPNU 4 PM
#6 Wofford (17-15) vs. #7 Chattanooga (17-16) ESPNEWS 6:30 PM
Southland Conference — Lake Charles, LA
1st Round (Both Games on ESPN+)
#5 Texas A&M-Commerce (13-19) vs. #8 McNeese St. (9-22) 6 PM
#6 Houston Christian (10-21) vs. #7 New Orleans (10-19) 8:30 PM
Summit League — Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals Day 2 (Both Games on ESPN+)
#4 Western Illinois (16-13) vs. #5 St. Thomas (18-13) 7 PM
#3 North Dakota St. (14-16) vs. #6 South Dakota (12-18) 9:30 PM
Sun Belt Conference — Pensacola, FL
Semifinals (Both Games on ESPN+)
#4 James Madison (22-10) vs. #8 South Alabama (18-15) 6 PM
#2 Louisiana (24-7) vs. #11 Texas St. (16-18) 8:30 PM
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March 2, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, March 2, 2023
Thursday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Arkansas Pine Bluff | Jackson St. | 0.9 |
| Army | Boston U | 3.6 |
| Cal St. Northridge | Hawaii | -8.3 |
| Cleveland St. | Robert Morris | 5.0 |
| Colgate | Loyola (MD) | 15.0 |
| Delaware St. | Maryland Eastern Shore | -6.9 |
| Fairfield | Quinnipiac | -1.7 |
| Georgia Southern | Louisiana Monroe | 4.6 |
| Grambling | Alabama A&M | 9.5 |
| Houston | Wichita St. | 19.1 |
| Howard | Norfolk St. | -1.7 |
| Illinois | Michigan | 4.5 |
| Indiana St. | Evansville | 17.3 |
| Iona | Marist | 17.9 |
| Kennesaw St. | Lipscomb | 4.3 |
| Lehigh | Lafayette | 2.4 |
| Liberty | Eastern Kentucky | 12.8 |
| Long Beach St. | Cal St. Bakersfield | 9.6 |
| Louisiana Tech | Florida Intl. | 6.9 |
| Milwaukee | Wright St. | -0.9 |
| Minnesota | Rutgers | -11.3 |
| Mississippi Valley St. | Alcorn St. | -6.5 |
| Missouri St. | Illinois Chicago | 8.0 |
| Morgan St. | Coppin St. | 7.2 |
| Murray St. | Valparaiso | 2.6 |
| Navy | American | 8.1 |
| North Texas | Middle Tennessee | 7.2 |
| Northern Iowa | Illinois St. | 3.1 |
| Northern Kentucky | Oakland | 7.9 |
| Old Dominion | Texas St. | 3.7 |
| Oregon | California | 17.8 |
| Oregon St. | Stanford | -4.6 |
| Pacific | Pepperdine | -0.8 |
| Portland | San Diego | 2.3 |
| Rice | Florida Atlantic | -9.5 |
| Saint Peter’s | Rider | -3.5 |
| Siena | Manhattan | 8.8 |
| SMU | Memphis | -8.7 |
| South Alabama | Appalachian St. | 3.5 |
| South Carolina St. | North Carolina Central | -8.4 |
| Southern U. | Alabama St. | 9.3 |
| Temple | Central Florida | -1.5 |
| Tennessee St. | Southeast Missouri St. | -0.5 |
| Troy | Arkansas St. | 9.4 |
| UC Davis | UC Santa Barbara | 0.5 |
| UC Riverside | UC Irvine | -0.6 |
| UC San Diego | Cal Poly | 4.6 |
| UCLA | Arizona St. | 12.4 |
| USC | Arizona | -1.7 |
| UT-Martin | SIU Edwardsville | -0.9 |
| UTEP | Western Kentucky | 1.0 |
| UTSA | Charlotte | -8.9 |
| Washington | Washington St. | -0.7 |
| Wisconsin | Purdue | -4.9 |
| Youngstown St. | Detroit | 7.6 |
Thursday’s Conference Tournament Schedule
Atlantic Sun Conference (Higher Seed Hosts)
Semifinals — Both games start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+
#3 Eastern Kentucky (20-12) at #2 Liberty (25-7)
#5 Lipscomb (20-12) at #1 Kennesaw St. (24-8)
Horizon League (Higher Seed Hosts)
Quarterfinals — All Games on ESPN+
#5 Oakland (13-18) at #4 Northern Kentucky (19-12) 7 PM EST
#8 Detroit (14-18) at #1 Youngstown St. (23-8) 8 PM EST
#7 Wright St. (18-14) at #2 Milwaukee (20-10) 8 PM EST
#6 Robert Morris (16-16) at #3 Cleveland St. (19-12) 8 PM EST
Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness–St. Louis) (All Games on MVC TV Network)
#8 Northern Iowa (13-17) vs. #9 Illinois St. (11-20) 1 PM EST
#5 Indiana St. (20-11) vs. #12 Evansville (5-26) 3:30 PM EST
#7 Murray St. (16-14) vs. #10 Valparaiso (11-20) 7 PM EST
#6 Missouri St. (16-14) vs. #11 Illinois-Chicaco (12-19) 9:30 PM EST
Ohio Valley Conference — Evansville, IN
Quarterfinals — Both Games on ESPN+
#4 Tennessee St. (18-13) vs. #5 Southeast Missouri St. (16-16) 7:30 PM EST
#3 UT-Martin (18-13) vs. #6 SIU Edwardsville (19-13) 10 PM EST
Patriot League — Higher Seeds Host
Quarterfinals (All Games on ESPN+)
#4 Army (16-15) vs. #5 Boston U (15-16) 6 PM EST
#8 Loyola (MD) (13-19) at #1 Colgate (23-8) 7 PM EST
#6 Lafayette (9-22) at #3 Lehigh (16-13) 7 PM EST
#7 American (16-14) at #2 Navy (18-12) 7 PM EST
Sun Belt Conference — Pensacola, FL
2nd Round (All Games on ESPN+)
#8 South Alabama (16-15) vs. #9 Appalachian St. (16-15) 12:30 PM EST
#5 Troy (19-12) vs. #13 Arkansas St. (13-19) 3 PM EST
#6 Old Dominion (19-11) vs. #11 Texas St. (14-18) 6 PM EST
#7 Georgia Southern (16-15) vs. #10 Louisiana Monroe (11-20) 8:30 PM EST
West Coast Conference — Las Vegas
1st Round (Both Games on BYUtv)
#8 Portland (13-18) vs. #9 San Diego (11-19) 9 PM EST
#7 Pacific (14-17) vs. #10 Pepperdine (9-21) 11:30 PM EST
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February 27, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Monday, February 27, 2023
Monday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Alcorn St. | Texas Southern | 4.9 |
| Bethune-Cookman | Grambling | -8.3 |
| Delaware St. | Coppin St. | 1.0 |
| Eastern Washington | Montana St. | 2.3 |
| Florida A&M | Southern U. | -6.2 |
| Florida St. | North Carolina | -8.9 |
| Idaho | Montana | -4.7 |
| Iowa St. | West Virginia | 2.2 |
| Jackson St. | Prairie View A&M | 0.2 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | Morgan St. | 5.7 |
| North Carolina Central | Norfolk St. | 1.7 |
| North Florida | Bellarmine | 1.3 |
| Northern Arizona | Weber St. | 0.7 |
| Northern Colorado | Idaho St. | 3.6 |
| Oklahoma St. | Baylor | -1.3 |
| Portland St. | Sacramento St. | 2.2 |
| Queens | Florida Gulf Coast | -1.8 |
| South Carolina St. | Howard | -5.0 |
| Wyoming | Nevada | -6.2 |
Today’s Conference Tournament Schedule
Atlantic Sun
Opening Round – Monday, February 27 (ESPN+) [Both Games at 7 PM EST]
Game 1: #9 Queens (17-14) vs. #10 Florida Gulf Coast (17-14) (@ Kennesaw St.)
Game 2: #7 North Florida (14-16) vs. #8 Bellarmine (14-17) (@ Liberty)
Monday’s PiRate Ratings
| # | Team | PiRate | Conference |
| 1 | Alabama | 120.4 | Southeastern |
| 2 | Houston | 120.2 | American Athletic |
| 3 | Tennessee | 118.6 | Southeastern |
| 4 | UCLA | 118.5 | Pac-12 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 117.4 | Big East |
| 6 | Kansas | 117.3 | Big 12 |
| 7 | Gonzaga | 116.7 | West Coast |
| 8 | Purdue | 116.5 | Big Ten |
| 9 | Texas | 116.5 | Big 12 |
| 10 | Arizona | 116.3 | Pac-12 |
| 11 | Baylor | 115.4 | Big 12 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 115.0 | Southeastern |
| 13 | Creighton | 114.9 | Big East |
| 14 | Marquette | 114.8 | Big East |
| 15 | Saint Mary’s | 114.6 | West Coast |
| 16 | Xavier | 114.2 | Big East |
| 17 | Indiana | 114.0 | Big Ten |
| 18 | TCU | 113.8 | Big 12 |
| 19 | Maryland | 113.6 | Big Ten |
| 20 | Kentucky | 113.4 | Southeastern |
| 21 | Kansas St. | 113.4 | Big 12 |
| 22 | San Diego St. | 113.3 | Mountain West |
| 23 | West Virginia | 113.2 | Big 12 |
| 24 | Illinois | 112.5 | Big Ten |
| 25 | Auburn | 112.4 | Southeastern |
| 26 | Iowa St. | 112.4 | Big 12 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 112.4 | Big Ten |
| 28 | Texas A&M | 112.3 | Southeastern |
| 29 | Duke | 112.2 | Atlantic Coast |
| 30 | Providence | 111.9 | Big East |
| 31 | Michigan St. | 111.9 | Big Ten |
| 32 | Iowa | 111.8 | Big Ten |
| 33 | Miami (Fla) | 111.8 | Atlantic Coast |
| 34 | North Carolina | 111.8 | Atlantic Coast |
| 35 | Memphis | 111.6 | American Athletic |
| 36 | USC | 111.6 | Pac-12 |
| 37 | Virginia | 111.5 | Atlantic Coast |
| 38 | Boise St. | 111.2 | Mountain West |
| 39 | Utah St. | 111.1 | Mountain West |
| 40 | Oklahoma St. | 111.1 | Big 12 |
| 41 | Michigan | 111.0 | Big Ten |
| 42 | Florida Atlantic | 110.8 | Conference USA |
| 43 | Texas Tech | 110.7 | Big 12 |
| 44 | Mississippi St. | 110.6 | Southeastern |
| 45 | North Carolina St. | 110.5 | Atlantic Coast |
| 46 | Northwestern | 110.4 | Big Ten |
| 47 | Oregon | 110.3 | Pac-12 |
| 48 | Nevada | 110.0 | Mountain West |
| 49 | Missouri | 109.8 | Southeastern |
| 50 | Penn St. | 109.7 | Big Ten |
| 51 | Florida | 109.7 | Southeastern |
| 52 | New Mexico | 109.6 | Mountain West |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 109.6 | Big 12 |
| 54 | Ohio St. | 109.5 | Big Ten |
| 55 | UAB | 109.2 | Conference USA |
| 56 | Cincinnati | 109.2 | American Athletic |
| 57 | Liberty | 109.1 | Atlantic Sun |
| 58 | Villanova | 109.1 | Big East |
| 59 | Arizona St. | 109.1 | Pac-12 |
| 60 | Colorado | 109.1 | Pac-12 |
| 61 | Clemson | 109.0 | Atlantic Coast |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | 109.0 | Atlantic Coast |
| 63 | Utah | 108.9 | Pac-12 |
| 64 | Wisconsin | 108.6 | Big Ten |
| 65 | Dayton | 108.5 | Atlantic 10 |
| 66 | Seton Hall | 108.5 | Big East |
| 67 | Washington St. | 108.5 | Pac-12 |
| 68 | Charleston | 108.5 | Colonial Athletic |
| 69 | Central Florida | 108.4 | American Athletic |
| 70 | Virginia Tech | 108.3 | Atlantic Coast |
| 71 | VCU | 108.0 | Atlantic 10 |
| 72 | Oral Roberts | 108.0 | Summit |
| 73 | Iona | 107.8 | Metro Atlantic |
| 74 | Yale | 107.8 | Ivy League |
| 75 | Drake | 107.7 | Missouri Valley |
| 76 | BYU | 107.7 | West Coast |
| 77 | Bradley | 107.6 | Missouri Valley |
| 78 | North Texas | 107.5 | Conference USA |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 107.4 | Atlantic Coast |
| 80 | Marshall | 107.4 | Sun Belt |
| 81 | Sam Houston St. | 107.3 | Western Athletic |
| 82 | Kent St. | 107.2 | Mid-American |
| 83 | Vanderbilt | 107.0 | Southeastern |
| 84 | St. John’s | 106.7 | Big East |
| 85 | Tulane | 106.7 | American Athletic |
| 86 | Santa Clara | 106.6 | West Coast |
| 87 | Stanford | 106.3 | Pac-12 |
| 88 | Furman | 106.3 | Southern |
| 89 | UNLV | 106.2 | Mountain West |
| 90 | Toledo | 106.2 | Mid-American |
| 91 | James Madison | 105.7 | Sun Belt |
| 92 | Utah Valley | 105.6 | Western Athletic |
| 93 | Nebraska | 105.6 | Big Ten |
| 94 | Hofstra | 105.4 | Colonial Athletic |
| 95 | Saint Louis | 105.3 | Atlantic 10 |
| 96 | Indiana St. | 105.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 97 | Syracuse | 104.9 | Atlantic Coast |
| 98 | Washington | 104.8 | Pac-12 |
| 99 | Mississippi | 104.7 | Southeastern |
| 100 | UC Irvine | 104.5 | Big West |
| 101 | Southern Miss | 104.3 | Sun Belt |
| 102 | Southern Utah | 104.3 | Western Athletic |
| 103 | Akron | 104.2 | Mid-American |
| 104 | Duquesne | 104.1 | Atlantic 10 |
| 105 | Louisiana | 104.1 | Sun Belt |
| 106 | Colorado St. | 104.1 | Mountain West |
| 107 | Wichita St. | 104.1 | American Athletic |
| 108 | UNC Greensboro | 104.0 | Southern |
| 109 | Butler | 104.0 | Big East |
| 110 | Loyola Marymount | 103.9 | West Coast |
| 111 | Temple | 103.9 | American Athletic |
| 112 | San Francisco | 103.8 | West Coast |
| 113 | Colgate | 103.6 | Patriot League |
| 114 | South Alabama | 103.4 | Sun Belt |
| 115 | Charlotte | 103.2 | Conference USA |
| 116 | Belmont | 103.1 | Missouri Valley |
| 117 | San Jose St. | 103.1 | Mountain West |
| 118 | Stephen F. Austin | 103.0 | Western Athletic |
| 119 | Youngstown St. | 102.9 | Horizon |
| 120 | Grand Canyon | 102.9 | Western Athletic |
| 121 | Middle Tennessee | 102.8 | Conference USA |
| 122 | Montana St. | 102.8 | Big Sky |
| 123 | Vermont | 102.8 | America East |
| 124 | Princeton | 102.7 | Ivy League |
| 125 | UC Santa Barbara | 102.7 | Big West |
| 126 | Eastern Washington | 102.6 | Big Sky |
| 127 | LSU | 102.5 | Southeastern |
| 128 | Southern Illinois | 102.5 | Missouri Valley |
| 129 | UMass Lowell | 102.2 | America East |
| 130 | Davidson | 102.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 131 | Samford | 102.2 | Southern |
| 132 | DePaul | 102.1 | Big East |
| 133 | George Mason | 102.0 | Atlantic 10 |
| 134 | Cal St. Fullerton | 102.0 | Big West |
| 135 | Hawaii | 102.0 | Big West |
| 136 | Georgia | 102.0 | Southeastern |
| 137 | Towson | 102.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 138 | Troy | 102.0 | Sun Belt |
| 139 | Penn | 101.9 | Ivy League |
| 140 | Seattle | 101.9 | Western Athletic |
| 141 | South Florida | 101.8 | American Athletic |
| 142 | Kennesaw St. | 101.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 143 | Cornell | 101.7 | Ivy League |
| 144 | UC Riverside | 101.4 | Big West |
| 145 | Notre Dame | 101.3 | Atlantic Coast |
| 146 | Richmond | 101.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 147 | Fordham | 101.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 148 | Ohio | 101.2 | Mid-American |
| 149 | Fresno St. | 101.2 | Mountain West |
| 150 | UNC Asheville | 101.0 | Big South |
| 151 | Missouri St. | 101.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 152 | Wyoming | 100.8 | Mountain West |
| 153 | Louisiana Tech | 100.8 | Conference USA |
| 154 | UC Davis | 100.7 | Big West |
| 155 | Old Dominion | 100.7 | Sun Belt |
| 156 | Longwood | 100.7 | Big South |
| 157 | Boston College | 100.6 | Atlantic Coast |
| 158 | Air Force | 100.6 | Mountain West |
| 159 | Ball St. | 100.6 | Mid-American |
| 160 | South Dakota St. | 100.6 | Summit |
| 161 | Tarleton St. | 100.3 | Western Athletic |
| 162 | Cal Baptist | 100.3 | Western Athletic |
| 163 | Long Beach St. | 100.3 | Big West |
| 164 | Western Kentucky | 100.2 | Conference USA |
| 165 | Georgia Tech | 100.2 | Atlantic Coast |
| 166 | Portland | 100.1 | West Coast |
| 167 | UNC Wilmington | 99.9 | Colonial Athletic |
| 168 | Harvard | 99.9 | Ivy League |
| 169 | SMU | 99.9 | American Athletic |
| 170 | Lipscomb | 99.9 | Atlantic Sun |
| 171 | Appalachian St. | 99.9 | Sun Belt |
| 172 | Florida St. | 99.9 | Atlantic Coast |
| 173 | St. Bonaventure | 99.8 | Atlantic 10 |
| 174 | Stetson | 99.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 175 | Montana | 99.6 | Big Sky |
| 176 | Wright St. | 99.6 | Horizon |
| 177 | Quinnipiac | 99.5 | Metro Atlantic |
| 178 | Norfolk St. | 99.5 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 179 | Northern Kentucky | 99.4 | Horizon |
| 180 | Chattanooga | 99.4 | Southern |
| 181 | Navy | 99.4 | Patriot League |
| 182 | Abilene Christian | 99.4 | Western Athletic |
| 183 | New Mexico St. | 99.3 | Western Athletic |
| 184 | Massachusetts | 99.3 | Atlantic 10 |
| 185 | Radford | 99.2 | Big South |
| 186 | Florida Gulf Coast | 99.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 187 | Brown | 99.1 | Ivy League |
| 188 | Georgetown | 98.9 | Big East |
| 189 | Bryant | 98.9 | America East |
| 190 | Pepperdine | 98.8 | West Coast |
| 191 | Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 | Atlantic Sun |
| 192 | Utah Tech | 98.8 | Western Athletic |
| 193 | Rice | 98.8 | Conference USA |
| 194 | Gardner Webb | 98.8 | Big South |
| 195 | Drexel | 98.8 | Colonial Athletic |
| 196 | Siena | 98.7 | Metro Atlantic |
| 197 | North Carolina Central | 98.7 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 198 | UTEP | 98.7 | Conference USA |
| 199 | Oregon St. | 98.7 | Pac-12 |
| 200 | Texas A&M CC | 98.6 | Southland |
| 201 | Cleveland St. | 98.6 | Horizon |
| 202 | Saint Joseph’s | 98.5 | Atlantic 10 |
| 203 | Buffalo | 98.3 | Mid-American |
| 204 | Georgia Southern | 98.2 | Sun Belt |
| 205 | Rider | 98.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 206 | Grambling | 98.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 207 | Minnesota | 98.1 | Big Ten |
| 208 | Pacific | 98.0 | West Coast |
| 209 | Northern Iowa | 97.9 | Missouri Valley |
| 210 | Weber St. | 97.9 | Big Sky |
| 211 | East Carolina | 97.9 | American Athletic |
| 212 | Detroit Mercy | 97.8 | Horizon |
| 213 | San Diego | 97.8 | West Coast |
| 214 | St. Thomas | 97.8 | Summit |
| 215 | South Carolina | 97.7 | Southeastern |
| 216 | George Washington | 97.6 | Atlantic 10 |
| 217 | Wofford | 97.5 | Southern |
| 218 | Queens | 97.4 | Atlantic Sun |
| 219 | North Dakota St. | 97.4 | Summit |
| 220 | La Salle | 97.4 | Atlantic 10 |
| 221 | Northwestern St. | 97.3 | Southland |
| 222 | Texas St. | 97.0 | Sun Belt |
| 223 | Delaware | 97.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 224 | Mercer | 97.0 | Southern |
| 225 | Murray St. | 97.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 226 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 96.8 | Horizon |
| 227 | Rhode Island | 96.7 | Atlantic 10 |
| 228 | North Florida | 96.5 | Atlantic Sun |
| 229 | Jacksonville | 96.5 | Atlantic Sun |
| 230 | East Tennessee St. | 96.4 | Southern |
| 231 | Florida Int’l | 96.4 | Conference USA |
| 232 | Sacramento St. | 96.2 | Big Sky |
| 233 | Loyola (Chi.) | 96.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 234 | Jacksonville St. | 96.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 235 | Milwaukee | 96.2 | Horizon |
| 236 | Northern Colorado | 96.1 | Big Sky |
| 237 | Robert Morris | 96.1 | Horizon |
| 238 | Northern Arizona | 96.1 | Big Sky |
| 239 | Campbell | 96.1 | Big South |
| 240 | Winthrop | 96.0 | Big South |
| 241 | UT Arlington | 96.0 | Western Athletic |
| 242 | Portland St. | 95.9 | Big Sky |
| 243 | Western Carolina | 95.8 | Southern |
| 244 | Morehead St. | 95.8 | Ohio Valley |
| 245 | UMBC | 95.8 | America East |
| 246 | Army | 95.5 | Patriot League |
| 247 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 95.5 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 248 | California | 95.5 | Pac-12 |
| 249 | Nicholls St. | 95.3 | Southland |
| 250 | Howard | 95.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 251 | Northern Illinois | 95.3 | Mid-American |
| 252 | SIU Edwardsville | 95.3 | Ohio Valley |
| 253 | Fairfield | 95.3 | Metro Atlantic |
| 254 | Niagara | 95.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 255 | Bellarmine | 95.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 256 | North Alabama | 95.1 | Atlantic Sun |
| 257 | Louisville | 95.1 | Atlantic Coast |
| 258 | Idaho St. | 95.0 | Big Sky |
| 259 | Southern | 95.0 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 260 | Canisius | 94.9 | Metro Atlantic |
| 261 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 94.9 | Western Athletic |
| 262 | Illinois St. | 94.8 | Missouri Valley |
| 263 | Alcorn St. | 94.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 264 | UT-Martin | 94.4 | Ohio Valley |
| 265 | USC Upstate | 94.4 | Big South |
| 266 | Southern Indiana | 94.4 | Ohio Valley |
| 267 | Boston University | 94.4 | Patriot League |
| 268 | Valparaiso | 94.4 | Missouri Valley |
| 269 | Coastal Carolina | 94.3 | Sun Belt |
| 270 | Southeastern Louisiana | 94.2 | Southland |
| 271 | Western Illinois | 94.1 | Summit |
| 272 | Georgia St. | 94.1 | Sun Belt |
| 273 | Oakland | 94.0 | Horizon |
| 274 | Dartmouth | 94.0 | Ivy League |
| 275 | Prairie View A&M | 93.9 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 276 | Lafayette | 93.9 | Patriot League |
| 277 | UC San Diego | 93.9 | Big West |
| 278 | American | 93.8 | Patriot League |
| 279 | Lehigh | 93.8 | Patriot League |
| 280 | Southeast Missouri St. | 93.7 | Ohio Valley |
| 281 | Louisiana Monroe | 93.6 | Sun Belt |
| 282 | Miami (O) | 93.6 | Mid-American |
| 283 | Bowling Green | 93.5 | Mid-American |
| 284 | Mount St. Mary’s | 93.5 | Metro Atlantic |
| 285 | Maine | 93.5 | America East |
| 286 | Chicago St. | 93.4 | Independents |
| 287 | North Dakota | 93.2 | Summit |
| 288 | Tennessee St. | 93.2 | Ohio Valley |
| 289 | Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.2 | Big West |
| 290 | New Hampshire | 93.1 | America East |
| 291 | Illinois Chicago | 93.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 292 | South Dakota | 92.9 | Summit |
| 293 | Tennessee Tech | 92.7 | Ohio Valley |
| 294 | Arkansas St. | 92.6 | Sun Belt |
| 295 | Wagner | 92.6 | Northeast |
| 296 | Denver | 92.6 | Summit |
| 297 | Bucknell | 92.5 | Patriot League |
| 298 | Manhattan | 92.4 | Metro Atlantic |
| 299 | Idaho | 92.4 | Big Sky |
| 300 | Marist | 92.4 | Metro Atlantic |
| 301 | High Point | 92.4 | Big South |
| 302 | Tulsa | 92.4 | American Athletic |
| 303 | Morgan St. | 92.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 304 | UMKC | 92.3 | Summit |
| 305 | Charleston Southern | 92.3 | Big South |
| 306 | Texas Southern | 92.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 307 | Northeastern | 92.3 | Colonial Athletic |
| 308 | Saint Peter’s | 92.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 309 | Binghamton | 92.1 | America East |
| 310 | Texas A&M Commerce | 92.1 | Southland |
| 311 | Merrimack | 91.9 | Northeast |
| 312 | Cal Poly | 91.8 | Big West |
| 313 | North Carolina A&T | 91.8 | Colonial Athletic |
| 314 | UTSA | 91.8 | Conference USA |
| 315 | Eastern Michigan | 91.6 | Mid-American |
| 316 | William & Mary | 91.6 | Colonial Athletic |
| 317 | Western Michigan | 91.6 | Mid-American |
| 318 | Jackson St. | 91.6 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 319 | The Citadel | 91.4 | Southern |
| 320 | Cal St. Northridge | 91.2 | Big West |
| 321 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 91.1 | Northeast |
| 322 | Loyola (MD) | 91.1 | Patriot League |
| 323 | Alabama A&M | 91.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 324 | Austin Peay | 90.8 | Atlantic Sun |
| 325 | Central Michigan | 90.5 | Mid-American |
| 326 | Elon | 90.4 | Colonial Athletic |
| 327 | Stony Brook | 90.3 | Colonial Athletic |
| 328 | Little Rock | 90.3 | Ohio Valley |
| 329 | Omaha | 90.3 | Summit |
| 330 | NJIT | 90.1 | America East |
| 331 | Sacred Heart | 90.1 | Northeast |
| 332 | Stonehill | 90.1 | Northeast |
| 333 | Arkansas Pine Bluff | 90.0 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 334 | St. Francis PA | 89.5 | Northeast |
| 335 | Central Connecticut | 89.4 | Northeast |
| 336 | McNeese St. | 89.0 | Southland |
| 337 | Presbyterian | 88.9 | Big South |
| 338 | Lindenwood | 88.8 | Ohio Valley |
| 339 | Central Arkansas | 88.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 340 | Hampton | 88.6 | Colonial Athletic |
| 341 | Albany | 88.4 | America East |
| 342 | Incarnate Word | 88.3 | Southland |
| 343 | Alabama St. | 88.2 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 344 | Holy Cross | 88.2 | Patriot League |
| 345 | Eastern Illinois | 88.1 | Ohio Valley |
| 346 | South Carolina St. | 87.8 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 347 | Columbia | 87.7 | Ivy League |
| 348 | Evansville | 87.7 | Missouri Valley |
| 349 | VMI | 87.7 | Southern |
| 350 | New Orleans | 87.7 | Southland |
| 351 | Coppin St. | 87.6 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 352 | Bethune Cookman | 87.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 353 | Houston Christian | 87.0 | Southland |
| 354 | Monmouth | 87.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 355 | St. Francis NY | 86.7 | Northeast |
| 356 | Florida A&M | 86.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 357 | Delaware St. | 86.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 358 | Mississippi Valley St. | 85.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 359 | Lamar | 85.3 | Southland |
| 360 | IUPUI | 83.8 | Horizon |
| 361 | Green Bay | 82.6 | Horizon |
| 362 | Hartford | 81.6 | Independents |
| 363 | Long Island | 79.7 | Northeast |
Alphabetical
| # | Team | PiRate | Conference |
| 182 | Abilene Christian | 99.4 | Western Athletic |
| 158 | Air Force | 100.6 | Mountain West |
| 103 | Akron | 104.2 | Mid-American |
| 1 | Alabama | 120.4 | Southeastern |
| 323 | Alabama A&M | 91.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 343 | Alabama St. | 88.2 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 341 | Albany | 88.4 | America East |
| 263 | Alcorn St. | 94.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 278 | American | 93.8 | Patriot League |
| 171 | Appalachian St. | 99.9 | Sun Belt |
| 10 | Arizona | 116.3 | Pac-12 |
| 59 | Arizona St. | 109.1 | Pac-12 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 115.0 | Southeastern |
| 333 | Arkansas Pine Bluff | 90.0 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 294 | Arkansas St. | 92.6 | Sun Belt |
| 246 | Army | 95.5 | Patriot League |
| 25 | Auburn | 112.4 | Southeastern |
| 324 | Austin Peay | 90.8 | Atlantic Sun |
| 159 | Ball St. | 100.6 | Mid-American |
| 11 | Baylor | 115.4 | Big 12 |
| 255 | Bellarmine | 95.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 116 | Belmont | 103.1 | Missouri Valley |
| 352 | Bethune Cookman | 87.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 309 | Binghamton | 92.1 | America East |
| 38 | Boise St. | 111.2 | Mountain West |
| 157 | Boston College | 100.6 | Atlantic Coast |
| 267 | Boston University | 94.4 | Patriot League |
| 283 | Bowling Green | 93.5 | Mid-American |
| 77 | Bradley | 107.6 | Missouri Valley |
| 187 | Brown | 99.1 | Ivy League |
| 189 | Bryant | 98.9 | America East |
| 297 | Bucknell | 92.5 | Patriot League |
| 203 | Buffalo | 98.3 | Mid-American |
| 109 | Butler | 104.0 | Big East |
| 76 | BYU | 107.7 | West Coast |
| 162 | Cal Baptist | 100.3 | Western Athletic |
| 312 | Cal Poly | 91.8 | Big West |
| 289 | Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.2 | Big West |
| 134 | Cal St. Fullerton | 102.0 | Big West |
| 320 | Cal St. Northridge | 91.2 | Big West |
| 248 | California | 95.5 | Pac-12 |
| 239 | Campbell | 96.1 | Big South |
| 260 | Canisius | 94.9 | Metro Atlantic |
| 339 | Central Arkansas | 88.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 335 | Central Connecticut | 89.4 | Northeast |
| 69 | Central Florida | 108.4 | American Athletic |
| 325 | Central Michigan | 90.5 | Mid-American |
| 68 | Charleston | 108.5 | Colonial Athletic |
| 305 | Charleston Southern | 92.3 | Big South |
| 115 | Charlotte | 103.2 | Conference USA |
| 180 | Chattanooga | 99.4 | Southern |
| 286 | Chicago St. | 93.4 | Independents |
| 56 | Cincinnati | 109.2 | American Athletic |
| 61 | Clemson | 109.0 | Atlantic Coast |
| 201 | Cleveland St. | 98.6 | Horizon |
| 269 | Coastal Carolina | 94.3 | Sun Belt |
| 113 | Colgate | 103.6 | Patriot League |
| 60 | Colorado | 109.1 | Pac-12 |
| 106 | Colorado St. | 104.1 | Mountain West |
| 347 | Columbia | 87.7 | Ivy League |
| 5 | Connecticut | 117.4 | Big East |
| 351 | Coppin St. | 87.6 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 143 | Cornell | 101.7 | Ivy League |
| 13 | Creighton | 114.9 | Big East |
| 274 | Dartmouth | 94.0 | Ivy League |
| 130 | Davidson | 102.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 65 | Dayton | 108.5 | Atlantic 10 |
| 223 | Delaware | 97.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 357 | Delaware St. | 86.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 296 | Denver | 92.6 | Summit |
| 132 | DePaul | 102.1 | Big East |
| 212 | Detroit Mercy | 97.8 | Horizon |
| 75 | Drake | 107.7 | Missouri Valley |
| 195 | Drexel | 98.8 | Colonial Athletic |
| 29 | Duke | 112.2 | Atlantic Coast |
| 104 | Duquesne | 104.1 | Atlantic 10 |
| 211 | East Carolina | 97.9 | American Athletic |
| 230 | East Tennessee St. | 96.4 | Southern |
| 345 | Eastern Illinois | 88.1 | Ohio Valley |
| 191 | Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 | Atlantic Sun |
| 315 | Eastern Michigan | 91.6 | Mid-American |
| 126 | Eastern Washington | 102.6 | Big Sky |
| 326 | Elon | 90.4 | Colonial Athletic |
| 348 | Evansville | 87.7 | Missouri Valley |
| 253 | Fairfield | 95.3 | Metro Atlantic |
| 321 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 91.1 | Northeast |
| 51 | Florida | 109.7 | Southeastern |
| 356 | Florida A&M | 86.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 42 | Florida Atlantic | 110.8 | Conference USA |
| 186 | Florida Gulf Coast | 99.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 231 | Florida Int’l | 96.4 | Conference USA |
| 172 | Florida St. | 99.9 | Atlantic Coast |
| 147 | Fordham | 101.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 149 | Fresno St. | 101.2 | Mountain West |
| 88 | Furman | 106.3 | Southern |
| 194 | Gardner Webb | 98.8 | Big South |
| 133 | George Mason | 102.0 | Atlantic 10 |
| 216 | George Washington | 97.6 | Atlantic 10 |
| 188 | Georgetown | 98.9 | Big East |
| 136 | Georgia | 102.0 | Southeastern |
| 204 | Georgia Southern | 98.2 | Sun Belt |
| 272 | Georgia St. | 94.1 | Sun Belt |
| 165 | Georgia Tech | 100.2 | Atlantic Coast |
| 7 | Gonzaga | 116.7 | West Coast |
| 206 | Grambling | 98.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 120 | Grand Canyon | 102.9 | Western Athletic |
| 361 | Green Bay | 82.6 | Horizon |
| 340 | Hampton | 88.6 | Colonial Athletic |
| 362 | Hartford | 81.6 | Independents |
| 168 | Harvard | 99.9 | Ivy League |
| 135 | Hawaii | 102.0 | Big West |
| 301 | High Point | 92.4 | Big South |
| 94 | Hofstra | 105.4 | Colonial Athletic |
| 344 | Holy Cross | 88.2 | Patriot League |
| 2 | Houston | 120.2 | American Athletic |
| 353 | Houston Christian | 87.0 | Southland |
| 250 | Howard | 95.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 299 | Idaho | 92.4 | Big Sky |
| 258 | Idaho St. | 95.0 | Big Sky |
| 24 | Illinois | 112.5 | Big Ten |
| 291 | Illinois Chicago | 93.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 262 | Illinois St. | 94.8 | Missouri Valley |
| 342 | Incarnate Word | 88.3 | Southland |
| 17 | Indiana | 114.0 | Big Ten |
| 96 | Indiana St. | 105.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 73 | Iona | 107.8 | Metro Atlantic |
| 32 | Iowa | 111.8 | Big Ten |
| 26 | Iowa St. | 112.4 | Big 12 |
| 360 | IUPUI | 83.8 | Horizon |
| 318 | Jackson St. | 91.6 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 229 | Jacksonville | 96.5 | Atlantic Sun |
| 234 | Jacksonville St. | 96.2 | Atlantic Sun |
| 91 | James Madison | 105.7 | Sun Belt |
| 6 | Kansas | 117.3 | Big 12 |
| 21 | Kansas St. | 113.4 | Big 12 |
| 142 | Kennesaw St. | 101.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 82 | Kent St. | 107.2 | Mid-American |
| 20 | Kentucky | 113.4 | Southeastern |
| 220 | La Salle | 97.4 | Atlantic 10 |
| 276 | Lafayette | 93.9 | Patriot League |
| 359 | Lamar | 85.3 | Southland |
| 279 | Lehigh | 93.8 | Patriot League |
| 57 | Liberty | 109.1 | Atlantic Sun |
| 338 | Lindenwood | 88.8 | Ohio Valley |
| 170 | Lipscomb | 99.9 | Atlantic Sun |
| 328 | Little Rock | 90.3 | Ohio Valley |
| 163 | Long Beach St. | 100.3 | Big West |
| 363 | Long Island | 79.7 | Northeast |
| 156 | Longwood | 100.7 | Big South |
| 105 | Louisiana | 104.1 | Sun Belt |
| 281 | Louisiana Monroe | 93.6 | Sun Belt |
| 153 | Louisiana Tech | 100.8 | Conference USA |
| 257 | Louisville | 95.1 | Atlantic Coast |
| 233 | Loyola (Chi.) | 96.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 322 | Loyola (MD) | 91.1 | Patriot League |
| 110 | Loyola Marymount | 103.9 | West Coast |
| 127 | LSU | 102.5 | Southeastern |
| 285 | Maine | 93.5 | America East |
| 298 | Manhattan | 92.4 | Metro Atlantic |
| 300 | Marist | 92.4 | Metro Atlantic |
| 14 | Marquette | 114.8 | Big East |
| 80 | Marshall | 107.4 | Sun Belt |
| 19 | Maryland | 113.6 | Big Ten |
| 247 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 95.5 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 184 | Massachusetts | 99.3 | Atlantic 10 |
| 336 | McNeese St. | 89.0 | Southland |
| 35 | Memphis | 111.6 | American Athletic |
| 224 | Mercer | 97.0 | Southern |
| 311 | Merrimack | 91.9 | Northeast |
| 33 | Miami (Fla) | 111.8 | Atlantic Coast |
| 282 | Miami (O) | 93.6 | Mid-American |
| 41 | Michigan | 111.0 | Big Ten |
| 31 | Michigan St. | 111.9 | Big Ten |
| 121 | Middle Tennessee | 102.8 | Conference USA |
| 235 | Milwaukee | 96.2 | Horizon |
| 207 | Minnesota | 98.1 | Big Ten |
| 99 | Mississippi | 104.7 | Southeastern |
| 44 | Mississippi St. | 110.6 | Southeastern |
| 358 | Mississippi Valley St. | 85.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 49 | Missouri | 109.8 | Southeastern |
| 151 | Missouri St. | 101.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 354 | Monmouth | 87.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 175 | Montana | 99.6 | Big Sky |
| 122 | Montana St. | 102.8 | Big Sky |
| 244 | Morehead St. | 95.8 | Ohio Valley |
| 303 | Morgan St. | 92.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 284 | Mount St. Mary’s | 93.5 | Metro Atlantic |
| 225 | Murray St. | 97.0 | Missouri Valley |
| 181 | Navy | 99.4 | Patriot League |
| 93 | Nebraska | 105.6 | Big Ten |
| 48 | Nevada | 110.0 | Mountain West |
| 290 | New Hampshire | 93.1 | America East |
| 52 | New Mexico | 109.6 | Mountain West |
| 183 | New Mexico St. | 99.3 | Western Athletic |
| 350 | New Orleans | 87.7 | Southland |
| 254 | Niagara | 95.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 249 | Nicholls St. | 95.3 | Southland |
| 330 | NJIT | 90.1 | America East |
| 178 | Norfolk St. | 99.5 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 256 | North Alabama | 95.1 | Atlantic Sun |
| 34 | North Carolina | 111.8 | Atlantic Coast |
| 313 | North Carolina A&T | 91.8 | Colonial Athletic |
| 197 | North Carolina Central | 98.7 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 45 | North Carolina St. | 110.5 | Atlantic Coast |
| 287 | North Dakota | 93.2 | Summit |
| 219 | North Dakota St. | 97.4 | Summit |
| 228 | North Florida | 96.5 | Atlantic Sun |
| 78 | North Texas | 107.5 | Conference USA |
| 307 | Northeastern | 92.3 | Colonial Athletic |
| 238 | Northern Arizona | 96.1 | Big Sky |
| 236 | Northern Colorado | 96.1 | Big Sky |
| 251 | Northern Illinois | 95.3 | Mid-American |
| 209 | Northern Iowa | 97.9 | Missouri Valley |
| 179 | Northern Kentucky | 99.4 | Horizon |
| 46 | Northwestern | 110.4 | Big Ten |
| 221 | Northwestern St. | 97.3 | Southland |
| 145 | Notre Dame | 101.3 | Atlantic Coast |
| 273 | Oakland | 94.0 | Horizon |
| 148 | Ohio | 101.2 | Mid-American |
| 54 | Ohio St. | 109.5 | Big Ten |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 109.6 | Big 12 |
| 40 | Oklahoma St. | 111.1 | Big 12 |
| 155 | Old Dominion | 100.7 | Sun Belt |
| 329 | Omaha | 90.3 | Summit |
| 72 | Oral Roberts | 108.0 | Summit |
| 47 | Oregon | 110.3 | Pac-12 |
| 199 | Oregon St. | 98.7 | Pac-12 |
| 208 | Pacific | 98.0 | West Coast |
| 139 | Penn | 101.9 | Ivy League |
| 50 | Penn St. | 109.7 | Big Ten |
| 190 | Pepperdine | 98.8 | West Coast |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | 109.0 | Atlantic Coast |
| 166 | Portland | 100.1 | West Coast |
| 242 | Portland St. | 95.9 | Big Sky |
| 275 | Prairie View A&M | 93.9 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 337 | Presbyterian | 88.9 | Big South |
| 124 | Princeton | 102.7 | Ivy League |
| 30 | Providence | 111.9 | Big East |
| 8 | Purdue | 116.5 | Big Ten |
| 226 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 96.8 | Horizon |
| 218 | Queens | 97.4 | Atlantic Sun |
| 177 | Quinnipiac | 99.5 | Metro Atlantic |
| 185 | Radford | 99.2 | Big South |
| 227 | Rhode Island | 96.7 | Atlantic 10 |
| 193 | Rice | 98.8 | Conference USA |
| 146 | Richmond | 101.2 | Atlantic 10 |
| 205 | Rider | 98.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 237 | Robert Morris | 96.1 | Horizon |
| 27 | Rutgers | 112.4 | Big Ten |
| 232 | Sacramento St. | 96.2 | Big Sky |
| 331 | Sacred Heart | 90.1 | Northeast |
| 202 | Saint Joseph’s | 98.5 | Atlantic 10 |
| 95 | Saint Louis | 105.3 | Atlantic 10 |
| 15 | Saint Mary’s | 114.6 | West Coast |
| 308 | Saint Peter’s | 92.2 | Metro Atlantic |
| 81 | Sam Houston St. | 107.3 | Western Athletic |
| 131 | Samford | 102.2 | Southern |
| 213 | San Diego | 97.8 | West Coast |
| 22 | San Diego St. | 113.3 | Mountain West |
| 112 | San Francisco | 103.8 | West Coast |
| 117 | San Jose St. | 103.1 | Mountain West |
| 86 | Santa Clara | 106.6 | West Coast |
| 140 | Seattle | 101.9 | Western Athletic |
| 66 | Seton Hall | 108.5 | Big East |
| 196 | Siena | 98.7 | Metro Atlantic |
| 252 | SIU Edwardsville | 95.3 | Ohio Valley |
| 169 | SMU | 99.9 | American Athletic |
| 114 | South Alabama | 103.4 | Sun Belt |
| 215 | South Carolina | 97.7 | Southeastern |
| 346 | South Carolina St. | 87.8 | Mideastern Athletic |
| 292 | South Dakota | 92.9 | Summit |
| 160 | South Dakota St. | 100.6 | Summit |
| 141 | South Florida | 101.8 | American Athletic |
| 280 | Southeast Missouri St. | 93.7 | Ohio Valley |
| 270 | Southeastern Louisiana | 94.2 | Southland |
| 259 | Southern | 95.0 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 128 | Southern Illinois | 102.5 | Missouri Valley |
| 266 | Southern Indiana | 94.4 | Ohio Valley |
| 101 | Southern Miss | 104.3 | Sun Belt |
| 102 | Southern Utah | 104.3 | Western Athletic |
| 173 | St. Bonaventure | 99.8 | Atlantic 10 |
| 355 | St. Francis NY | 86.7 | Northeast |
| 334 | St. Francis PA | 89.5 | Northeast |
| 84 | St. John’s | 106.7 | Big East |
| 214 | St. Thomas | 97.8 | Summit |
| 87 | Stanford | 106.3 | Pac-12 |
| 118 | Stephen F. Austin | 103.0 | Western Athletic |
| 174 | Stetson | 99.7 | Atlantic Sun |
| 332 | Stonehill | 90.1 | Northeast |
| 327 | Stony Brook | 90.3 | Colonial Athletic |
| 97 | Syracuse | 104.9 | Atlantic Coast |
| 161 | Tarleton St. | 100.3 | Western Athletic |
| 18 | TCU | 113.8 | Big 12 |
| 111 | Temple | 103.9 | American Athletic |
| 3 | Tennessee | 118.6 | Southeastern |
| 288 | Tennessee St. | 93.2 | Ohio Valley |
| 293 | Tennessee Tech | 92.7 | Ohio Valley |
| 9 | Texas | 116.5 | Big 12 |
| 28 | Texas A&M | 112.3 | Southeastern |
| 200 | Texas A&M CC | 98.6 | Southland |
| 310 | Texas A&M Commerce | 92.1 | Southland |
| 306 | Texas Southern | 92.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
| 222 | Texas St. | 97.0 | Sun Belt |
| 43 | Texas Tech | 110.7 | Big 12 |
| 319 | The Citadel | 91.4 | Southern |
| 90 | Toledo | 106.2 | Mid-American |
| 137 | Towson | 102.0 | Colonial Athletic |
| 138 | Troy | 102.0 | Sun Belt |
| 85 | Tulane | 106.7 | American Athletic |
| 302 | Tulsa | 92.4 | American Athletic |
| 55 | UAB | 109.2 | Conference USA |
| 154 | UC Davis | 100.7 | Big West |
| 100 | UC Irvine | 104.5 | Big West |
| 144 | UC Riverside | 101.4 | Big West |
| 277 | UC San Diego | 93.9 | Big West |
| 125 | UC Santa Barbara | 102.7 | Big West |
| 4 | UCLA | 118.5 | Pac-12 |
| 129 | UMass Lowell | 102.2 | America East |
| 245 | UMBC | 95.8 | America East |
| 304 | UMKC | 92.3 | Summit |
| 150 | UNC Asheville | 101.0 | Big South |
| 108 | UNC Greensboro | 104.0 | Southern |
| 167 | UNC Wilmington | 99.9 | Colonial Athletic |
| 89 | UNLV | 106.2 | Mountain West |
| 36 | USC | 111.6 | Pac-12 |
| 265 | USC Upstate | 94.4 | Big South |
| 241 | UT Arlington | 96.0 | Western Athletic |
| 261 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 94.9 | Western Athletic |
| 264 | UT-Martin | 94.4 | Ohio Valley |
| 63 | Utah | 108.9 | Pac-12 |
| 39 | Utah St. | 111.1 | Mountain West |
| 192 | Utah Tech | 98.8 | Western Athletic |
| 92 | Utah Valley | 105.6 | Western Athletic |
| 198 | UTEP | 98.7 | Conference USA |
| 314 | UTSA | 91.8 | Conference USA |
| 268 | Valparaiso | 94.4 | Missouri Valley |
| 83 | Vanderbilt | 107.0 | Southeastern |
| 71 | VCU | 108.0 | Atlantic 10 |
| 123 | Vermont | 102.8 | America East |
| 58 | Villanova | 109.1 | Big East |
| 37 | Virginia | 111.5 | Atlantic Coast |
| 70 | Virginia Tech | 108.3 | Atlantic Coast |
| 349 | VMI | 87.7 | Southern |
| 295 | Wagner | 92.6 | Northeast |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 107.4 | Atlantic Coast |
| 98 | Washington | 104.8 | Pac-12 |
| 67 | Washington St. | 108.5 | Pac-12 |
| 210 | Weber St. | 97.9 | Big Sky |
| 23 | West Virginia | 113.2 | Big 12 |
| 243 | Western Carolina | 95.8 | Southern |
| 271 | Western Illinois | 94.1 | Summit |
| 164 | Western Kentucky | 100.2 | Conference USA |
| 317 | Western Michigan | 91.6 | Mid-American |
| 107 | Wichita St. | 104.1 | American Athletic |
| 316 | William & Mary | 91.6 | Colonial Athletic |
| 240 | Winthrop | 96.0 | Big South |
| 64 | Wisconsin | 108.6 | Big Ten |
| 217 | Wofford | 97.5 | Southern |
| 176 | Wright St. | 99.6 | Horizon |
| 152 | Wyoming | 100.8 | Mountain West |
| 16 | Xavier | 114.2 | Big East |
| 74 | Yale | 107.8 | Ivy League |
| 119 | Youngstown St. | 102.9 | Horizon |
PiRate Ratings By Conference
| America East | |
| Team | Rating |
| Vermont | 102.8 |
| UMass Lowell | 102.2 |
| Bryant | 98.9 |
| UMBC | 95.8 |
| Maine | 93.5 |
| New Hampshire | 93.1 |
| Binghamton | 92.1 |
| NJIT | 90.1 |
| Albany | 88.4 |
| American Athletic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Houston | 120.2 |
| Memphis | 111.6 |
| Cincinnati | 109.2 |
| Central Florida | 108.4 |
| Tulane | 106.7 |
| Wichita St. | 104.1 |
| Temple | 103.9 |
| South Florida | 101.8 |
| SMU | 99.9 |
| East Carolina | 97.9 |
| Tulsa | 92.4 |
| Atlantic 10 | |
| Team | Rating |
| Dayton | 108.5 |
| VCU | 108.0 |
| Saint Louis | 105.3 |
| Duquesne | 104.1 |
| Davidson | 102.2 |
| George Mason | 102.0 |
| Richmond | 101.2 |
| Fordham | 101.2 |
| St. Bonaventure | 99.8 |
| Massachusetts | 99.3 |
| Saint Joseph’s | 98.5 |
| George Washington | 97.6 |
| La Salle | 97.4 |
| Rhode Island | 96.7 |
| Loyola (Chi.) | 96.2 |
| Atlantic Coast | |
| Team | Rating |
| Duke | 112.2 |
| Miami (Fla) | 111.8 |
| North Carolina | 111.8 |
| Virginia | 111.5 |
| North Carolina St. | 110.5 |
| Clemson | 109.0 |
| Pittsburgh | 109.0 |
| Virginia Tech | 108.3 |
| Wake Forest | 107.4 |
| Syracuse | 104.9 |
| Notre Dame | 101.3 |
| Boston College | 100.6 |
| Georgia Tech | 100.2 |
| Florida St. | 99.9 |
| Louisville | 95.1 |
| Atlantic Sun | |
| Team | Rating |
| Liberty | 109.1 |
| Kennesaw St. | 101.7 |
| Lipscomb | 99.9 |
| Stetson | 99.7 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 99.2 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 |
| Queens | 97.4 |
| North Florida | 96.5 |
| Jacksonville | 96.5 |
| Jacksonville St. | 96.2 |
| Bellarmine | 95.2 |
| North Alabama | 95.1 |
| Austin Peay | 90.8 |
| Central Arkansas | 88.7 |
| Big 12 | |
| Team | Rating |
| Kansas | 117.3 |
| Texas | 116.5 |
| Baylor | 115.4 |
| TCU | 113.8 |
| Kansas St. | 113.4 |
| West Virginia | 113.2 |
| Iowa St. | 112.4 |
| Oklahoma St. | 111.1 |
| Texas Tech | 110.7 |
| Oklahoma | 109.6 |
| Big East | |
| Team | Rating |
| Connecticut | 117.4 |
| Creighton | 114.9 |
| Marquette | 114.8 |
| Xavier | 114.2 |
| Providence | 111.9 |
| Villanova | 109.1 |
| Seton Hall | 108.5 |
| St. John’s | 106.7 |
| Butler | 104.0 |
| DePaul | 102.1 |
| Georgetown | 98.9 |
| Big Sky | |
| Team | Rating |
| Montana St. | 102.8 |
| Eastern Washington | 102.6 |
| Montana | 99.6 |
| Weber St. | 97.9 |
| Sacramento St. | 96.2 |
| Northern Colorado | 96.1 |
| Northern Arizona | 96.1 |
| Portland St. | 95.9 |
| Idaho St. | 95.0 |
| Idaho | 92.4 |
| Big South | |
| Team | Rating |
| UNC Asheville | 101.0 |
| Longwood | 100.7 |
| Radford | 99.2 |
| Gardner Webb | 98.8 |
| Campbell | 96.1 |
| Winthrop | 96.0 |
| USC Upstate | 94.4 |
| High Point | 92.4 |
| Charleston Southern | 92.3 |
| Presbyterian | 88.9 |
| Big Ten | |
| Team | Rating |
| Purdue | 116.5 |
| Indiana | 114.0 |
| Maryland | 113.6 |
| Illinois | 112.5 |
| Rutgers | 112.4 |
| Michigan St. | 111.9 |
| Iowa | 111.8 |
| Michigan | 111.0 |
| Northwestern | 110.4 |
| Penn St. | 109.7 |
| Ohio St. | 109.5 |
| Wisconsin | 108.6 |
| Nebraska | 105.6 |
| Minnesota | 98.1 |
| Big West | |
| Team | Rating |
| UC Irvine | 104.5 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 102.7 |
| Cal St. Fullerton | 102.0 |
| Hawaii | 102.0 |
| UC Riverside | 101.4 |
| UC Davis | 100.7 |
| Long Beach St. | 100.3 |
| UC San Diego | 93.9 |
| Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.2 |
| Cal Poly | 91.8 |
| Cal St. Northridge | 91.2 |
| Colonial Athletic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Charleston | 108.5 |
| Hofstra | 105.4 |
| Towson | 102.0 |
| UNC Wilmington | 99.9 |
| Drexel | 98.8 |
| Delaware | 97.0 |
| Northeastern | 92.3 |
| North Carolina A&T | 91.8 |
| William & Mary | 91.6 |
| Elon | 90.4 |
| Stony Brook | 90.3 |
| Hampton | 88.6 |
| Monmouth | 87.0 |
| Conference USA | |
| Team | Rating |
| Florida Atlantic | 110.8 |
| UAB | 109.2 |
| North Texas | 107.5 |
| Charlotte | 103.2 |
| Middle Tennessee | 102.8 |
| Louisiana Tech | 100.8 |
| Western Kentucky | 100.2 |
| Rice | 98.8 |
| UTEP | 98.7 |
| Florida Int’l | 96.4 |
| UTSA | 91.8 |
| Horizon | |
| Team | Rating |
| Youngstown St. | 102.9 |
| Wright St. | 99.6 |
| Northern Kentucky | 99.4 |
| Cleveland St. | 98.6 |
| Detroit Mercy | 97.8 |
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 96.8 |
| Milwaukee | 96.2 |
| Robert Morris | 96.1 |
| Oakland | 94.0 |
| IUPUI | 83.8 |
| Green Bay | 82.6 |
| Independents | |
| Team | Rating |
| Chicago St. | 93.4 |
| Hartford | 81.6 |
| Ivy League | |
| Team | Rating |
| Yale | 107.8 |
| Princeton | 102.7 |
| Penn | 101.9 |
| Cornell | 101.7 |
| Harvard | 99.9 |
| Brown | 99.1 |
| Dartmouth | 94.0 |
| Columbia | 87.7 |
| Metro Atlantic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Iona | 107.8 |
| Quinnipiac | 99.5 |
| Siena | 98.7 |
| Rider | 98.2 |
| Fairfield | 95.3 |
| Niagara | 95.2 |
| Canisius | 94.9 |
| Mount St. Mary’s | 93.5 |
| Manhattan | 92.4 |
| Marist | 92.4 |
| Saint Peter’s | 92.2 |
| Mid-American | |
| Team | Rating |
| Kent St. | 107.2 |
| Toledo | 106.2 |
| Akron | 104.2 |
| Ohio | 101.2 |
| Ball St. | 100.6 |
| Buffalo | 98.3 |
| Northern Illinois | 95.3 |
| Miami (O) | 93.6 |
| Bowling Green | 93.5 |
| Eastern Michigan | 91.6 |
| Western Michigan | 91.6 |
| Central Michigan | 90.5 |
| Mideastern Athletic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Norfolk St. | 99.5 |
| North Carolina Central | 98.7 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 95.5 |
| Howard | 95.3 |
| Morgan St. | 92.3 |
| South Carolina St. | 87.8 |
| Coppin St. | 87.6 |
| Delaware St. | 86.1 |
| Missouri Valley | |
| Team | Rating |
| Drake | 107.7 |
| Bradley | 107.6 |
| Indiana St. | 105.0 |
| Belmont | 103.1 |
| Southern Illinois | 102.5 |
| Missouri St. | 101.0 |
| Northern Iowa | 97.9 |
| Murray St. | 97.0 |
| Illinois St. | 94.8 |
| Valparaiso | 94.4 |
| Illinois Chicago | 93.0 |
| Evansville | 87.7 |
| Mountain West | |
| Team | Rating |
| San Diego St. | 113.3 |
| Boise St. | 111.2 |
| Utah St. | 111.1 |
| Nevada | 110.0 |
| New Mexico | 109.6 |
| UNLV | 106.2 |
| Colorado St. | 104.1 |
| San Jose St. | 103.1 |
| Fresno St. | 101.2 |
| Wyoming | 100.8 |
| Air Force | 100.6 |
| Northeast | |
| Team | Rating |
| Wagner | 92.6 |
| Merrimack | 91.9 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 91.1 |
| Sacred Heart | 90.1 |
| Stonehill | 90.1 |
| St. Francis PA | 89.5 |
| Central Connecticut | 89.4 |
| St. Francis NY | 86.7 |
| Long Island | 79.7 |
| Ohio Valley | |
| Team | Rating |
| Morehead St. | 95.8 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 95.3 |
| UT-Martin | 94.4 |
| Southern Indiana | 94.4 |
| Southeast Missouri St. | 93.7 |
| Tennessee St. | 93.2 |
| Tennessee Tech | 92.7 |
| Little Rock | 90.3 |
| Lindenwood | 88.8 |
| Eastern Illinois | 88.1 |
| Pac-12 | |
| Team | Rating |
| UCLA | 118.5 |
| Arizona | 116.3 |
| USC | 111.6 |
| Oregon | 110.3 |
| Arizona St. | 109.1 |
| Colorado | 109.1 |
| Utah | 108.9 |
| Washington St. | 108.5 |
| Stanford | 106.3 |
| Washington | 104.8 |
| Oregon St. | 98.7 |
| California | 95.5 |
| Patriot League | |
| Team | Rating |
| Colgate | 103.6 |
| Navy | 99.4 |
| Army | 95.5 |
| Boston University | 94.4 |
| Lafayette | 93.9 |
| American | 93.8 |
| Lehigh | 93.8 |
| Bucknell | 92.5 |
| Loyola (MD) | 91.1 |
| Holy Cross | 88.2 |
| Southeastern | |
| Team | Rating |
| Alabama | 120.4 |
| Tennessee | 118.6 |
| Arkansas | 115.0 |
| Kentucky | 113.4 |
| Auburn | 112.4 |
| Texas A&M | 112.3 |
| Mississippi St. | 110.6 |
| Missouri | 109.8 |
| Florida | 109.7 |
| Vanderbilt | 107.0 |
| Mississippi | 104.7 |
| LSU | 102.5 |
| Georgia | 102.0 |
| South Carolina | 97.7 |
| Southern | |
| Team | Rating |
| Furman | 106.3 |
| UNC Greensboro | 104.0 |
| Samford | 102.2 |
| Chattanooga | 99.4 |
| Wofford | 97.5 |
| Mercer | 97.0 |
| East Tennessee St. | 96.4 |
| Western Carolina | 95.8 |
| The Citadel | 91.4 |
| VMI | 87.7 |
| Southland | |
| Team | Rating |
| Texas A&M CC | 98.6 |
| Northwestern St. | 97.3 |
| Nicholls St. | 95.3 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 94.2 |
| Texas A&M Commerce | 92.1 |
| McNeese St. | 89.0 |
| Incarnate Word | 88.3 |
| New Orleans | 87.7 |
| Houston Christian | 87.0 |
| Lamar | 85.3 |
| Southwestern Athletic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Grambling | 98.1 |
| Southern | 95.0 |
| Alcorn St. | 94.7 |
| Prairie View A&M | 93.9 |
| Texas Southern | 92.3 |
| Jackson St. | 91.6 |
| Alabama A&M | 91.1 |
| Arkansas Pine Bluff | 90.0 |
| Alabama St. | 88.2 |
| Bethune Cookman | 87.3 |
| Florida A&M | 86.3 |
| Mississippi Valley St. | 85.7 |
| Summit | |
| Team | Rating |
| Oral Roberts | 108.0 |
| South Dakota St. | 100.6 |
| St. Thomas | 97.8 |
| North Dakota St. | 97.4 |
| Western Illinois | 94.1 |
| North Dakota | 93.2 |
| South Dakota | 92.9 |
| Denver | 92.6 |
| UMKC | 92.3 |
| Omaha | 90.3 |
| Sun Belt | |
| Team | Rating |
| Marshall | 107.4 |
| James Madison | 105.7 |
| Southern Miss | 104.3 |
| Louisiana | 104.1 |
| South Alabama | 103.4 |
| Troy | 102.0 |
| Old Dominion | 100.7 |
| Appalachian St. | 99.9 |
| Georgia Southern | 98.2 |
| Texas St. | 97.0 |
| Coastal Carolina | 94.3 |
| Georgia St. | 94.1 |
| Louisiana Monroe | 93.6 |
| Arkansas St. | 92.6 |
| West Coast | |
| Team | Rating |
| Gonzaga | 116.7 |
| Saint Mary’s | 114.6 |
| BYU | 107.7 |
| Santa Clara | 106.6 |
| Loyola Marymount | 103.9 |
| San Francisco | 103.8 |
| Portland | 100.1 |
| Pepperdine | 98.8 |
| Pacific | 98.0 |
| San Diego | 97.8 |
| Western Athletic | |
| Team | Rating |
| Sam Houston St. | 107.3 |
| Utah Valley | 105.6 |
| Southern Utah | 104.3 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 103.0 |
| Grand Canyon | 102.9 |
| Seattle | 101.9 |
| Tarleton St. | 100.3 |
| Cal Baptist | 100.3 |
| Abilene Christian | 99.4 |
| New Mexico St. | 99.3 |
| Utah Tech | 98.8 |
| UT Arlington | 96.0 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 94.9 |
Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology
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February 22, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 22, 2023
| Home | Visitor | Spread |
| Abilene Christian | Stephen F. Austin | -0.4 |
| American | Navy | -1.9 |
| Army | Boston U. | 4.0 |
| Auburn | Mississippi | 12.4 |
| Belmont | Indiana St. | 0.0 |
| Boise St. | New Mexico | 5.1 |
| Boston College | Virginia | -9.8 |
| Central Arkansas | Jacksonville St. | -2.7 |
| Central Florida | South Florida | 10.4 |
| Chattanooga | Samford | 0.1 |
| Cincinnati | Temple | 8.6 |
| Clemson | Syracuse | 4.9 |
| Connecticut | Providence | 8.2 |
| Davidson | St. Bonaventure | 4.4 |
| DePaul | Butler | 1.0 |
| Drake | Illinois St. | 15.2 |
| East Tennessee St. | The Citadel | 6.9 |
| Eastern Illinois | Morehead St. | -4.4 |
| Evansville | Illinois Chicago | -2.3 |
| Florida | Kentucky | 1.3 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Lipscomb | 2.8 |
| Furman | Mercer | 12.4 |
| Georgetown | St. John’s | -4.3 |
| Georgia Southern | Coastal Carolina | 5.8 |
| Georgia St. | Appalachian St. | -1.7 |
| High Point | Radford | -5.1 |
| Houston | Tulane | 15.4 |
| Jacksonville | Bellarmine | 4.2 |
| James Madison | Marshall | 1.1 |
| La Salle | Duquesne | -2.9 |
| Lafayette | Colgate | -7.0 |
| Lehigh | Bucknell | 3.2 |
| Louisiana | Arkansas St. | 14.3 |
| Louisiana Monroe | Troy | -5.2 |
| Loyola (Chi) | Fordham | -2.5 |
| Loyola (MD) | Holy Cross | 3.6 |
| LSU | Vanderbilt | -1.2 |
| Maryland | Minnesota | 18.4 |
| Massachusetts | Dayton | -6.3 |
| New Hampshire | Maine | 2.6 |
| NJIT | Bryant | -6.2 |
| North Alabama | Kennesaw St. | -2.5 |
| North Carolina St. | Wake Forest | 6.5 |
| North Florida | Eastern Kentucky | -0.9 |
| Notre Dame | North Carolina | -7.6 |
| Old Dominion | Southern Miss. | -1.4 |
| Presbyterian | USC Upstate | -2.0 |
| Queens | Liberty | -8.9 |
| Rhode Island | George Washington | 2.5 |
| South Carolina | Alabama | -20.7 |
| Southern Illinois | Northern Iowa | 6.1 |
| Stetson | Austin Peay | 10.6 |
| Texas St. | South Alabama | -3.5 |
| UMBC | UMass Lowell | -3.1 |
| UNC Asheville | Charleston Southern | 11.0 |
| UNC Greensboro | Western Carolina | 10.6 |
| Valparaiso | Bradley | -10.6 |
| Vermont | Binghamton | 12.9 |
| VMI | Wofford | -7.4 |
| Winthrop | Campbell | 2.6 |
| Wisconsin | Iowa | -1.1 |
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