PiRate Ratings College Basketball For February 16, 2020

Sunday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Boise St.	San Diego St.	-6.8
Boston College	North Carolina St.	-5.0
California	Arizona St.	-5.8
Connecticut	Memphis	1.9
Drake	Evansville	9.9
East Carolina	Cincinnati	-10.6
Fordham	Duquesne	-8.2
Indiana St.	Missouri St.	5.2
Iona	Marist	7.1
Loyola (MD)	Colgate	-6.9
Maine	Albany	-3.7
Michigan	Indiana	6.3
Minnesota	Iowa	2.0
Niagara	Monmouth	-2.4
Northern Kentucky	Illinois Chicago	9.9
Omaha	Denver	9.4
Oregon	Utah	12.3
Rider	Quinnipiac	6.5
Saint Peter’s	Fairfield	6.6
Siena	Manhattan	6.4
South Dakota St.	Purdue Fort Wayne	12.4
Temple	Villanova	-6.0
Wichita St.	Tulane	15.9
Wright St.	IUPUI	17.8

 

Sunday’s Key Games *

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
1:00 PM	FS1	Minnesota	Iowa
1:00 PM	CBS	Michigan	Indiana
2:00 PM	ESPN3	Siena	Manhattan
4:00 PM	CBSSN	Boise St.	San Diego St.

* When we refer to these as key games, this is when both teams are fighting for a conference championship or contending for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.

 

Coming Monday–Updated Ratings, Monday’s Games, and New Bracketology.

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For February 5, 2020

Wednesday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Albany	Binghamton	10.5
Army	Boston University	-3.3
Butler	Villanova	3.7
Cal Poly	Long Beach St.	1.8
Cal St. Fullerton	UC Riverside	-0.7
Chattanooga	East Tennessee St.	-5.1
Drake	Bradley	-0.8
Evansville	Southern Illinois	-4.6
Florida	Georgia	8.8
Florida Intl.	Florida Atlantic	3.4
Furman	Mercer	12.9
Georgetown	Seton Hall	-1.4
Holy Cross	Loyola (MD)	-2.9
Incarnate Word	Sam Houston St.	-14.2
Indiana St.	Loyola (Chi)	0.1
Lamar	Central Arkansas	5.4
Lehigh	Colgate	-7.7
Louisville	Wake Forest	15.6
Memphis	Temple	8.1
Miami	North Carolina St.	-0.6
Minnesota	Wisconsin	2.7
Missouri St.	Illinois St.	6.2
Navy	American	3.1
Northwestern St.	Abilene Christian	-5.1
Notre Dame	Pittsburgh	5.7
Oklahoma St.	TCU	2.8
Ole Miss	South Carolina	0.4
Omaha	North Dakota St.	-1.8
Providence	Creighton	-1.5
Purdue	Iowa	1.2
Purdue Fort Wayne	Western Illinois	7.6
Saint Louis	Duquesne	2.9
Samford	Western Carolina	-5.1
Southeast Louisiana	Houston Baptist	5.4
St. Bonaventure	George Washington	8.3
Stephen F. Austin	Nicholls St.	8.5
Stony Brook	UMass Lowell	12.2
Texas A&M-CC	McNeese St.	-0.9
UMBC	Hartford	0.9
UNC Greensboro	Citadel	20.0
Utah St.	UNLV	10.9
Valparaiso	Northern Iowa	-6.4
Vanderbilt	LSU	-10.0
Vermont	Maine	21.9
Virginia	Clemson	6.3
VMI	Wofford	-5.6
West Virginia	Iowa St	12.5

 

Top Eight Basketball Games on TV Wednesday

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
6:00 PM	CBSSN	Indiana St.	Loyola (Chi)
6:30 PM	FS1	Butler	Villanova
7:00 PM	BTN	Purdue	Iowa
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Saint Louis	Duquesne
7:00 PM	ESPNU	Florida	Georgia
7:30 PM	ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin	Nicholls St.
8:30 PM	FS1	Georgetown	Seton Hall
9:00 PM	BTN	Minnesota	Wisconsin

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 30, 2020

Thursday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Arkansas St.	Appalachian St.	1.2
Austin Peay	SIU-Edwardsville	16.4
BYU	Pepperdine	15.3
Cal Poly	Cal St. Fullerton	-1.5
Cal St. Northridge	UC Santa Barbara	-2.2
California	Oregon	-10.9
Campbell	High Point	11.7
Charleston Southern	Winthrop	-7.4
Cleveland St.	IUPUI	4.5
Denver	South Dakota	-6.0
Eastern Kentucky	UT Martin	2.9
Elon	Hofstra	-7.2
Florida Atlantic	Western Kentucky	-3.8
Florida International	Marshall	2.1
Georgia Southern	Troy	10.5
Georgia St.	South Alabama	9.0
Illinois	Minnesota	5.2
Jacksonville	Florida Gulf Coast	8.2
Jacksonville St.	Tennessee St.	4.1
James Madison	Charleston	-5.2
Liberty	Kennesaw St.	27.3
Little Rock	Coastal Carolina	5.9
Longwood	Radford	-6.7
Louisiana Tech	Charlotte	10.2
Maryland	Iowa	4.9
Merrimack	St. Francis (NY)	6.1
Morehead St.	Southeast Missouri	5.7
Murray St.	Eastern Illinois	9.8
New Mexico St.	Cal St. Bakersfield	12.3
NJIT	North Alabama	3.4
North Florida	Stetson	10.6
Northern Colorado	Idaho St.	15.2
Pacific	Loyola Marymount	6.4
Portland St.	Montana	0.8
Presbyterian	South Carolina Upstate	1.9
Purdue Fort Wayne	North Dakota	0.9
Robert Morris	Bryant	2.6
Sacred Heart	Mount St. Mary’s	6.3
Saint Mary’s	Portland	20.3
San Diego	San Francisco	-5.2
Santa Clara	Gonzaga	-15.2
Southern Miss	Old Dominion	-2.1
Southern Utah	Weber St.	11.1
St. Francis (PA)	Central Connecticut	19.8
Stanford	Oregon St.	8.1
Tennessee Tech	Belmont	-15.6
Texas St.	Louisiana Monroe	12.5
Towson	UNC Wilmington	12.4
UC Davis	UC Irvine	-3.9
UC Riverside	Long Beach St.	8.2
UCLA	Colorado	-6.5
UNC Asheville	Gardner-Webb	2.4
USC	Utah	8.9
UT Arlington	Louisiana	12.2
UT Rio Grande Valley	Grand Canyon	2.3
UTEP	Middle Tennessee	11.3
UTSA	UAB	3.6
Wagner	Fairleigh Dickinson	1.6
Washington	Arizona	-3.0
Western Illinois	North Dakota St.	-8.7
William & Mary	Northeastern	0.9
Youngstown St	Illinois Chicago	2.8

 

The 10 Best Games On TV Tonight

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
7:00 PM	ESPN+	North Florida	Stetson
7:30 PM	FS1	Illinois	Minnesota
7:30 PM	ESPN+	Louisiana Tech	Charlotte
7:30 PM	ESPN+	Charleston Southern	Winthrop
8:30 PM	BTN	Maryland	Iowa
8:30 PM	CBSSN	BYU	Pepperdine
9:00 PM	Pac-12	California	Oregon
9:00 PM	ESPN2	Washington	Arizona
10:30 PM	CBSSN	Santa Clara	Gonzaga
11:00 PM	ESPN2	UCLA	Colorado

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 14, 2020

Power Conference & Top 25 Teams Playing Tuesday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Ohio St.	Nebraska	16.6
Clemson	Duke	-11.9
Pittsburgh	Louisville	-5.6
Florida	Ole Miss	10.7
Texas A&M	LSU	-6.9
Dayton	VCU	8.8
Kansas St.	Texas Tech	-3.6
Tulane	Central Florida	1.4
Northwestern	Iowa	-6.2
Villanova	DePaul	9.6
Oklahoma	Kansas	-6.6
Wisconsin	Maryland	0.9
West Virginia	TCU	9.5
Mississippi St.	Missouri	2.8
Wake Forest	Virginia Tech	-1.6
Nevada	Wyoming	16.2
Fresno St.	San Diego St.	-8.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For January 7, 2020

Power Conference & Top 25 Teams Playing Tuesday

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Maryland	Ohio St.	1.7
Louisville	Miami (Fla.)	13.5
Boston College	Virginia	-6.6
Rutgers	Penn St.	0.6
South Carolina	Florida	-4.8
Missouri	Tennessee	3.6
Marquette	Providence	8.6
Temple	Houston	-0.6
Texas Tech	Baylor	0.9
Creighton	Villanova	2.2
Georgia	Kentucky	-2.8
Nebraska	Iowa	-8.8
Syracuse	Virginia Tech	3.7
Texas A&M	Ole Miss	-2.5
Kansas St.	TCU	-0.1
Air Force	Utah St.	-8.2
New Mexico	Fresno St.	5.9

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Sunday, March 10, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Lipscomb	109.0	3.0	Liberty	105.9	6.1
Radford	102.7	2.5	Gardner-Webb	99.3	5.9
Hofstra	106.5	0.0	James Madison	93.8	12.7
William & Mary	97.6	0.0	Delaware	94.7	2.9
Northeastern	105.6	0.0	UNC Wilmington	94.7	10.9
Charleston	103.4	1.0	Drexel	95.2	9.2
Siena	95.4	2.5	Iona	97.7	0.2
Canisius	95.1	0.0	Monmouth	93.3	1.8
Northern Iowa	99.1	0.0	Bradley	99.5	-0.4
Colgate	102.1	2.5	Navy	92.8	11.8
Bucknell	101.4	2.5	Lehigh	100.3	3.6
Wofford	112.9	0.0	East Tennessee St.	106.6	6.3
UNC Greensboro	105.5	0.0	Furman	107.9	-2.4
North Dakota St.	97.5	0.0	Oral Roberts	92.8	4.7
South Dakota	97.4	1.0	Purdue Fort Wayne	98.7	-0.3
Cincinnati	111.8	3.0	Houston	114.5	0.3
Penn St.	109.9	2.5	Illinois	106.5	5.9
Indiana	110.4	3.0	Rutgers	106.3	7.1
East Carolina	93.7	2.5	Connecticut	105.2	-9.0
Nebraska	110.5	3.0	Iowa	110.8	2.7
South Florida	103.5	3.0	SMU	103.8	2.7
Ohio St.	110.3	3.0	Wisconsin	115.5	-2.2

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Md.-Baltimore Co.	62	Albany	54
Vermont	73	Maine	57
Binghamton	73	Stony Brook	71
Hartford	78	UMass Lowell	70

 

Semifinals–Tuesday, March 12
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Vermont (25-6)	7	Binghamton (10-22)
3	Maryland-Baltimore Co. (20-12)	4	Hartford (18-14)

 

 

Atlantic Sun Conference

*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (25-6)	2	Liberty (27-6)

 

 

Big South Conference

*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 (at Radford) ***
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
2	Radford (22-10)	4	Gardner-Webb (22-11)

 

 

Colonial Athletic Association
Site: North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
First Round–Saturday, March 9
James Madison	74	Towson	73
UNC Wilmington	93	Elon	86

Quarterfinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Hofstra (25-6)	8	James Madison (14-18)
4	William & Mary (14-16)	5	Delaware (16-15)
2	Northeastern (20-10)	10	UNC Wilmington (10-22)
3	Charleston (23-8)	6	Drexel (13-18)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

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

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Monmouth	98	Quinnipiac	92
Siena	87	Rider	81

 

Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (15-15)	5	Siena (17-15)
2	Canisius (15-16)	6	Monmouth (13-20)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
Bradley	53	Loyola (Chi)	51
Northern Iowa	60	Drake	58

*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Northern Iowa (16-17)	5	Bradley (19-14)

 

Northeast Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
St. Francis (PA)	72	Long Island	64
Fairleigh-Dickinson	66	Robert Morris	62

 

Championship Game–Tuesday, March 12
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	St. Francis (PA) (18-13)	2	Fairleigh-Dickinson (19-13)

 

 

Ohio Valley Conference
*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 9 ***
Murray St.	77	Belmont	65

Champion:  Murray St.  27-4

 

 

 

Patriot League

All games at home floor of higher seeds

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

 

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Wofford	99	VMI	72
East Tennessee St.	68	Chattanooga	64
UNC Greensboro	77	Samford	70
Furman	85	Mercer	74

 

Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wofford (27-4)	4/5	East Tennessee St. (24-8)
2	UNC Greensboro (27-5)	3	Furman (25-6)

 

 

Summit League
Site: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Western Illinois	79	South Dakota St.	76
Omaha	81	North Dakota	76

 

Quarterfinals–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	Purdue Fort Wayne (17-14)	5	South Dakota (13-16)
3	North Dakota St. (15-15)	6	Oral Roberts (11-20)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
San Diego	80	BYU	57
Pepperdine	89	San Francisco	72

 

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

 

Teams In The Big Dance

Murray St.  (OVC)  27-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Thursday, March 7, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Radford	103.4	0.0	Presbyterian	98.3	5.1
Winthrop	99.7	0.0	Charleston Southern	99.5	0.2
Campbell	99.1	2.5	Hampton	98.6	3.0
Gardner-Webb	98.2	0.0	High Point	96.7	1.5
Lipscomb	110.1	3.0	NJIT	99.1	14.0
Liberty	106.5	3.0	North Florida	99.0	10.5
Marist	94.2	0.0	Saint Peter’s	91.1	3.1
Manhattan	90.5	0.0	Fairfield	92.5	-2.0
Monmouth	92.4	0.0	Niagara	90.7	1.7
Indiana St.	98.0	0.0	Valparaiso	96.2	1.8
Illinois St.	97.9	0.0	Evansville	96.5	1.4
Austin Peay	102.7	0.0	Morehead St.	95.0	7.7
Jacksonville St.	103.5	0.0	UT-Martin	92.1	11.4
Colgate	102.7	3.0	Boston U	96.1	9.6
Bucknell	101.1	3.0	Holy Cross	95.6	8.5
Lehigh	100.1	2.5	Army	95.3	7.3
American	98.5	2.5	Navy	92.8	8.2
San Diego	104.0	0.0	Portland	89.7	14.3
Pepperdine	99.9	0.0	Pacific	97.2	2.7
Appalachian St.	97.8	2.5	Troy	94.2	6.1
Little Rock	97.2	2.5	Louisiana	98.9	0.8
Central Florida	110.5	3.0	Cincinnati	110.8	2.7
Coastal Carolina	101.1	2.5	South Alabama	96.9	6.7
Connecticut	104.9	3.0	Temple	106.2	1.7
Florida A&M	90.3	2.5	Bethune-Cookman	92.4	0.4
Maryland Eastern Shore	81.0	2.5	Delaware St.	79.1	4.4
Morgan St.	89.0	2.5	Coppin St.	84.1	7.4
North Carolina A&T	91.8	2.5	North Carolina Central	92.4	1.9
South Carolina St.	87.5	2.5	Savannah St.	85.5	4.5
Wisconsin	114.7	3.0	Iowa	111.1	6.6
Arkansas St.	94.7	3.0	Louisiana Monroe	100.9	-3.2
Grambling	93.2	2.5	Alabama St.	90.6	5.1
Illinois	107.6	3.0	Indiana	109.2	1.4
Jackson St.	89.7	2.5	Alabama A&M	85.3	6.9
Norfolk St.	95.3	2.5	Howard	90.8	7.0
Prairie View	95.2	2.5	Southern	87.2	10.5
Southern Utah	92.9	2.5	Northern Colorado	99.5	-4.1
UT Rio Grande Valley	99.5	2.5	California Baptist	97.9	4.1
Texas Southern	98.0	2.5	Alcorn St.	84.6	15.9
Colorado	106.3	3.0	UCLA	105.1	4.2
Houston	114.2	2.5	SMU	102.6	14.1
Idaho St.	90.7	2.5	Eastern Washington	93.6	-0.4
Utah Valley	104.8	2.5	Grand Canyon	105.4	1.9
Weber St.	97.6	2.5	Idaho	84.2	15.9
Cal Poly	89.2	2.5	UC-Irvine	105.1	-13.4
Cal St. Northridge	94.2	2.5	UC Santa Barbara	99.9	-3.2
UC-Davis	95.8	3.5	Hawaii	97.1	2.2
Portland St.	92.3	2.5	Montana	102.6	-7.8
Sacramento St.	93.5	2.5	Montana St.	95.4	0.6
Seattle	98.8	2.5	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.4	3.9
Utah	103.4	3.0	USC	105.4	1.0
Stanford	104.5	1.5	California	94.5	11.5

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Atlantic Sun Conference

Both Games Played at Higher Seed

Semifinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (24-6)	5	NJIT (21-11)
2	Liberty (26-6)	3	North Florida (16-16)

 

Big South Conference

At Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC

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

Horizon League  (Motor City Madness)

Wednesday’s Games Played At Higher Seeds

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6

Oakland	88	Youngstown St.	84
Northern Kentucky	99	Detroit	88

Site: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wright St. (20-12)	4	Green Bay 17-15
2	Northern Kentucky (24-8)	3/6	Oakland (16-16)

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

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

First Round–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Marist (12-18)	9	Saint Peter’s (9-21)
7	Manhattan (10-20)	10	Fairfield (9-21)
6	Monmouth (11-20)	11	Niagara (13-18)

 

Missouri Valley Conference  (Arch Madness)

Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO

First Round–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Indiana St. (15-15)	9	Valparaiso (14-17)
7	Illinois St. (16-15)	10	Evansville (11-20)

 

Northeast Conference

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 6

St. Francis (PA)	67	Bryant	63
Fairleigh-Dickinson	84	Wagner	46
Long Island	71	Sacred Heart	62
Robert Morris	69	St. Francis (Bklyn)	65 ot

 

Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	St. Francis (PA) (17-13)	6	Long Island (16-15)
2	Fairleigh-Dickinson (18-13)	4	Robert Morris (17-15)

 

Ohio Valley Conference

Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN

Morehead St.	72	SIU Edwardsville	68
UT-Martin	78	Eastern Illinois	71

 

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	Austin Peay (21-10)	5	Morehead St. (13-19)
3	Jacksonville St. (23-8)	7	UT-Martin (12-18)

 

Patriot League

All games at home floor of higher seeds

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

 

West Coast Conference

Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV

First Round–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
7	San Diego (18-13)	10	Portland (7-24)
8	Pepperdine (13-17)	9	Pacific (14-17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Monday, February 18, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Duke	124.8	ACC
2	Gonzaga	123.8	West Coast
3	Virginia	121.8	ACC
4	Michigan St.	120.3	Big Ten
5	North Carolina	119.6	ACC
6	Kentucky	118.3	SEC
7	Tennessee	118.3	SEC
8	Michigan	117.2	Big Ten
9	Texas Tech	116.8	Big 12
10	Purdue	116.5	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	116.1	ACC
12	Nevada	116.0	Mtn West
13	Auburn	115.8	SEC
14	Iowa St.	115.7	Big 12
15	Kansas	115.6	Big 12
16	Wisconsin	115.5	Big Ten
17	Louisville	114.8	ACC
18	Houston	114.4	AAC
19	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
20	Villanova	114.0	BEast
21	Maryland	113.7	Big Ten
22	LSU	113.4	SEC
23	Buffalo	113.3	Mid-Amer
24	Mississippi St.	113.2	SEC
25	Marquette	112.9	BEast
26	North Carolina St.	112.6	ACC
27	Iowa	112.4	Big Ten
28	Texas	112.1	Big 12
29	Cincinnati	112.0	AAC
30	Clemson	111.9	ACC
31	Wofford	111.9	Socon
32	Florida	111.8	SEC
33	Nebraska	111.6	Big Ten
34	Kansas St.	111.5	Big 12
35	Oklahoma	111.4	Big 12
36	Ohio St.	110.9	Big Ten
37	Syracuse	110.6	ACC
38	TCU	110.5	Big 12
39	Baylor	110.5	Big 12
40	Mississippi	110.5	SEC
41	Washington	110.4	Pac-12
42	Lipscomb	110.2	Atl Sun
43	Virginia Commonwealth	109.6	Atl 10
44	Saint Mary’s	109.5	West Coast
45	St. John’s	109.5	BEast
46	Indiana	109.5	Big Ten
47	Utah St.	109.4	Mtn West
48	Butler	109.2	BEast
49	Creighton	109.1	BEast
50	Central Florida	108.8	AAC
51	Minnesota	108.6	Big Ten
52	Arizona St.	108.5	Pac-12
53	Seton Hall	108.4	BEast
54	San Francisco	108.4	West Coast
55	Alabama	108.4	SEC
56	Murray St.	108.2	OH Valley
57	Oregon	108.2	Pac-12
58	Fresno St.	107.9	Mtn West
59	Penn St.	107.8	Big Ten
60	Toledo	107.7	Mid-Amer
61	Furman	107.7	Socon
62	Belmont	107.6	OH Valley
63	Arkansas	107.5	SEC
64	Northwestern	107.3	Big Ten
65	New Mexico St.	107.3	WAC
66	Dayton	107.3	Atl 10
67	Miami (Fla)	107.2	ACC
68	Vermont	107.1	Amer East
69	Illinois	107.1	Big Ten
70	Hofstra	106.9	Colonial
71	Temple	106.8	AAC
72	East Tennessee St.	106.5	Socon
73	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
74	BYU	106.4	West Coast
75	Colorado	106.4	Pac-12
76	South Dakota St.	106.3	Summit
77	Yale	106.2	Ivy
78	Notre Dame	106.2	ACC
79	Georgetown	106.2	BEast
80	Davidson	106.1	Atl 10
81	Oregon St.	106.1	Pac-12
82	Memphis	106.0	AAC
83	Connecticut	106.0	AAC
84	Arizona	105.9	Pac-12
85	Pittsburgh	105.8	ACC
86	USC	105.8	Pac-12
87	Providence	105.6	BEast
88	South Carolina	105.5	SEC
89	UCLA	105.3	Pac-12
90	UNC Greensboro	105.2	Socon
91	Northern Kentucky	105.2	Horizon
92	Xavier	105.2	BEast
93	San Diego	105.2	West Coast
94	Rutgers	105.1	Big Ten
95	Grand Canyon	105.1	WAC
96	Texas A&M	105.0	SEC
97	Missouri	104.7	SEC
98	Northeastern	104.6	Colonial
99	SMU	104.5	AAC
100	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
101	DePaul	104.3	BEast
102	West Virginia	104.3	Big 12
103	Stanford	104.3	Pac-12
104	Georgia Tech	104.3	ACC
105	Bowling Green	104.3	Mid-Amer
106	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
107	UC Irvine	104.2	Big West
108	Texas St.	104.2	Sun Belt
109	Ball St.	104.2	Mid-Amer
110	Boston College	104.2	ACC
111	Tulsa	104.0	AAC
112	Georgia Southern	104.0	Sun Belt
113	Montana	103.9	Big Sky
114	Loyola (Chi)	103.9	Missouri Vall
115	Utah	103.8	Pac-12
116	Akron	103.7	Mid-Amer
117	San Diego St.	103.7	Mtn West
118	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
119	Austin Peay	103.6	OH Valley
120	Wichita St.	103.6	AAC
121	Jacksonville St.	103.4	OH Valley
122	Charleston	103.4	Colonial
123	Utah Valley	103.4	WAC
124	South Florida	103.4	AAC
125	Georgia	103.4	SEC
126	Georgia St.	103.3	Sun Belt
127	Saint Louis	103.2	Atl 10
128	Vanderbilt	103.1	SEC
129	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
130	Penn	103.0	Ivy
131	Boise St.	102.8	Mtn West
132	Radford	102.5	Big Sth
133	Southern Miss	102.5	CUSA
134	North Texas	102.3	CUSA
135	Drake	102.2	Missouri Vall
136	St. Bonaventure	102.1	Atl 10
137	Rhode Island	102.1	Atl 10
138	Louisiana Tech	102.0	CUSA
139	Loyola Marymount	101.9	West Coast
140	Bucknell	101.9	Patriot
141	Wright St.	101.8	Horizon
142	George Mason	101.7	Atl 10
143	Central Michigan	101.5	Mid-Amer
144	Kent St.	101.5	Mid-Amer
145	Miami (O)	101.4	Mid-Amer
146	Southern Illinois	101.3	Missouri Vall
147	Brown	101.2	Ivy
148	Missouri St.	101.1	Missouri Vall
149	Colgate	101.1	Patriot
150	Louisiana Monroe	101.0	Sun Belt
151	Lehigh	100.9	Patriot
152	UC Santa Barbara	100.8	Big West
153	Northern Illinois	100.7	Mid-Amer
154	UNLV	100.6	Mtn West
155	Abilene Christian	100.6	Sthland
156	Duquesne	100.6	Atl 10
157	Coastal Carolina	100.6	Sun Belt
158	Samford	100.5	Socon
159	Cal St. Fullerton	100.4	Big West
160	Stony Brook	100.3	Amer East
161	Winthrop	100.2	Big Sth
162	UTSA	100.1	CUSA
163	Pepperdine	100.0	West Coast
164	New Mexico	100.0	Mtn West
165	Northern Colorado	99.9	Big Sky
166	Eastern Michigan	99.8	Mid-Amer
167	Princeton	99.8	Ivy
168	Omaha	99.7	Summit
169	Weber St.	99.6	Big Sky
170	UAB	99.6	CUSA
171	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.6	Summit
172	Mercer	99.5	Socon
173	Bradley	99.4	Missouri Vall
174	Sam Houston St.	99.3	Sthland
175	Wake Forest	99.1	ACC
176	Florida Atlantic	99.1	CUSA
177	Richmond	99.0	Atl 10
178	Hawaii	99.0	Big West
179	Gardner Webb	99.0	Big Sth
180	NJIT	98.9	Atl Sun
181	UT Arlington	98.9	Sun Belt
182	Louisiana	98.8	Sun Belt
183	Northern Iowa	98.6	Missouri Vall
184	Dartmouth	98.6	Ivy
185	Illinois St.	98.6	Missouri Vall
186	Hartford	98.6	Amer East
187	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
188	Rider	98.6	Metro Atl
189	Washington St.	98.5	Pac-12
190	Seattle	98.5	WAC
191	Appalachian St.	98.5	Sun Belt
192	Valparaiso	98.5	Missouri Vall
193	Massachusetts	98.5	Atl 10
194	Campbell	98.4	Big Sth
195	Presbyterian	98.4	Big Sth
196	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
197	Marshall	98.1	CUSA
198	North Dakota St.	98.0	Summit
199	American	97.9	Patriot
200	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.8	WAC
201	Colorado St.	97.8	Mtn West
202	Green Bay	97.6	Horizon
203	Pacific	97.6	West Coast
204	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	Amer East
205	Charleston Southern	97.4	Big Sth
206	Little Rock	97.4	Sun Belt
207	Oakland	97.4	Horizon
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.3	WAC
209	California Baptist	97.3	WAC
210	Texas Southern	97.3	SWAC
211	La Salle	97.2	Atl 10
212	Illinois Chicago	97.2	Horizon
213	Santa Clara	97.2	West Coast
214	North Florida	97.1	Atl Sun
215	William & Mary	97.0	Colonial
216	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
217	Holy Cross	96.9	Patriot
218	High Point	96.9	Big Sth
219	Quinnipiac	96.9	Metro Atl
220	Indiana St.	96.8	Missouri Vall
221	Ohio	96.8	Mid-Amer
222	Fordham	96.7	Atl 10
223	Cornell	96.6	Ivy
224	Iona	96.6	Metro Atl
225	Long Beach St.	96.6	Big West
226	Troy	96.5	Sun Belt
227	Hampton	96.5	Big Sth
228	Lamar	96.5	Sthland
229	Florida Int’l.	96.5	CUSA
230	UC Davis	96.3	Big West
231	Evansville	96.3	Missouri Vall
232	Marist	96.2	Metro Atl
233	St. Francis (PA)	96.0	Northeast
234	South Dakota	96.0	Summit
235	Boston U	96.0	Patriot
236	UMass Lowell	95.9	Amer East
237	Columbia	95.9	Ivy
238	Army	95.7	Patriot
239	Jacksonville	95.5	Atl Sun
240	Drexel	95.5	Colonial
241	Fairleigh Dickinson	95.5	Northeast
242	Delaware	95.4	Colonial
243	Missouri Kansas City	95.4	WAC
244	Sacred Heart	95.3	Northeast
245	Florida Gulf Coast	95.3	Atl Sun
246	The Citadel	95.3	Socon
247	Canisius	95.2	Metro Atl
248	Prairie View A&M	95.0	SWAC
249	Robert Morris	95.0	Northeast
250	UNC Wilmington	95.0	Colonial
251	Siena	95.0	Metro Atl
252	Eastern Kentucky	94.9	OH Valley
253	Detroit	94.9	Horizon
254	Towson	94.9	Colonial
255	Norfolk St.	94.9	MEAC
256	Montana St.	94.9	Big Sky
257	Sacramento St.	94.8	Big Sky
258	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.7	Northeast
259	Morehead St.	94.7	OH Valley
260	Air Force	94.5	Mtn West
261	Grambling St.	94.5	SWAC
262	Southeastern Louisiana	94.4	Sthland
263	Middle Tennessee	94.4	CUSA
264	Chattanooga	94.4	Socon
265	Arkansas St.	94.4	Sun Belt
266	Long Island	94.3	Northeast
267	Western Michigan	94.2	Mid-Amer
268	Rice	94.2	CUSA
269	James Madison	94.2	Colonial
270	Eastern Washington	94.2	Big Sky
271	George Washington	94.2	Atl 10
272	Wagner	94.1	Northeast
273	Portland St.	93.9	Big Sky
274	North Dakota	93.9	Summit
275	Youngstown St.	93.9	Horizon
276	East Carolina	93.8	AAC
277	California	93.8	Pac-12
278	New Orleans	93.6	Sthland
279	Southern Utah	93.5	Big Sky
280	Loyola (MD)	93.5	Patriot
281	UTEP	93.5	CUSA
282	North Carolina Central	93.4	MEAC
283	Monmouth	93.4	Metro Atl
284	Texas A&M CC	93.4	Sthland
285	Albany	93.3	Amer East
286	Bethune Cookman	93.3	MEAC
287	Eastern Illinois	93.2	OH Valley
288	Lafayette	93.2	Patriot
289	Fairfield	93.2	Metro Atl
290	Houston Baptist	93.1	Sthland
291	Stephen F. Austin	93.1	Sthland
292	Western Carolina	93.1	Socon
293	Western Illinois	93.0	Summit
294	Tennessee St.	93.0	OH Valley
295	UT Martin	92.9	OH Valley
296	Oral Roberts	92.8	Summit
297	Cal St. Northridge	92.8	Big West
298	Longwood	92.7	Big Sth
299	Niagara	92.6	Metro Atl
300	Milwaukee	92.6	Horizon
301	Tulane	92.5	AAC
302	Central Connecticut	92.3	Northeast
303	Central Arkansas	92.2	Sthland
304	Charlotte	92.2	CUSA
305	Navy	92.2	Patriot
306	Cleveland St.	92.0	Horizon
307	North Carolina A&T	92.0	MEAC
308	UC Riverside	91.9	Big West
309	Denver	91.6	Summit
310	Idaho St.	91.6	Big Sky
311	Howard	91.4	MEAC
312	Northern Arizona	91.4	Big Sky
313	Manhattan	91.3	Metro Atl
314	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2	OH Valley
315	Saint Peter’s	91.2	Metro Atl
316	Alabama St.	91.2	SWAC
317	VMI	90.9	Socon
318	Nicholls St.	90.7	Sthland
319	Maine	90.7	Amer East
320	Wyoming	90.4	Mtn West
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
322	Elon	90.2	Colonial
323	North Alabama	90.2	Atl Sun
324	Portland	89.8	West Coast
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
326	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7	Northeast
327	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.7	SWAC
328	Tennessee Tech	89.1	OH Valley
329	Jackson St.	89.1	SWAC
330	Cal Poly	88.9	Big West
331	USC Upstate	88.9	Big Sth
332	Bryant	88.7	Northeast
333	Morgan St.	88.5	MEAC
334	Binghamton	88.2	Amer East
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.0	OH Valley
336	Northwestern St.	88.0	Sthland
337	Stetson	87.5	Atl Sun
338	South Carolina St.	87.3	MEAC
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
340	Kennesaw St.	86.3	Atl Sun
341	San Jose St.	86.0	Mtn West
342	Incarnate Word	85.8	Sthland
343	New Hampshire	85.6	Amer East
344	UNC Asheville	85.6	Big Sth
345	Idaho	85.4	Big Sky
346	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
347	Coppin St.	85.3	MEAC
348	Alcorn St.	85.0	SWAC
349	Savannah St.	84.5	MEAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.7	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9	MEAC
352	Delaware St.	79.8	MEAC
353	Chicago St.	79.5	WAC

 

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetically)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
155	Abilene Christian	100.6	Sthland
260	Air Force	94.5	Mtn West
116	Akron	103.7	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.4	SEC
346	Alabama A&M	85.3	SWAC
316	Alabama St.	91.2	SWAC
285	Albany	93.3	Amer East
348	Alcorn St.	85.0	SWAC
199	American	97.9	Patriot
191	Appalachian St.	98.5	Sun Belt
84	Arizona	105.9	Pac-12
52	Arizona St.	108.5	Pac-12
63	Arkansas	107.5	SEC
327	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.7	SWAC
265	Arkansas St.	94.4	Sun Belt
238	Army	95.7	Patriot
13	Auburn	115.8	SEC
119	Austin Peay	103.6	OH Valley
109	Ball St.	104.2	Mid-Amer
39	Baylor	110.5	Big 12
62	Belmont	107.6	OH Valley
286	Bethune Cookman	93.3	MEAC
334	Binghamton	88.2	Amer East
131	Boise St.	102.8	Mtn West
110	Boston College	104.2	ACC
235	Boston University	96.0	Patriot
105	Bowling Green	104.3	Mid-Amer
173	Bradley	99.4	Missouri Vall
147	Brown	101.2	Ivy
332	Bryant	88.7	Northeast
140	Bucknell	101.9	Patriot
23	Buffalo	113.3	Mid-Amer
48	Butler	109.2	BEast
74	BYU	106.4	West Coast
330	Cal Poly	88.9	Big West
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.3	WAC
159	Cal St. Fullerton	100.4	Big West
297	Cal St. Northridge	92.8	Big West
277	California	93.8	Pac-12
209	California Baptist	97.3	WAC
194	Campbell	98.4	Big Sth
247	Canisius	95.2	Metro Atl
303	Central Arkansas	92.2	Sthland
302	Central Connecticut	92.3	Northeast
50	Central Florida	108.8	AAC
143	Central Michigan	101.5	Mid-Amer
122	Charleston	103.4	Colonial
205	Charleston Southern	97.4	Big Sth
304	Charlotte	92.2	CUSA
264	Chattanooga	94.4	Socon
353	Chicago St.	79.5	WAC
29	Cincinnati	112.0	AAC
30	Clemson	111.9	ACC
306	Cleveland St.	92.0	Horizon
157	Coastal Carolina	100.6	Sun Belt
149	Colgate	101.1	Patriot
75	Colorado	106.4	Pac-12
201	Colorado St.	97.8	Mtn West
237	Columbia	95.9	Ivy
83	Connecticut	106.0	AAC
347	Coppin St.	85.3	MEAC
223	Cornell	96.6	Ivy
49	Creighton	109.1	BEast
184	Dartmouth	98.6	Ivy
80	Davidson	106.1	Atl 10
66	Dayton	107.3	Atl 10
242	Delaware	95.4	Colonial
352	Delaware St.	79.8	MEAC
309	Denver	91.6	Summit
101	DePaul	104.3	BEast
253	Detroit	94.9	Horizon
135	Drake	102.2	Missouri Vall
240	Drexel	95.5	Colonial
1	Duke	124.8	ACC
156	Duquesne	100.6	Atl 10
276	East Carolina	93.8	AAC
72	East Tennessee St.	106.5	Socon
287	Eastern Illinois	93.2	OH Valley
252	Eastern Kentucky	94.9	OH Valley
166	Eastern Michigan	99.8	Mid-Amer
270	Eastern Washington	94.2	Big Sky
322	Elon	90.2	Colonial
231	Evansville	96.3	Missouri Vall
289	Fairfield	93.2	Metro Atl
241	Fairleigh Dickinson	95.5	Northeast
32	Florida	111.8	SEC
321	Florida A&M	90.3	MEAC
176	Florida Atlantic	99.1	CUSA
245	Florida Gulf Coast	95.3	Atl Sun
229	Florida Int’l.	96.5	CUSA
19	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
222	Fordham	96.7	Atl 10
58	Fresno St.	107.9	Mtn West
61	Furman	107.7	Socon
179	Gardner Webb	99.0	Big Sth
142	George Mason	101.7	Atl 10
271	George Washington	94.2	Atl 10
79	Georgetown	106.2	BEast
125	Georgia	103.4	SEC
112	Georgia Southern	104.0	Sun Belt
126	Georgia St.	103.3	Sun Belt
104	Georgia Tech	104.3	ACC
2	Gonzaga	123.8	West Coast
261	Grambling St.	94.5	SWAC
95	Grand Canyon	105.1	WAC
202	Green Bay	97.6	Horizon
227	Hampton	96.5	Big Sth
186	Hartford	98.6	Amer East
118	Harvard	103.6	Ivy
178	Hawaii	99.0	Big West
218	High Point	96.9	Big Sth
70	Hofstra	106.9	Colonial
217	Holy Cross	96.9	Patriot
18	Houston	114.4	AAC
290	Houston Baptist	93.1	Sthland
311	Howard	91.4	MEAC
345	Idaho	85.4	Big Sky
310	Idaho St.	91.6	Big Sky
69	Illinois	107.1	Big Ten
212	Illinois Chicago	97.2	Horizon
185	Illinois St.	98.6	Missouri Vall
342	Incarnate Word	85.8	Sthland
46	Indiana	109.5	Big Ten
220	Indiana St.	96.8	Missouri Vall
224	Iona	96.6	Metro Atl
27	Iowa	112.4	Big Ten
14	Iowa St.	115.7	Big 12
196	IUPUI	98.3	Horizon
329	Jackson St.	89.1	SWAC
239	Jacksonville	95.5	Atl Sun
121	Jacksonville St.	103.4	OH Valley
269	James Madison	94.2	Colonial
15	Kansas	115.6	Big 12
34	Kansas St.	111.5	Big 12
340	Kennesaw St.	86.3	Atl Sun
144	Kent St.	101.5	Mid-Amer
6	Kentucky	118.3	SEC
211	La Salle	97.2	Atl 10
288	Lafayette	93.2	Patriot
228	Lamar	96.5	Sthland
151	Lehigh	100.9	Patriot
73	Liberty	106.5	Atl Sun
42	Lipscomb	110.2	Atl Sun
206	Little Rock	97.4	Sun Belt
225	Long Beach St.	96.6	Big West
266	Long Island	94.3	Northeast
298	Longwood	92.7	Big Sth
182	Louisiana	98.8	Sun Belt
150	Louisiana Monroe	101.0	Sun Belt
138	Louisiana Tech	102.0	CUSA
17	Louisville	114.8	ACC
114	Loyola (Chi)	103.9	Missouri Vall
280	Loyola (MD)	93.5	Patriot
139	Loyola Marymount	101.9	West Coast
22	LSU	113.4	SEC
319	Maine	90.7	Amer East
313	Manhattan	91.3	Metro Atl
232	Marist	96.2	Metro Atl
25	Marquette	112.9	BEast
197	Marshall	98.1	CUSA
21	Maryland	113.7	Big Ten
204	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	Amer East
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9	MEAC
193	Massachusetts	98.5	Atl 10
325	McNeese St.	89.8	Sthland
82	Memphis	106.0	AAC
172	Mercer	99.5	Socon
67	Miami (Fla)	107.2	ACC
145	Miami (O)	101.4	Mid-Amer
8	Michigan	117.2	Big Ten
4	Michigan St.	120.3	Big Ten
263	Middle Tennessee	94.4	CUSA
300	Milwaukee	92.6	Horizon
51	Minnesota	108.6	Big Ten
40	Mississippi	110.5	SEC
24	Mississippi St.	113.2	SEC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.7	SWAC
97	Missouri	104.7	SEC
243	Missouri Kansas City	95.4	WAC
148	Missouri St.	101.1	Missouri Vall
283	Monmouth	93.4	Metro Atl
113	Montana	103.9	Big Sky
256	Montana St.	94.9	Big Sky
259	Morehead St.	94.7	OH Valley
333	Morgan St.	88.5	MEAC
326	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7	Northeast
56	Murray St.	108.2	OH Valley
305	Navy	92.2	Patriot
33	Nebraska	111.6	Big Ten
12	Nevada	116.0	Mtn West
343	New Hampshire	85.6	Amer East
164	New Mexico	100.0	Mtn West
65	New Mexico St.	107.3	WAC
278	New Orleans	93.6	Sthland
299	Niagara	92.6	Metro Atl
318	Nicholls St.	90.7	Sthland
180	NJIT	98.9	Atl Sun
255	Norfolk St.	94.9	MEAC
323	North Alabama	90.2	Atl Sun
5	North Carolina	119.6	ACC
307	North Carolina A&T	92.0	MEAC
282	North Carolina Central	93.4	MEAC
26	North Carolina St.	112.6	ACC
274	North Dakota	93.9	Summit
198	North Dakota St.	98.0	Summit
214	North Florida	97.1	Atl Sun
134	North Texas	102.3	CUSA
98	Northeastern	104.6	Colonial
312	Northern Arizona	91.4	Big Sky
165	Northern Colorado	99.9	Big Sky
153	Northern Illinois	100.7	Mid-Amer
183	Northern Iowa	98.6	Missouri Vall
91	Northern Kentucky	105.2	Horizon
64	Northwestern	107.3	Big Ten
336	Northwestern St.	88.0	Sthland
78	Notre Dame	106.2	ACC
207	Oakland	97.4	Horizon
221	Ohio	96.8	Mid-Amer
36	Ohio St.	110.9	Big Ten
35	Oklahoma	111.4	Big 12
106	Oklahoma St.	104.2	Big 12
100	Old Dominion	104.3	CUSA
168	Omaha	99.7	Summit
296	Oral Roberts	92.8	Summit
57	Oregon	108.2	Pac-12
81	Oregon St.	106.1	Pac-12
203	Pacific	97.6	West Coast
130	Penn	103.0	Ivy
59	Penn St.	107.8	Big Ten
163	Pepperdine	100.0	West Coast
85	Pittsburgh	105.8	ACC
324	Portland	89.8	West Coast
273	Portland St.	93.9	Big Sky
248	Prairie View A&M	95.0	SWAC
195	Presbyterian	98.4	Big Sth
167	Princeton	99.8	Ivy
87	Providence	105.6	BEast
10	Purdue	116.5	Big Ten
171	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.6	Summit
219	Quinnipiac	96.9	Metro Atl
132	Radford	102.5	Big Sth
137	Rhode Island	102.1	Atl 10
268	Rice	94.2	CUSA
177	Richmond	99.0	Atl 10
188	Rider	98.6	Metro Atl
249	Robert Morris	95.0	Northeast
94	Rutgers	105.1	Big Ten
257	Sacramento St.	94.8	Big Sky
244	Sacred Heart	95.3	Northeast
187	Saint Joseph’s	98.6	Atl 10
127	Saint Louis	103.2	Atl 10
44	Saint Mary’s	109.5	West Coast
315	Saint Peter’s	91.2	Metro Atl
174	Sam Houston St.	99.3	Sthland
158	Samford	100.5	Socon
93	San Diego	105.2	West Coast
117	San Diego St.	103.7	Mtn West
54	San Francisco	108.4	West Coast
341	San Jose St.	86.0	Mtn West
213	Santa Clara	97.2	West Coast
349	Savannah St.	84.5	MEAC
190	Seattle	98.5	WAC
53	Seton Hall	108.4	BEast
251	Siena	95.0	Metro Atl
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.0	OH Valley
99	SMU	104.5	AAC
216	South Alabama	96.9	Sun Belt
88	South Carolina	105.5	SEC
338	South Carolina St.	87.3	MEAC
234	South Dakota	96.0	Summit
76	South Dakota St.	106.3	Summit
124	South Florida	103.4	AAC
314	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2	OH Valley
262	Southeastern Louisiana	94.4	Sthland
339	Southern	87.2	SWAC
146	Southern Illinois	101.3	Missouri Vall
133	Southern Miss	102.5	CUSA
279	Southern Utah	93.5	Big Sky
136	St. Bonaventure	102.1	Atl 10
258	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.7	Northeast
233	St. Francis PA	96.0	Northeast
45	St. John’s	109.5	BEast
103	Stanford	104.3	Pac-12
291	Stephen F. Austin	93.1	Sthland
337	Stetson	87.5	Atl Sun
160	Stony Brook	100.3	Amer East
37	Syracuse	110.6	ACC
38	TCU	110.5	Big 12
71	Temple	106.8	AAC
7	Tennessee	118.3	SEC
294	Tennessee St.	93.0	OH Valley
328	Tennessee Tech	89.1	OH Valley
28	Texas	112.1	Big 12
96	Texas A&M	105.0	SEC
284	Texas A&M CC	93.4	Sthland
210	Texas Southern	97.3	SWAC
108	Texas St.	104.2	Sun Belt
9	Texas Tech	116.8	Big 12
246	The Citadel	95.3	Socon
60	Toledo	107.7	Mid-Amer
254	Towson	94.9	Colonial
226	Troy	96.5	Sun Belt
301	Tulane	92.5	AAC
111	Tulsa	104.0	AAC
170	UAB	99.6	CUSA
230	UC Davis	96.3	Big West
107	UC Irvine	104.2	Big West
308	UC Riverside	91.9	Big West
152	UC Santa Barbara	100.8	Big West
89	UCLA	105.3	Pac-12
236	UMass Lowell	95.9	Amer East
344	UNC Asheville	85.6	Big Sth
90	UNC Greensboro	105.2	Socon
250	UNC Wilmington	95.0	Colonial
154	UNLV	100.6	Mtn West
86	USC	105.8	Pac-12
331	USC Upstate	88.9	Big Sth
181	UT Arlington	98.9	Sun Belt
295	UT Martin	92.9	OH Valley
200	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.8	WAC
115	Utah	103.8	Pac-12
47	Utah St.	109.4	Mtn West
123	Utah Valley	103.4	WAC
281	UTEP	93.5	CUSA
162	UTSA	100.1	CUSA
192	Valparaiso	98.5	Missouri Vall
128	Vanderbilt	103.1	SEC
68	Vermont	107.1	Amer East
20	Villanova	114.0	BEast
3	Virginia	121.8	ACC
43	Virginia Commonwealth	109.6	Atl 10
11	Virginia Tech	116.1	ACC
317	VMI	90.9	Socon
272	Wagner	94.1	Northeast
175	Wake Forest	99.1	ACC
41	Washington	110.4	Pac-12
189	Washington St.	98.5	Pac-12
169	Weber St.	99.6	Big Sky
102	West Virginia	104.3	Big 12
292	Western Carolina	93.1	Socon
293	Western Illinois	93.0	Summit
129	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
267	Western Michigan	94.2	Mid-Amer
120	Wichita St.	103.6	AAC
215	William & Mary	97.0	Colonial
161	Winthrop	100.2	Big Sth
16	Wisconsin	115.5	Big Ten
31	Wofford	111.9	Socon
141	Wright St.	101.8	Horizon
320	Wyoming	90.4	Mtn West
92	Xavier	105.2	BEast
77	Yale	106.2	Ivy
275	Youngstown St.	93.9	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings By Conference

#	America East	PiRate
68	Vermont	107.1
160	Stony Brook	100.3
186	Hartford	98.6
204	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4
236	UMass Lowell	95.9
285	Albany	93.3
319	Maine	90.7
334	Binghamton	88.2
343	New Hampshire	85.6
#	American Athletic	PiRate
18	Houston	114.4
29	Cincinnati	112.0
50	Central Florida	108.8
71	Temple	106.8
82	Memphis	106.0
83	Connecticut	106.0
99	SMU	104.5
111	Tulsa	104.0
120	Wichita St.	103.6
124	South Florida	103.4
276	East Carolina	93.8
301	Tulane	92.5
#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
43	Virginia Commonwealth	109.6
66	Dayton	107.3
80	Davidson	106.1
127	Saint Louis	103.2
136	St. Bonaventure	102.1
137	Rhode Island	102.1
142	George Mason	101.7
156	Duquesne	100.6
177	Richmond	99.0
187	Saint Joseph’s	98.6
193	Massachusetts	98.5
211	La Salle	97.2
222	Fordham	96.7
271	George Washington	94.2
#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
1	Duke	124.8
3	Virginia	121.8
5	North Carolina	119.6
11	Virginia Tech	116.1
17	Louisville	114.8
19	Florida St.	114.4
26	North Carolina St.	112.6
30	Clemson	111.9
37	Syracuse	110.6
67	Miami (Fla)	107.2
78	Notre Dame	106.2
85	Pittsburgh	105.8
104	Georgia Tech	104.3
110	Boston College	104.2
175	Wake Forest	99.1
#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
42	Lipscomb	110.2
73	Liberty	106.5
180	NJIT	98.9
214	North Florida	97.1
239	Jacksonville	95.5
245	Florida Gulf Coast	95.3
323	North Alabama	90.2
337	Stetson	87.5
340	Kennesaw St.	86.3
#	Big 12	PiRate
9	Texas Tech	116.8
14	Iowa St.	115.7
15	Kansas	115.6
28	Texas	112.1
34	Kansas St.	111.5
35	Oklahoma	111.4
38	TCU	110.5
39	Baylor	110.5
102	West Virginia	104.3
106	Oklahoma St.	104.2
#	Big East	PiRate
20	Villanova	114.0
25	Marquette	112.9
45	St. John’s	109.5
48	Butler	109.2
49	Creighton	109.1
53	Seton Hall	108.4
79	Georgetown	106.2
87	Providence	105.6
92	Xavier	105.2
101	DePaul	104.3
#	Big Sky	PiRate
113	Montana	103.9
165	Northern Colorado	99.9
169	Weber St.	99.6
256	Montana St.	94.9
257	Sacramento St.	94.8
270	Eastern Washington	94.2
273	Portland St.	93.9
279	Southern Utah	93.5
310	Idaho St.	91.6
312	Northern Arizona	91.4
345	Idaho	85.4
#	Big South	PiRate
132	Radford	102.5
161	Winthrop	100.2
179	Gardner Webb	99.0
194	Campbell	98.4
195	Presbyterian	98.4
205	Charleston Southern	97.4
218	High Point	96.9
227	Hampton	96.5
298	Longwood	92.7
331	USC Upstate	88.9
344	UNC Asheville	85.6
#	Big Ten	PiRate
4	Michigan St.	120.3
8	Michigan	117.2
10	Purdue	116.5
16	Wisconsin	115.5
21	Maryland	113.7
27	Iowa	112.4
33	Nebraska	111.6
36	Ohio St.	110.9
46	Indiana	109.5
51	Minnesota	108.6
59	Penn St.	107.8
64	Northwestern	107.3
69	Illinois	107.1
94	Rutgers	105.1
#	Big West	PiRate
107	UC Irvine	104.2
152	UC Santa Barbara	100.8
159	Cal St. Fullerton	100.4
178	Hawaii	99.0
225	Long Beach St.	96.6
230	UC Davis	96.3
297	Cal St. Northridge	92.8
308	UC Riverside	91.9
330	Cal Poly	88.9
#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
70	Hofstra	106.9
98	Northeastern	104.6
122	Charleston	103.4
215	William & Mary	97.0
240	Drexel	95.5
242	Delaware	95.4
250	UNC Wilmington	95.0
254	Towson	94.9
269	James Madison	94.2
322	Elon	90.2
#	Conference USA	PiRate
100	Old Dominion	104.3
129	Western Kentucky	103.1
133	Southern Miss	102.5
134	North Texas	102.3
138	Louisiana Tech	102.0
162	UTSA	100.1
170	UAB	99.6
176	Florida Atlantic	99.1
197	Marshall	98.1
229	Florida Int’l.	96.5
263	Middle Tennessee	94.4
268	Rice	94.2
281	UTEP	93.5
304	Charlotte	92.2
#	Horizon	PiRate
91	Northern Kentucky	105.2
141	Wright St.	101.8
196	IUPUI	98.3
202	Green Bay	97.6
207	Oakland	97.4
212	Illinois Chicago	97.2
253	Detroit	94.9
275	Youngstown St.	93.9
300	Milwaukee	92.6
306	Cleveland St.	92.0
#	Ivy	PiRate
77	Yale	106.2
118	Harvard	103.6
130	Penn	103.0
147	Brown	101.2
167	Princeton	99.8
184	Dartmouth	98.6
223	Cornell	96.6
237	Columbia	95.9
#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
188	Rider	98.6
219	Quinnipiac	96.9
224	Iona	96.6
232	Marist	96.2
247	Canisius	95.2
251	Siena	95.0
283	Monmouth	93.4
289	Fairfield	93.2
299	Niagara	92.6
313	Manhattan	91.3
315	Saint Peter’s	91.2
#	Mid-American	PiRate
23	Buffalo	113.3
60	Toledo	107.7
105	Bowling Green	104.3
109	Ball St.	104.2
116	Akron	103.7
143	Central Michigan	101.5
144	Kent St.	101.5
145	Miami (O)	101.4
153	Northern Illinois	100.7
166	Eastern Michigan	99.8
221	Ohio	96.8
267	Western Michigan	94.2
#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
255	Norfolk St.	94.9
282	North Carolina Central	93.4
286	Bethune Cookman	93.3
307	North Carolina A&T	92.0
311	Howard	91.4
321	Florida A&M	90.3
333	Morgan St.	88.5
338	South Carolina St.	87.3
347	Coppin St.	85.3
349	Savannah St.	84.5
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9
352	Delaware St.	79.8
#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
114	Loyola (Chi)	103.9
135	Drake	102.2
146	Southern Illinois	101.3
148	Missouri St.	101.1
173	Bradley	99.4
183	Northern Iowa	98.6
185	Illinois St.	98.6
192	Valparaiso	98.5
220	Indiana St.	96.8
231	Evansville	96.3
#	Mountain West	PiRate
12	Nevada	116.0
47	Utah St.	109.4
58	Fresno St.	107.9
117	San Diego St.	103.7
131	Boise St.	102.8
154	UNLV	100.6
164	New Mexico	100.0
201	Colorado St.	97.8
260	Air Force	94.5
320	Wyoming	90.4
341	San Jose St.	86.0
#	Northeast	PiRate
233	St. Francis PA	96.0
241	Fairleigh Dickinson	95.5
244	Sacred Heart	95.3
249	Robert Morris	95.0
258	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.7
266	Long Island	94.3
272	Wagner	94.1
302	Central Connecticut	92.3
326	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7
332	Bryant	88.7
#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
56	Murray St.	108.2
62	Belmont	107.6
119	Austin Peay	103.6
121	Jacksonville St.	103.4
252	Eastern Kentucky	94.9
259	Morehead St.	94.7
287	Eastern Illinois	93.2
294	Tennessee St.	93.0
295	UT Martin	92.9
314	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2
328	Tennessee Tech	89.1
335	SIU Edwardsville	88.0
#	Pac-12	PiRate
41	Washington	110.4
52	Arizona St.	108.5
57	Oregon	108.2
75	Colorado	106.4
81	Oregon St.	106.1
84	Arizona	105.9
86	USC	105.8
89	UCLA	105.3
103	Stanford	104.3
115	Utah	103.8
189	Washington St.	98.5
277	California	93.8
#	Patriot	PiRate
140	Bucknell	101.9
149	Colgate	101.1
151	Lehigh	100.9
199	American	97.9
217	Holy Cross	96.9
235	Boston University	96.0
238	Army	95.7
280	Loyola (MD)	93.5
288	Lafayette	93.2
305	Navy	92.2
#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Kentucky	118.3
7	Tennessee	118.3
13	Auburn	115.8
22	LSU	113.4
24	Mississippi St.	113.2
32	Florida	111.8
40	Mississippi	110.5
55	Alabama	108.4
63	Arkansas	107.5
88	South Carolina	105.5
96	Texas A&M	105.0
97	Missouri	104.7
125	Georgia	103.4
128	Vanderbilt	103.1
#	Southern	PiRate
31	Wofford	111.9
61	Furman	107.7
72	East Tennessee St.	106.5
90	UNC Greensboro	105.2
158	Samford	100.5
172	Mercer	99.5
246	The Citadel	95.3
264	Chattanooga	94.4
292	Western Carolina	93.1
317	VMI	90.9
#	Southland	PiRate
155	Abilene Christian	100.6
174	Sam Houston St.	99.3
228	Lamar	96.5
262	Southeastern Louisiana	94.4
278	New Orleans	93.6
284	Texas A&M CC	93.4
290	Houston Baptist	93.1
291	Stephen F. Austin	93.1
303	Central Arkansas	92.2
318	Nicholls St.	90.7
325	McNeese St.	89.8
336	Northwestern St.	88.0
342	Incarnate Word	85.8
#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
210	Texas Southern	97.3
248	Prairie View A&M	95.0
261	Grambling St.	94.5
316	Alabama St.	91.2
327	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.7
329	Jackson St.	89.1
339	Southern	87.2
346	Alabama A&M	85.3
348	Alcorn St.	85.0
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.7
#	Summit	PiRate
76	South Dakota St.	106.3
168	Omaha	99.7
171	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.6
198	North Dakota St.	98.0
234	South Dakota	96.0
274	North Dakota	93.9
293	Western Illinois	93.0
296	Oral Roberts	92.8
309	Denver	91.6
#	Sun Belt	PiRate
108	Texas St.	104.2
112	Georgia Southern	104.0
126	Georgia St.	103.3
150	Louisiana Monroe	101.0
157	Coastal Carolina	100.6
181	UT Arlington	98.9
182	Louisiana	98.8
191	Appalachian St.	98.5
206	Little Rock	97.4
216	South Alabama	96.9
226	Troy	96.5
265	Arkansas St.	94.4
#	West Coast	PiRate
2	Gonzaga	123.8
44	Saint Mary’s	109.5
54	San Francisco	108.4
74	BYU	106.4
93	San Diego	105.2
139	Loyola Marymount	101.9
163	Pepperdine	100.0
203	Pacific	97.6
213	Santa Clara	97.2
324	Portland	89.8
#	Western Athletic	PiRate
65	New Mexico St.	107.3
95	Grand Canyon	105.1
123	Utah Valley	103.4
190	Seattle	98.5
200	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.8
208	Cal St. Bakersfield	97.3
209	California Baptist	97.3
243	Missouri Kansas City	95.4
353	Chicago St.	79.5

 

Rating of Conferences

#	League		PiRate Avg.
1	Big Ten		111.7
2	Atlantic Coast		111.6
3	Big 12		111.3
4	Southeastern		109.9
5	Big East		108.4
6	Pac-12		104.7
7	American Athletic		104.7
8	West Coast		104.0
9	Mid-American		102.4
10	Atlantic 10		101.2
11	Mountain West		100.8
12	Ivy		100.6
13	Southern		100.5
14	Missouri Valley		99.7
15	Sun Belt		99.5
16	Conference USA		98.7
17	Western Athletic		97.9
18	Colonial Athletic		97.7
19	Horizon		97.1
20	Patriot		96.9
21	Summit		96.8
22	Big West		96.8
23	Ohio Valley		96.7
24	Atlantic Sun		96.4
25	Big South		96.0
26	America East		95.2
27	Big Sky		94.8
28	Metro Atlantic		94.6
29	Northeast		93.6
30	Southland		93.1
31	Southwestern Athletic		89.7
32	Mideastern Athletic		88.5

 

Conference Tournament Play Begins in just two weeks, when the Atlantic Sun Conference kicks off Championship Fortnight.

We will once again feature wall-to-wall coverage of the conference tournaments with daily Bracketology updates starting two weeks from today (March 4).

We have already formatted our text-based brackets for all 32 tournaments, and we will present the pairings in a much easier to read format.  Here is a sample of what each conference tournament bracket will look like.

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Oklahoma 18-13	9	West Virginia 15-16
7	Baylor 17-14	10	Oklahoma State 14-17
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iowa St. 24-7	8/9	Oklahoma/West Virginia
4	Texas Tech 22-9	5	TCU 20-11
2	Kansas 24-7	7/10	Baylor/Oklahoma St.
3	Kansas St. 23-8	6	Texas 17-14
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1/8/9	ISU/OKL/WVU	4/5	TTU/TCU
2/7/10	KU/BU/OK ST	3/6	KST/TEX
Championship Game–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team

 

Here is the list of conferences with the beginning and championship dates and the locations of their festivities.

League	Start	Finals	City
American East	March 9	March 16	Campus
American Athletic	March 14	March 17	Memphis
Atlantic 10	March 13	March 17	Brooklyn
Atlantic Coast	March 12	March 16	Charlotte
Atlantic Sun	March 4	March 10	Campus
Big 12	March 13	March 16	Kansas City
Big East	March 13	March 16	New York
Big Sky	March 13	March 16	Boise, ID
Big South	March 5	March 10	Campus
Big Ten	March 13	March 17	Chicago
Big West	March 14	March 16	Anaheim
Colonial	March 9	March 12	N. Charleston, SC
Conference USA	March 13	March 16	Frisco, TX
Horizon	March 5	March 16	Detroit
Ivy	March 16	March 17	New Haven,CT
Metro Atlantic	March 7	March 11	Albany, NY
Mid-American	March 11	March 16	Cleveland
Mideastern Athletic	March 12	March 16	Norfolk, VA
Missouri Valley	March 7	March 10	St. Louis
Mountain West	March 13	March 16	Las Vegas
Northeast	March 6	March 12	Campus
Ohio Valley	March 6	March 9	Evansville, IN
Pac-12	March 13	March 16	Las Vegas
Patriot	March 5	March 13	Campus
Southeastern	March 13	March 17	Nashville
Southern	March 8	March 11	Asheville, NC
Southland	March 13	March 16	Katy, TX
Summit	March 9	March 12	Sioux Falls, SD
Sun Belt	March 12	March 17	New Orleans
Southwestern Athletic	March 12	March 16	Birmingham
Western Athletic	March 14	March 16	Las Vegas
West Coast	March 7	March 12	Las Vegas

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Conference Tournament Update–March 1, 2018

Conference Tournament Action From Last Night

Big Ten Conference Tournament
First Round–February 28
Iowa 96	Illinois 87
Rutgers 65	Minnesota 54

Updated Big Ten Bracket

Second Round–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
12:00 PM	#8 Maryland	#9 Wisconsin	Big Ten
2:15 PM	#5 Michigan	Iowa	Big Ten
6:30 PM	#7 Penn St.	#10 Northwestern	Big Ten
8:45 PM	#6 Indiana	Rutgers	Big Ten
Quarterfinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
12:00 PM	#1 Michigan St.	Mary or Wisc	Big Ten
2:15 PM	#4 Nebraska	Michigan or Iowa	Big Ten
6:30 PM	#2 Ohio St.	PSU or N’Western	Big Ten
8:45 PM	#3 Purdue	Indiana or Rutgers	Big Ten
Semifinals–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
2:00 PM	MSU/Mary/Wisc	Neb/Mich/Iowa	CBS
4:30 PM	OSU/Purd/NW	Purd/Ind/Rutg	CBS
Championship–March 4
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
4:30 PM			CBS

 

Northeast Conference Tournament
First Round–February 28
Wagner 73	Central Connecticut 61
Robert Morris 60	Mount St. Mary’s 56
Fairleigh-Dickinson 84	St. Francis (Pa) 75
Long Island 73	St. Francis (Bkn) 50

Updated Northeast Conference Bracket

Semifinals–March 3
Time	Home Team	Visitors	TV
12:00 PM	#1 Wagner	#7 Robert Morris	ESPN3
2:00 PM	#4 Long Island	#6 Fairleigh-Dickinson	ESPN3
Championship–March 6
Time	Home Team	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	ESPN2

 

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
First Round–February 28
Tennessee Tech 60	SIU-Edwardsville 51
Eastern Illinois 73	Tennessee St. 71

Updated Ohio Valley Conference Bracket

Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
6:30 PM	#4 Jacksonville St.	Tennessee Tech	OVC
9:00 PM	#3 Austin Peay	Eastern Illinois	OVC
Semifinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Murray St.	Jax. St. or Tenn Tech	ESPNU
9:30 PM	#2 Belmont	APSU or E. Illinois	ESPNU
Championship–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM			ESPN2

 

Other Conference Tournaments in Action Today

Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament

All Games Played at Higher Seed

All Times EST

Semifinals–March 1
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Florida Gulf Coast	#5 North Florida	ESPN3
8:00 PM	#2 Lipscomb	#3 Jacksonville	ESPN3

 

Big South Conference Tournament

Championship Game at Higher Seed

Quarterfinals and Semfinals at #1 Seed UNC-Asheville

All Times EST

Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
1:00 PM	#2 Radford	#10 Longwood	ESPN3
3:30 PM	#3 Winthrop	#6 Gardner-Webb	ESPN3
7:00 PM	#1 UNC-Asheville	#8 Charleston Southern	ESPN3
9:30 PM	#4 Campbell	#5 Liberty	ESPN3

 

Patriot League Tournament

All Games Played at Higher Seed

All Times EST

Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Bucknell	#8 Loyola (MD)	Stadium
7:00 PM	#4 Lehigh	#5 Boston U	Stadium
7:00 PM	#2 Colgate	#7 Lafayette	Stadium
7:00 PM	#3 Navy	#6 Holy Cross	Stadium

 

Conference Tournaments Beginning Today

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament
Albany, NY
All Times EST
First Round–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
5:00 PM	#8 Monmouth	#9 St. Peter’s	ESPN3
7:30 PM	#7 Quinnipiac	#10 Siena	ESPN3
10:00 PM	#6 Fairfield	#11 Marist	ESPN3
Quarterfinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Rider	Monmouth or St. Peter’s	ESPN3
9:30 PM	#2 Canisius	Quinn. or Siena	ESPN3
Quarterfinals–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM	#3 Niagara	Fair. or Marist	ESPN3
9:30 PM	#4 Iona	#5 Manhattan	ESPN3
Semifinals–March 4
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM	Rider/Monm/St. P	Iona or Manhattan	ESPN3
9:30 PM	Can/Quinn/Siena	Niag/Fair/Marist	ESPN3
Championship–March 5
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM			TBA

While Rider and Canisius tied for the regular season conference championship, there are two other teams to watch closely in this tournament.  Iona has the best offense in the league, and in a tournament, sometimes the team that plays loose and can fill it up from outside will get a large lead against the other team that begins tight and cannot hit their perimeter shots.  Iona is the two-time defending tournament champion, and until the Gaels lose, they are our favorite to win it again, even as the four-seed.

The other team to watch from back of the pack is Fairfield, the hottest team in the league entering the tournament.  The Stags match up quite well with Niagara, who they would face in the quarterfinal round if they win tonight.

 

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
St. Louis (Arch Madness)
All Times CST
First Round–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
6:00 PM	#8 Evansville	#9 Northern Iowa	ESPN3
8:30 PM	#7 Missouri St.	#10 Valparaiso	ESPN3
Quarterfinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
12:00 PM	#1 Loyola (Chi.)	Evansville or UNI	ESPN3
2:30 PM	#4 Drake	#5 Bradley	ESPN3
6:00 PM	#2 Southern Illinois	MSU or Valpo	ESPN3
8:30 PM	#3 Illinois St.	#6 Indiana St.	ESPN3
Semifinals–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
2:30 PM	Loyola/Evans/UNI	Drake or Bradley	CBSSN
5:00 PM	SIU/MSU/Valpo	Ill St. or Ind St.	CBSSN
Championship–March 4
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
1:00 PM			CBS

Without Wichita State playing bully on the rest of the league, it was thought that the Valley would be a wide open race this year with a host of teams competing for the regular season and tournament championships.  However, Loyola (Chi.), with five players averaging double figure scoring, has been nearly unstoppable in conference play this year.  The Ramblers have only been to a single NCAA Tournament since their heydays of the 1960’s,   Loyola enters Arch Madness on a 14 for 15 winning streak.

If any other team wins this tournament, it will be a major upset and will produce a 15-seed or worse.  Loyola could be a 13-seed as the Tournament Champions.

There is one team from way back in the pack that has the potential to sneak into the semifinals.  Northern Iowa is the number 9 seed.  If they beat Evansville tonight, they might be the team that can match up best with Loyola, who they would face tomorrow.  If they were to eliminate the Goliath, then there isn’t another team in the field any better than the Panthers.

 

PiRate Ratings Conference Tournament Update–February 28, 2018

Conference Tournament Results From Last Night

Big South Conference Tournament
First Round–February 27
Longwood   68	High Point   55
Charleston Southern   68	Presbyterian   51

Big South Bracket Update

Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
1:00 PM	#2 Radford	#10 Longwood	ESPN3
3:30 PM	#3 Winthrop	#6 Gardner-Webb	ESPN3
7:00 PM	#1 UNC-Asheville	#8 Charleston Southern	ESPN3
9:30 PM	#4 Campbell	#5 Liberty	ESPN3
Semifinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
6:00 PM	Radford or Longwood	Winthrop/G-Webb	ESPN3
8:30 PM	UNCA/Chas. Southern	Campbell or Liberty	ESPN3
Championship–March 4
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
1:00 PM	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	ESPN

 

Patriot League Tournament
First Round–February 27
Lafayette   93	American   86
Loyola (MD)   82	Army   79

Patriot League Bracket Update

Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Bucknell	#8 Loyola (MD)	Stadium
7:00 PM	#4 Lehigh	#5 Boston U	Stadium
7:00 PM	#2 Colgate	#7 Lafayette	Stadium
7:00 PM	#3 Navy	#6 Holy Cross	Stadium
Semifinals–March 4
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
12/2	Bucknell or Loyola	Lehigh or Boston U	CBSSN
12/2	Colgate or Lafayette	Navy or Holy Cross	CBSSN
Championship–March 7
Time	Home	Visitors	TV
7:30 PM			CBSSN

Conference Tournaments in Action Today

Big Ten Conference Tournament
New York City
All Times EST
First Round–February 28
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
5:30 PM	#12 Iowa	#13 Illinois	Big Ten
7:45 PM	#11 Minnesota	#14 Rutgers	Big Ten
Second Round–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
12:00 PM	#8 Maryland	#9 Wisconsin	Big Ten
2:15 PM	#5 Michigan	Iowa or Illinois	Big Ten
6:30 PM	#7 Penn St.	#10 Northwestern	Big Ten
8:45 PM	#6 Indiana	Minn. or Rutgers	Big Ten
Quarterfinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
12:00 PM	#1 Michigan St.	Mary or Wisc	Big Ten
2:15 PM	#4 Nebraska	Mich/Iowa/Ill	Big Ten
6:30 PM	#2 Ohio St.	PSU or N’Western	Big Ten
8:45 PM	#3 Purdue	Ind/Minn/Rutg	Big Ten
Semifinals–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
2:00 PM	MSU/Mary/Wisc	Neb/Mich/Iowa/Ill	CBS
4:30 PM	OSU/Purd/NW	Purd/Ind/Minn/Rutg	CBS
Championship–March 4
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
4:30 PM			CBS

The Big Ten Tournament was moved up a week so that it could be held at Madison Square Garden in New York.  The Big East has dibs on next week.  You won’t find one Big Ten coach happy with this decision, and Commissioner Jim Delany has stated that the Big Ten will not squeeze its schedule again to hold its tournament a week earlier than normal.

Two of the four coaches participating tonight have been reported to be on hot seats with their schools, but we tend to believe they will both be back next year despite poor seasons this year.  Minnesota’s Richard Pitino has had to deal with a suspension of his top player and injuries to multiple contributing players, so that the Gophers have not been able to practice 5 on 5 during conference tournament action. UM lost nine games in a row before winning on senior night over Iowa, and the Gophers enter tournament play below .500 at 15-16 after being ranked as high as 12th in the AP poll in November.

Speaking of Iowa, some media outlets report that Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery is on the hot seat and could lose his job once Iowa has been eliminated from this tournament.  McCaffery received a lucrative extension last year, and we do not think the university would ante up such a large buyout.

As for this tournament, two teams are desperate to win multiple games to get into the NCAA Tournament.  Nebraska (13-5/22-9) is not even on the list of first 6 teams out.  The Cornhuskers must get to the Semifinals of this tournament just to get into the conversation, and they probably need to make it to the Championship Game to have any chance to make the field.

Penn State (9-9/19-12) has no chance other than to win the tournament.  In some years, a .500 record in the Big Ten would have been enough to get a team in the field, but with the new quadrant system in place and the fact that conference won-loss records no longer factor into the selection process, the Nittany Lions have no chance other than to win the automatic bid.

Michigan State has won 12 games in a row and looks like the clear favorite, but the top seed has not been all that successful in this tournament.  With the schedule bunched together, the four teams with double byes (MSU, Ohio St., Purdue, and Nebraska) have huge advantages.  A Nebraska-Michigan State semifinal game would be can’t miss for sure, with the Spartans vying for a #1 seed, and the Cornhuskers faced with a must-win to get in dilemma.  Michigan is the defending tournament champions.  The Wolverines won from back in the pack last year.

Northeast Conference Tournament
All Games at Higher Seed
Top 8 Teams Qualify and Tournament Re-seeds after Quarterfinals
All Times EST
Quarterfinals–February 28
Time	Home Team	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Wagner	#8 Central Connecticut	NEC *
7:00 PM	#2 Mount St. Mary’s	#7 Robert Morris	NEC *
7:00 PM	#3 St. Francis (PA)	#6 Fairleigh-Dickinson	NEC *
7:00 PM	#4 Long Island	#5 St. Francis (Bkn)	NEC *
* NEC Front Row at http://necfrontrow.com/
Semifinals–March 3
Time	Home Team	Visitors	TV
12:00 PM	Highest Remaining	Lowest Remaining	ESPN3
2:00 PM	2nd Highest	3rd Highest	ESPN3
Championship–March 6
Time	Home Team	Visitors	TV
7:00 PM	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	ESPN2

This tournament is a toss-up with seven teams capable of winning it all.  The fact that the higher seeds host the games, and the tournament re-seeds after the quarterfinals really helps the top two seeds, but the next five teams are strong enough to win on the road.

Third-seeded St. Francis (Pa.) enters the tournament riding a five-game winning streak, but the Red Flash were wiped off the floor by top-seed Wagner twice this year.  Fourth-seed Long Island and Sixth-seed Fairleigh Dickinson match up quite well with Wagner and both beat the Seahawks on their home floors, while losing close games at Wagner.

 

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Evansville, IN
Top 8 Teams Qualify, Southeast Missouri ineligible due to low APR Scores
All Times CST
First Round–February 28
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
6:30 PM	#5 Tennessee Tech	#8 SIU-Edwardsville	OVC
9:00 PM	#6 Tennessee St.	#7 Eastern Illinois	OVC
OVC Network at http://www.ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch
Quarterfinals–March 1
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
6:30 PM	#4 Jacksonville St.	Tenn Tech or SIU-E	OVC
9:00 PM	#3 Austin Peay	TSU or EIU	OVC
Semifinals–March 2
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM	#1 Murray St.	JSU/TTU/SIU-E	ESPNU
9:30 PM	#2 Belmont	APSU/TSU/EIU	ESPNU
Championship–March 3
Time	Higher Seed	Lower Seed	TV
7:00 PM			ESPN2

The OVC Tournament moves away from Nashville this year to Evansville, and with it goes Belmont’s home town advantage (the tournament was played downtown at the old Municpal Auditorium and not on Belmont’s campus).

The move up the road 125 miles should help top-seed Murray State, and in this league the top two seeds receive staggering advantages, getting byes to the semifinal round.

We’d be surprised if Belmont and Murray didn’t meet in the championship, but Austin Peay and Jacksonville State will have a lot to say about that.  We do not see any of the other four teams having much chance to make it all the way to the championship.  The OVC will be the first team to place a team into the field of 68.