The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–The Sweet 16 Friday

After last night’s games, we are down to just 12 teams left, and before tonight’s action ends, we will have the Elite 8.  Then, by the end of  the weekend, we’ll be down to the Final Four.

Tonight’s Sweet 16 action involves games in the Midwest and West Regions.

MIDWEST REGION

 

Jabbar Destroys Duke

 

1968 UCLA	83
2015 Duke	57

 

The number one seed in the Midwest Region has reached the Region Finals with relative ease.  The 1968 UCLA Bruins quickly dispatched 2015 Duke with a 19-4 run to begin the game.

UCLA took a 20-point lead at 34-14 after back to back baskets by Kenny Heitz and Mike Lynn.  Once down by 20 points, Duke never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

By the time the UCLA reserves entered the game for good, the Bruins led 74-42.  Duke ended the game on a 15-9 run.

 

UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	14	23	0	0	3	5	7	9	16	1	1	5	3	1	31
Mike Lynn	F	3	6	0	0	4	6	1	4	5	3	3	0	1	3	10
Lynn Shackleford	F	2	5	0	2	2	2	1	5	6	2	2	1	2	3	6
Lucius Allen	G	3	8	2	5	5	6	0	2	2	4	3	0	3	1	13
Mike Warren	G	4	7	2	4	2	2	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	2	12
Jim Nielsen		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Heitz		2	5	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	6
Bill Sweek		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neville Saner		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
Gene Sutherland		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Team										3
Totals		30	61	6	17	17	23	11	26	40	16	12	7	15	13	83
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jahlil Okafor	C	3	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	4	6
Justise Winslow	F	4	11	2	5	4	5	1	2	3	0	0	1	6	4	14
Quinn Cook	F	3	8	1	5	3	5	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	3	10
Matt Jones	G	5	10	3	6	0	0	0	5	5	1	2	0	4	4	13
Tyus Jones	G	4	12	1	4	3	4	0	3	3	5	2	0	3	2	12
Grayson Allen		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
Amile Jefferson		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Marshall Plumlee		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nick Pagliuca		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		20	52	7	20	10	15	6	21	30	9	6	1	23	21	57
Player of the Game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	50	33	83
Duke	33	24	57

 

 

Cougars Survive Incredible 3 OT Game–Hayes Is Magnificent

 

1968 Houston	122	3 OT
1976 Indiana	121

Elvin Hayes played 52 out of a possible 55 minutes, leading the 1968 Cougars to an incredible triple overtime win to advance to the Elite 8 against an historic rival for a shot at the Final Four on Sunday.

Hayes scored 49 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, connecting on 21-35 from the field and 7-11 at the foul line.   Forward Theodis Lee and guard Don “Duck” Chaney combined for 47 points backing up the Big E.

Indiana appeared to have the game won in the first overtime.  A basket and made foul shot by Bobby Wilkerson, followed by a three-pointer by Tom Abernathy gave the Hoosiers a 102-95 lead with 1:08 remaining.  In the final 68 seconds, Houston forced three turnovers on the Hoosiers.  Hayes hit two baskets, and a three-pointer by George Reynolds tied the game with 12 seconds remaining.   A desperation shot by Quinn Buckner at the buzzer was off target.

In the second overtime, Indiana led 111-108 and had the ball with 12 seconds to go.  Wilkerson went to the foul line with a chance to put IU up by five and missed both foul shot attempts.  Kenny Spain rebounded the ball for Houston and found Chaney open for the tying three-pointer at the buzzer.

In the third overtime, it was Houston’s turn to take the lead and watch Indiana mount a comeback.  With a 120-113 lead, the Hoosiers sent Cougar players to the foul line.  Hayes, Lee, and Chaney combined for 2-6 in the final Houston’s final three possessions.  Indiana crept back with a three-pointer by Wayne Radford and baskets by Scott May and Kent Benson to cut the Houston lead to 122-120.  After the Cougars turned the ball over, Hayed fouled Benson as Benson tried to tie the game up.  Benson hit the first shot and missed the second.  Lee rebounded and threw the outlet pass to Chaney to end the game.

Houston now faces a familiar opponent.  In reality in 1968, the Cougars beat the Bruins at the Astrodome in the Game of the Century, but UCLA blew the Cougars off the floor in the Final Four.  Very few people since realize that Reynolds did not play for Houston in the NCAA Tournament.  He has been eligible in this tournament.

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	C	21	35	0	0	7	11	6	12	18	2	1	4	4	3	49
Ken Spain	F	5	11	0	0	2	4	5	10	15	1	2	3	2	5	12
Theodis Lee	F	11	24	1	5	3	6	3	7	10	3	0	1	2	4	26
Don Chaney	G	7	17	3	8	4	7	2	6	8	8	3	0	5	3	21
George Reynolds	G	4	9	2	5	4	5	0	5	5	6	2	0	4	3	14
Tom Gribben		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Vern Lewis		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	0
Carlos Bell		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Niemer Hamood		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										4
Totals		48	97	6	18	20	33	16	41	61	22	9	8	18	27	122
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kent Benson	C	10	18	0	0	4	5	2	9	11	2	0	2	2	4	24
Scott May	F	10	21	3	7	6	7	1	7	8	5	2	0	4	4	29
Tom Abernathy	F	8	14	5	11	2	2	2	5	7	2	0	1	3	2	23
Bobby Wilkerson	G	4	13	1	5	4	6	1	7	8	4	1	2	5	5	13
Quinn Buckner	G	4	9	1	3	3	4	1	3	4	6	3	0	3	4	12
Wayne Radford		3	7	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	9
Jim Wisman		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rich Valavicius		2	3	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	6
Jim Crews		1	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	5
Mark Haymore		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Roberson		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										5
Totals		42	90	14	34	23	29	8	37	50	23	8	5	19	31	121
Player of the Game	Elvin Hayes

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	OT	OT	Final
Houston	45	44	13	9	11	122
Indiana	41	48	13	9	10	121

WEST REGION

 

Undermined Miners Scare Bracket’s Overall Top Seed But Fall Short

 

The 1972 UCLA Bruins began the game looking like they would advance to the Elite 8 with very  little trouble.  Leading 39-20, UCLA went cold, while Texas Western ran their fast break and scored 12 straight points to cut the lead to 39-32.  After Jamaal Wilkes hit a three-pointer, TW scored the final seven points of the half to cut the lead to three points.

Texas Western actually took the lead briefly in the second half when Orsten Artis hit a jumper to put the Miners of 59-58.  UCLA held a slim 68-66 lead when the Bruins went on a 12-2 run to take an 80-68 lead.  TW couldn’t cut the lead under 10 points until the final possession.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Walton	C	9	17	0	0	6	10	5	11	16	5	1	3	2	4	24
Jamaal Wilkes	F	7	14	3	7	2	2	3	8	11	0	0	1	1	2	19
Larry Farmer	F	2	5	1	2	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	3	5
Greg Lee	G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	2
Henry Bibby	G	8	16	3	7	4	4	0	3	3	6	2	0	5	2	23
Tommy Curtis		4	9	2	5	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	4	2	11
Larry Hollyfield		2	6	1	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	4	5
Swen Nater		2	3	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	5
Team										4
Totals		35	72	10	24	14	20	11	36	51	17	5	4	19	23	94
Texas Western	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nevil Shed	C	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	2
David Lattin	F	7	15	0	0	2	3	3	11	14	1	1	0	1	1	16
Harry Flournoy	F	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	2	1	1	2	4	8
Orsten Artis	G	5	14	3	9	3	4	0	2	2	4	3	0	3	3	16
Bobby Joe Hill	G	7	17	4	10	5	7	0	1	1	3	2	0	4	2	23
Willie Cager		4	8	1	2	5	6	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	14
Willie Worsley		1	5	1	4	3	5	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	6
Team										3
Totals		29	71	9	25	18	25	7	28	38	14	10	1	13	18	85
Player of the Game	Bill Walton

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	42	52	94
Texas Western	39	46	85

 

 

Jordan Puts Tar Heels On His Back–Carolina Going To Elite 8

 

1982 North Carolina	83
1960 Ohio St.	72

 

The 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels needed someone to step up.  Trailing 61-52 midway in the second half, Michael Jordan took matters into his own hands connecting on 6-7 from the field after making just one of his first seven shots.  Three of those six made shots were three-pointers, and he added four foul shots.  His 19 points in the final 10 minutes brought Carolina back fro the brink.  Jordan’s three-pointer with the Buckeyes leading 68-66, gave the Tar Heels their first lead of the game.  Once Ohio State was forced to foul at the end, North Carolina hit seven of eight foul shots.  Ohio State could not connect from behind the arc in crunch time, as UNC pulled away in the last two minutes to win by 11.

 

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	C	6	11	0	0	5	6	2	5	7	2	0	1	3	3	17
James Worthy	F	7	12	0	0	3	4	2	5	7	3	1	2	1	3	17
Matt Doherty	F	2	5	2	4	5	6	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	11
Michael Jordan	G	7	13	3	7	6	8	1	4	5	3	2	0	3	2	23
Jimmy Black	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	3	10
Jim Braddock		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0
Chris Brust		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	2
Buzz Peterson		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
Warren Martin		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		27	53	7	16	22	28	6	24	33	17	6	4	13	18	83
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	9	16	1	2	5	6	3	8	11	3	0	2	2	3	24
Joe Roberts	F	3	8	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	4	7
John Havlicek	F	7	14	2	5	4	5	2	7	9	4	3	0	1	4	20
Larry Siegfried	G	4	11	2	6	3	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	2	13
Mel Nowell	G	2	5	1	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	6
Dick Furry		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Richie Hoyt		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Knight		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										3
Totals		26	56	6	16	14	19	7	22	32	13	5	2	15	20	72
Player of the Game	Michael Jordan

 

Coming Tomorrow: The East and South Regional Finals

East: 1974 North Carolina St. vs. 2019 Virginia

South: 1970 UCLA vs. 2018 Villanova

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–The Sweet 16 Thursday

We are down to 16 teams in our greatest teams between 1960 and 2019. Let’s get right to the results for the Sweet 16 Games in the East and South Regions.  The Midwest and West Regions play on Friday.

 

EAST REGION

 

Wolf Pack Pull Away In Second Half

 

1974 North Carolina St.	82
1978 Kentucky	70

After a close first half, the 1974 North Carolina State Wolf Pack pulled away from the 1978 Kentucky Wildcats with a 14-5 run over four minutes that increased a two-point lead to 11.

David Thompson scored 9 of his 21 points during this run, and additionally, in this four-minute segment of the game, he forced Mike Phillips to foul him twice, and he stole the ball away from Rick Robey.

Kentucky led for most of the first half, after the Wildcats started the game connecting on seven of their first 11 shots from the field.  N.C. State turned up the defensive pressure and finished the half on a 10-3 run to take a one-point lead at the half.

After an opening seven minutes of the second half that saw the lead change hands five times, the Wolf Pack went on their run to take command of the game, and they cruised to victory.

 

Boxscore
North Carolina St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Burleson	C	8	14	0	0	5	8	3	12	15	1	0	2	2	3	21
Tim Stoddard	F	3	7	0	0	2	2	1	6	7	0	1	1	1	4	8
David Thompson	F	8	17	2	6	3	4	4	4	8	2	1	0	3	3	21
Mo Rivers	G	4	8	2	4	1	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	3	3	11
Monte Towe	G	5	12	3	7	4	4	0	1	1	5	2	0	4	3	17
Phil Spence		2	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	4
Greg Hawkins		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Team										3
Totals		30	62	7	17	15	20	10	30	43	13	6	3	15	21	82
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	C	7	15	0	0	2	4	1	4	5	0	0	0	4	2	16
Mike Phillips	F	3	7	0	0	1	2	2	7	9	0	0	1	1	4	7
Jack Givens	F	5	13	2	7	5	7	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	2	17
Truman Claytor	G	1	4	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	0	2	3	5
Kyle Macy	G	3	8	2	6	6	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	2	14
James Lee		2	5	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	5
Jay Shidler		2	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	6
LaVon Williams		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
Team										3
Totals		23	57	7	20	17	23	6	23	32	10	5	1	14	18	70
Player of the Game	Tom Burleson

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
N.C. State	38	44	82
Kentucky	37	33	70

 

 

Cavaliers’ Defense Shuts Down Hot Shooting Hoosiers

 

2019 Virginia	67
1987 Indiana	60

 

After blistering the nets in their first two NCAA Tournament games, the 1987 Indiana Hoosiers could not solve 2019 Virginia’s Pack Line Defense and shot just 35.3% from the field and 28.6% from behind the arc.

Indiana’s poor shooting night began immediately, as the Hoosiers missed on their first six attempts from the field.  They were only down 8-2 when Rick Callaway made IU’s first basket.

By the time the Hoosiers connected on their next basket, a three-pointer by Steve Alford, they trailed 12-5.

Virginia maintained the lead for the remainder of the game, never leading by less than six points.  The Cavaliers enjoyed an eight-point halftime lead, and they extended the lead to as much as 14 points in the second half at 48-34.

Indiana mounted its only charge of the game with a 13-6 run to cut the lead to 54-47, but UVa extended the lead back to 10 on a three-pointer by Kyle Guy.

Down the stretch, Virginia hit all six of their foul shots when Indiana players sent them to the line.

 

Boxscore
Virginia	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mamadi Diakete	C	6	11	0	0	2	3	3	4	7	1	0	3	2	2	14
De’Andre Hunter	F	3	8	1	3	0	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	1	4	7
Guy Jerome	F	4	11	1	3	2	2	0	3	3	2	1	1	2	4	11
Kyle Guy	G	5	13	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	3	15
Kihei Clark	G	2	4	1	2	5	5	0	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	10
Braxton Key		2	4	0	1	4	5	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	3	8
Jack Salt		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	2
Jay Huff		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		23	55	5	16	16	19	5	27	34	12	4	6	8	21	67
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dean Garrett	C	4	9	0	0	2	4	1	7	8	1	0	2	1	3	10
Daryl Thomas	F	4	10	0	0	4	4	3	4	7	2	0	1	2	2	12
Rick Callaway	F	3	10	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	2	2	1	4	3	8
Keith Smart	G	3	10	2	7	5	5	0	6	6	1	0	0	1	3	13
Steve Alford	G	3	9	2	6	7	7	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	2	15
Steve Eyl		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
Joe Hillman		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Kreigh Smith		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										1
Totals		18	51	4	14	20	23	7	29	37	10	3	4	12	17	60
Player of the Game	Kyle Guy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Virginia	31	36	67
Indiana	23	37	60

 

SOUTH REGION

 

’70 Bruins Too Strong For ’64 Bruins

 

1970 UCLA	104
1964 UCLA	93

The 1970 UCLA Bruins are beginning to look like a Final Four contender after winning their third consecutive game by double digits in Simulated March Madness.  In their three tournament wins, their average margin of victory has been 19 points per game.

Even though the 1964 team forced 24 turnovers, the 1970 doubled the 1964 team in rebounding, and blocked 10 of the smaller 1964 team’s shots.

A hot start by their top guards, Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich, allowed the 1964 team to keep the game close throughout the first half.  The 1970 team grabbed the lead six minutes into the game on back-to-back shots by Sidney Wicks and John Vallely.

The 1964 team tied the game at 29-29 on a steal by Keith Erickson, and a pass to Goodrich, who then passed across to Jack Hirsch for the basket.  The 1970 then took the lead for good on a basket by Curtis Rowe and then a basket and a foul shot by Henry Bibby.

 

Boxscore
1970 UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Patterson	C	6	12	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	0	2	4	3	13
Sidney Wicks	F	8	15	0	0	6	7	6	13	19	3	1	5	3	4	22
Curtis Rowe	F	9	16	2	3	8	8	4	11	15	2	2	3	3	4	28
John Vallely	G	6	13	3	7	4	7	0	5	5	4	0	0	6	3	19
Henry Bibby	G	5	9	2	4	5	6	0	3	3	4	2	0	4	3	17
John Ecker		0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	1
Jon Chapman		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	2
Bill Seibert		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team										4
Totals		36	68	7	15	25	32	14	42	60	17	5	10	24	26	104
1964 UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fred Slaughter	C	4	10	0	0	1	3	1	3	4	2	2	0	2	5	9
Keith Erickson	F	4	13	1	5	2	3	2	4	6	3	4	0	1	4	11
Jack Hirsch	F	5	12	1	4	3	4	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	5	14
Walt Hazzard	G	8	16	4	9	5	7	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	3	25
Gail Goodrich	G	9	20	5	12	6	9	0	3	3	4	3	0	3	3	29
Kenny Washington		2	4	0	0	0	2	1	5	6	1	2	1	0	4	4
Doug McIntosh		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Kim Stewart		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team										3
Totals		32	77	11	30	18	29	7	20	30	15	14	1	8	29	93
Player of the Game	Sidney Wicks

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
1970 UCLA	54	50	104
1964 UCLA	37	56	93

 

 

Big Comeback Sends Villanova To The Elite 8

 

2018 Villanova	78
1992 Duke	72

 

The Duke Blue Devils looked invincible for 24 minutes of their Sweet 16 game against Villanova.  Duke led by as much as 16 points in the first half, before going to the dressing room up by nine at the break.

The Blue Devils increased their halftime lead from nine to 15 to start the second half, and with 16 minutes remaining, they led 48-33.  At that point, the Wildcats began to make their move.  A three-pointer by Jalen Brunson, and then a putback basket by Eric Paschall cut the lead to 48-38.

Trailing 59-50, The Wildcats then held Duke scoreless for almost four minutes, while they scored nine straight points to tie the game at 59-59.  The game remained close until the final moments, when with Villanova nursing a four-point lead, Duke fouled multiple times, while VU connected on 8 of 8 to extend the lead to 78-69.  A Bobby Hurley three-pointer on Duke’s final possession made the game look a little closer.

 

Boxscore
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Omari Spellman	C	6	12	2	5	0	0	2	4	6	3	1	2	2	3	14
Eric Paschall	F	2	7	1	3	3	4	2	5	7	1	2	2	1	4	8
Michael Bridges	F	3	7	2	4	4	6	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	12
Phil Booth	G	3	7	1	2	6	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	2	13
Jalen Brunson	G	8	14	3	6	4	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	4	3	23
Donte DiVincenzo		2	5	2	5	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	2	6
Collin Gillespie		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	0
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										2
Totals		25	54	11	25	17	21	5	25	32	15	5	5	15	20	78
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Christian Laettner	C	5	11	1	3	4	6	1	7	8	1	0	2	3	4	15
Brian Davis	F	2	6	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	0	1	2	4
Grant Hill	F	6	13	0	0	5	6	2	3	5	3	0	2	2	1	17
Thomas Hill	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	3	5	10
Bobby Hurley	G	5	12	3	7	4	4	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	17
Antonio Lang		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	4
Cherokee Parks		2	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	5
Marty Clark		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		25	57	5	15	17	22	9	25	37	13	5	5	16	19	72
Player of the Game	Jalen Brunson

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Villanova	29	49	78
Duke	38	34	72

Four more Sweet 16 Games Will Be Revealed Friday.

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Round Three Sunday

Welcome back to the See BS Studio.  I’m  Bernie Johnson along with my colleagues Charles Ruffley, Clark Post, and Kenny Jones, and we’re ready to bring you the final eight games of the Round of 32.  By the end of the day, the Sweet 16 will be set.

Let’s go out to the Midwest Region, where the number one-seed UCLA Bruins of 1968 will battle the eight-seed 1962 Cincinnati Bearcats.  It should be a great matchup inside between two great centers.  So, take it away Brad Messler, Steve Blabbin, and Evan Dryburn.

 

MIDWEST REGION

 

Balanced Bruin Offense With 5 In Double Figures–UCLA Runs Away From Bearcats

 

1 UCLA 1968	75
8 Cincinnati 1962	59

After a close first half, in which the Bearcats never trailed by more than five points, UCLA pulled away with a 14-3 run in the second half and stayed 12 points or more ahead the rest of the way.

Two free throws by Tom Thacker and a three-pointer by Tony Yates gave Cincinnati their only lead of the day at 27-26 late in the first half, but UCLA countered with a three-pointer by Lynn Shackleford and an offensive putback by Kareem Abdul Jabbar to give the Bruins the lead for good.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	6	11	0	0	4	6	4	8	12	2	0	4	3	2	16
Mike Lynn	F	4	7	0	0	2	2	2	7	9	1	1	0	0	3	10
Lynn Shackleford	F	6	13	2	4	3	4	1	4	5	3	2	0	1	1	17
Lucius Allen	G	5	12	1	3	2	4	0	2	2	2	4	0	5	3	13
Mike Warren	G	4	10	2	5	4	5	0	1	1	6	3	0	3	2	14
Jim Nielsen		0	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	1	1	3	1
Kenny Heitz		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	2
Bill Sweek		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team										3
Totals		27	57	5	13	16	23	9	28	40	15	12	5	16	17	75
Cincinnati	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Hogue	C	3	7	0	0	1	2	1	8	9	2	0	1	3	4	7
George Wilson	F	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	4	2
Ron Bonham	F	5	14	0	0	3	5	2	3	5	4	1	0	3	2	13
Tom Thacker	G	4	12	2	8	4	5	1	4	5	2	3	0	5	3	14
Tony Yates	G	5	10	3	6	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	6	3	16
Tom Sizer		2	6	2	6	1	2	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	5	7
Team										3
Totals		20	53	7	20	12	18	6	23	32	12	6	1	20	21	59
Player of the Game	Mike Warren

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	34	41	75
Cincinnati	31	28	59

 

 

Blue Devils Come From Behind With Big Finish To Knock Off Rival Tar Heels

 

4 Duke 2015	76
5 North Carolina 2017	66

 

After a close first half, North Carolina pulled ahead by 11 points at 49-38 after Joel Berry and Luke May hit back to back three pointers, and then a steal by May that led to a basket by Justin Jackson, gave the Tar Heels their biggest lead.  Duke then began mounting a steady comeback, cutting the lead to eight at 52-44, to five at 56-51, and finally down to just two points at 62-60.  After the teams traded one made foul shot to make it 63-61 Carolina, Matt Jones tied the game at 63-63, and then Tyus Jones drove into the lane to hit a basket and draw a foul on Theo Pinson.  After Jones made the foul shot, Duke led 66-63.  The Tar Heels could manage just one three-point basket, while they sent the Blue Devils to the foul line.  Duke hit 7 of 8 at the charity stripe to salt the game away.

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jahlil Okafor	C	6	12	0	0	0	1	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	12
Justise Winslow	F	4	11	1	5	2	3	1	4	5	2	2	2	1	3	11
Quinn Cook	F	4	10	1	4	0	0	1	6	7	3	0	0	3	1	9
Matt Jones	G	6	9	4	6	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	2	16
Tyus Jones	G	1	3	0	0	8	10	0	2	2	1	3	0	2	3	10
Grayson Allen		2	5	1	3	3	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8
Amile Jefferson		2	4	0	0	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	0	2	6
Marshall Plumlee		2	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	4
Team										2
Totals		27	59	7	18	15	20	8	24	34	13	8	4	11	18	76
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kennedy Meeks	C	1	3	0	0	3	4	1	6	7	2	1	2	4	2	5
Isaiah Hicks	F	2	5	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	0	2	2	1	5
Justin Jackson	F	6	15	2	7	3	5	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	2	17
Theo Pinson	G	1	3	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	3	5	4
Joel Berry	G	6	14	3	8	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	6	2	18
Tony Bradley		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Nate Britt		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Luke May		5	9	2	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	15
Seventh Woods		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		22	53	7	21	15	20	9	25	37	13	5	4	18	18	66
Player of the Game	Matt Jones

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	34	42	76
N. Carolina	36	30	66

 

 

Indiana Solves The Arkansas Press And Dominates On The Glass

 

Indiana looked to be vulnerable in the first half as Arkansas forced nine turnovers with their full court press, and the Razorbacks led by as much as 10 points.  In the second half, The Hoosiers did not turn the ball over in the backcourt one time and committed just five frontcourt turnovers.  Meanwhile, Indiana outrebounded Arkansas in the second half 24-9 to win going away.  Scott May scored 19 of his game high 28 points in the final half.

 

3 Indiana 1976	82
6 Arkansas 1994	71

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kent Benson	C	9	14	0	0	2	4	4	5	9	2	0	2	2	3	20
Scott May	F	9	16	3	5	7	8	2	6	8	5	1	0	3	1	28
Tom Abernathy	F	4	8	3	6	3	4	1	4	5	1	0	1	1	3	14
Bobby Wilkerson	G	2	6	0	2	1	2	2	7	9	3	3	2	4	4	5
Quinn Buckner	G	2	5	0	1	2	4	1	4	5	4	2	0	2	2	6
Wayne Radford		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	2
Jim Wisman		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rich Valavicius		2	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
Team										4
Totals		29	56	7	16	17	25	10	30	44	19	6	6	14	18	82
Arkansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dwight Stewart	C	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	5	3
Corliss Williamson	F	5	9	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	3	1	0	0	3	11
Ken Biley	F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Scotty Thurman	G	6	15	4	11	5	6	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	5	21
Corey Beck	G	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	2	4
Darnell Robinson		4	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	8
Clint McDaniel		2	7	1	4	3	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	8
Lee Wilson		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Divar Rimac		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Dillard		3	6	3	6	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	12
Ray Biggers		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										4
Totals		25	61	8	24	13	20	7	19	30	13	6	0	9	24	71
Player of the Game	Scott May

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	37	45	82
Arkansas	42	29	71

 

 

15-seeded Cougars Advance To Sweet 16 In Exciting Game

 

15 Houston 1968	108
10 UCLA 1975	101

In what turned out to be the most exciting game of the day, Houston and UCLA staged one of the finest offensive performances in Simulated NCAA Tournament History by combining for 209 points.

The pace of the game was fast from the onset, as the teams were tied 25-25 just eight minutes into the game.  Elvin Hayes was virtually unstoppable all day, and a 12-point scoring burst in the final six minutes of the opening half gave the Cougars a six-point halftime lead.

The teams traded the lead for most of the second half with UCLA’s last lead coming at the six minute mark at 87-86.  Houston enjoyed a quick 10-3 run to make it 96-90, and the Bruins could not overcome the run.

 

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	C	15	25	0	0	9	13	8	14	22	2	0	5	4	3	39
Ken Spain	F	7	15	0	0	4	7	2	10	12	1	2	2	2	3	18
Theodis Lee	F	4	9	1	3	4	6	1	5	6	3	1	1	1	5	13
Don Chaney	G	7	13	4	8	5	6	1	4	5	7	3	0	3	4	23
George Reynolds	G	4	12	2	6	2	3	0	1	1	5	1	0	5	4	12
Tom Gribben		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
Larry Cooper		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	0
Carlos Bell		1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
Vern Lewis		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		38	77	7	17	25	37	13	38	54	20	8	8	19	28	108
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Richard Washington	C	5	11	0	0	3	4	3	6	9	0	0	1	2	5	13
Dave Meyers	F	8	14	0	0	7	10	3	8	11	1	0	1	1	4	23
Marques Johnson	F	10	22	2	6	4	6	2	7	9	3	2	1	4	3	26
Pete Trgovich	G	7	15	3	8	3	4	0	4	4	4	3	0	2	4	20
Andre McCarter	G	1	6	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	5	5	5
Ralph Drollinger		3	7	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	1	0	2	1	3	7
Raymond Townsend		2	5	2	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	5	7
Jim Spillane		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Wilbert Olinde		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										5
Totals		36	80	8	22	21	31	10	30	45	18	7	5	16	35	101
Player of the Game	Elvin Hayes

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Houston	61	47	108
UCLA	55	46	101

 

 

WEST REGION

 

Overall Top Seed Romps Again

 

1 UCLA 1972	94
8 Connecticut 2004	61

 

The top seed in the tournament looked infallible for most of the game, as the Bruins began the game with a 16-1 lead before the Huskies could hit their first basket.  UCLA began to empty the bench in the first half once the lead swelled past 30 points, which allowed UConn to make its only run of the day cutting a 42-12 lead to 44-19 at the half.

After a 20-10 run to start the second half, the Bruins led by 35 points, when they started to remove the starters.  Until Emeka Okafor hit an old-fasioned three-pointer on the final possession, UCLA backup center Swen Nater had matched him point for point.  Nater played just 12 minutes to Okafor’s 33.

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Walton	C	7	11	0	0	3	5	5	9	14	4	2	4	2	3	17
Jamaal Wilkes	F	6	9	2	3	4	4	1	6	7	1	1	1	1	3	18
Larry Farmer	F	5	7	2	3	1	2	2	5	7	1	3	1	1	2	13
Greg Lee	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	10
Henry Bibby	G	3	8	2	5	5	6	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	2	13
Tommy Curtis		2	5	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	1	6
Larry Hollyfield		2	6	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	5
Swen Nater		3	5	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	2	8
Vince Carson		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Andy Hill		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jon Chapman		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Franklin		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team										3
Totals		33	64	9	21	19	26	11	32	46	18	11	7	13	21	94
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Emeka Okafor	C	4	8	0	0	3	6	2	7	9	1	0	2	1	4	11
Josh Boone	F	3	7	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	0	1	0	3	2	6
Rashad Anderson	F	4	11	3	9	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	4	14
Ben Gordon	G	5	16	3	12	4	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	5	3	17
Taliek Brown	G	3	8	0	0	2	5	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	4	8
Denham Brown		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Hilton Armstrong		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	3	3
Charlie Villanueva		1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Shamon Tooles		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										2
Totals		21	57	6	22	13	23	7	24	33	10	5	2	18	24	61
Player of the Game	Bill Walton

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	44	50	94
UConn	19	42	61

 

 

Smaller, Quicker Miners Steal Way To Victory

 

12 Texas Western 1966	71
13 Louisville 1986	59

Louisville, a team known for an excellent full court press through the years, fell victim to the man to man press by Texas Western.  The Miners stole the ball 16 times in the game, while forcing 25 Cardinal Turnovers.

After an early 8-5 Louisville lead, back to back steals by Bobby Joe Hill led to a basket and two foul shots to give the Miners their first lead at 9-8.

Later in the half, after Louisville recovered to take a 24-22 lead, steals by Willie Worsley and Orsten Artis led to easy baskets to put TW up 26-24.  A missed three-point attempt by Milt Wagner, led to a fast break basket for the Miners when Harry Flournoy grabbed the rebound and found Artis, who then passed to Willie Cager for the layup.  Up 28-24, The Miners led the rest of the way.

Louisville cut the lead from eight to three with eight minutes to play, but a 8-0 run put the game away.

 

Boxscore
Texas Western	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nevil Shed	C	3	6	0	0	2	3	4	4	8	0	0	1	1	2	8
David Lattin	F	4	11	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	2	2	0	3	2	10
Harry Flournoy	F	4	10	0	0	3	5	4	9	13	1	0	2	2	1	11
Orsten Artis	G	3	9	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	4	4	0	4	3	11
Bobby Joe Hill	G	4	11	2	6	3	4	0	1	1	3	4	0	3	2	13
Willie Cager		4	7	2	3	4	5	2	3	5	2	3	1	2	2	14
Willie Worsley		1	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	4
Team										3
Totals		23	58	7	16	18	26	12	22	37	14	16	4	17	13	71
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pervis Ellison	C	6	13	0	0	2	4	2	4	6	0	0	2	4	4	14
Billy Thompson	F	5	11	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	3	1	0	2	2	10
Herbert Crook	F	3	8	0	2	2	3	1	3	4	1	1	1	5	5	8
Jeff Hall	G	3	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	8
Milt Wagner	G	3	7	1	3	4	5	0	2	2	4	2	0	5	2	11
Tony Kimbro		2	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	4	6
Kevin Walls		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mark McSwain		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2
Team										2
Totals		23	51	4	11	9	14	6	27	35	12	5	3	25	23	59
Player of the Game	Harry Flournoy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Texas Western	33	38	71
Louisville	26	33	59

 

 

Siegfried’s Three Sinks Marquette

 

3 Ohio St. 1960	72
11 Marquette 1977	70

 

Larry Siegfried connected on a three-point shot in Ohio State’s final possession to give the Buckeyes their only lead in the second half, and then a last-gasp shot by Bernard Toone missed and was rebounded by Joe Roberts to send Ohio State to the Sweet 16.

Marquette was able to slow the pace down, using up 24 to 28 seconds on the shot clock per possession and limiting Ohio State’s offensive rebounding strength.  With Bo Ellis scoring 11 of his 13 points in the first half, the Warriors led by a bucket at the break.

Butch Lee kept Marquette’s offense moving in the second half, as the Warriors kept the lead between four and seven points until the three minute mark.

After a 6-6 foul shooting mark in the first half, Marquette players missed several crucial foul shots down the stretch, as the Warriors could only hit 7 of 12 free tosses.  Ohio State rebounded the ball on all the missed foul shots, and they scored on five consecutive possessions to cut a 68-61 lead to 70-69.  After a Jim Boylan turnover, Ohio State tried to get the ball inside to Jerry Lucas or in the mid post to John Havlicek, but Marquette’s zone defense plugged the middle, forcing Siegfried to take the three-pointer as the shot clock expired.

 

Boxscore
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	9	14	0	1	2	2	3	7	10	2	0	1	2	3	20
Joe Roberts	F	3	9	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	6
John Havlicek	F	6	12	2	4	4	5	2	6	8	3	2	0	1	2	18
Larry Siegfried	G	5	11	3	6	5	8	1	4	5	4	1	0	3	2	18
Mel Nowell	G	2	6	1	3	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	5	3	8
Dick Furry		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	2
Team										3
Totals		26	55	6	14	14	19	9	25	37	14	4	1	14	16	72
Marquette	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerome Whitehead	C	5	12	0	0	1	2	3	4	7	1	0	1	2	4	11
Bo Ellis	F	5	11	0	0	3	5	1	8	9	2	2	2	1	3	13
Bill Neary	F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Butch Lee	G	6	13	4	10	5	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	3	21
Jim Boylan	G	2	6	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	2	7
Bernard Toone		4	7	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	2	10
Gary Rosenberger		2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6
Team										2
Totals		25	55	7	16	13	18	6	22	30	11	5	3	12	17	70
Player of the Game	Larry Siegfried

 

 

Tar Heels Win Overtime Thriller

 

10 North Carolina 1982	86	OT
2 Kansas 2008	78

 

Darnell Jackson missed the front end of a 1 and 1 foul opportunity, and James Worthy’s field goal tied the game up at in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime.  In overtime, the Carolina Trio of Worthy, Sam Perkins, and Michael Jordan took the game over to give the Tar Heels a ticket to the Sweet 16.

Reserve forward Chris Brust came off the bench and hit two crucial baskets when Kansas had begun to stretch the lead.  Brust’s two baskets sandwiched one by Matt Doherty in a 6-1 Tar Heel mini-run that cut the KU lead to two points.  Moments later, Perkins fouled Jackson, and Jackson missed the foul shot that allowed Carolina force overtime.

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	C	8	15	0	0	4	6	3	6	9	0	0	2	2	3	20
James Worthy	F	8	13	0	0	7	8	3	8	11	2	0	2	2	2	23
Matt Doherty	F	2	5	2	4	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	8
Michael Jordan	G	4	9	2	5	8	9	2	5	7	4	1	1	1	2	18
Jimmy Black	G	1	4	1	4	2	3	0	2	2	5	2	0	3	3	5
Jim Braddock		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Chris Brust		2	3	0	0	2	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	3	6
Buzz Peterson		1	2	1	2	3	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	6
Team										3
Totals		26	51	6	15	28	36	9	28	40	15	5	5	13	20	86
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Darnell Jackson	C	8	14	0	0	3	5	3	4	7	2	0	1	2	4	19
Darrell Arthur	F	5	7	0	0	2	3	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	4	12
Brandon Rush	F	1	4	1	4	2	2	3	3	6	3	1	0	3	5	5
Russell Robinson	G	5	12	3	8	3	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	3	16
Mario Chalmers	G	5	15	3	11	5	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	18
Sherron Collins		2	6	1	4	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	5	6
Sasha Kaun		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Rodrick Stewart		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Cole Aldrich		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										2
Totals		27	61	8	27	16	22	8	21	31	13	4	1	10	33	78
Player of the Game	James Worthy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	Final
North Carolina	33	37	16	86
Kansas	36	34	8	78

 

The Sweet 16

 

East Region–Thursday

 

1974 North Carolina St. vs. 1978 Kentucky

2019 Virginia vs. 1987 Indiana

South Region–Thursday

 

1970 UCLA vs. 1964 UCLA

2018 Villanova vs. 1992 Duke

 

Midwest Region–Friday

 

1968 UCLA vs. 2015 Duke

1976 Indiana vs. 1968 Houston

 

West Region–Friday

 

1972 UCLA vs. 1966 Texas Western

1960 Ohio St. vs. 1982 North Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Round Three Saturday

Good Saturday morning sports fans.  This is Greg Humble in the studio along with my colleagues here at See BS–Charles Parkly Clark Post, and Kenny Jones. We’re just moments away from a great slate of Saturday games, and at the end of the day four teams will punch their tickets to the Sweet 16.

We’re going to start everybody out with the top-seed in the East, the 2001 Duke Blue Devils taking on the eight seed Kentucky Wildcats of 1978.  Let’s send it out to our See BS crew, Ian Falcon, Jim Snorkel, and Jamie Herdall.

 

EAST REGION

Wildcat Inside Muscle Too Much For The Region’s Top Seed

 

9 Kentucky 1978	89
1 Duke 2001	80

Unassociated Press: The 8-Seed 1978 Kentucky Wildcats took advantage of a huge rebounding edge to hold off the top seed in the East, the 2001 Duke Blue Devils.  The Wildcats enjoyed a huge 51-30 rebounding advantage with the Blue Mist’s Twin Towers both recording double figure boards.

Kentucky broke open a close game midway through the second half.  With a 56-53 lead, the Wildcats went on a 16-5 run to take a commanding 72-58 lead.  Duke frantically mounted a comeback with three-pointers from Jay Williams, Mike Dunleavy, and Nate James to cut the lead to 76-70, but the Wildcats chose to keep the ball in the hands of Kyle Macy down the stretch, and Duke was forced to foul one of the all time great foul shooters.

 

Boxscore
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	C	5	8	0	0	4	6	3	8	11	2	0	4	2	2	14
Mike Phillips	F	2	5	0	0	2	3	2	10	12	0	0	3	4	3	6
Jack Givens	F	5	11	1	3	4	5	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	1	15
Truman Claytor	G	2	6	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	5
Kyle Macy	G	4	9	3	7	10	11	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	2	21
James Lee		4	8	0	0	1	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	9
Chuck Aleksinas		2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	2	2	4
Jay Shidler		4	7	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	12
LaVon Williams		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Fred Cowan		0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1
Team										3
Totals		29	59	9	21	22	29	12	36	51	15	3	10	18	18	89
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carlos Boozer	C	5	9	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	5	12
Shane Battier	F	7	18	1	3	4	6	1	4	5	2	2	1	1	3	19
Mike Dunleavy	F	5	15	2	7	2	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	2	14
Nate James	G	3	5	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	0	0	5	8
Jay Williams	G	4	10	3	8	3	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	3	14
Chris Duhon		1	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	3
Casey Sanders		2	3	0	0	2	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	4	6
Matt Christensen		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team										4
Totals		29	70	8	23	14	20	7	19	30	15	7	1	6	26	80
Player of the Game	Kyle Macy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kentucky	46	43	89
Duke	44	36	80

 

 

Tiny Towe Blitz’s Cardinals Press To Lead Pack To Impressive Win

 

4 North Carolina St. 1974	96
12 Louisville 1980	82

 

Unassociated Press: Five foot, six inch guard Monte Towe proved to be impossible to trap by the vaunted Louisville 2-2-1 press defense.  Time and time again, he broke the press and drove until he found an open teammate, forcing Louisville to call the press off.  By the time the Cardinals stopped pressing, the Wolf Pack had turned the ball over twice, but they scored easy baskets or went to the foul line enough times to take a 10-point lead in the first 12 minutes of the game.

A three-minute stretch to end the first half found N.C. State turning the ball over in their own halfcourt four times, while Louisville warmed up from the field and cut the lead to two points.

The Wolf Pack maintained the lead throughout the second half, and once they held a five point lead, they forced Louisville to foul down the stretch, where Towe was 8 of 8 at the charity stripe in the final minutes to preserve the win.

1974 North Carolina State now faces 1978 Kentucky in the Sweet 16 in what should be an incredible matchup, as the two teams have similar styles.  David Thompson and Jack Givens should be worth the price of admission.

Boxscore
North Carolina St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Burleson	C	9	14	0	0	4	6	2	11	13	1	0	3	4	3	22
Tim Stoddard	F	3	5	0	0	2	2	1	8	9	0	0	1	1	2	8
David Thompson	F	6	11	1	2	9	12	3	6	9	2	1	2	3	2	22
Mo Rivers	G	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	3
Monte Towe	G	3	7	2	5	11	11	0	1	1	8	3	0	3	1	19
Mark Moeller		3	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	7
Steve Nuce		1	3	0	0	3	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	5
Phil Spence		2	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Greg Hawkins		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3
Bill Lake		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Buurma		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Dayhuff		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Kuszmaul		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Johnson		0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team										3
Totals		29	55	5	12	33	41	9	33	45	15	6	6	18	20	96
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wiley Brown	C	4	8	0	0	2	4	3	2	5	0	1	0	1	5	10
Rodney McCray	F	4	10	1	4	4	5	2	3	5	1	3	0	3	3	13
Derek Smith	F	5	11	0	0	1	2	4	7	11	0	0	1	2	5	11
Darrell Griffith	G	6	17	3	9	4	5	3	3	6	2	1	0	4	4	19
Jerry Eaves	G	2	6	1	5	2	2	1	2	3	5	1	0	2	2	7
Poncho Wright		3	8	1	3	2	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5	9
Roger Burkman		2	7	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6
Tony Branch		2	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	5	5
Daryl Cleveland		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Greg Deuser		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Marty Pulliam		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Clark		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		29	75	8	28	16	22	14	21	38	11	9	1	13	37	82
Player of the Game	Monte Towe

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
N. C. State	47	49	96
Louisville	45	37	82

 

Cavaliers Put Hoyas To Sleep With Slow Pace

 

3 Virginia 2019	60
14 Georgetown 1984	52

Unassociated Press: The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers slowed the game down to 59 possessions, forcing Georgetown to pass away from Patrick Ewing, and then trapping Ewing when he caught the ball in the post.  The tactic worked, as Ewing could only take seven shots in 35 minutes of action.

This had the look of a game where both teams would struggle to score 40 points, as neither team could solve the other’s defense.  Eight minutes into the game, Georgetown led 7-6.  At this point, Braxton Key entered the game for Virginia and gave the Wahoo offense a shot in the arm with six quick points to give the Cavaliers a 16-13 lead, a lead they would not relinquish.

Virginia held the Hoyas to 34.6% shooting in the second half, as Ewing could only score one basket in the final stanza.

Boxscore
Virginia	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mamadi Diakete	C	1	4	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	1	0	1	2	1	3
De’Andre Hunter	F	5	12	0	0	4	4	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	1	14
Guy Jerome	F	2	6	1	4	0	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	1	5
Kyle Guy	G	2	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	3	5
Kihei Clark	G	4	11	2	3	2	3	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	1	12
Braxton Key		6	10	2	4	5	6	2	6	8	1	1	0	1	2	19
Jack Salt		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team										3
Totals		21	50	6	14	12	15	7	26	36	12	2	1	7	11	60
Georgetown	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	C	4	7	0	0	1	2	2	7	9	0	0	2	0	1	9
Reggie Williams	F	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	3	6
Fred Brown	F	3	9	1	6	0	1	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	7
David Wingate	G	3	8	2	5	1	2	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	2	9
Michael Jackson	G	4	12	2	7	4	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	14
Michael Graham		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
Horace Broadnax		2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Gene Smith		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Martin		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										1
Totals		20	53	5	19	7	12	7	24	32	9	4	3	5	12	52
Player of the Game	Braxton Key

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Virginia	33	27	60
Georgetown	29	23	52

 

Hoosiers Limit Mistakes, Play Excellent Defense In Impressive Win

 

10 Indiana 1987	78
2 North Carolina 2005	63

Unassociated Press: The Hoosiers committed just seven turnovers while limiting North Carolina to 40.7% shooting.  Indiana opened a 15-point lead in the first half, and North Carolina never cut the lead to single digits, getting to within 10 points three times.

The Tar Heel starting front court was held to 10-26 shooting, while the Hoosiers’ front court was 17-34.

This sets up an interesting Sweet 16 game between 1987 Indiana and 2019 Virginia Thursday night.

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dean Garrett	C	6	11	0	0	2	4	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	3	14
Daryl Thomas	F	9	14	0	0	4	6	1	6	7	3	2	0	1	2	22
Rick Callaway	F	4	9	1	3	3	4	0	7	7	2	1	1	1	2	12
Keith Smart	G	3	7	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	9
Steve Alford	G	5	12	3	6	5	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	18
Steve Eyl		1	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	3
Joe Hillman		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		28	59	5	13	17	24	4	24	31	16	6	1	7	13	78
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sean May	C	8	19	0	0	3	4	1	8	9	0	0	2	2	3	19
Jawad Williams	F	2	5	1	3	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	5
Jackie Manuel	F	0	2	0	2	2	3	1	5	6	2	1	0	3	4	2
Rashad McCants	G	4	9	4	9	3	4	2	4	6	1	1	0	5	3	15
Raymond Felton	G	7	16	3	7	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	0	2	4	19
Marvin Williams		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Melvin Scott		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	3
David Noel		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										4
Totals		22	54	8	21	11	15	8	28	40	10	5	2	13	21	63
Player of the Game	Daryl Thomas

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	41	37	78
N. Carolina	29	34	63

 

SOUTH REGION

 

Top Seed Falls To Quick Bruin Quintet

 

8 UCLA 1964	97
1 Kentucky 1996	89

 

Unassociated Press: UCLA’s great backcourt duo of Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich combined for 61 points, and the UCLA full-court press was just as devastating as Kentucky’s matchup press.

Kentucky led for most of the first half and the first six minutes of the second half.  With the Wildcats ahead 61-54, the Bruins reeled off 14 point in the next three minutes to take a 68-66 lead.  After Kentucky tied the score at 68-68, back-to-back three point field goals by Hazzard gave UCLA the lead for good.

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fred Slaughter	C	2	6	0	0	2	5	3	8	11	4	2	0	5	3	6
Keith Erickson	F	4	9	0	0	2	3	2	9	11	6	3	0	2	3	10
Jack Hirsch	F	3	8	1	4	1	2	2	5	7	1	1	1	4	4	8
Walt Hazzard	G	9	22	3	10	8	11	1	6	7	2	2	0	3	2	29
Gail Goodrich	G	10	17	5	8	7	9	0	1	1	4	2	0	3	2	32
Kenny Washington		3	6	0	0	2	3	4	2	6	0	1	2	3	3	8
Doug McIntosh		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	4
Kim Stewart		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										4
Totals		33	72	9	22	22	33	13	34	51	17	12	4	21	22	97
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter McCarty	C	4	9	0	2	3	5	2	6	8	0	0	1	4	4	11
Antoine Walker	F	7	15	1	2	2	3	1	8	9	0	2	0	1	3	17
Derek Anderson	F	3	7	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	2	1	0	2	5	6
Tony Delk	G	5	13	3	7	4	5	1	3	4	3	2	0	4	2	17
Anthony Epps	G	2	6	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	5	5	7
Ron Mercer		5	8	2	3	3	4	2	3	5	3	2	0	1	2	15
Mark Pope		1	3	0	2	2	2	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	4	4
Jeff Sheppard		2	4	2	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	8
Wayne Turner		2	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	4
Allen Edwards		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		31	72	9	27	18	24	8	31	42	16	9	2	21	30	89
Player of the Game	Walt Hazzard

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	44	53	97
Kentucky	48	41	89

Bruin Muscle Proves Too Much For Cardinals

 

4 UCLA 1970	100
5 Louisville 2013	82

Unassociated Press:  The trio of Steve Patterson, Sidney Wicks, and Curtis Rowe flexed their muscles, scoring almost at will at times in the paint and getting multiple offensive rebounds with putbacks.

After beginning the game matching baskets, the score was knotted at 17-17 with 12 minutes to go in the first half.  UCLA opened a 12-point lead in the next eight minutes, and Louisville could get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.

When the Cardinals cut the lead to seven at 69-62, a Bruin 9-2 run moved the lead out to 14, and Louisville began to rush their offense, committing crucial turnovers that allowed the lead to ballon to 21 points at one point.

The 1970 Bruins now face the 1964 UCLA Bruins in a game of contrasts between 1964’s speed and 1970’s muscle.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Patterson	C	6	13	0	0	2	3	2	6	8	1	1	1	2	2	14
Sidney Wicks	F	9	15	0	0	6	8	5	11	16	0	3	4	3	3	24
Curtis Rowe	F	6	11	0	0	4	6	3	9	12	2	2	2	1	1	16
John Vallely	G	6	12	3	6	3	3	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	2	18
Henry Bibby	G	6	14	3	8	5	7	0	3	3	9	1	0	3	2	20
John Ecker		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	2
Kenny Booker		1	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
Terry Schofield		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3
Bill Siebert		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Hill		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		36	71	7	16	21	29	11	35	49	20	9	7	17	18	100
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gorgiu Dieng	C	7	15	0	0	2	4	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	4	16
Chane Behanen	F	3	8	0	0	1	2	1	6	7	2	0	0	1	5	7
Wayne Blackshear	F	4	11	2	6	2	3	2	6	8	3	1	1	5	4	12
Russ Smith	G	4	9	3	7	6	7	0	4	4	1	2	0	3	3	17
Peyton Siva	G	5	12	2	5	3	3	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	2	15
Luke Hancock		2	4	1	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	4	5
Montrezl Harrell		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
Stephan Van Treese		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	4
Kevin Ware		1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	4
Team										2
Totals		29	69	9	23	15	21	7	28	37	14	6	2	19	27	82
Player of the Game	Sidney Wicks

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	52	48	100
Louisville	37	45	82

 

Grant Hill Puts Blue Devils’ Hopes On His Shoulder To Bring Duke Back To Victory

 

6 Duke 1992	78
14 Kansas 1997	73

 

Unassociated Press: In a game with many twists and turns, Duke blew a 10-point first half lead and trailed by as many as nine points in the second half until Grant Hill took control of the game, scoring 14 of his game high 20 points in the final 11 minutes of the game.

Kansas went on a 24-7 scoring run that covered the last six minutes of the first half and first four minutes of the second half to take a 49-42 lead.  After Duke cut the lead to three several times, the Jayhawks scored six straight points to take a 59-50.  That’s when Hill went to work, scoring 14 of Dukes’ final 28 points.

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Christian Laettner	C	7	13	0	0	5	7	3	5	8	0	0	1	2	3	19
Brian Davis	F	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	7	8	2	1	0	1	1	4
Grant Hill	F	6	11	2	3	6	6	0	5	5	4	1	0	3	2	20
Thomas Hill	G	5	9	2	4	3	4	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	15
Bobby Hurley	G	3	7	1	3	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	11
Antonio Lang		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	3
Cherokee Parks		2	4	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	6
Marty Clark		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		26	52	5	11	21	26	7	26	36	14	4	2	12	13	78
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scot Pollard	C	8	15	0	0	3	4	1	6	7	2	0	0	2	4	19
Raef LaFrentz	F	7	12	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	3	0	2	1	2	15
Paul Pierce	F	8	14	0	0	3	5	2	3	5	2	2	1	0	3	19
Jerod Haase	G	2	5	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	6
Jacque Vaughn	G	2	6	2	5	2	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	4	8
Ryan Robertson		1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
Billy Thomas		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
T.J. Pugh		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Team										3
Totals		29	60	5	14	10	15	6	20	29	14	6	3	8	24	73
Player of the Game	Christian Laettner

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	37	41	78
Kansas	31	42	73

 

 

Wildcats Hot For Three Minutes, But It’s Enough To Advance

 

2 Villanova 2018	64
7 Florida 2007	51

 

Unassociated Press: Villanova couldn’t buy a basket for 3/4 of the game, but then neither could the Gators as both teams had trouble finding the range.  Then, a brief barrage of baskets on 4 of 7 shooting that included a couple of three-point shots broke open a close game to allow ‘Nova to pull away to a safe lead.  Leading just 39-38 in the second half, an 11-0 run gave The Wildcats a 12-point lead.  Florida never could mount a move at this point, and Villanova cruised to victory.

Villanova advances to Thursday’s Sweet 16 round against 1992 Duke.

 

 

Boxscore
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Omari Spellman	C	3	6	0	0	2	3	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	2	8
Eric Paschall	F	4	7	0	0	4	4	1	8	9	1	0	2	1	1	12
Michael Bridges	F	5	12	2	5	0	2	3	5	8	0	2	0	2	3	12
Phil Booth	G	3	9	1	4	3	4	1	3	4	3	1	0	5	2	10
Jalen Brunson	G	3	7	2	6	4	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	4	12
Donte DiVincenzo		3	9	1	4	2	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	9
Collin Gillespie		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Team										5
Totals		21	51	6	19	16	22	8	26	39	7	5	3	14	16	64
Florida	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joakim Noah	C	6	11	0	0	3	5	2	8	10	2	0	2	1	2	15
Al Horford	F	5	10	0	0	2	4	3	6	9	0	0	3	1	4	12
Corey Brewer	F	3	12	1	7	3	3	1	5	6	1	2	1	2	3	10
Lee Humphrey	G	2	9	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	4	5
Taurean Green	G	1	7	0	5	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	4
Walter Hodge		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	2
Chris Richard		1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3
Dan Werner		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		19	52	2	17	11	18	7	25	34	9	4	6	14	20	51
Player of the Game	Eric Paschall

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Villanova	26	38	64
Florida	23	28	51

Sweet 16 Schedule For East and South Regions

 

East 

4 – North Carolina St.  1974 vs. 9 – Kentucky 1978

3 – Virginia 2019 vs. 10 – Indiana 1987

South 

4 – UCLA 1970 vs. 8 – UCLA 1964

2 – Villanova 2018 vs. 6 – Duke 1992

 

Coming Tomorrow–Third Round Action From the Midwest and West Regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest March Madness That Never Was

Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, we cannot issue our great Bracketnomics 505 Course for 2020.  2020 figured to be the year where we debuted many new pieces to our bracket-picking formula, as we spent well dozens of days researching and back-testing data, as well as research what we call the morphing of the game, where one style of play became more successful over another style of play, and where one metric proved more accurate in predicting March Madness success over other metrics.   

Alas, all that research must now go into hibernation until such a time that an NCAA Tournament can be played.  If the tournament re-schedules to May, June, July, or August, we will not issue a Bracketnomics tutorial, since this will be totally uncharted water.  We hear that the NCAA is trying to salvage something by possibly conducting a 16-team tournament much like the old NIT where all 16 teams gather in one venue.  This was the last gasp plan before the tournament was  completely cancelled, and there is talk that the top 16 teams, which would have been the top four seeds in each region could still be put into one venue for five days, just like 16 teams played at Madison Square Garden.

Our unique plan would be to play a tournament like this outdoors in a warm weather and dry climate where rain would not be a factor.  Games have been played outdoors in the past, including in the Olympics.

In place of the real tournament, The PiRate Selection Committee has seeded 68 of the greatest  teams in modern day history in the “Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was.”

This simulated tournament will consist of 44 past National Champions and the best teams that fell a little short.  The only rules in our selection system is that no single school can have teams picked from consecutive seasons.  That means that we could not award all three of Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s UCLA teams bids.  And, because the 1968 team rates the highest of the three, we did not select the 1967 and 1969 Bruins in order to get the great 1968 team.

Additionally, because we wanted National Champions first and foremost, great teams like the 1975 Indiana Hoosiers and 1991 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels were ineligible for the tournament, since the 1976 IU and 1990 UNLV teams received automatic bids.

 
Four regions with 17 teams in each region have been seeded and games have been scheduled, starting Tuesday night with two first round games in Dayton, Ohio.

These games will be played via a tabletop game created by our Captain and inspired by the Avalon Hill/Sports Illustrated Professional Game called Statis-Pro Basketball.  If you want to take a peak at this out of print game, go to the following link:  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4453/statis-pro-basketball

The Captain is the utmost sports boardgame geek.  Games like the one above and Strat-O-Matic Baseball led to his falling in love with statistics.  The Captain cracked the ratings codes for many of these games, including Statis-Pro,  and he decided to create his own college version of the game.  He even added three-point shooting to the game with the addition of a few simple rules, and voila, he had created a homemade board game that supplied him (and friends) with many hours of great fun.  Teams were made from the 1960’s through the 1980’s and later into the 1990’s.  After many years of use, when Mrs. PiRate placed the ring on his finger, the game was put away in a storage closet in the Captain’s basement.  When the Coronavirus claimed almost all sports as its victims, the Captain’s Lady thought it might be a good idea for him to play out a tournament by using the old game and reporting the results on this website.

The first thought was to make 68 teams from the 2020 season based on regular season conference champions and at-large teams that his bracketology showed to be the right 68.  There was a problem with that, because he could not make 68 new teams from 2020 and play this tournament beginning Tuesday, as it would be April before he could make 68 teams.  So, since he had dozens of the greatest teams from 1960 to about 1997, he only needed to update the set of teams from 1998 to 2019, which he spent most of Thursday and Friday and some of Saturday night making.  The 68 teams have been chosen and are ready to begin “The Greatest NCAA Basketball Tournament Never Played.”

The Selection Committee, otherwise known as the Simple Rating System at Sports Reference, has chosen and seeded the field.  Let’s get to it.

First, we began with the East Region. These games will be played in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday and will not be broadcast on CBS.  Our PiRate Ratings Network is “See BS.”

The number one seed in the East Region is—————- 

The 2001 Duke Blue Devils.   Coach Mike Krzyzewski has a roster stacked with talent, including Shane Battier, Jay Williams, and Mike Dunleavy.

Duke will play the winner of the 16-seeded play-in game Tuesday night between the 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels, with eight McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster, and the 1970 St. Bonaventure Bonnies.  Just so you know, Bob Lanier will be healthy for all NCAA Tournament games St. Bonaventure plays. In real life, Lanier’s injury in the Eastern Regional Final cost his team any chance to compete against Jacksonville in the National Semifinal Game.

The number eight seed is the 1979 Michigan State Spartans featuring the great Magic Johnson. They will play the nine-seed Kentucky Wildcats of 1978.  This was Wildcats’ coach Joe B. Hall’s lone national title with a team featuring Jack “Goose” Givens and the Twin Towers of Rick Robey and Mike Phillips.

The number four seed is the 1974 North Carolina State Wolf Pack, with Norm Sloan coaching the great David Thompson along with tiny Monte Towe and huge Tom Burleson. NC State will play the number 13 seed 1999 Duke Blue Devils, one of the at-large non-national champions.  This Blue Devil team had eight McDonald’s All-Americans, including Trajan Langdon, Shane Battier, and Elton Brand.

And, the final game in this Hartford pod features the number five-seed 1999 Connecticut Huskies.  UConn was led by Richard Hamilton and Khalid El-Amin.  The Huskies will be  playing the number 12-seed Louisville Cardinals of 1980 with the great Darrell Griffith leading the way.

Now, let’s go to the bottom half of the bracket in the East Region. These games will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum on Friday.

The number three-seed Virginia Cavaliers of 2019, the team that avenged the embarrassment of being the first number one seed to lose to a 16-seed in 2018 by winning the national championship in 2019.  The Wahoos will take on the number 14-seed Arkansas Razorbacks of 1991, another at-large team that failed to win the national championship.  This Razorback squad featured three big stars in Todd May, Lee Mayberry, and Oliver Miller.

The next game features the number six-seed Villanova Wildcats of 2016 playing the number 11-seed Georgetown Hoyas of 1984, two hot rivals that won national championships. In this simulation, trying not to have multiple teams from the same school in each region was more important than having teams from the same conference playing each other, and that is why two Big East teams are playing in their first game.

Let’s move on. The number seven-seed UCLA Bruins of 1995 will play the number 10-seed Indiana Hoosiers of 1987, the team that won the title on a last second shot by Keith Smart.  And, rounding out the East Region, the number two-seed North Carolina Tar Heels of 2005 will take on the number 15-seed Ohio State Buckeyes of 1962, a heavy favorite that lost their national championship game that year to in-state rival Cincinnati, in a game played by the previous two national champions.

East Region

Play-in Round for #16 Seed
North Carolina 1984 vs. St. Bonaventure 1970

1-Duke 2001 vs. 16-UNC/St. Bonaventure
8-Michigan St. 1979 vs. 9-Kentucky 1978
4-North Carolina St. 1974 vs. 13-Duke 1999
5-Connecticut 1999 vs. 12-Louisville 1980
3-Virginia 2019 vs. 14-Arkansas 1991
6-Villanova 2016 vs. 11-Georgetown 1984
7-UCLA 1995 vs. 10-Indiana 1987
2-North Carolina 2005 vs. 15-Ohio St. 1962

Now, let’s look at the South Region. These next four games will play Thursday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The top seed in the South is the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats. Rick Pitino finally won his first national championship with a team loaded with talent that could go 10-deep without the Wildcats missing a beat.

 

The Big Blue will play the winner of the play-in round Tuesday night between the 1974 Maryland Terrapins and the 1970 Florida State Seminoles. Maryland did not make the NCAA Tournament, and partly because one of the top three teams in the nation was just the number two team in the ACC, the NCAA expanded to 32 teams in 1975 and began to allow two teams from each conference to make the tournament. The 1970 Seminoles were definitely one of the top teams in the nation, but they were on probation and ineligible for the tournament that year. In our simulation world, a great team with the terrific Dave Cowens is getting a ticket to this dance.

 

The next game in this pod features the number eight-seed UCLA Bruins of 1964, featuring Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, and Keith Erickson. They will face the nine-seed Indiana Hoosiers of 1981 with the great Isaiah Thomas in what should be an excellent study in contrasts.

 

Moving on, the number four-seed is the 1970 UCLA Bruins, the semi-surprise champion in Westwood after Kareem Abdul Jabbar graduated. They will play the number 13-seed Oklahoma Sooners of 1988, another at-large non-champion.

 

Rounding out this pod, the number five-seed is the 2013 Louisville Cardinals, and they will take on the 12-seed North Carolina State Wolf Pack of 1983, the Cinderella champion of the great Jim Valvano.

 

The other half of the pod in the South Region will take place in Chicago on Friday at the United Center. The number three-seed North Carolina Tar Heels of 2009 will play the number 14-seed Kansas Jayhawks of 1997, another at-large power that did not win the national championship. Coach Roy Williams of the Tar Heels will go up against Coach Roy Williams of the Jayhawks.

The number six-seed is the 1992 Duke Blue Devils, and Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s second ever champion will take on the number 11-seed Connecticut Huskies of 2014, a team that almost lost their first tournament game in real life and won it in overtime before reeling off five more victories.

The number seven-seed is the 2007 Florida Gators, the better of Billy Donovan’s consecutive national champions. Florida will play the number 10-seed Syracuse Orangemen on 2003.

And,  rounding out the South Region, the number two-seed Villanova Wildcats of 2018 will play the number 15-seed Illinois Fighting Illini of 2005, another at-large team that came up a few minutes short in the title game.

Half the field is now chosen. Are you hoping your favorite team will make this dance? If they won the national championship, and it isn’t a consecutive season from another national championship, they will be in the field, but there are still eight at-large teams that will be in one of the final two regions.

 

South Region

Play-In Round for 16-seed
Maryland 1974 vs. Florida St. 1970

1-Kentucky 1996 vs. 16 Maryland/Florida St.
8-UCLA 1964 vs. 9-Indiana 1981
4-UCLA 1970 vs. 13-Oklahoma 1988
5-Louisville 2013 vs. 12-North Carolina St. 1983
3-North Carolina 2009 vs. 14-Kansas 1997
6-Duke 1992 vs. 11 Connecticut 2014
7-Florida 2007 vs. 10-Syracuse 2003
2-Villanova 2018 vs. 15-Illinois 2005

Let’s go to the Midwest Region. These four games will be played on Friday at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The top seed in the Midwest is the 1968 UCLA Bruins, the best of the three seasons when Kareem Abdul Jabbar was in Westwood. The Bruins will face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in round game in Dayton between the 2008 Memphis Tigers and the 1973 Providence Friars. This Providence team will have a healthy Marvin Barnes, unlike the team that lost to Memphis State in the Final Four.

 

The number eight seed is the 1962 Cincinnati Bearcats, the repeat national champion that beat in-state rival Ohio State for the second year in a row. Cinti will take on the number nine-seed Loyola of Chicago Ramblers of 1963, the closest opening round game that was actually played in a national championship.

 

The number four seed in the Midwest is the 2015 Duke Blue Devils, Coach K’s most recent national champion. Duke plays the number 13-seed Connecticut Huskies of 2011 led by the incredible Kemba Walker.

 

The number five seed is the 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels, and Roy Williams’ squad will face the 12-seed Villanova Wildcats of 1985, one of the biggest upset winners in national championship game history.

 

Now moving on to the bottom half of this region’s bracket, these four games will take place Thursday in Kansas City. The number three seed is the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, Coach Bob Knight’s first title team and the last team to go undefeated. Their opponent is the number 14-seed Stanford Cardinal of 2001, another of the at-large teams that did not win the national championship.

 

The number six seed is the 1994 Arkansas Razorbacks, and Arkansas will take on the number 11-seed Kansas Jayhawks of 1988, the surprise national champion led by the great Danny Manning.

 

The number seven seed is the 1998 Kentucky Wildcats, the team led by Coach Tubby Smith. The Big Blue will face the 10-seed UCLA Bruins of 1975, Coach Wooden’s final national champion.

 

Rounding out the Midwest Region, the number two seed Michigan Wolverines of 1989 will play the number 15-seed Houston Cougars of 1968, another at-large team that did not win the national title, featuring the Big E, Elvin Hayes, and Donald “Duck” Chaney.

 

Midwest Region

Play-In Round for 16-seed
Memphis 2008 vs. Providence 1973

1-UCLA 1968 vs. 16-Memphis/Providence
8-Cincinnati 1962 vs. 9-Loyola (Chi.) 1963
4-Duke 2015 vs. 13-Connecticut 2011
5-North Carolina 2017 vs. 12-Villanova 1985
3-Indiana 1976 vs. 14-Stanford 2001
6-Arkansas 1994 vs. 11-Kansas 1988
7-Kentucky 1998 vs. 10-UCLA 1975
2-Michigan 1989 vs. 15-Houston 1968

 

That’s three regions down and just one to go. Here’s the seeding for the West Region. These next four games will take place at the Key Arena in Seattle on Friday. The number one seed and the top seed in the entire tournament is the 1972 UCLA Bruins, led by Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes, and Henry Bibby. They will face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in game in Dayton between 16-seeds 1972 North Carolina and 1983 Houston, two teams that fell a tad short in the Final Four.

 

The number eight seed Connecticut Huskies of 2004 led by Emeka Okafor will face the nine-seed Arizona Wildcats of 1997, Coach Lute Olson’s lone national champion.

 

The number four seed is the 2000 Michigan State Spartans, the last Big Ten team to win the title. Sparty will face the number 13-seed 1986 Louisville Cardinals with Never Nervous Pervis Ellison.

 

The number five seed is the 2012 Kentucky Wildcats, John Calipari’s national championship team. Kentucky will play the 12-seed Texas Western Miners of 1966, a team that spoiled another Kentucky team’s hopes and dreams.

 

And in the last pod, these games that will be played Thursday at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.  The number three seed is the 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes with Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Larry Siegfried. The Buckeyes will square off against the number 14-seed Cincinnati Bearcats of 1960, an exact match from the 1960 Final Four. This is the Cinti team led by one of the all-time greats in the Big O, Oscar Robertson.

 

The number six seed is the 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, the team that holds the record for largest margin of victory in the National Championship Game. The Rebels will face the number 11-seed Marquette Warriors of 1977, Coach Al McGuire’s only national champions that came in his final year of coaching.

 

The number seven seed is the 2002 Maryland Terrapins, and the Terps will face the 10-seed 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels, featuring the great Michael Jordan, along with James Worthy and Sam Perkins.

 

And, finally, rounding out the field of 68, the two seed is the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks, and Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU faces the 15-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs of 2017, the last of our at-large field.

 

West Region

Play-in Round For 16-seed
North Carolina 1972 vs. Houston 1983

1-UCLA 1972 vs. 16-UNC/Houston
8-Connecticut vs. 9-Arizona 1997
4-Michigan St. 2000 vs. 13-Louisville 1986
5-Kentucky 2012 vs. 12-Texas Western 1966
3-Ohio St. 1960 vs. 14-Cincinnati 1960
6-UNLV 1990 vs. 11-Marquette 1977
7-Maryland 2002 vs. 10-North Carolina 1982
2-Kansas 2008 vs. 15-Gonzaga 2017

 

Who were the teams that just barely missed out on getting into this dance?

The First Four Out were in order, the 1975 Kentucky Wildcats, the 1986 Duke Blue Devils, the 1993 Michigan Wolverines, and the 1969 Purdue Boilermakers.

The Next Four Out were the 2007 Ohio State Buckeyes, the 1996 Massachusetts Minutemen, the 1960 California Golden Bears, and the 1989 Seton Hall Pirates.

We’ll be back Tuesday Night with the results of the first two games in Dayton.

 

Tuesday Night:
East Region: 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. 1970 St. Bonaventure Bonnies

South Region: 1974 Maryland Terrapins vs. 1970 Florida State Seminoles

PiRate Ratings Contingency Plans For College Basketball

Hello to all college basketball fans.  This is a little premature, but it is starting to become apparent that the 2020 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament might be postponed or cancelled.

 

It is our personal belief that the tournament should be re-scheduled for summer, maybe July, and then create a tournament where all 353 teams will be involved so that all fans can return to the game.  Have the bottom 194 teams play on the higher-rated home court to get from 353 to 256 teams and then play the next four rounds on the higher seeded teams’ home courts.  This will get the field down to the Sweet 16, and then the final four rounds could be played as the Sweet 16 was planned earlier this year.

If the tournament is postponed and not played in March, we are going to host our own March Madness of 68 of the best teams in modern college basketball history.  We will take all the great teams between 1960 and 2019 and pick our own 68-team bracket and then play the games with stats and post them here.

We have a college basketball strategy board game available (created by our captain), and he already has made cards for the great teams between 1960 and 1990.  He has the codes for rating the players and can even estimate the three-point shooting percentages for teams that played prior to 1987.

Included in this tournament would be all the great UCLA teams of the 1960’s and 1970’s, multiple Indiana, Duke, Kentucky, and North Carolina teams, and even a couple of greats that did not win the title, like UNLV in 1991, Houston in 1968, and Indiana in 1975.

So, if you don’t have real games to watch next week, come here for the next best thing.  John Wooden and Dean Smith are ready to come out of the old basketball court in rural Iowa to coach again!

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 4, 2020

Wednesday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Arkansas	LSU	2.8
Auburn	Texas A&M	12.7
Butler	St. John’s	7.6
Central Florida	SMU	-0.2
Charlotte	North Texas	-3.9
Colorado St.	Wyoming	14.3
Creighton	Georgetown	8.9
Eastern Illinois	Jacksonville St.	4.8
Fresno St.	Air Force	4.0
George Mason	Saint Louis	-2.8
George Washington	Fordham	5.7
Georgia	Florida	-2.2
Georgia Tech	Pittsburgh	6.7
Incarnate Word	Houston Baptist	2.8
Indiana	Minnesota	2.9
Iona	Quinnipiac	5.5
Kansas	TCU	18.2
La Salle	Massachusetts	3.3
Long Island	Fairleigh Dickinson	4.8
Louisiana Tech	Florida Intl.	9.2
Marist	Canisius	0.2
Marshall	Florida Atlantic	5.6
Miami (Fla.)	Virginia	-1.4
Middle Tennessee	UTEP	-2.4
Monmouth	Fairfield	8.0
New Mexico	San Jose St.	10.5
Nicholls	McNeese	5.9
Northwestern St.	New Orleans	3.4
Notre Dame	Florida St.	-2.7
Oklahoma St.	Kansas St.	6.2
Old Dominion	UTSA	4.6
Ole Miss	Missouri	4.3
Providence	Xavier	3.1
Rhode Island	Dayton	-4.1
Rider	Manhattan	7.6
Robert Morris	St. Francis (NY)	8.6
Sacred Heart	Mount St. Mary’s	8.6
Seton Hall	Villanova	4.3
Siena	Niagara	10.7
Southeast Louisiana	Central Arkansas	-3.4
Southern Miss	Rice	-0.5
St. Bonaventure	Saint Joseph’s	11.8
St. Francis (PA)	Bryant	6.5
Temple	Tulsa	2.0
Tennessee St.	Morehead St.	6.1
Texas A&M-CC	Sam Houston St.	-2.8
UC Irvine	Cal St. Northridge	12.8
Virginia Tech	Clemson	0.9
Wisconsin	Northwestern	13.5

 

Key TV Games on Wednesday

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
6:30 PM	FS1	Providence	Xavier
7:00 PM	SECN	Arkansas	LSU
8:00 PM	ESPN+	Kansas	TCU
8:30 PM	FS1	Seton Hall	Villanova
9:00 PM	CBSSN	Rhode Island	Dayton

 

Conference Tournament Section

 

Tuesday’s Results

 

Atlantic Sun Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Liberty	55	NJIT	49
Stetson	82	North Alabama	72
Lipscomb	68	Florida Gulf Coast	63
North Florida	91	Jacksonville	88

 

Semifinals	March 5	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Liberty (28-4)	4 Stetson (16-16)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
2 North Florida (21-11)	3 Lipscomb (15-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

Big South Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
USC Upstate	69	High Point	59
UNC-Asheville	72	Campbell	68
Charleston Southern	81	Presbyterian	64

 

Quarterfinals	March 5	at #1 Seed Radford
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
2 Winthrop (21-10)	7 USC Upstate (13-19)	12:00 PM	ESPN3
3 Gardner-Webb (15-15)	6 UNC-Asheville (15-15)	2:00 PM	ESPN3
1 Radford (20-10)	8 Charleston Southern (14-17)	6:00 PM	ESPN3
4 Longwood (14-17)	5 Hampton (13-18)	8:00 PM	ESPN3

 

 

Horizon League Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Illinois Chicago	93	IUPUI	59
Youngstown St.	63	Milwaukee	57
Oakland	80	Cleveland St.	59

 

Quarterfinals	March 5	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
3 Green Bay (16-15)	6 Oakland (14-18)	8:00 PM	ESPN+
4 Illinois Chicago (15-17)	5 Youngstown (18-14)	8:00 PM	ESPN+

 

Patriot League Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Bucknell	65	Holy Cross	62
Lehigh	78	Loyola (MD)	75

 

Quarterfinals	March 5	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
2 American (16-13)	7 Bucknell (13-19)	7:00 PM	Pat League Network
3 Boston U (18-13)	6 Navy (14-15)	7:00 PM	Pat League Network
4 Army (15-14)	5 Lafayette (18-11)	7:00 PM	Pat League Network
1 Colgate (23-8)	8 Lehigh (11-20)	7:00 PM	Pat League Network

 

 

Tournaments Beginning Wednesday

 

Mountain West Tournament
1st Round	March 4	Las Vegas (Thomas & Mack Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Fresno St. (11-18)	9 Air Force (11-19)	3:00 PM	Mountain West Net.
7 New Mexico (18-13)	10 San Jose St. (7-23)	5:30 PM	Mountain West Net.
6 Colorado St. (20-11)	11 Wyoming (7-23)	8:00 PM	Mountain West Net.

 

 

Northeast Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 4	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Robert Morris (17-14)	8 St. Francis (NY) (13-17)	7:00 PM	http://necfrontrow.com/
2 St. Francis (PA) (20-9)	7 Bryant (15-16)	7:00 PM	http://necfrontrow.com/
3 Sacred Heart (19-12)	6 Mount St. Mary’s (11-20)	7:00 PM	http://necfrontrow.com/
4 Long Island (14-17)	5 Fairleigh-Dickinson (11-18)	7:00 PM	http://necfrontrow.com/

 

 

Ohio Valley Tournament
1st Round	March 4	Evansville, IN (Ford Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
5 Tennessee St. (17-14)	8 Morehead St. (13-18)	7:30 PM	ESPN+
6 Eastern Illinois (16-14)	7 Jacksonville St. (13-18)	9:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 1, 2020

Sunday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Charlotte	Florida Intl.	3.7
Fairfield	Rider	-2.0
Georgetown	Xavier	1.9
Houston	Cincinnati	6.9
Illinois	Indiana	4.6
Louisville	Virginia Tech	13.4
Monmouth	Manhattan	5.8
Nebraska	Northwestern	2.8
North Texas	Western Kentucky	5.5
Northeastern	Towson	4.2
Ohio St.	Michigan	4.4
Old Dominion	Florida Atlantic	4.8
Quinnipiac	Marist	5.1
Rhode Island	Saint Louis	7.0
Rice	Middle Tennessee	7.2
SMU	Wichita St.	-0.9
St. John’s	Creighton	-4.0
Stanford	Colorado	1.3
Temple	South Florida	5.1
UTEP	Southern Miss	6.6
UTSA	UAB	2.2
Wisconsin	Minnesota	4.4

 

Sunday’s Key TV Games

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
1:00 PM	ESPN	Houston	Cincinnati
2:00 PM	CBS	Georgetown	Xavier
2:00 PM	BTN	Illinois	Indiana
2:00 PM	ESPNU	Rhode Island	Saint Louis
4:00 PM	CBS	Ohio St.	Michigan
4:00 PM	ESPNU	SMU	Wichita St.
6:00 PM	ESPNU	Stanford	Colorado
6:30 PM	BTN	Wisconsin	Minnesota

 

Conference Tournaments Start Tuesday Night

Coming Tuesday, we begin our daily conference tournament coverage all the way to Selection Sunday. 

The Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon, and Patriot Leagues will get started on Tuesday. 

On Wednesday, the Mountain West, Northeast, and Ohio Valley Conferences commence post-season play. 

On Thursday, the Missouri Valley (Arch Madness) and The West Coast Conference start tournament play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For February 27, 2020

Thursday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Austin Peay	Morehead St.	12.3
Belmont	Tennessee Tech	21.1
Cal Poly	UC Irvine	-11.5
Cal St. Bakersfield	UT Rio Grande Valley	2.3
California	Colorado	-9.9
Canisius	Iona	1.7
Charleston	Delaware	4.7
Charleston Southern	Gardner-Webb	-2.2
Fairleigh Dickinson	Bryant	0.4
Florida Atlantic	UTSA	2.7
Florida Gulf Coast	Jacksonville	-0.2
Florida Intl.	North Texas	-2.7
Gonzaga	San Diego	26.3
Grand Canyon	New Mexico St.	-5.9
Green Bay	Youngstown St.	3.5
Hampton	Radford	-7.2
Hawaii	Cal St. Fullerton	7.9
High Point	UNC Asheville	-2.0
Hofstra	Towson	6.9
Idaho St.	Portland St.	-3.2
Illinois Chicago	Detroit	7.1
IUPUI	Oakland	-4.4
Kennesaw St.	Liberty	-23.0
Little Rock	UL Monroe	10.3
Long Island	Wagner	9.1
Loyola Marymount	Pacific	-1.4
Merrimack	Central Connecticut	16.0
Miami (O)	Central Michigan	-0.6
Michigan	Wisconsin	6.6
Milwaukee	Cleveland St.	6.2
Murray St.	Eastern Kentucky	12.5
Nebraska	Ohio St.	-9.8
Niagara	Saint Peter’s	-4.1
North Alabama	NJIT	4.1
North Dakota St.	South Dakota St.	2.2
Northeastern	James Madison	12.5
Northern Arizona	Montana	-0.7
Northern Colorado	Idaho	17.4
Northwestern	Illinois	-6.8
Oral Roberts	Western Illinois	15.1
Oregon	Oregon St.	10.4
Presbyterian	Longwood	0.1
Purdue	Indiana	4.7
Sacramento St.	Montana St.	4.3
Sacred Heart	St. Francis (NY)	9.9
San Francisco	Portland	15.8
Santa Clara	Saint Mary’s	-6.3
South Carolina Upstate	Winthrop	-9.7
Southeast Missouri	Eastern Illinois	-5.0
Southern Utah	Eastern Washington	2.2
St. Francis (PA)	Mount St. Mary’s	9.2
Stetson	North Florida	-5.6
Tennessee St.	Jacksonville St.	2.8
UAB	Marshall	0.7
UC Riverside	UC Santa Barbara	-0.5
UCLA	Arizona St.	0.6
UNC Wilmington	Drexel	-0.5
USC	Arizona	-3.9
UT Martin	SIU-Edwardsville	4.5
Western Kentucky	Louisiana Tech	0.1
Wichita St.	Temple	9.7

 

Key TV Games On Thursday

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Michigan	Wisconsin
7:00 PM	FS1	Purdue	Indiana
8:00 PM	ESPN+	Murray St.	Eastern Kentucky
9:00 PM	ESPN+	North Dakota St.	South Dakota St.
10:00 PM	ESPN	USC	Arizona
11:00 PM	Pac12	UCLA	Arizona St.

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For February 24, 2020

Monday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Alabama A&M	Southern	-2.5
Alabama St.	Alcorn St.	2.1
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Texas Southern	-8.0
Bethune-Cookman	Norfolk St.	-0.1
Florida A&M	South Carolina St.	4.9
Florida St.	Louisville	1.9
Gardner-Webb	Hampton	8.7
Illinois	Nebraska	13.3
Kansas	Oklahoma St.	16.7
Mississippi Valley St.	Prairie View A&M	-16.7
Morgan St.	Delaware St.	13.1
North Carolina A&T	Maryland-Eastern Shore	11.8
North Carolina Central	Howard	13.8
Texas	West Virginia	-4.6

 

Key TV Games on Monday

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	ESPN	Florida St.	Louisville
7:00 PM	ESPNU	Texas	West Virginia

 

In addition to these TV games, there is another key game tonight not televised nationally.  In the MEAC, Bethune-Cookman (8-5/14-13) and Norfolk State (9-3/13-14) are still contending for one of the top spots in the conference.  BCU has a strong offense, while NSU has a strong defense.  Norfolk won the first game by 13 on their home floor.  

 

Coming Later Today:  Updated Bracketology

The weekend greatly affected the projected seedings, both at the top and on the Bubble.  Expect this report to come out a bit later than normal, because we have a lot of analysis to perform to adjust our Bracketology from Friday.   While the national pundits say this is a year with a lot of parity, we have a somewhat contrarian view.  We believe there are just a handful of teams capable of going all the way in the Big Dance.  It’s the rest where the parity exists.  Of the final dozen at-large spots in this Tournament, there are 35 teams contending for the dozen, and none of these teams should make it to Elite 8, while at most one or two will make the Sweet 16.

Additionally, there are a couple teams from among the Mid-Major conferences that look to be stronger than all the potential final dozen at-large teams that will be selected for the Field of 68.

 

 

Pirate Ratings For Monday, February 24, 2020

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conference
1	Kansas	121.7	Big 12
2	Duke	120.1	Atlantic Coast
3	Gonzaga	119.8	West Coast
4	Baylor	118.1	Big 12
5	Michigan St.	117.5	Big Ten
6	Arizona	116.1	Pac-12
7	Louisville	116.1	Atlantic Coast
8	San Diego St.	116.0	Mountain West
9	Dayton	116.0	Atlantic 10
10	West Virginia	115.9	Big 12
11	Maryland	115.5	Big Ten
12	Ohio St.	115.3	Big Ten
13	Michigan	115.3	Big Ten
14	Texas Tech	115.1	Big 12
15	Creighton	114.9	Big East
16	Florida St.	114.5	Atlantic Coast
17	Penn St.	114.5	Big Ten
18	Seton Hall	114.5	Big East
19	Villanova	114.3	Big East
20	BYU	114.3	West Coast
21	Iowa	113.8	Big Ten
22	Houston	113.8	American Athletic
23	Kentucky	113.6	Southeastern
24	Oregon	113.4	Pac-12
25	Colorado	113.3	Pac-12
26	Marquette	112.9	Big East
27	Purdue	112.5	Big Ten
28	Illinois	112.3	Big Ten
29	Wisconsin	112.2	Big Ten
30	Butler	112.0	Big East
31	LSU	111.9	Southeastern
32	Florida	111.8	Southeastern
33	Minnesota	111.8	Big Ten
34	Auburn	111.8	Southeastern
35	Rutgers	111.7	Big Ten
36	Indiana	111.3	Big Ten
37	Alabama	111.0	Southeastern
38	Wichita St.	110.9	American Athletic
39	Utah St.	110.8	Mountain West
40	Arkansas	110.7	Southeastern
41	Stanford	110.4	Pac-12
42	Oklahoma	110.4	Big 12
43	Cincinnati	110.3	American Athletic
44	Saint Mary’s	110.2	West Coast
45	Xavier	110.1	Big East
46	Rhode Island	109.9	Atlantic 10
47	North Carolina St.	109.9	Atlantic Coast
48	Providence	109.8	Big East
49	Mississippi St.	109.5	Southeastern
50	Virginia	109.5	Atlantic Coast
51	Arizona St.	109.4	Pac-12
52	Notre Dame	109.2	Atlantic Coast
53	Georgetown	109.2	Big East
54	Memphis	109.1	American Athletic
55	Washington	109.0	Pac-12
56	Richmond	108.9	Atlantic 10
57	VCU	108.8	Atlantic 10
58	Northern Iowa	108.8	Missouri Valley
59	Yale	108.7	Ivy
60	USC	108.7	Pac-12
61	Tennessee	108.7	Southeastern
62	Syracuse	108.6	Atlantic Coast
63	Oklahoma St.	108.5	Big 12
64	Clemson	108.4	Atlantic Coast
65	East Tennessee St.	108.4	Southern
66	South Carolina	108.2	Southeastern
67	Connecticut	108.0	American Athletic
68	Georgia Tech	107.9	Atlantic Coast
69	Texas	107.8	Big 12
70	UNC Greensboro	107.5	Southern
71	Iowa St.	107.5	Big 12
72	Davidson	107.4	Atlantic 10
73	St. John’s	107.4	Big East
74	North Carolina	107.3	Atlantic Coast
75	Vermont	107.2	America East
76	Liberty	107.1	Atlantic Sun
77	Akron	107.0	Mid-American
78	Nevada	107.0	Mountain West
79	Louisiana Tech	106.8	Conference USA
80	Boise St.	106.6	Mountain West
81	Oregon St.	106.5	Pac-12
82	Furman	106.5	Southern
83	UCLA	106.5	Pac-12
84	TCU	106.5	Big 12
85	DePaul	106.3	Big East
86	Belmont	106.3	Ohio Valley
87	SMU	106.1	American Athletic
88	Tulsa	106.1	American Athletic
89	Mississippi	106.0	Southeastern
90	North Texas	106.0	Conference USA
91	Georgia	105.9	Southeastern
92	Virginia Tech	105.7	Atlantic Coast
93	Missouri	105.7	Southeastern
94	San Francisco	105.6	West Coast
95	Kansas St.	105.6	Big 12
96	Saint Louis	105.5	Atlantic 10
97	Pittsburgh	105.5	Atlantic Coast
98	Duquesne	105.2	Atlantic 10
99	Miami (Fla.)	105.1	Atlantic Coast
100	Wake Forest	105.0	Atlantic Coast
101	Northern Colorado	104.8	Big Sky
102	Loyola (Chi.)	104.7	Missouri Valley
103	Temple	104.7	American Athletic
104	Texas St.	104.6	Sun Belt
105	UC Irvine	104.6	Big West
106	Colorado St.	104.4	Mountain West
107	Harvard	104.4	Ivy
108	Utah	104.3	Pac-12
109	New Mexico St.	104.2	Western Athletic
110	UNLV	104.1	Mountain West
111	Western Kentucky	103.9	Conference USA
112	Hofstra	103.9	Colonial Athletic
113	Georgia St.	103.8	Sun Belt
114	St. Bonaventure	103.6	Atlantic 10
115	South Florida	103.5	American Athletic
116	Bradley	103.5	Missouri Valley
117	Stephen F. Austin	103.4	Southland
118	Wright St.	103.4	Horizon
119	Central Florida	103.2	American Athletic
120	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-American
121	South Dakota St.	103.0	Summit
122	Colgate	102.8	Patriot
123	Buffalo	102.7	Mid-American
124	Texas A&M	102.7	Southeastern
125	Indiana St.	102.7	Missouri Valley
126	Kent St.	102.6	Mid-American
127	Nebraska	102.5	Big Ten
128	Northwestern	102.5	Big Ten
129	UT Arlington	102.4	Sun Belt
130	Pacific	102.4	West Coast
131	Missouri St.	102.3	Missouri Valley
132	Murray St.	102.2	Ohio Valley
133	North Dakota St.	102.2	Summit
134	Washington St.	102.0	Pac-12
135	Little Rock	102.0	Sun Belt
136	Georgia Southern	101.8	Sun Belt
137	Pepperdine	101.7	West Coast
138	New Mexico	101.6	Mountain West
139	Northeastern	101.6	Colonial Athletic
140	Winthrop	101.5	Big South
141	Toledo	101.4	Mid-American
142	Wofford	101.4	Southern
143	Penn	101.4	Ivy
144	Northern Kentucky	101.3	Horizon
145	Fresno St.	101.3	Mountain West
146	Eastern Washington	101.3	Big Sky
147	Montana	101.1	Big Sky
148	Valparaiso	101.1	Missouri Valley
149	Marshall	101.1	Conference USA
150	Oral Roberts	101.0	Summit
151	Santa Clara	100.9	West Coast
152	Charleston	100.7	Colonial Athletic
153	Bowling Green	100.7	Mid-American
154	Austin Peay	100.7	Ohio Valley
155	Vanderbilt	100.7	Southeastern
156	North Florida	100.7	Atlantic Sun
157	Boston College	100.6	Atlantic Coast
158	Chattanooga	100.5	Southern
159	Stony Brook	100.5	America East
160	Boston U	100.5	Patriot
161	Radford	100.5	Big South
162	Southern Utah	100.5	Big Sky
163	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
164	Charlotte	100.4	Conference USA
165	Florida Int’l.	100.3	Conference USA
166	South Alabama	100.2	Sun Belt
167	Southern Illinois	100.1	Missouri Valley
168	Appalachian St.	100.1	Sun Belt
169	Old Dominion	100.1	Conference USA
170	George Mason	100.1	Atlantic 10
171	Towson	100.0	Colonial Athletic
172	California	99.9	Pac-12
173	Western Carolina	99.9	Southern
174	Northern Illinois	99.8	Mid-American
175	Drake	99.8	Missouri Valley
176	South Dakota	99.7	Summit
177	Princeton	99.6	Ivy
178	La Salle	99.6	Atlantic 10
179	California Baptist	99.5	Western Athletic
180	Eastern Michigan	99.4	Mid-American
181	Siena	99.3	Metro Atlantic
182	St. Francis (PA)	99.1	Northeast
183	Ohio	99.1	Mid-American
184	Delaware	99.0	Colonial Athletic
185	Central Michigan	99.0	Mid-American
186	William & Mary	99.0	Colonial Athletic
187	Massachusetts	99.0	Atlantic 10
188	Tulane	98.9	American Athletic
189	UAB	98.8	Conference USA
190	Abilene Christian	98.8	Southland
191	Coastal Carolina	98.6	Sun Belt
192	UTSA	98.4	Conference USA
193	UTEP	98.3	Conference USA
194	Portland St.	98.3	Big Sky
195	Florida Atlantic	98.1	Conference USA
196	Saint Peter’s	98.0	Metro Atlantic
197	Loyola Marymount	98.0	West Coast
198	Sam Houston St.	98.0	Southland
199	Rider	98.0	Metro Atlantic
200	Sacramento St.	97.9	Big Sky
201	Sacred Heart	97.9	Northeast
202	East Carolina	97.9	American Athletic
203	Mercer	97.8	Southern
204	Hawaii	97.8	Big West
205	Rice	97.6	Conference USA
206	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
207	Omaha	97.4	Summit
208	Northern Arizona	97.4	Big Sky
209	Nicholls St.	97.3	Southland
210	Prairie View A&M	97.3	Southwestern Athl.
211	Monmouth	97.3	Metro Atlantic
212	Lafayette	97.3	Patriot
213	Air Force	97.2	Mountain West
214	Seattle	97.2	Western Athletic
215	George Washington	97.2	Atlantic 10
216	San Diego	97.0	West Coast
217	UC Riverside	97.0	Big West
218	American	96.9	Patriot
219	UC Davis	96.8	Big West
220	Arkansas St.	96.8	Sun Belt
221	Illinois St.	96.7	Missouri Valley
222	Montana St.	96.6	Big Sky
223	Green Bay	96.6	Horizon
224	Brown	96.5	Ivy
225	Robert Morris	96.4	Northeast
226	Illinois Chicago	96.2	Horizon
227	Youngstown St.	96.1	Horizon
228	Missouri-KC	96.0	Western Athletic
229	Gardner-Webb	96.0	Big South
230	Merrimack	95.9	Northeast
231	Oakland	95.9	Horizon
232	Iona	95.8	Metro Atlantic
233	Louisiana	95.8	Sun Belt
234	North Dakota	95.8	Summit
235	Eastern Illinois	95.7	Ohio Valley
236	Drexel	95.6	Colonial Athletic
237	Miami (O)	95.4	Mid-American
238	Grand Canyon	95.3	Western Athletic
239	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.1	Western Athletic
240	Western Michigan	95.1	Mid-American
241	Bucknell	95.0	Patriot
242	Jacksonville	94.9	Atlantic Sun
243	Bryant	94.9	Northeast
244	UM Baltimore Co.	94.9	America East
245	New Hampshire	94.8	America East
246	Utah Valley	94.8	Western Athletic
247	Louisiana Monroe	94.7	Sun Belt
248	Southern Miss.	94.7	Conference USA
249	Long Island	94.6	Northeast
250	Norfolk St.	94.6	Mideastern Athletic
251	Jacksonville St.	94.6	Ohio Valley
252	Lamar	94.6	Southland
253	Lipscomb	94.6	Atlantic Sun
254	Army	94.6	Patriot
255	VMI	94.6	Southern
256	Canisius	94.5	Metro Atlantic
257	Navy	94.5	Patriot
258	Tennessee St.	94.4	Ohio Valley
259	Milwaukee	94.4	Horizon
260	Manhattan	94.4	Metro Atlantic
261	Cal St. Bakersfield	94.4	Western Athletic
262	Saint Joseph’s	94.2	Atlantic 10
263	Weber St.	94.2	Big Sky
264	Albany	94.2	America East
265	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
266	Loyola (MD)	94.1	Patriot
267	Fordham	94.1	Atlantic 10
268	Campbell	94.0	Big South
269	Cal St. Fullerton	93.9	Big West
270	Cornell	93.9	Ivy
271	McNeese St.	93.8	Southland
272	Purdue Fort Wayne	93.8	Summit
273	Hartford	93.8	America East
274	Columbia	93.7	Ivy
275	Texas Southern	93.6	Southwestern Athl.
276	Quinnipiac	93.5	Metro Atlantic
277	Middle Tennessee	93.5	Conference USA
278	Evansville	93.4	Missouri Valley
279	Wyoming	93.2	Mountain West
280	UMass Lowell	93.1	America East
281	Fairfield	93.0	Metro Atlantic
282	North Alabama	92.9	Atlantic Sun
283	Mount St. Mary’s	92.9	Northeast
284	Central Arkansas	92.8	Southland
285	North Carolina Central	92.8	Mideastern Athletic
286	Elon	92.8	Colonial Athletic
287	Troy	92.8	Sun Belt
288	Portland	92.8	West Coast
289	Eastern Kentucky	92.7	Ohio Valley
290	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.3	Northeast
291	Idaho St.	92.1	Big Sky
292	Detroit	92.1	Horizon
293	James Madison	92.1	Colonial Athletic
294	Stetson	92.1	Atlantic Sun
295	UNC Wilmington	92.1	Colonial Athletic
296	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
297	Long Beach St.	91.9	Big West
298	Southern	91.9	Southwestern Athl.
299	NJIT	91.8	Atlantic Sun
300	UNC Asheville	91.8	Big South
301	Florida Gulf Coast	91.7	Atlantic Sun
302	North Carolina A&T	91.7	Mideastern Athletic
303	Texas A&M CC	91.7	Southland
304	Jackson St.	91.5	Southwestern Athl.
305	Lehigh	91.5	Patriot
306	Samford	91.5	Southern
307	Bethune Cookman	91.5	Mideastern Athletic
308	Morehead St.	91.4	Ohio Valley
309	Longwood	91.2	Big South
310	Cleveland St.	91.2	Horizon
311	Marist	91.1	Metro Atlantic
312	St. Francis (NY)	91.0	Northeast
313	Niagara	90.9	Metro Atlantic
314	Grambling	90.8	Southwestern Athl.
315	Northwestern St.	90.8	Southland
316	Charleston Southern	90.8	Big South
317	New Orleans	90.7	Southland
318	Denver	90.6	Summit
319	Morgan St.	90.5	Mideastern Athletic
320	Idaho	90.4	Big Sky
321	Hampton	90.3	Big South
322	Cal Poly	90.1	Big West
323	Florida A&M	89.9	Mideastern Athletic
324	UT-Martin	89.3	Ohio Valley
325	Alcorn St.	89.1	Southwestern Athl.
326	Maine	89.0	America East
327	Western Illinois	88.9	Summit
328	Citadel	88.8	Southern
329	USC Upstate	88.8	Big South
330	Wagner	88.5	Northeast
331	IUPUI	88.5	Horizon
332	Alabama St.	88.2	Southwestern Athl.
333	Tennessee Tech	88.2	Ohio Valley
334	Presbyterian	88.2	Big South
335	South Carolina St.	88.0	Mideastern Athletic
336	Binghamton	87.9	America East
337	SIU Edwardsville	87.8	Ohio Valley
338	SE Missouri	87.7	Ohio Valley
339	Coppin St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
340	SE Louisiana	86.8	Southland
341	High Point	86.8	Big South
342	Alabama A&M	86.4	Southwestern Athl.
343	Holy Cross	85.9	Patriot
344	Houston Baptist	85.4	Southland
345	Incarnate Word	84.7	Southland
346	MD Eastern Shore	82.9	Mideastern Athletic
347	Central Connecticut	82.9	Northeast
348	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.6	Southwestern Athl.
349	Howard	82.0	Mideastern Athletic
350	Kennesaw St.	81.1	Atlantic Sun
351	Delaware St.	80.4	Mideastern Athletic
352	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6	Southwestern Athl.
353	Chicago St.	76.4	Western Athletic

 

#	Team	PiRate	Conf.
1	Abilene Christian	98.8	Southland
2	Air Force	97.2	Mountain West
3	Akron	107.0	Mid-American
4	Alabama	111.0	Southeastern
5	Alabama A&M	86.4	Southwestern Athl.
6	Alabama St.	88.2	Southwestern Athl.
7	Albany	94.2	America East
8	Alcorn St.	89.1	Southwestern Athl.
9	American	96.9	Patriot
10	Appalachian St.	100.1	Sun Belt
11	Arizona	116.1	Pac-12
12	Arizona St.	109.4	Pac-12
13	Arkansas	110.7	Southeastern
14	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.6	Southwestern Athl.
15	Arkansas St.	96.8	Sun Belt
16	Army	94.6	Patriot
17	Auburn	111.8	Southeastern
18	Austin Peay	100.7	Ohio Valley
19	Ball St.	103.1	Mid-American
20	Baylor	118.1	Big 12
21	Belmont	106.3	Ohio Valley
22	Bethune Cookman	91.5	Mideastern Athletic
23	Binghamton	87.9	America East
24	Boise St.	106.6	Mountain West
25	Boston College	100.6	Atlantic Coast
26	Boston U	100.5	Patriot
27	Bowling Green	100.7	Mid-American
28	Bradley	103.5	Missouri Valley
29	Brown	96.5	Ivy
30	Bryant	94.9	Northeast
31	Bucknell	95.0	Patriot
32	Buffalo	102.7	Mid-American
33	Butler	112.0	Big East
34	BYU	114.3	West Coast
35	Cal Poly	90.1	Big West
36	Cal St. Bakersfield	94.4	Western Athletic
37	Cal St. Fullerton	93.9	Big West
38	Cal St. Northridge	94.2	Big West
39	California	99.9	Pac-12
40	California Baptist	99.5	Western Athletic
41	Campbell	94.0	Big South
42	Canisius	94.5	Metro Atlantic
43	Central Arkansas	92.8	Southland
44	Central Connecticut	82.9	Northeast
45	Central Florida	103.2	American Athletic
46	Central Michigan	99.0	Mid-American
47	Charleston	100.7	Colonial Athletic
48	Charleston Southern	90.8	Big South
49	Charlotte	100.4	Conference USA
50	Chattanooga	100.5	Southern
51	Chicago St.	76.4	Western Athletic
52	Cincinnati	110.3	American Athletic
53	Citadel	88.8	Southern
54	Clemson	108.4	Atlantic Coast
55	Cleveland St.	91.2	Horizon
56	Coastal Carolina	98.6	Sun Belt
57	Colgate	102.8	Patriot
58	Colorado	113.3	Pac-12
59	Colorado St.	104.4	Mountain West
60	Columbia	93.7	Ivy
61	Connecticut	108.0	American Athletic
62	Coppin St.	87.7	Mideastern Athletic
63	Cornell	93.9	Ivy
64	Creighton	114.9	Big East
65	Dartmouth	97.5	Ivy
66	Davidson	107.4	Atlantic 10
67	Dayton	116.0	Atlantic 10
68	Delaware	99.0	Colonial Athletic
69	Delaware St.	80.4	Mideastern Athletic
70	Denver	90.6	Summit
71	DePaul	106.3	Big East
72	Detroit	92.1	Horizon
73	Drake	99.8	Missouri Valley
74	Drexel	95.6	Colonial Athletic
75	Duke	120.1	Atlantic Coast
76	Duquesne	105.2	Atlantic 10
77	East Carolina	97.9	American Athletic
78	East Tennessee St.	108.4	Southern
79	Eastern Illinois	95.7	Ohio Valley
80	Eastern Kentucky	92.7	Ohio Valley
81	Eastern Michigan	99.4	Mid-American
82	Eastern Washington	101.3	Big Sky
83	Elon	92.8	Colonial Athletic
84	Evansville	93.4	Missouri Valley
85	Fairfield	93.0	Metro Atlantic
86	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.3	Northeast
87	Florida	111.8	Southeastern
88	Florida A&M	89.9	Mideastern Athletic
89	Florida Atlantic	98.1	Conference USA
90	Florida Gulf Coast	91.7	Atlantic Sun
91	Florida Int’l.	100.3	Conference USA
92	Florida St.	114.5	Atlantic Coast
93	Fordham	94.1	Atlantic 10
94	Fresno St.	101.3	Mountain West
95	Furman	106.5	Southern
96	Gardner-Webb	96.0	Big South
97	George Mason	100.1	Atlantic 10
98	George Washington	97.2	Atlantic 10
99	Georgetown	109.2	Big East
100	Georgia	105.9	Southeastern
101	Georgia Southern	101.8	Sun Belt
102	Georgia St.	103.8	Sun Belt
103	Georgia Tech	107.9	Atlantic Coast
104	Gonzaga	119.8	West Coast
105	Grambling	90.8	Southwestern Athl.
106	Grand Canyon	95.3	Western Athletic
107	Green Bay	96.6	Horizon
108	Hampton	90.3	Big South
109	Hartford	93.8	America East
110	Harvard	104.4	Ivy
111	Hawaii	97.8	Big West
112	High Point	86.8	Big South
113	Hofstra	103.9	Colonial Athletic
114	Holy Cross	85.9	Patriot
115	Houston	113.8	American Athletic
116	Houston Baptist	85.4	Southland
117	Howard	82.0	Mideastern Athletic
118	Idaho	90.4	Big Sky
119	Idaho St.	92.1	Big Sky
120	Illinois	112.3	Big Ten
121	Illinois Chicago	96.2	Horizon
122	Illinois St.	96.7	Missouri Valley
123	Incarnate Word	84.7	Southland
124	Indiana	111.3	Big Ten
125	Indiana St.	102.7	Missouri Valley
126	Iona	95.8	Metro Atlantic
127	Iowa	113.8	Big Ten
128	Iowa St.	107.5	Big 12
129	IUPUI	88.5	Horizon
130	Jackson St.	91.5	Southwestern Athl.
131	Jacksonville	94.9	Atlantic Sun
132	Jacksonville St.	94.6	Ohio Valley
133	James Madison	92.1	Colonial Athletic
134	Kansas	121.7	Big 12
135	Kansas St.	105.6	Big 12
136	Kennesaw St.	81.1	Atlantic Sun
137	Kent St.	102.6	Mid-American
138	Kentucky	113.6	Southeastern
139	La Salle	99.6	Atlantic 10
140	Lafayette	97.3	Patriot
141	Lamar	94.6	Southland
142	Lehigh	91.5	Patriot
143	Liberty	107.1	Atlantic Sun
144	Lipscomb	94.6	Atlantic Sun
145	Little Rock	102.0	Sun Belt
146	Long Beach St.	91.9	Big West
147	Long Island	94.6	Northeast
148	Longwood	91.2	Big South
149	Louisiana	95.8	Sun Belt
150	Louisiana Monroe	94.7	Sun Belt
151	Louisiana Tech	106.8	Conference USA
152	Louisville	116.1	Atlantic Coast
153	Loyola (Chi.)	104.7	Missouri Valley
154	Loyola Marymount	98.0	West Coast
155	Loyola (MD)	94.1	Patriot
156	LSU	111.9	Southeastern
157	Maine	89.0	America East
158	Manhattan	94.4	Metro Atlantic
159	Marist	91.1	Metro Atlantic
160	Marquette	112.9	Big East
161	Marshall	101.1	Conference USA
162	Maryland	115.5	Big Ten
163	Massachusetts	99.0	Atlantic 10
164	McNeese St.	93.8	Southland
165	MD Eastern Shore	82.9	Mideastern Athletic
166	Memphis	109.1	American Athletic
167	Mercer	97.8	Southern
168	Merrimack	95.9	Northeast
169	Miami (Fla.)	105.1	Atlantic Coast
170	Miami (O)	95.4	Mid-American
171	Michigan	115.3	Big Ten
172	Michigan St.	117.5	Big Ten
173	Middle Tennessee	93.5	Conference USA
174	Milwaukee	94.4	Horizon
175	Minnesota	111.8	Big Ten
176	Mississippi	106.0	Southeastern
177	Mississippi St.	109.5	Southeastern
178	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6	Southwestern Athl.
179	Missouri	105.7	Southeastern
180	Missouri-KC	96.0	Western Athletic
181	Missouri St.	102.3	Missouri Valley
182	Monmouth	97.3	Metro Atlantic
183	Montana	101.1	Big Sky
184	Montana St.	96.6	Big Sky
185	Morehead St.	91.4	Ohio Valley
186	Morgan St.	90.5	Mideastern Athletic
187	Mount St. Mary’s	92.9	Northeast
188	Murray St.	102.2	Ohio Valley
189	Navy	94.5	Patriot
190	Nebraska	102.5	Big Ten
191	Nevada	107.0	Mountain West
192	New Hampshire	94.8	America East
193	New Mexico	101.6	Mountain West
194	New Mexico St.	104.2	Western Athletic
195	New Orleans	90.7	Southland
196	Niagara	90.9	Metro Atlantic
197	Nicholls St.	97.3	Southland
198	NJIT	91.8	Atlantic Sun
199	Norfolk St.	94.6	Mideastern Athletic
200	North Alabama	92.9	Atlantic Sun
201	North Carolina	107.3	Atlantic Coast
202	North Carolina A&T	91.7	Mideastern Athletic
203	North Carolina Central	92.8	Mideastern Athletic
204	North Carolina St.	109.9	Atlantic Coast
205	North Dakota	95.8	Summit
206	North Dakota St.	102.2	Summit
207	North Florida	100.7	Atlantic Sun
208	North Texas	106.0	Conference USA
209	Northeastern	101.6	Colonial Athletic
210	Northern Arizona	97.4	Big Sky
211	Northern Colorado	104.8	Big Sky
212	Northern Illinois	99.8	Mid-American
213	Northern Iowa	108.8	Missouri Valley
214	Northern Kentucky	101.3	Horizon
215	Northwestern	102.5	Big Ten
216	Northwestern St.	90.8	Southland
217	Notre Dame	109.2	Atlantic Coast
218	Oakland	95.9	Horizon
219	Ohio	99.1	Mid-American
220	Ohio St.	115.3	Big Ten
221	Oklahoma	110.4	Big 12
222	Oklahoma St.	108.5	Big 12
223	Old Dominion	100.1	Conference USA
224	Omaha	97.4	Summit
225	Oral Roberts	101.0	Summit
226	Oregon	113.4	Pac-12
227	Oregon St.	106.5	Pac-12
228	Pacific	102.4	West Coast
229	Penn	101.4	Ivy
230	Penn St.	114.5	Big Ten
231	Pepperdine	101.7	West Coast
232	Pittsburgh	105.5	Atlantic Coast
233	Portland	92.8	West Coast
234	Portland St.	98.3	Big Sky
235	Prairie View A&M	97.3	Southwestern Athl.
236	Presbyterian	88.2	Big South
237	Princeton	99.6	Ivy
238	Providence	109.8	Big East
239	Purdue	112.5	Big Ten
240	Purdue Fort Wayne	93.8	Summit
241	Quinnipiac	93.5	Metro Atlantic
242	Radford	100.5	Big South
243	Rhode Island	109.9	Atlantic 10
244	Rice	97.6	Conference USA
245	Richmond	108.9	Atlantic 10
246	Rider	98.0	Metro Atlantic
247	Robert Morris	96.4	Northeast
248	Rutgers	111.7	Big Ten
249	Sacramento St.	97.9	Big Sky
250	Sacred Heart	97.9	Northeast
251	Saint Joseph’s	94.2	Atlantic 10
252	Saint Louis	105.5	Atlantic 10
253	Saint Mary’s	110.2	West Coast
254	Saint Peter’s	98.0	Metro Atlantic
255	Sam Houston St.	98.0	Southland
256	Samford	91.5	Southern
257	San Diego	97.0	West Coast
258	San Diego St.	116.0	Mountain West
259	San Francisco	105.6	West Coast
260	San Jose St.	92.0	Mountain West
261	Santa Clara	100.9	West Coast
262	SE Louisiana	86.8	Southland
263	SE Missouri	87.7	Ohio Valley
264	Seattle	97.2	Western Athletic
265	Seton Hall	114.5	Big East
266	Siena	99.3	Metro Atlantic
267	SIU Edwardsville	87.8	Ohio Valley
268	SMU	106.1	American Athletic
269	South Alabama	100.2	Sun Belt
270	South Carolina	108.2	Southeastern
271	South Carolina St.	88.0	Mideastern Athletic
272	South Dakota	99.7	Summit
273	South Dakota St.	103.0	Summit
274	South Florida	103.5	American Athletic
275	Southern	91.9	Southwestern Athl.
276	Southern Illinois	100.1	Missouri Valley
277	Southern Miss.	94.7	Conference USA
278	Southern Utah	100.5	Big Sky
279	St. Bonaventure	103.6	Atlantic 10
280	St. Francis (NY)	91.0	Northeast
281	St. Francis (PA)	99.1	Northeast
282	St. John’s	107.4	Big East
283	Stanford	110.4	Pac-12
284	Stephen F. Austin	103.4	Southland
285	Stetson	92.1	Atlantic Sun
286	Stony Brook	100.5	America East
287	Syracuse	108.6	Atlantic Coast
288	TCU	106.5	Big 12
289	Temple	104.7	American Athletic
290	Tennessee	108.7	Southeastern
291	Tennessee St.	94.4	Ohio Valley
292	Tennessee Tech	88.2	Ohio Valley
293	Texas	107.8	Big 12
294	Texas A&M	102.7	Southeastern
295	Texas A&M CC	91.7	Southland
296	Texas Southern	93.6	Southwestern Athl.
297	Texas St.	104.6	Sun Belt
298	Texas Tech	115.1	Big 12
299	Toledo	101.4	Mid-American
300	Towson	100.0	Colonial Athletic
301	Troy	92.8	Sun Belt
302	Tulane	98.9	American Athletic
303	Tulsa	106.1	American Athletic
304	UAB	98.8	Conference USA
305	UC Davis	96.8	Big West
306	UC Irvine	104.6	Big West
307	UC Riverside	97.0	Big West
308	UC Santa Barbara	100.5	Big West
309	UCLA	106.5	Pac-12
310	UM Baltimore Co.	94.9	America East
311	UMass Lowell	93.1	America East
312	UNC Asheville	91.8	Big South
313	UNC Greensboro	107.5	Southern
314	UNC Wilmington	92.1	Colonial Athletic
315	UNLV	104.1	Mountain West
316	USC	108.7	Pac-12
317	USC Upstate	88.8	Big South
318	UT Arlington	102.4	Sun Belt
319	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.1	Western Athletic
320	UT-Martin	89.3	Ohio Valley
321	Utah	104.3	Pac-12
322	Utah St.	110.8	Mountain West
323	Utah Valley	94.8	Western Athletic
324	UTEP	98.3	Conference USA
325	UTSA	98.4	Conference USA
326	Valparaiso	101.1	Missouri Valley
327	Vanderbilt	100.7	Southeastern
328	VCU	108.8	Atlantic 10
329	Vermont	107.2	America East
330	Villanova	114.3	Big East
331	Virginia	109.5	Atlantic Coast
332	Virginia Tech	105.7	Atlantic Coast
333	VMI	94.6	Southern
334	Wagner	88.5	Northeast
335	Wake Forest	105.0	Atlantic Coast
336	Washington	109.0	Pac-12
337	Washington St.	102.0	Pac-12
338	Weber St.	94.2	Big Sky
339	West Virginia	115.9	Big 12
340	Western Carolina	99.9	Southern
341	Western Illinois	88.9	Summit
342	Western Kentucky	103.9	Conference USA
343	Western Michigan	95.1	Mid-American
344	Wichita St.	110.9	American Athletic
345	William & Mary	99.0	Colonial Athletic
346	Winthrop	101.5	Big South
347	Wisconsin	112.2	Big Ten
348	Wofford	101.4	Southern
349	Wright St.	103.4	Horizon
350	Wyoming	93.2	Mountain West
351	Xavier	110.1	Big East
352	Yale	108.7	Ivy
353	Youngstown St.	96.1	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

 

#	America East	PiRate
1	Vermont	107.2
2	Stony Brook	100.5
3	UM Baltimore Co.	94.9
4	New Hampshire	94.8
5	Albany	94.2
6	Hartford	93.8
7	UMass Lowell	93.1
8	Maine	89.0
9	Binghamton	87.9
Avg	America East	95.0
#	American Athletic	PiRate
1	Houston	113.8
2	Wichita St.	110.9
3	Cincinnati	110.3
4	Memphis	109.1
5	Connecticut	108.0
6	SMU	106.1
7	Tulsa	106.1
8	Temple	104.7
9	South Florida	103.5
10	Central Florida	103.2
11	Tulane	98.9
12	East Carolina	97.9
Avg	American Athletic	106.0
#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
1	Dayton	116.0
2	Rhode Island	109.9
3	Richmond	108.9
4	VCU	108.8
5	Davidson	107.4
6	Saint Louis	105.5
7	Duquesne	105.2
8	St. Bonaventure	103.6
9	George Mason	100.1
10	La Salle	99.6
11	Massachusetts	99.0
12	George Washington	97.2
13	Saint Joseph’s	94.2
14	Fordham	94.1
Avg.	Atlantic 10	103.5
#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	120.1
2	Louisville	116.1
3	Florida St.	114.5
4	North Carolina St.	109.9
5	Virginia	109.5
6	Notre Dame	109.2
7	Syracuse	108.6
8	Clemson	108.4
9	Georgia Tech	107.9
10	North Carolina	107.3
11	Virginia Tech	105.7
12	Pittsburgh	105.5
13	Miami (Fla.)	105.1
14	Wake Forest	105.0
15	Boston College	100.6
Avg	Atlantic Coast	108.9
#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
1	Liberty	107.1
2	North Florida	100.7
3	Jacksonville	94.9
4	Lipscomb	94.6
5	North Alabama	92.9
6	Stetson	92.1
7	NJIT	91.8
8	Florida Gulf Coast	91.7
9	Kennesaw St.	81.1
Avg	Atlantic Sun	94.1
#	Big 12	PiRate
1	Kansas	121.7
2	Baylor	118.1
3	West Virginia	115.9
4	Texas Tech	115.1
5	Oklahoma	110.4
6	Oklahoma St.	108.5
7	Texas	107.8
8	Iowa St.	107.5
9	TCU	106.5
10	Kansas St.	105.6
Avg	Big 12	111.7
#	Big East	PiRate
1	Creighton	114.9
2	Seton Hall	114.5
3	Villanova	114.3
4	Marquette	112.9
5	Butler	112.0
6	Xavier	110.1
7	Providence	109.8
8	Georgetown	109.2
9	St. John’s	107.4
10	DePaul	106.3
Avg	Big East	111.1
#	Big Sky	PiRate
1	Northern Colorado	104.8
2	Eastern Washington	101.3
3	Montana	101.1
4	Southern Utah	100.5
5	Portland St.	98.3
6	Sacramento St.	97.9
7	Northern Arizona	97.4
8	Montana St.	96.6
9	Weber St.	94.2
10	Idaho St.	92.1
11	Idaho	90.4
#	Big Sky	97.7
#	Big South	PiRate
1	Winthrop	101.5
2	Radford	100.5
3	Gardner-Webb	96.0
4	Campbell	94.0
5	UNC Asheville	91.8
6	Longwood	91.2
7	Charleston Southern	90.8
8	Hampton	90.3
9	USC Upstate	88.8
10	Presbyterian	88.2
11	High Point	86.8
Avg	Big South	92.7
#	Big Ten	PiRate
1	Michigan St.	117.5
2	Maryland	115.5
3	Ohio St.	115.3
4	Michigan	115.3
5	Penn St.	114.5
6	Iowa	113.8
7	Purdue	112.5
8	Illinois	112.3
9	Wisconsin	112.2
10	Minnesota	111.8
11	Rutgers	111.7
12	Indiana	111.3
13	Nebraska	102.5
14	Northwestern	102.5
Avg	Big Ten	112.1
#	Big West	PiRate
1	UC Irvine	104.6
2	UC Santa Barbara	100.5
3	Hawaii	97.8
4	UC Riverside	97.0
5	UC Davis	96.8
6	Cal St. Northridge	94.2
7	Cal St. Fullerton	93.9
8	Long Beach St.	91.9
9	Cal Poly	90.1
Avg	Big West	96.3
#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
1	Hofstra	103.9
2	Northeastern	101.6
3	Charleston	100.7
4	Towson	100.0
5	Delaware	99.0
6	William & Mary	99.0
7	Drexel	95.6
8	Elon	92.8
9	James Madison	92.1
10	UNC Wilmington	92.1
Avg	Colonial Athletic	97.7
#	Conference USA	PiRate
1	Louisiana Tech	106.8
2	North Texas	106.0
3	Western Kentucky	103.9
4	Marshall	101.1
5	Charlotte	100.4
6	Florida Int’l.	100.3
7	Old Dominion	100.1
8	UAB	98.8
9	UTSA	98.4
10	UTEP	98.3
11	Florida Atlantic	98.1
12	Rice	97.6
13	Southern Miss.	94.7
14	Middle Tennessee	93.5
Avg	Conference USA	99.9
#	Horizon	PiRate
1	Wright St.	103.4
2	Northern Kentucky	101.3
3	Green Bay	96.6
4	Illinois Chicago	96.2
5	Youngstown St.	96.1
6	Oakland	95.9
7	Milwaukee	94.4
8	Detroit	92.1
9	Cleveland St.	91.2
10	IUPUI	88.5
Avg	Horizon	95.6
#	Ivy	PiRate
1	Yale	108.7
2	Harvard	104.4
3	Penn	101.4
4	Princeton	99.6
5	Dartmouth	97.5
6	Brown	96.5
7	Cornell	93.9
8	Columbia	93.7
Avg	Ivy	99.5
#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
1	Siena	99.3
2	Saint Peter’s	98.0
3	Rider	98.0
4	Monmouth	97.3
5	Iona	95.8
6	Canisius	94.5
7	Manhattan	94.4
8	Quinnipiac	93.5
9	Fairfield	93.0
10	Marist	91.1
11	Niagara	90.9
Avg	Metro Atlantic	95.1
#	Mid-American	PiRate
1	Akron	107.0
2	Ball St.	103.1
3	Buffalo	102.7
4	Kent St.	102.6
5	Toledo	101.4
6	Bowling Green	100.7
7	Northern Illinois	99.8
8	Eastern Michigan	99.4
9	Ohio	99.1
10	Central Michigan	99.0
11	Miami (O)	95.4
12	Western Michigan	95.1
Avg	Mid-American	100.4
#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
1	Norfolk St.	94.6
2	North Carolina Central	92.8
3	North Carolina A&T	91.7
4	Bethune Cookman	91.5
5	Morgan St.	90.5
6	Florida A&M	89.9
7	South Carolina St.	88.0
8	Coppin St.	87.7
9	MD Eastern Shore	82.9
10	Howard	82.0
11	Delaware St.	80.4
Avg	Mideastern Athletic	88.4
#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
1	Northern Iowa	108.8
2	Loyola (Chi.)	104.7
3	Bradley	103.5
4	Indiana St.	102.7
5	Missouri St.	102.3
6	Valparaiso	101.1
7	Southern Illinois	100.1
8	Drake	99.8
9	Illinois St.	96.7
10	Evansville	93.4
Avg	Missouri Valley	101.3
#	Mountain West	PiRate
1	San Diego St.	116.0
2	Utah St.	110.8
3	Nevada	107.0
4	Boise St.	106.6
5	Colorado St.	104.4
6	UNLV	104.1
7	New Mexico	101.6
8	Fresno St.	101.3
9	Air Force	97.2
10	Wyoming	93.2
11	San Jose St.	92.0
Avg	Mountain West	103.1
#	Northeast	PiRate
1	St. Francis (PA)	99.1
2	Sacred Heart	97.9
3	Robert Morris	96.4
4	Merrimack	95.9
5	Bryant	94.9
6	Long Island	94.6
7	Mount St. Mary’s	92.9
8	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.3
9	St. Francis (NY)	91.0
10	Wagner	88.5
11	Central Connecticut	82.9
Avg	Northeast	93.3
#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
1	Belmont	106.3
2	Murray St.	102.2
3	Austin Peay	100.7
4	Eastern Illinois	95.7
5	Jacksonville St.	94.6
6	Tennessee St.	94.4
7	Eastern Kentucky	92.7
8	Morehead St.	91.4
9	UT-Martin	89.3
10	Tennessee Tech	88.2
11	SIU Edwardsville	87.8
12	SE Missouri	87.7
Avg	Ohio Valley	94.3
#	Pac-12	PiRate
1	Arizona	116.1
2	Oregon	113.4
3	Colorado	113.3
4	Stanford	110.4
5	Arizona St.	109.4
6	Washington	109.0
7	USC	108.7
8	Oregon St.	106.5
9	UCLA	106.5
10	Utah	104.3
11	Washington St.	102.0
12	California	99.9
Avg	Pac-12	108.3
#	Patriot	PiRate
1	Colgate	102.8
2	Boston U	100.5
3	Lafayette	97.3
4	American	96.9
5	Bucknell	95.0
6	Army	94.6
7	Navy	94.5
8	Loyola (MD)	94.1
9	Lehigh	91.5
10	Holy Cross	85.9
Avg	Patriot	95.3
#	Southeastern	PiRate
1	Kentucky	113.6
2	LSU	111.9
3	Florida	111.8
4	Auburn	111.8
5	Alabama	111.0
6	Arkansas	110.7
7	Mississippi St.	109.5
8	Tennessee	108.7
9	South Carolina	108.2
10	Mississippi	106.0
11	Georgia	105.9
12	Missouri	105.7
13	Texas A&M	102.7
14	Vanderbilt	100.7
Avg	Southeastern	108.4
#	Southern	PiRate
1	East Tennessee St.	108.4
2	UNC Greensboro	107.5
3	Furman	106.5
4	Wofford	101.4
5	Chattanooga	100.5
6	Western Carolina	99.9
7	Mercer	97.8
8	VMI	94.6
9	Samford	91.5
10	Citadel	88.8
Avg	Southern	99.7
#	Southland	PiRate
1	Stephen F. Austin	103.4
2	Abilene Christian	98.8
3	Sam Houston St.	98.0
4	Nicholls St.	97.3
5	Lamar	94.6
6	McNeese St.	93.8
7	Central Arkansas	92.8
8	Texas A&M CC	91.7
9	Northwestern St.	90.8
10	New Orleans	90.7
11	SE Louisiana	86.8
12	Houston Baptist	85.4
13	Incarnate Word	84.7
Avg	Southland	93.0
#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
1	Prairie View A&M	97.3
2	Texas Southern	93.6
3	Southern	91.9
4	Jackson St.	91.5
5	Grambling	90.8
6	Alcorn St.	89.1
7	Alabama St.	88.2
8	Alabama A&M	86.4
9	Arkansas Pine Bluff	82.6
10	Mississippi Valley St.	77.6
Avg	Southwestern Athletic	88.9
#	Summit	PiRate
1	South Dakota St.	103.0
2	North Dakota St.	102.2
3	Oral Roberts	101.0
4	South Dakota	99.7
5	Omaha	97.4
6	North Dakota	95.8
7	Purdue Fort Wayne	93.8
8	Denver	90.6
9	Western Illinois	88.9
Avg	Summit	96.9
#	Sun Belt	PiRate
1	Texas St.	104.6
2	Georgia St.	103.8
3	UT Arlington	102.4
4	Little Rock	102.0
5	Georgia Southern	101.8
6	South Alabama	100.2
7	Appalachian St.	100.1
8	Coastal Carolina	98.6
9	Arkansas St.	96.8
10	Louisiana	95.8
11	Louisiana Monroe	94.7
12	Troy	92.8
Avg	Sun Belt	99.5
#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	119.8
2	BYU	114.3
3	Saint Mary’s	110.2
4	San Francisco	105.6
5	Pacific	102.4
6	Pepperdine	101.7
7	Santa Clara	100.9
8	Loyola Marymount	98.0
9	San Diego	97.0
10	Portland	92.8
Avg	West Coast	104.3
#	Western Athletic	PiRate
1	New Mexico St.	104.2
2	California Baptist	99.5
3	Seattle	97.2
4	Missouri-KC	96.0
5	Grand Canyon	95.3
6	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.1
7	Utah Valley	94.8
8	Cal St. Bakersfield	94.4
9	Chicago St.	76.4
Avg	Western Athletic	94.8

 

Conference Ratings

 

#	Conference	PiRate
1	Big Ten	112.1
2	Big 12	111.7
3	Big East	111.1
4	Atlantic Coast	108.9
5	Southeastern	108.4
6	Pac-12	108.3
7	American Athletic	106.0
8	West Coast	104.3
9	Atlantic 10	103.5
10	Mountain West	103.1
11	Missouri Valley	101.3
12	Mid-American	100.4
13	Conference USA	99.9
14	Southern	99.7
15	Ivy	99.5
16	Sun Belt	99.5
17	Big Sky	97.7
18	Colonial Athletic	97.7
19	Summit	96.9
20	Big West	96.3
21	Horizon	95.6
22	Patriot	95.3
23	Metro Atlantic	95.1
24	America East	95.0
25	Western Athletic	94.8
26	Ohio Valley	94.3
27	Atlantic Sun	94.1
28	Northeast	93.3
29	Southland	93.0
30	Big South	92.7
31	Southwestern Athletic	88.9
32	Mideastern Athletic	88.4