Home | Visitor | Spread |
Belmont | Drake | -0.2 |
Canisius | Manhattan | 5.1 |
Cleveland St. | IUPUI | 19.8 |
East Carolina | Wichita St. | -1.8 |
Fairfield | Rider | 1.6 |
George Mason | Saint Joseph’s | 6.6 |
Illinois Chicago | Bradley | 9.8 |
Illinois St. | Southern Illinois | -5.3 |
Iona | Quinnipiac | 7.7 |
Iowa | Rutgers | 1.2 |
Lehigh | Boston U. | 1.9 |
Marist | Siena | -4.5 |
Penn St. | Michigan | 3.6 |
Purdue | Michigan St. | 8.7 |
Robert Morris | Oakland | 2.8 |
SMU | South Florida | 1.1 |
St. John’s | Georgetown | 13.2 |
Tulsa | Memphis | -13.1 |
UNC Greensboro | Furman | 0.4 |
Villanova | Providence | -0.6 |
Youngstown St. | Detroit | 8.3 |
January 29, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 29, 2023
January 26, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 26, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Abilene Christian | Grand Canyon | -4.9 |
Appalachian St. | Georgia St. | 5.7 |
Bellarmine | Eastern Kentucky | -0.7 |
Cal Poly | Long Beach St. | -3.3 |
Cal St. Bakersfield | UC Davis | -4.7 |
Cal St. Fullerton | UC Irvine | -2.8 |
Cal St. Northridge | UC San Diego | 0.9 |
Central Arkansas | North Florida | -3.2 |
Central Connecticut St. | Merrimack | 2.7 |
Eastern Washington | Idaho St. | 9.5 |
Elon | Hofstra | -11.7 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | St. Francis (PA) | 2.1 |
Florida Atlantic | Middle Tennessee | 9.5 |
Florida Intl. | Western Kentucky | -3.2 |
Hampton | Delaware | -7.9 |
Idaho | Weber St. | -2.0 |
Incarnate Word | McNeese St. | -0.1 |
Jacksonville St. | Lipscomb | -3.6 |
James Madison | Coastal Carolina | 12.4 |
Kennesaw St. | Austin Peay | 9.5 |
Lamar | Texas A&M-Commerce | -6.1 |
Liberty | Stetson | 11.2 |
Louisiana | Troy | 3.3 |
Loyola Marymount | Portland | 7.5 |
Marshall | Louisiana Monroe | 16.7 |
Memphis | SMU | 14.9 |
Michigan | Purdue | -4.7 |
Michigan St. | Iowa | 1.7 |
Morehead St. | Little Rock | 7.2 |
Mount St. Mary’s | Fairfield | -0.1 |
North Alabama | Jacksonville | -4.2 |
North Carolina A&T | Drexel | -2.8 |
North Texas | UTSA | 18.9 |
Northern Kentucky | Green Bay | 18.2 |
Northwestern St. | Houston Christian | 13.0 |
Oral Roberts | Denver | 16.8 |
Oregon | Colorado | 3.2 |
Oregon St. | Utah | -8.7 |
Pepperdine | San Diego | 3.7 |
Portland St. | Montana St. | -3.2 |
Queens | Florida Gulf Coast | 0.1 |
Radford | Longwood | 1.6 |
Rice | Charlotte | -0.9 |
Sacramento St. | Montana | 0.3 |
Sacred Heart | Long Island | 13.2 |
Sam Houston | Seattle | 6.1 |
South Alabama | Old Dominion | 2.4 |
Southeast Louisiana | New Orleans | 8.8 |
Southeast Missouri St. | Tennessee St. | 5.9 |
Southern Indiana | Eastern Illinois | 10.3 |
Southern Miss. | Arkansas St. | 14.4 |
Southern Utah | Utah Valley | -0.1 |
St. Thomas | South Dakota St. | -0.3 |
Tarleton St. | Utah Tech | 3.0 |
Tennessee Tech | SIU Edwardsville | -2.4 |
Texas A&M-CC | Nicholls St. | 2.6 |
Texas St. | Georgia Southern | 3.2 |
Towson | Northeastern | 9.7 |
UAB | Louisiana Tech | 8.9 |
UMKC | Omaha | 6.9 |
UNC Wilmington | Monmouth | 19.5 |
USC | UCLA | -6.0 |
UT Martin | Lindenwood | 9.3 |
Wagner | St. Francis (NY) | 10.5 |
Washington | Arizona St. | -1.9 |
Washington St. | Arizona | -4.1 |
Western Illinois | South Dakota | 4.2 |
William & Mary | Stony Brook | 3.7 |
Wright St. | Milwaukee | 1.8 |
January 15, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 15, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Canisius | Siena | -2.5 |
Connecticut | Saint John’s | 13.2 |
East Carolina | South Florida | 0.2 |
Iona | Rider | 13.0 |
Iowa | Maryland | 3.9 |
Michigan | Northwestern | 2.8 |
Missouri St. | Indiana St. | 0.8 |
Mount St. Mary’s | Quinnipiac | -4.3 |
Niagara | Marist | 7.8 |
Rutgers | Ohio St. | 3.6 |
Saint Peter’s | Fairfield | 0.9 |
Temple | Memphis | -6.0 |
Xavier | Marquette | 3.1 |
January 13, 2023
PiRate Ratings Bracketology
Date | 1/13/2023 | |||||
Seed | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
1 | Kansas | Purdue | Houston | Alabama | ||
2 | Tennessee | UCLA | Connecticut | Arizona | ||
3 | Texas | Kansas St. | Gonzaga | Xavier | ||
4 | Iowa St. | Marquette | Virginia | Miami (Fl) | ||
5 | Arkansas | San Diego St. | TCU | Duke | ||
6 | Baylor | Auburn | Rutgers | Providence | ||
7 | Saint Mary’s | Ohio St. | Missouri | Illinois | ||
8 | North Carolina | North Carolina St. | Michigan St. | Florida Atlantic | ||
9 | Wisconsin | New Mexico | Arizona St. | Maryland | ||
10 | West Virginia | Northwestern | Charleston | Clemson | ||
11 | Creighton | Utah St. | Penn St. | Iowa | Indiana | |
12 | Kent St. | Dayton | Utah Valley | Memphis | Mississippi St. | |
13 | Iona | Oral Roberts | Liberty | Indiana St. | ||
14 | UC-Irvine | Princeton | UMass Lowell | Troy | ||
15 | Samford | Colgate | Longwood | SIU Edwardsville | ||
16 | Eastern Washington | Youngstown St. | Southern | Texas A&M-CC | Fairleigh Dickinson | Norfolk St. |
Last 4 Byes: Clemson, Creighton, Utah St., Penn St.
Last 4 In: Iowa, Indiana, Memphis, Mississippi St.
First 4 Out: Virginia Tech, Boise St., Pittsburgh, Central Florida
Next 4 Out: Nevada, Wake Forest, Kentucky, Oklahoma St.
January 12, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 12, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Appalachian St. | Georgia Southern | 4.0 |
Arkansas St. | Texas St. | -3.7 |
Austin Peay | Lipscomb | 1.2 |
Bellarmine | Stetson | 0.8 |
BYU | Gonzaga | -6.0 |
Denver | North Dakota St. | 0.8 |
Detroit | Youngstown St. | -2.8 |
Eastern Illinois | SIU Edwardsville | -8.4 |
Eastern Kentucky | Florida Gulf Coast | -4.1 |
Georgia St. | Troy | -3.3 |
Grand Canyon | UT Arlington | 12.8 |
Green Bay | Wright St. | -9.3 |
Houston Christian | Texas A&M-Commerce | -5.3 |
Incarnate Word | New Orleans | 0.8 |
Iowa | Michigan | 5.6 |
IUPUI | Purdue Ft. Wayne | -16.6 |
Jacksonville St. | North Florida | 0.2 |
Kennesaw St. | Jacksonville | 1.4 |
Lamar | Nicholls St. | -10.7 |
Liberty | North Alabama | 17.1 |
Long Beach St. | Cal Poly | 7.5 |
Louisiana Monroe | Louisiana | -6.9 |
Marshall | Southern Miss. | 6.5 |
Milwaukee | Northern Kentucky | 2.5 |
Montana | Weber St. | 4.7 |
Montana St. | Idaho St. | 10.0 |
Northwestern St. | McNeese St. | 7.5 |
Oakland | Robert Morris | 1.9 |
Ohio St. | Minnesota | 18.5 |
Old Dominion | Coastal Carolina | 5.8 |
Omaha | North Dakota | 4.3 |
Oral Roberts | Western Illinois | 14.7 |
Oregon | Arizona St. | 3.0 |
Oregon St. | Arizona | -15.9 |
Portland | San Francisco | -2.0 |
Portland St. | Northern Arizona | 6.7 |
Queens | Central Arkansas | 12.0 |
Sacramento St. | Northern Colorado | 5.3 |
Saint Mary’s | Loyola Marymount | 13.0 |
San Diego | Pepperdine | 1.3 |
Seattle | New Mexico St. | 3.1 |
South Alabama | James Madison | -5.3 |
Southeast Missouri St. | Lindenwood | 7.6 |
Southern Indiana | Little Rock | 7.8 |
Southern Utah | Sam Houston | -2.6 |
Stony Brook | Drexel | -5.3 |
Tennessee St. | UT Martin | 2.3 |
Tennessee Tech | Morehead St. | 0.3 |
Texas A&M-CC | Southeastern Louisiana | 7.5 |
UCLA | Utah | 11.2 |
UMKC | St. Thomas | 0.4 |
UNC Asheville | Longwood | -1.7 |
USC | Colorado | 1.5 |
Utah Tech | Stephen F. Austin | -0.6 |
Washington | Stanford | 1.1 |
January 8, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 8, 2023
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Albany | UMass Lowell | -10.7 |
American | Boston | 5.3 |
Arizona St. | Washington | 8.6 |
Bryant | UMBC | 5.9 |
Central Florida | SMU | 12.1 |
Cincinnati | Houston | -10.2 |
Eastern Kentucky | Liberty | -9.1 |
Holy Cross | Loyola (MD) | 2.0 |
Indiana | Northwestern | 7.7 |
Lafayette | Bucknell | 1.1 |
Maine | NJIT | 5.8 |
Manhattan | Niagara | -3.3 |
Marist | Mount St. Mary’s | -2.0 |
Maryland | Ohio St. | -1.2 |
Navy | Lehigh | 9.0 |
New Hampshire | Vermont | -6.5 |
Northern Kentucky | Detroit | 2.9 |
Penn St. | Purdue | -5.3 |
Quinnipiac | Iona | -6.6 |
Rutgers | Iowa | 6.7 |
Saint Peter’s | Canisius | 2.2 |
Siena | Rider | 4.2 |
South Florida | Wichita St. | -0.2 |
Wright St. | Oakland | 6.2 |
PiRates Take On NCAA Tournament Expansion
There has been talk of expanding the NCAA Tournament from the current 68 teams up to potentially 90. We do not think that is a great option, but we do believe that expanding by four to 72 would be worthwhile. Enough new schools have been added to the ranks of Division I since the tournament expanded from 64 to 65 to 68.
We would alter how the tournament is seeded in a 72-team field. Because the new Division I teams are among the bottom of the now 363 teams in power ratings, the four new seeds should be bottom seeds. How about making the #15 and #16 seeds the bottom 16 automatic qualifiers in the Dance? That means there woud be eight, 15-seeds and eight, 16-seeds. All 15’s and 16’s would begin the tournament in a First 16 Round. The tournament could keep the Dayton site for half the games and maybe use Denver for the other half.
This would eliminate the First Four games for the bottom at-large teams, but there would now be more spots for the at-large.
This would also suffice in placing a power conference team that pulls off a bunch of upsets to win their conference tournament. A team that goes 10-21 in the regular season and then wins four games in four days to earn an automatic bid at 14-21 could now be placed in one of those 15-seeds as one of the weakest automatic qualifiers.
January 5, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 5, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
UMBC | Albany | 9.4 |
Holy Cross | American | -8.1 |
South Alabama | Arkansas St. | 9.6 |
Loyola (MD) | Army | 0.7 |
Vermont | Bryant | 3.7 |
Loyola Marymount | BYU | -0.1 |
Cal St. Bakersfield | Cal Poly | 1.6 |
UC Riverside | Cal St. Fullerton | 6.4 |
Florida Int’l. | Charlotte | -8.0 |
Wichita St. | Cincinnati | -1.3 |
Appalachian St. | Coastal Carolina | 3.5 |
St. Thomas | Denver | 6.4 |
Towson | Drexel | 5.2 |
Tennessee Tech | Eastern Illinois | 3.4 |
Central Arkansas | Eastern Kentucky | -4.4 |
St. Francis (NY) | Fairleigh Dickinson | 1.2 |
Austin Peay | Florida Gulf Coast | -5.2 |
Louisiana Monroe | Georgia St. | -1.9 |
San Francisco | Gonzaga | -10.0 |
Sam Houston St. | Grand Canyon | 6.1 |
Purdue Ft. Wayne | Green Bay | 20.0 |
UC San Diego | Hawaii | -6.5 |
Hampton | Hofstra | -10.6 |
Southeastern Louisiana | Houston Christian | 9.8 |
Iowa | Indiana | 0.1 |
Stetson | Jacksonville | -0.6 |
Liberty | Jacksonville St. | 12.8 |
North Florida | Kennesaw St. | 0.5 |
Boston U. | Lafayette | 4.1 |
New Orleans | Lamar | 6.1 |
Bucknell | Lehigh | 7.5 |
Cal St. Northridge | Long Beach St. | -4.3 |
Central Connecticut St. | Long Island | 8.9 |
Rice | Louisiana Tech | 1.0 |
UMass Lowell | Maine | 12.6 |
Georgia Southern | Marshall | -7.4 |
Rutgers | Maryland | 5.8 |
UTSA | Middle Tennessee | -9.3 |
Cleveland St. | Milwaukee | 4.8 |
Northern Arizona | Montana | -3.0 |
Northern Colorado | Montana St. | -2.6 |
Colgate | Navy | 6.7 |
Binghamton | New Hampshire | -0.8 |
Texas A&M Commerce | Nicholls St. | -2.2 |
Lipscomb | North Alabama | 6.3 |
Western Kentucky | North Texas | -4.2 |
William & Mary | Northeastern | 0.4 |
McNeese St. | Northwestern St. | -3.4 |
Troy | Old Dominion | 4.3 |
Western Illinois | Omaha | 4.1 |
Colorado | Oregon | 2.2 |
Utah | Oregon St. | 16.4 |
San Diego | Pacific | 7.3 |
Eastern Washington | Portland St. | 5.4 |
Ohio St. | Purdue | 2.2 |
Bellarmine | Queens | -0.7 |
Youngstown St. | Robert Morris | 8.1 |
Idaho | Sacramento St. | -1.8 |
Merrimack | Sacred Heart | 0.3 |
Pepperdine | Santa Clara | -1.2 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Seattle | -7.1 |
Houston | SMU | 22.4 |
North Dakota | South Dakota | -1.7 |
North Dakota St. | South Dakota St. | -2.2 |
UT Martin | Southeast Missouri St. | 1.5 |
Morehead St. | Southern Indiana | 1.5 |
Louisiana | Southern Miss. | 1.2 |
Tarleton St. | Southern Utah | 0.3 |
Monmouth | Stony Brook | -2.6 |
SIU Edwardsville | Tennessee St. | 7.5 |
James Madison | Texas St. | 14.8 |
Florida Atlantic | UAB | 2.6 |
UC Davis | UC Irvine | -3.7 |
UCLA | USC | 14.1 |
Cal Baptist | Utah Tech | 3.4 |
UT Arlington | Utah Valley | -7.4 |
Stonehill | Wagner | -0.3 |
Arizona | Washington | 17.7 |
Arizona St. | Washington St. | 5.1 |
January 2, 2023
PiRate Ratings Bracketology
Date | 1/2/2023 | |||||
Seed | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
1 | Purdue | Houston | Connecticut | Kansas | ||
2 | Tennessee | Arizona | Alabama | UCLA | ||
3 | Texas | Virginia | Gonzaga | Arkansas | ||
4 | Duke | Baylor | Indiana | West Virginia | ||
5 | Ohio St. | Miami (Fla.) | Xavier | Wisconsin | ||
6 | Auburn | Kentucky | North Carolina | Iowa St. | ||
7 | San Diego St. | Virginia Tech | Illinois | Mississippi St. | ||
8 | Maryland | Marquette | Saint Mary’s | Missouri | ||
9 | New Mexico | Memphis | TCU | Kansas St. | ||
10 | Creighton | Texas Tech | Utah | Florida Atlantic | ||
11 | Penn St. | Utah St. | Oklahoma | Michigan St. | Rutgers | Arizona St. |
12 | Charleston | Kent St. | Iona | Dayton | ||
13 | James Madison | Indiana St. | UC-Irvine | Oral Roberts | ||
14 | UMass Lowell | Liberty | Princeton | Colgate | ||
15 | Utah Valley | UNC Greensboro | Northern Kentucky | Eastern Washington | ||
16 | Longwood | SIU Edwardsville | Grambling | Texas A&M CC | Norfolk St. | St. Francis PA |
Last Four Byes: Texas Tech, Utah, Penn St., Utah St.
Last Four In: Oklahoma, Michigan St., Rutgers, Arizona St.
First Four Out: Oklahoma St., Iowa, UAB, North Carolina St.
Next Four Out: Providence, Wake Forest, Northwestern, LSU
January 1, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 1, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Canisius | Mount St. Mary’s | 0.2 |
Dartmouth | Cornell | -7.2 |
DePaul | Providence | -4.3 |
Evansville | Murray St. | -6.1 |
Fairfield | Siena | -2.5 |
Georgetown | Butler | -3.0 |
Iona | Saint Peter’s | 17.3 |
Manhattan | Quinnipiac | -5.7 |
Michigan | Maryland | -2.0 |
Missouri St. | Drake | 0.2 |
Northwestern | Ohio St. | -1.8 |
Penn St. | Iowa | 1.5 |
SMU | Tulsa | 6.8 |
Southern Illinois | Belmont | 3.5 |
Temple | Cincinnati | -3.3 |
Tulane | Memphis | -5.1 |
UMBC | Vermont | -0.5 |
Valparaiso | Indiana St. | -7.0 |
Washington | UCLA | -11.4 |
Washington St. | USC | 1.6 |
December 29, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, December 29, 2022
Thursday, December 29, 2022 | ||
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Bellarmine | Liberty | -6.5 |
Butler | Providence | 1.8 |
Coastal Carolina | Louisiana | -1.5 |
Cal Poly | Cal St. Northridge | 4.1 |
California | Utah | -10.6 |
Charleston | Hampton | 19.0 |
Charlotte | Middle Tennessee | 3.7 |
Cincinnati | Tulane | 6.6 |
Cornell | Binghamton | 14.8 |
Cal St. Fullerton | UC Santa Barbara | -3.6 |
Delaware | Hofstra | -0.9 |
Denver | UMKC | 2.9 |
DePaul | Georgetown | 5.2 |
Detroit | Green Bay | 15.2 |
Drake | Valparaiso | 15.4 |
Drexel | Elon | 12.4 |
E. Illinois | Lindenwood | 3.4 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | Merrimack | 4.1 |
Furman | VMI | 15.5 |
Georgia Southern | South Alabama | -3.1 |
Gardner Webb | Charleston Southern | 10.3 |
Georgia St. | James Madison | -8.8 |
Grand Canyon | Cal Baptist | 6.5 |
Howard | La Salle | 0.2 |
Idaho St. | N. Arizona | -0.7 |
Illinois | Bethune Cookman | 28.6 |
Indiana St. | Evansville | 13.3 |
Louisiana Tech | UTSA | 12.3 |
Long Beach St. | UC San Diego | 9.4 |
Little Rock | UT Martin | -1.4 |
Long Island | Wagner | -7.2 |
Longwood | High Point | 5.8 |
Marshall | Appalachian St. | 10.3 |
Maryland | UMBC | 19.4 |
Memphis | South Florida | 16.0 |
Michigan | Central Michigan | 20.3 |
Montana | Eastern Washington | 3.3 |
Montana St. | Idaho | 10.9 |
Murray St. | Southern Illinois | -0.5 |
Northern Kentucky | Wright St. | 1.1 |
Omaha | Oral Roberts | -11.5 |
Nebraska | Iowa | -4.1 |
North Texas | Florida Atlantic | 0.4 |
Northeastern | North Carolina A&T | 3.9 |
Northwestern | Brown | 16.0 |
Oakland | Milwaukee | -1.4 |
Ohio St. | Alabama A&M | 27.4 |
Old Dominion | Arkansas St. | 10.6 |
Pacific | BYU | -7.4 |
Penn St. | Delaware St. | 30.8 |
Portland | Loyola Marymount | 1.6 |
Presbyterian | Campbell | -2.8 |
Purdue | Florida A&M | 34.1 |
Queens | Austin Peay | 6.3 |
Robert Morris | Purdue Ft. Wayne | -2.8 |
South Dakota St. | Western Illinois | 7.2 |
Sacred Heart | Stonehill | 3.8 |
Saint Mary’s | San Diego | 16.4 |
Santa Clara | San Francisco | 0.7 |
USC Upstate | Winthrop | -1.9 |
Stephen F. Austin | Abilene Christian | 3.0 |
SIU-Edwardsville | Tennessee Tech | 10.0 |
Southern Indiana | Southeast Missouri St. | 3.6 |
Southern Miss. | Troy | 3.3 |
South Dakota | St. Thomas | -2.1 |
St. Francis PA | Central Connecticut | 2.7 |
Stanford | Colorado | 1.9 |
Tarleton St. | UT Arlington | 7.5 |
Tennessee St. | Morehead St. | 2.2 |
Texas St. | Louisiana Monroe | 9.3 |
The Citadel | Chattanooga | -6.7 |
UAB | UTEP | 15.8 |
UC Riverside | Cal St. Bakersfield | 10.0 |
UNC Asheville | Radford | 2.3 |
Utah Tech | UT Rio Grande Valley | 9.4 |
Utah Valley | Sam Houston | -1.4 |
Western Carolina | UNC Greensboro | -3.9 |
Western Kentucky | Rice | 5.5 |
Weber St. | Northern Colorado | 2.9 |
Wofford | ETSU | 8.0 |
Youngstown St. | Cleveland St. | 7.0 |