PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Saturday, March 23, 2019

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
LSU	114.6	0.0	Maryland	113.0	1.6
Kentucky	118.5	0.0	Wofford	113.9	4.6
Michigan	119.0	0.0	Florida	111.9	7.1
Florida St.	115.2	0.0	Murray St.	110.4	4.8
Gonzaga	123.1	0.0	Baylor	110.5	12.6
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Minnesota	110.2	10.7
Purdue	117.1	0.0	Villanova	111.8	5.3
Kansas	115.3	0.0	Auburn	115.7	-0.4

Saturday’s Schedule

TIME (ET)	GAME	TV	SITE
12:10 p.m.	(6) Maryland vs. (3) LSU	CBS	Jacksonville
Approx. 2:55 p.m.	(7) Wofford vs. (2) Kentucky	CBS	Jacksonville
5:15 p.m.	(10) Florida vs. (2) Michigan	CBS	Des Moines
6:10 p.m.	(12) Murray St. vs. (4) Florida St.	TNT	Hartford
7:10 p.m.	(9) Baylor vs. (1) Gonzaga	TBS	Salt Lake City
Approx. 8:00 p.m.	(10) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan St.	CBS	Des Moines
Approx 8:55 p.m.	(6) Villanova vs. (3) Pudue	TNT	Hartford
Approx 9:55 p.m.	(5) Auburn vs. (4) Kansas	TBS	Salt Lake City

 

Bracketnomics 2019: Picking The Round of 32 for Saturday, March 23, 2019

Saturday, March 23, 2019  

Round of 32

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
LSU	58.68	3.4	36.9	70.0	15.3	17.7	10.2
Maryland	59.94	7.1	33.9	75.3	16.6	12.3	8.6

Maryland’s strength of schedule advantage is negligible.  LSU’s R+T advantage is also negligible.  Rebounding should be close to even, and it doesn’t appear like turnovers will decide this game.

It comes down to true shooting % margin, and Maryland’s is better by enough to move the needle into Terp territory.

Predicted Winner: Maryland but a close game

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kentucky	60.47	9.9	36.9	74.7	15.9	16.1	16.3
Wofford	52.40	8.2	32.8	76.3	13.6	18.1	13.5

Wofford looked great in the closing minutes of their blowout win over Seton Hall, just like they did when they closed out the SoCon Championship Game against UNC-Greensboro.  This will not repeat itself Saturday.  Kentucky might give the Terriers a dose of their own medicine, but it will more than likely come in the first half.  The Wildcats are too much out of Wofford’s class, and the SOS difference makes UK’s analytics much superior to Wofford’s.

Even with P. J. Washington still unavailable until next week at the earliest, Kentucky has too much muscle and quickness for the Terriers.  Wofford’s excellent inside-outside combination won’t be able to connect enough times.

Predicted Winner: Kentucky by double digits

 

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan	60.07	8.8	23.8	75.2	12.1	16.0	3.4
Florida	60.24	1.4	31.1	67.9	15.5	19.3	-1.0

Florida became one of the few teams with a negative R+T rating to advance to the Round of 32, and their R+T is still negative.  Michigan’s R+T is definitely a liability also, but at least it is positive.  The Wolverines has a far superior true shooting % margin, most of which is due to their top-rate defense, led by “defensive coordinator” Luke Yaklich.

Predicted Winner: Michigan by 5 to 12 points

 

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Florida St.	59.75	3.4	32.8	73.5	16.3	18.1	8.7
Murray St.	48.31	11.2	31.6	70.7	14.7	17.0	7.2

 

The popular pick is Ja Morant and the Racers, but the ACC was really tough at the top, and this data shows the Seminoles’ SOS looks insurmountable in this game.  The ‘Noles have a lot more muscle than Marquette, and they will be able to wear down Murray and control the boards while forcing the Racers into more second half mistakes.

Predicted Winner: Florida St. by 7 to 15

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Gonzaga	55.92	17.7	30.9	73.1	12.8	16.6	15.0
Baylor	58.64	1.5	37.8	71.4	16.6	16.2	9.0

Baylor’s SOS is a little better than Gonzaga, and the Bears should be able to get a couple extras offensive rebounds, but Gonzaga is too much better everywhere else.  A lot of people are picking the Bears to be the first team to send a #1-seed home, but in my opinion, Gonzaga has the best path to the Final Four of any #1-seed.

Predicted Winner: Gonzaga by double digits

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan St.	61.31	13.6	33.6	73.8	16.0	12.8	11.9
Minnesota	59.70	2.0	31.5	72.4	14.8	14.3	1.1

Never before have conference rivals met in the Round of 32, and this does alter our data a little bit, but not much.  In their previous meeting, Michigan State thoroughly destroyed Minnesota in a game in East Lansing.  The analytical data in that game was not that much off the norm, as Michigan State was expected to dominate the offensive glass and get better percentage shots.

The data has not changed much from that home game for Sparty.  It will be closer this time, but the outcome should still be the same.  MSU has huge R+T and True Shooting % Margin advantages here.  Minny might not be able to beat the Spartans more than one time in 10 games on a neutral floor.

Predicted Winner: Michigan St. by 10-15 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Purdue	60.86	2.9	34.2	73.8	13.5	17.0	11.1
Villanova	58.03	5.1	30.5	72.9	14.2	15.3	3.2

 

The defending national champions may not make it to the Sweet 16.  Purdue isn’t that much slower than the Wildcats and much stronger.  The Boilermakers’ will eventually lose to a team with a superior TS Margin and enough muscle to make the board battle even, but I don’t think the Wildcats have the juice this year to be that team.

Predicted Winner: Purdue by 4 to 9 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kansas	62.70	6.1	29.7	72.0	16.0	15.6	2.7
Auburn	59.91	1.7	32.5	67.9	14.7	21.9	6.8

 

This will be an interesting game, and it should be a nail-biter unless one team just doesn’t have it and lays an egg.  I believe that if these teams play 10 times, it would be 5 to 5 in wins.  Kansas has the better TS% Margin, but not by that much.   The difference in this game is that Auburn can force turnovers, and Kansas is turnover-prone.  That’s where I give the Tigers an ever so slight advantage overall.

Predicted Winner: Auburn by 6 or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Thursday, March 21, 2019

Home

Rating

HCA

Visitor

Rating

Spread

Louisville	114.1	0.0	Minnesota	109.7	4.4
LSU	114.6	0.0	Yale	106.1	8.5
Auburn	115.7	0.0	New Mexico St.	108.9	6.8
Vermont	105.7	1.0	Florida St.	115.4	-8.7
Michigan St.	121.1	0.0	Bradley	99.8	21.3
Maryland	113.1	0.0	Belmont	109.5	3.6
Kansas	114.5	0.0	Northeastern	105.8	8.7
Marquette	112.6	0.0	Murray St.	109.2	3.4
Nevada	113.1	0.0	Florida	111.5	1.6
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Abilene Christian	101.4	16.6
Villanova	111.9	1.0	Saint Mary’s	111.1	1.8
Gonzaga	122.9	0.0	Fairleigh-Dickinson	97.3	25.6
Michigan	119.0	0.0	Montana	102.4	16.6
Wofford	113.6	0.0	Seton Hall	108.9	4.7
Purdue	117.1	0.0	Old Dominion	103.6	13.5
Syracuse	110.8	0.0	Baylor	110.0	0.8

Schedule for Thursday

Time	Game	TV	Location
12:15 p.m.	(10) Minnesota vs. (7) Louisville	CBS	Des Moines
12:40 p.m.	(14) Yale vs. (3) LSU	truTV	Jacksonville
1:30 p.m.	(12) New Mexico St. vs. (5) Auburn	TNT	Salt Lake City
2 p.m.	(13) Vermont vs. (4) Florida St.	TBS	Hartford
Approx. 2:30 PM	(15) Bradley vs. (2) Michigan St.	CBS	Des Moines
Approx. 2:55 PM	(11) Belmont vs. (6) Maryland	truTV	Jacksonville
Approx. 3:45 PM	(13) Northeastern vs. (4) Kansas	TNT	Salt Lake City
Approx. 4:15 PM	(12) Murray St. vs. (5) Marquette	TBS	Hartford
6:50 p.m.	(10) Florida vs. (7) Nevada	TNT	Des Moines
7:10 p.m.	(15) Abilene Christian vs. (2) Kentucky	CBS	Jacksonville
7:20 p.m.	(11) Saint Mary’s vs. (6) Villanova	TBS	Hartford
7:27 p.m.	(16) Fairleigh-Dickinson vs. (1) Gonzaga	truTV	Salt Lake City
Approx. 9:20 PM	(15) Montana vs. (2) Michigan	TNT	Des Moines
Approx. 9:40 PM	(10) Seton Hall vs. (7) Wofford	CBS	Jacksonville
Approx. 9:50 PM	(14) Old Dominion vs. (3) Purdue	TBS	Hartford
Approx. 9:57 PM	(9) Baylor vs. (8) Syracuse	truTV	Salt Lake City

Happy Spring!

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 16, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Vermont	105.6	3.0	Maryland Baltimore Co.	96.2	12.4
Memphis	107.1	3.0	Houston	115.4	-5.3
Cincinnati	110.3	0.0	Wichita St.	103.9	6.4
Rhode Island	102.0	0.0	St. Bonaventure	102.3	-0.3
Davidson	106.3	0.0	Saint Louis	102.9	3.4
Duke	123.2	0.5	Florida St.	115.0	8.7
Kansas	114.9	1.5	Iowa St.	114.3	2.1
Seton Hall	108.6	0.5	Villanova	113.1	-4.0
Montana	101.6	0.0	Eastern Washington	96.6	5.0
Wisconsin	115.4	0.5	Michigan St.	120.3	-4.4
Minnesota	110.0	0.0	Michigan	118.7	-8.7
UC-Irvine	105.6	0.0	Cal St. Fullerton	99.0	6.6
Old Dominion	103.4	0.0	Western Kentucky	103.3	0.1
Harvard	102.9	0.0	Penn	102.3	0.6
Yale	106.0	2.5	Princeton	99.3	9.2
Buffalo	115.3	0.0	Bowling Green	104.5	10.8
Norfolk St.	94.3	0.0	North Carolina Central	92.3	2.0
San Diego St.	102.7	0.0	Utah St.	108.6	-5.9
Washington	109.5	0.0	Oregon	109.7	-0.2
Abilene Christian	101.1	0.0	New Orleans	94.6	6.5
Florida	111.4	0.0	Auburn	115.0	-3.6
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Tennessee	118.5	-0.5
UT-Arlington	100.8	0.0	Georgia Southern	95.9	4.9
Georgia St.	103.2	0.0	Texas St.	102.8	0.4
Prairie View A&M	96.5	0.0	Texas Southern	97.1	-0.6
New Mexico St.	108.1	0.0	Grand Canyon	105.1	3.0

 

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

At Vermont

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***

Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Vermont (26-6)	3	Maryland-Baltimore Co. (21-12)

 

 

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Houston	84	Connecticut	45
Memphis	79	Central Florida	55
Cincinnati	82	SMU	74
Wichita St.	80	Temple	74

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Houston (30-2)	5	Memphis (21-12)
2	Cincinnati (26-6)	6	Wichita St. (19-13)

 

 

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Rhode Island	75	VCU	70
St. Bonaventure	68	George Mason	57
Davidson	70	Saint Joseph’s	60
Saint Louis	64	Dayton	55

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Rhode Island (18-14)	4	St. Bonaventure (17-15)
2	Davidson (24-8)	6	Saint Louis (21-12)

 

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Florida St.	69	Virginia	59
Duke	74	North Carolina	73

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Florida St. (27-6)	3	Duke (28-5)

 

 

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Iowa St.	63	Kansas St.	59
Kansas	88	West Virginia	74

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
5	Iowa St. (22-11)	3	Kansas (25-8)

 

 

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Villanova	71	Xavier	67 ot
Seton Hall	81	Marquette	79

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (24-9)	3	Seton Hall (20-12)

 

 

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Montana	78	Weber St.	49
Eastern Washington	77	Southern Utah	61

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (25-8)	3	Eastern Washington (16-17)

 

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Michigan St.	77	Ohio St.	70
Wisconsin	66	Nebraska	62
Minnesota	75	Purdue	73
Michigan	74	Iowa	53

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Michigan St. (26-6)	4	Wisconsin (23-9)
7	Minnesota (21-12)	3	Michigan (27-5)

 

 

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
UC-Irvine	75	Long Beach St.	67
Cal St. Fulerton	64	UC Santa Barbara	58

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (29-5)	3	Cal St. Fullerton (16-16)

 

 

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Old Dominion	61	UAB	59
Western Kentucky	70	Southern Miss.	59

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (25-8)	2	Western Kentucky (20-13)

 

Ivy League (Ivy Madness)
Site: John J. Lee Amphitheater, New Haven, CT (Yale)
Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Harvard (17-10)	4	Penn (19-11)
2	Yale (20-7)	3	Princeton (16-11)

 

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Buffalo	85	Central Michigan	81
Bowling Green	71	Northern Illinois	67

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (30-3)	3	Bowling Green (22-11)

 

 

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
UNC Central	65	North Carolina A&T	63
Norfolk St.	75	Howard	69

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Norfolk St. (21-12)	3	North Carolina Central (17-15)

 

 

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
San Diego St.	65	Nevada	56
Utah St.	85	Fresno St.	60

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
4	San Diego St. (21-11)	2	Utah St. (27-6)

 

 

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Washington	66	Colorado	61
Oregon	79	Arizona St.	75 ot

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (26-7)	6	Oregon (22-12)

 

 

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
New Orleans	79	Sam Houston St.	76
Abilene Christian	69	Southeastern Louisiana	66

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	New Orleans (19-12)	2	Abilene Christian (26-6)

 

 

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Florida	76	LSU	73
Auburn	73	South Carolina	64
Kentucky	73	Alabama	55
Tennessee	83	Mississippi St.	76

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Florida (19-14)	5	Auburn (24-9)
2	Kentucky (27-5)	3	Tennessee (28-4)

 

 

Sun Belt Conference
Site: 1st Rd at Higher Seed, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Georgia Southern	81	Louisiana Monroe	67
Texas St.	79	South Alabama	67

Semifinals–Saturday, March 16
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	UT Arlington (16-15)	3	Georgia Southern (21-11)
1	Georgia St. (22-9)	4	Texas St. (24-8)

 

 

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Site: at Higher Seeds
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Prairie View A&M	81	Grambling	71
Texas Southern	80	Alabama St.	66

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Prairie View A&M (22-12)	2	Texas Southern (21-12)

 

 

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Semifinals–Friday, March 15
New Mexico St.	79	UT RGV	72
Grand Canyon	78	New Mexico St.	74

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 16 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (29-4)	3	Grand Canyon (20-12)

 

 

Automatic Bids To Date

Team	Conf	W-L
Liberty	Atlantic Sun	28-6
Gardner-Webb	Big South	23-11
Murray St.	Ohio Valley	27-4
Bradley	Missouri Valley	20-14
Wofford	Southern	29-4
Iona	Metro Atlantic	17-15
Fairleigh-Dickinson	Northeast	20-13
Northern Kentucky	Horizon	26-8
Northeastern	Colonial	23-10
Saint Mary’s	West Coast	22-11
North Dakota St.	Summit	18-15
Colgate	Patriot	24-10

 

The PiRate Ratings Bracket Gurus Convene

The PiRate Ratings’ Bracket Gurus have gathered (if only electronically) is our bunkers, otherwise known as our man caves and woman caves watching multiple games simultaneously to get better familiar with all the teams still trying to Dance.

Tonight, we will begin putting our opinions together to formulate our final Bracketology selections for Sunday afternoon.  We will publish our initial predicted 68 around 2 PM EDT on Sunday and then a final prediction at the conclusion of the last meaningful conference tournament championship game, if one might affect the seedings.

At the moment, there are games that could wildly swing the bottom of the seed line, affecting who plays in the First Four, and there are a couple of potenial bid-stealers still alive.

Here is our planned schedule for the weekend

Saturday late morning: Bracketology number 1 (Just the Captain’s Selection)

Sunday morning: Bracketology number 2 (Again, Just the Captain’s Selection)

Sunday early afternoon: Bracket Gurus Initial Field of 68 Predictions

Sunday late afternoon: Bracket Gurus Final Field of 68 Predictions (if necessary)

Note: The Captain and the Gurus are making their selections trying to predict what the Selection Committee will do and not by using their own opinions of which 68 teams should be in the field.  One of out methods will include trying to predict political biases of the Committee members.  By political, we don’t mean Liberal vs. Conservative.  We mean Power Conference vs. Mid-Major and Low-Major, or in other words, why State U at 18-16 will beat out Tiny Tech at 29-5 that lost in their conference championship game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 15, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Houston	114.9	0.0	Connecticut	105.1	9.8
Memphis	106.7	3.0	Central Florida	110.3	-0.6
Cincinnati	110.3	0.0	SMU	103.1	7.2
Temple	106.8	0.0	Wichita St.	104.7	2.1
Virginia Commonwealth	111.3	0.0	Rhode Island	103.0	8.3
St. Bonaventure	102.6	0.0	George Mason	100.7	1.9
Davidson	106.3	0.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.2	7.1
Dayton	107.9	0.0	Saint Louis	102.8	5.1
Virginia	122.1	0.0	Florida St.	113.4	8.7
North Carolina	121.8	0.0	Duke	123.5	-1.7
Kansas St.	112.9	1.0	Iowa St.	113.6	0.3
Kansas	114.9	2.0	West Virginia	105.7	11.2
Villanova	112	0.0	Xavier	106.0	6.0
Seton Hall	108.6	1.0	Marquette	113.0	-3.4
Montana	101.6	0.0	Weber St.	97.4	4.2
Southern Utah	93.4	0.0	Eastern Washington	95.2	-1.8
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Ohio St.	110.5	10.4
Wisconsin	115.4	1.0	Nebraska	111.7	4.7
Purdue	117.5	0.0	Minnesota	109.2	8.3
Michigan	118.3	0.0	Iowa	111.6	6.7
UC-Irvine	105.6	0.0	Long Beach St.	97.1	8.5
UC Santa Barbara	99.8	0.0	Cal St. Fullerton	98.3	1.5
Old Dominion	103.4	0.0	UAB	100.3	3.1
Western Kentucky	103.4	0.0	Southern Miss.	104.0	-0.6
Buffalo	115.3	0.0	Central Michigan	103.2	12.1
Northern Illinois	102.6	0.0	Bowling Green	104.1	-1.5
North Carolina A&T	92.5	0.0	North Carolina Central	92.6	-0.1
Norfolk St.	94.3	0.0	Howard	91.1	3.2
Nevada	113.9	1.0	San Diego St.	103.3	11.6
Utah St.	110.6	0.0	Fresno St.	108.5	2.1
Washington	109.5	0.0	Colorado	107.0	2.5
Arizona St.	107.9	0.0	Oregon	109.7	-1.8
Sam Houston St.	99.7	0.0	New Orleans	94.7	5.0
Abilene Christian	101.1	0.0	Southeastern Louisiana	95.7	5.4
LSU	114.8	0.0	Florida	112.9	1.9
South Carolina	106.9	0.0	Auburn	115.3	-8.4
Kentucky	118.0	0.0	Alabama	108.2	9.8
Tennessee	119.0	1.0	Mississippi St.	114.0	6.0
Georgia Southern	104.7	0.0	Louisiana Monroe	102.3	2.4
Texas St.	103.0	0.0	South Alabama	97.4	5.6
Prairie View A&M	96.5	0.0	Grambling	94.1	2.4
Texas Southern	96.6	0.0	Alabama St.	89.0	7.6
New Mexico St.	108.1	0.0	UT Rio Grande Valley	98.7	9.4
Utah Valley	105.1	0.0	Grand Canyon	105.6	-0.5

 

Conference Tournaments Update

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
First Round–Thursday, March 14
Connecticut	80	South Florida	73
Memphis	83	Tulane	68
SMU	74	Tulsa	65
Wichita St.	73	East Carolina	57

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Houston (29-2)	9	Connecticut (16-16)
4	Central Florida (23-7)	5/12	Memphis (20-12)
2	Cincinnati (25-6)	10	SMU (15-16)
3	Temple (23-8)	6	Wichita St. (18-13)

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Rhode Island	76	La Salle	57
George Mason	61	George Washington	57
Saint Joseph’s	92	Duquesne	86
Saint Louis	71	Richmond	68

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia Commonwealth (25-6)	8	Rhode Island (17-14)
4	St. Bonaventure (16-15)	5	George Mason (18-14)
2	Davidson (23-8)	10	Saint Joseph’s (14-18)
3	Dayton (21-10)	6	Saint Louis (20-12)

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Virginia	76	North Carolina St.	56
Florida St.	65	Virginia Tech	63 ot
North Carolina	83	Louisville	70
Duke	84	Syracuse	72

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia (29-2)	5	Florida St. (26-6)
2	North Carolina (27-5)	3	Duke (27-5)

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Kansas St.	70	TCU	61
Iowa St.	83	Baylor	66
West Virginia	79	Texas Tech	74
Kansas	65	Texas	57

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Kansas St. (25-7)	5	Iowa St. (21-11)
10	West Virginia (14-19)	3	Kansas (24-8)

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Villanova	73	Providence	62
Xavier	63	Creighton	61
Marquette	86	St. John’s	54
Seton Hall	73	Georgetown	57

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (23-9)	4	Xavier (17-14)
2	Marquette (24-8)	3	Seton Hall (19-12)

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Montana	79	Sacramento St.	73
Weber St.	81	Portland St.	71
Southern Utah	83	Northern Colorado	63
Eastern Washington	90	Montana St.	84

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (24-8)	4	Weber St. (18-14)
7	Southern Utah (16-15)	3	Eastern Washington (15-17)

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Ohio St.	79	Indiana	75
Nebraska	69	Maryland	61
Minnesota	77	Penn St.	72 ot
Iowa	83	Illinois	62

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Michigan St. (25-6)	8	Ohio St. (19-13)
4	Wisconsin (22-9)	13	Nebraska (18-15)
2	Purdue (23-8)	7	Minnesota (20-12)
3	Michigan (26-5)	6	Iowa (22-10)

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
UC-Irvine	63	Cal St. Riverside	44
Long Beach St.	68	Hawaii	66
Cal St. Fullerton	75	UC Davis	71 ot
UC Santa Barbara	71	Cal St. Northridge	68

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (28-5)	5	Long Beach St. (15-18)
2	UC Santa Barbara (22-9)	3	Cal St. Fullerton (15-16)

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Old Dominion	57	Louisiana Tech	56
UAB	85	UTSA	76
Western Kentucky	67	North Texas	51
Southern Miss.	82	Marshall	73

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (24-8)	5	UAB (20-13)
2	Western Kentucky (19-13)	3	Southern Miss. (20-11)

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Buffalo	82	Akron	46
Central Michigan	89	Kent St.	81
Northern Illinois	80	Toledo	76
Bowling Green	99	Ball St.	86

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (29-3)	5	Central Michigan (23-10)
7	Northern Illinois (27-16)	3	Bowling Green (21-11)

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
UNC Central	75	Delaware St.	57
Howard	80	Bethune-Cookman	71
North Carolina A&T	82	Coppin St.	79 ot
Norfolk St.	78	South Carolina St.	73

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	North Carolina A&T (19-12)	3	North Carolina Central (16-15)
1	Norfolk St. (20-12)	4	Howard (17-15)

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Nevada	77	Boise St.	69
San Diego St.	63	UNLV	55
Utah St.	91	New Mexico	83
Fresno St.	76	Air Force	50

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
1	Nevada (29-3)	4	San Diego St. (20-11)
2	Utah St. (26-6)	3	Fresno St. (22-8)

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Washington	78	USC	75
Colorado	73	Oregon St.	58
Arizona St.	83	UCLA	72
Oregon	66	Utah	54

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (25-7)	5	Colorado (21-11)
2	Arizona St. (22-9)	6	Oregon (21-12)

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
New Orleans	76	Lamar	72
Southeastern Louisiana	79	Central Arkansas	65

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Sam Houston St. (21-10)	4	New Orleans (18-12)
2	Abilene Christian (25-6)	3	Southeastern Louisiana (17-15)

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Florida	66	Arkansas	50
Auburn	81	Missouri	71
Alabama	62	Ole Miss	57
Mississippi St.	80	Texas A&M	54

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	LSU (26-5)	8	Florida (18-14)
4	South Carolina (16-15)	5	Auburn (23-9)
2	Kentucky (26-5)	10	Alabama (18-14)
3	Tennessee (27-4)	6	Mississippi St. (23-9)

Sun Belt Conference
Site: 1st Rd at Higher Seed, Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Louisiana Monroe	80	Coastal Carolina	50
South Alabama	70	Louisiana	69

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	Georgia Southern (20-11)	7	Louisiana Monroe (18-14)
4	Texas St. (23-8)	8	South Alabama (17-16)

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Site: at Higher Seeds
Quarterfinals–Tuesday, March 12
Prairie View A&M	86	Alcorn St.	66
Grambling	59	Arkansas Pine Bluff	52
Alabama St.	58	Jackson St.	49
Texas Southern	80	Southern	70

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Prairie View A&M (21-12)	4	Grambling (17-15)
2	Texas Southern (20-12)	6	Alabama St. (12-18)

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
New Mexico St.	86	Chicago St.	49
UT RGV	85	Cal St. Bakersfield	70
Grand Canyon	84	Seattle	75
Utah Valley	70	UM Kansas City	64

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 15
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (28-4)	4	UT Rio Grande Valley (19-15)
2	Utah Valley (24-8)	3/6	Grand Canyon (19-12)

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Thursday, March 14, 2019

Thursday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Akron	103.5	1.0	Buffalo	113.6	-9.1
Arizona St.	108.4	0.0	UCLA	104.9	3.5
Auburn	115.7	0.0	Missouri	106.1	9.6
Baylor	110.6	0.0	Iowa St.	114.1	-3.5
Bowling Green	103.0	0.0	Ball St.	102.8	0.2
Cal St. Fullerton	98.9	0.0	UC Davis	95.6	3.3
Duke	123.2	1.0	Syracuse	111.3	12.9
Duquesne	100.1	0.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	0.7
Eastern Washington	95.5	0.0	Montana St.	95.2	0.3
Florida	111.7	0.0	Arkansas	108.7	3.0
Florida St.	114.7	0.0	Virginia Tech	116.5	-1.8
Fresno St.	107.5	0.0	Air Force	94.8	12.7
George Mason	101.4	0.0	George Washington	93.3	8.1
Grand Canyon	104.7	0.0	Seattle	98.6	6.1
Howard	91.4	0.0	Bethune-Cookman	92.5	-1.1
Illinois	106.2	1.5	Iowa	110.9	-3.2
Kansas	114.9	1.5	Texas	112.0	4.4
Kansas St.	113.2	1.0	TCU	110.0	4.2
Kent St.	101.5	0.0	Central Michigan	101.9	-0.4
Long Beach St.	96.9	2.0	Hawaii	98.4	0.5
Louisiana	99.7	1.0	South Alabama	97.4	3.3
Louisiana Monroe	101.3	1.0	Coastal Carolina	100.7	1.6
Maryland	113.4	0.0	Nebraska	110.5	2.9
Memphis	106.8	3.0	Tulane	92.9	16.9
Minnesota	109.3	0.0	Penn St.	110.2	-0.9
Mississippi St.	113.4	0.0	Texas A&M	105.4	8.0
Montana	102.8	0.0	Sacramento St.	94.2	8.6
Nevada	115.0	1.0	Boise St.	102.6	13.4
New Mexico St.	107.7	0.0	Chicago St.	79.3	28.4
New Orleans	94	0.0	Lamar	98.0	-4.0
North Carolina	121.0	1.0	Louisville	114.0	8.0
North Carolina Central	92.8	0.0	Delaware St.	79.5	13.3
North Texas	100.9	1.5	Western Kentucky	103.1	-0.7
Northern Colorado	100.4	0.0	Southern Utah	93.0	7.4
Ohio St.	110.3	0.0	Indiana	110.6	-0.3
Old Dominion	103.8	0.0	Louisiana Tech	101.8	2.0
Ole Miss	110.1	0.0	Alabama	108.0	2.1
Oregon St.	106.2	0.0	Colorado	107.0	-0.8
Rhode Island	102.4	0.0	La Salle	97.2	5.2
Saint Louis	103.3	0.0	Richmond	99.0	4.3
Seton Hall	108.4	0.0	Georgetown	106.3	2.1
South Florida	103.2	0.0	Connecticut	105.2	-2.0
Southeastern Louisiana	94.7	0.0	Central Arkansas	91.6	3.1
Southern Miss.	103.4	0.0	Marshall	99.7	3.7
St. John’s	107.8	1.5	Marquette	112.6	-3.3
Texas Tech	118.3	0.0	West Virginia	104.9	13.4
Toledo	107.9	0.0	Northern Illinois	101.1	6.8
Tulsa	103.2	0.0	SMU	104.2	-1.0
UC Irvine	105.5	0.0	UC Riverside	91.6	13.9
UC Santa Barbara	101.0	0.0	Cal St. Northridge	93.7	7.3
UNLV	101.1	2.5	San Diego St.	103.8	-0.2
UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6	0.0	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	0.9
Utah	104.2	0.0	Oregon	109.3	-5.1
Utah St.	110.0	0.0	New Mexico	99.3	10.7
Utah Valley	104.0	0.0	Missouri Kansas City	95.0	9.0
UTSA	99.8	0.0	UAB	100.1	-0.3
Villanova	113.3	0.0	Providence	106.7	6.6
Virginia	123.3	0.0	North Carolina St.	112.9	10.4
Washington	105.5	0.0	USC	105.7	-0.2
Weber St.	98.5	0.0	Portland St.	94.7	3.8
Wichita St.	104.8	0.0	East Carolina	93.7	11.1
Xavier	107.2	0.0	Creighton	110.0	-2.8

 

Conference Tournaments Update

American Athletic Conference
Site: Fedex Forum, Memphis, TN
First Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	South Florida (19-12)	9	Connecticut (15-16)
5	Memphis (19-12)	12	Tulane (4-26)
7	Tulsa (18-13)	10	SMU (14-16)
6	Wichita St. (17-13)	11	East Carolina (10-20)

 

 

Atlantic 10 Conference
Site: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
George Washington	68	Massachusetts	64 ot
Richmond	52	Fordham	50

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Rhode Island (16-14)	9	La Salle (10-20)
5	George Mason (17-14)	12	George Washington (9-23)
7	Duquesne (19-12)	10	Saint Joseph’s (13-18)
6	Saint Louis (19-12)	11	Richmond (13-19)

 

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
Site: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
Second Round–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina St.	59	Clemson	58
Virginia Tech	71	Miami (Fla)	56
Louisville	75	Notre Dame	53
Syracuse	73	Pittsburgh	59

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Virginia (28-2)	8	North Carolina St. (22-10)
4	Florida St. (25-6)	5	Virginia Tech (24-7)
2	North Carolina (26-5)	7	Louisville (20-12)
3	Duke (26-5)	6	Syracuse (20-12)

 

 

Big 12 Conference
Site: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
TCU	73	Oklahoma St.	70
West Virginia	72	Oklahoma	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Kansas St. (24-7)	8	TCU (20-12)
4	Baylor (19-12)	5	Iowa St. (20-11)
2	Texas Tech (26-5)	10	West Virginia (13-19)
3	Kansas (23-8)	6	Texas (16-15)

 

 

Big East Conference
Site: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Providence	80	Butler	57
St. John’s	82	DePaul	74

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Villanova (22-9)	8	Providence (18-14)
4	Xavier (16-14)	5	Creighton (18-13)
2	Marquette (23-8)	7	St. John’s (21-11)
3	Seton Hall (18-12)	6	Georgetown (19-12)

 

Big Sky Conference
Site: Century Link Arena, Boise, ID
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Sacramento St.	72	Northern Arizona	60
Southern Utah	94	Idaho St.	80
Montana St.	75	Idaho	71

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Montana (23-8)	9	Sacramento St. (15-15)
4	Weber St. (17-14)	5	Portland St. (16-15)
2	Northern Colorado (21-10)	7	Southern Utah (15-15)
3	Eastern Washington (14-17)	6	Montana St. (15-16)

 

 

Big Ten Conference
Site: United Center, Chicago, IL
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Nebraska	68	Rutgers	61
Illinois	74	Northwestern	69 ot

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Ohio St. (18-13)	9	Indiana (17-14)
5	Maryland (22-9)	13	Nebraska (17-15)
7	Minnesota (19-12)	10	Penn St. (14-17)
6	Iowa (21-10)	11	Illinois (12-20)

 

 

Big West Conference
Site: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	UC Irvine (27-5)	8	Cal St. Riverside (10-22)
4	Hawaii (18-12)	5	Long Beach St. (14-18)
3	Cal St. Fullerton (14-16)	6	UC Davis (11-19)
2	UC Santa Barbara (21-9)	7	Cal St. Northridge (13-19)

 

 

Conference USA
Site: Ford Center, Frisco, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Louisiana Tech	57	Florida Atlantic	56
UAB	70	Middle Tennessee	61
North Texas	71	Florida Int’l.	57
Marshall	82	Rice	65

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Old Dominion (23-8)	8	Louisiana Tech (20-12)
4	UTSA (17-14)	5	UAB (19-13)
2	Western Kentucky (18-13)	10	North Texas (21-11)
3	Southern Miss. (19-11)	6	Marshall (19-13)

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)

Site: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Buffalo (28-3)	8/9	Akron/Miami (O)
4	Kent St. (22-9)	5	Central Michigan (22-10)
2	Toledo (25-6)	7	Northern Illinois (16-16)
3	Bowling Green (20-11)	11	Ball St. (16-16)

 

 

Mideastern Athletic Conference
Site: Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA
Quarterfinals–Wednesday, March 13
North Carolina A&T	82	Coppin St.	79 ot
Norfolk St.	78	South Carolina St.	73

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14

3

North Carolina Central (15-15)

11

Delaware St. (6-24)

4

Howard (16-15)

5

Bethune-Cookman (14-16)

 

 

Mountain West Conference
Site: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Boise St.	66	Colorado St.	57
New Mexico	78	Wyoming	68
Air Force	87	San Jose St.	56

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Nevada (28-3)	9	Boise St. (13-19)
4	San Diego St. (19-11)	5	UNLV (17-13)
2	Utah St. (25-6)	7	New Mexico (14-17)
3	Fresno St. (21-8)	6	Air Force (14-17)

 

 

Pac-12 Conference
Site: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
USC	78	Arizona	65
Colorado	56	California	51
UCLA	79	Stanford	72
Oregon	84	Washington St.	51

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Washington (24-7)	8	USC (16-16)
4	Oregon St. (18-12)	5	Colorado (20-11)
2	Arizona St. (21-9)	7	UCLA (17-15)
3	Utah (17-13)	6	Oregon (20-12)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Championship Game–Wednesday, March 13
Colgate	94	Bucknell	80

Champion: Colgate (24-10)

 

 

Southland Conference
Site: Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Lamar	81	Houston Baptist	79
Central Arkansas	73	Texas A&M CC	53

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
4	New Orleans (17-12)	5	Lamar (20-12)
3	Southeastern Louisiana (16-15)	7	Central Arkansas (14-18)

 

 

Southeastern Conference
Site: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
First Round–Wednesday, March 13
Missouri	71	Georgia	61
Texas A&M	69	Vanderbilt	52

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Florida (17-14)	9	Arkansas (17-14)
5	Auburn (22-9)	12	Missouri (15-16)
7	Ole Miss (20-11)	10	Alabama (17-14)
6	Mississippi St. (22-9)	11	Texas A&M (14-17)

 

Sun Belt Conference

Site:  Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA

Second Round–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Coastal Carolina (15-15)	7	Louisiana Monroe (17-14)
5	Louisiana (19-12)	8	South Alabama (16-16)

 

 

Western Athletic Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 14
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	New Mexico St. (27-4)	8	Chicago St. (3-28)
4	UT Rio Grande Valley (18-15)	5	Cal St. Bakersfield (16-14)
3	Grand Canyon (18-12)	6	Seattle (18-13)
2	Utah Valley (23-8)	7	Missouri Kansas City (11-20)

 

 

Automatic Bids To The NCAA Tournament

Team	Conf	W-L
Liberty	Atlantic Sun	28-6
Gardner-Webb	Big South	23-11
Murray St.	Ohio Valley	27-4
Bradley	Missouri Valley	20-14
Wofford	Southern	29-4
Iona	Metro Atlantic	17-15
Fairleigh-Dickinson	Northeast	20-13
Northern Kentucky	Horizon	26-8
Northeastern	Colonial	23-10
Saint Mary’s	West Coast	22-11
North Dakota St.	Summit	18-15
Colgate	Patriot	24-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 9, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Abilene Christian	100.5	2.5	Incarnate Word	85.0	18.0
Appalachian St.	98.2	2.5	South Alabama	97.1	3.6
Arizona	106.1	2.5	Arizona St.	108.1	0.5
Arkansas	108.4	3.0	Alabama	108.3	3.1
Arkansas St.	94.5	2.5	Louisiana	99.7	-2.7
Auburn	115.5	3.0	Tennessee	118.9	-0.4
Belmont	109.0	0.0	Murray St.	108.6	0.4
Boise St.	102.0	3.0	Air Force	95.5	9.5
Boston College	104.9	3.0	North Carolina St.	112.2	-4.3
BYU	106.2	0.0	San Diego	104.6	1.6
Cal Poly	88.6	2.5	UC Santa Barbara	101.0	-9.9
Cal St. Fullerton	99.5	3.5	Hawaii	97.7	5.3
Chicago St.	79.4	2.5	Missouri Kansas City	94.9	-13.0
Clemson	112.0	3.0	Syracuse	111.4	3.6
Coastal Carolina	101.1	2.5	Troy	95.1	8.5
Colorado	106.8	3.0	USC	105.8	4.0
Colorado St.	99.4	3.0	UNLV	100.9	1.5
Columbia	97.1	2.5	Harvard	103.6	-4.0
Cornell	95.4	2.5	Dartmouth	97.9	0.0
Creighton	109.9	2.5	DePaul	105.1	7.3
Drake	102.6	0.0	Northern Iowa	99.1	3.5
Duquesne	100.3	3.0	Dayton	108.2	-4.9
East Tennessee St.	106.6	0.0	Chattanooga	94.0	12.6
Elon	92.0	0.0	UNC Wilmington	94.7	-2.7
Fairleigh-Dickinson	97.2	2.5	Robert Morris	95.0	4.7
Florida Int’l.	97.0	2.5	North Texas	101.3	-1.8
Fresno St.	107.2	2.5	San Jose St.	85.7	24.0
Furman	107.9	0.0	Mercer	98.3	9.6
George Washington	93.8	2.5	George Mason	101.0	-4.7
Georgia Southern	104.8	2.0	Georgia St.	103.2	3.6
Grambling	93.7	2.5	Alabama A&M	84.6	11.6
Hartford	98.8	2.5	UMass Lowell	95.0	6.3
Idaho St.	91.2	2.0	Idaho	84.9	8.3
Iowa St.	114.3	3.0	Texas Tech	118.0	-0.7
Jackson St.	89.5	2.5	Alabama St.	89.2	2.8
James Madison	93.8	0.0	Towson	94.0	-0.2
Kansas	114.9	3.0	Baylor	110.6	7.3
Kansas St.	112.8	3.0	Oklahoma	111.6	4.2
Kentucky	118.2	3.0	Florida	111.7	9.5
La Salle	96.9	2.5	Fordham	95.6	3.8
Lamar	97.6	2.5	McNeese St.	89.4	10.7
Little Rock	96.6	2.5	Louisiana Monroe	100.8	-1.7
Loyola (Chi.)	103.7	0.0	Bradley	99.5	4.2
LSU	113.7	3.0	Vanderbilt	102.1	14.6
Marquette	112.9	3.0	Georgetown	106.0	9.9
Marshall	99.4	3.0	Florida Atlantic	99.0	3.4
Maryland-Baltimore Co.	97.0	2.5	Albany	94.1	5.4
Memphis	107	3.0	Tulsa	103.1	6.9
Michigan St.	120.2	1.5	Michigan	118.2	3.5
Middle Tennessee	95.5	2.5	UTEP	92.4	5.6
Mississippi St.	113.4	3.0	Texas A&M	105.4	11.0
Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	2.5	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	89.4	-3.1
Missouri	106.2	3.0	Ole Miss	110.0	-0.8
Nevada	114.7	3.0	San Diego St.	104.2	13.5
New Mexico St.	107.8	3.0	California Baptist	97.4	13.4
Nicholls St.	91.3	2.5	Southeastern Louisiana	94.9	-1.1
North Carolina	120.7	1.0	Duke	123.5	-1.8
Northern Colorado	100.9	2.5	Northern Arizona	91.5	11.9
Northwestern	107.4	3.0	Purdue	117.4	-7.0
Northwestern St.	86.6	2.5	Central Arkansas	91.4	-2.3
Oklahoma St.	104.7	3.0	West Virginia	105.1	2.6
Omaha	100.1	0.0	North Dakota	94.5	5.6
Penn	103.3	2.5	Brown	101.3	4.5
Pittsburgh	105.0	2.5	Notre Dame	106.0	1.5
Portland St.	94.4	2.5	Montana St.	95.2	1.7
Prairie View	95.5	2.5	Alcorn St.	84.6	13.4
Princeton	100.2	2.5	Yale	105.7	-3.0
Providence	106.4	3.0	Butler	108.5	0.9
Quinnipiac	96.9	0.0	Monmouth	93.3	3.6
Rhode Island	102.1	2.5	Massachusetts	97.7	6.9
Rice	94.8	2.5	Charlotte	91.7	5.6
Richmond	99.0	2.5	Davidson	106.8	-5.3
Rider	98.7	0.0	Siena	95.4	3.3
Sacramento St.	94.6	2.5	Montana	102.6	-5.5
San Francisco	107.7	0.0	Pepperdine	99.8	7.9
Seattle	98.3	2.5	Grand Canyon	105.0	-4.2
Seton Hall	108.2	2.5	Villanova	113.5	-2.8
South Carolina	106.4	2.5	Georgia	103.9	5.0
South Dakota St.	106.1	1.0	Western Illinois	92.1	15.0
Southern Miss.	102.6	2.5	UTSA	100.6	4.5
St. Bonaventure	102.7	3.0	Saint Louis	103.6	2.1
St. Francis (PA)	95.7	2.5	Long Island	95.3	2.9
Stephen F. Austin	92.4	2.0	Sam Houston St.	99.0	-4.6
Stony Brook	100.8	2.5	Binghamton	89.3	14.0
Temple	106.9	3.0	Central Florida	110.7	-0.8
Texas	112.6	2.5	TCU	109.3	5.8
Texas A&M CC	93.6	2.5	Houston Baptist	93.5	2.6
Texas Southern	97.6	2.5	Southern	86.8	13.3
Tulane	92.8	2.5	Wichita St.	105.0	-9.7
UAB	99.7	2.5	Old Dominion	104.2	-2.0
UC Davis	96	2.5	UC Riverside	91.3	7.2
UC Irvine	105.5	2.5	Cal St. Northridge	93.6	14.4
UNC Greensboro	105.5	0.0	Samford	99.9	5.6
UT Arlington	99.6	2.0	Texas St.	103.4	-1.8
Utah	104.0	3.0	UCLA	105.1	1.9
Utah Valley	103.8	2.5	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.9	9.4
Vermont	106.1	3.0	Maine	88.7	20.4
Virginia	123.5	3.0	Louisville	113.7	12.8
Wake Forest	100.2	2.5	Florida St.	114.7	-12.0
Washington	110.1	3.0	Oregon	108.9	4.2
Washington St.	97.4	2.5	Oregon St.	106.1	-6.2
Weber St.	98.7	2.5	Eastern Washington	94.9	6.3
Wofford	112.9	0.0	VMI	91.6	21.3
Wyoming	90	3.0	New Mexico	99.6	-6.6
Xavier	106.9	3.0	St. John’s	108.2	1.7

Conference Tournaments Update

 

America East Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Vermont (24-6)	8	Maine (5-26)
2	Stony Brook (24-7)	7	Binghamton (9-22)
3	Maryland-Baltimore Co. (19-12)	6	Albany (12-19)
4	Hartford (17-14)	5	UMass Lowell (15-16)

 

 

Big South Conference
Semifinals–Friday, March 8 (at Campbell)
Radford	63	Charleston Southern	54
Gardner-Webb	79	Campbell	74

 

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
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	James Madison (13-18)	9	Towson (10-21)
7	Elon (11-20)	10	UNC Wilmington (9-22)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)
Iona	73	Saint Peter’s	71
Canisius	69	Manhattan	65 ot

 

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	Quinnipiac (16-13)	6	Monmouth (12-20)
4	Rider (16-14)	5	Siena (16-15)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Loyola (Chi)	67	Valparaiso	54
Bradley	61	Missouri St.	58
Drake	78	Illinois St.	62
Northern Iowa	61	Southern Illinois	58

 

Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Loyola (Chi.) (20-12)	5	Bradley (18-14)
2	Drake (24-8)	6	Northern Iowa (15-17)

 

 

Northeast Conference

All games at home floor of higher seeds

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
Semifinals–Friday, March 8
Belmont	83	Austin Peay	67
Murray St.	76	Jacksonville St.	74

 

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 9 ****
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Belmont (26-4)	2	Murray St. (26-4)

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
First Round–Friday, March 8
VMI	96	Western Carolina	83
Samford	100	The Citadel	71

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wofford (26-4)	8	VMI (11-20)
4	East Tennessee St. (23-8)	5	Chattanooga (12-19)
2	UNC Greensboro (26-5)	7	Samford (17-15)
3	Furman (24-6)	6	Mercer (11-19)

 

 

Summit League
Site: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9 & Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1 (sat)	South Dakota St. (24-7)	8	Western Illinois (9-20)
4 (sun)	Purdue Fort Wayne (17-14)	5	South Dakota (13-16)
3 (sun)	North Dakota St. (15-15)	6	Oral Roberts (11-20)
2 (sat)	Omaha (19-10)	7	North Dakota (12-17)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Second Round–Friday, March 8
San Diego	62	Santa Clara	45
Pepperdine	68	Loyola Marymount	65

 

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	BYU (19-12)	6	San Diego (20-13)
4	San Francisco (21-9)	8	Pepperdine (15-17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 8, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Ball St.	103.1	2.5	Northern Illinois	100.7	4.9
Belmont	109.0	0.0	Austin Peay	103.2	5.8
Buffalo	113.7	3.0	Bowling Green	102.9	13.8
Campbell	99.0	2.5	Gardner-Webb	99.3	2.2
Canisius	95.1	0.0	Manhattan	90.9	4.2
Columbia	97.1	2.5	Dartmouth	97.9	1.7
Cornell	95.4	2.5	Harvard	103.6	-5.7
Drake	102.6	0.0	Illinois St.	98.5	4.1
Iona	97.7	0.0	Saint Peter’s	92.0	5.7
Kent St.	101.4	2.5	Akron	103.4	0.5
Loyola (Chi)	103.7	0.0	Valparaiso	98.1	5.6
Loyola Marymount	102.3	0.0	Pepperdine	99.8	2.5
Maryland	113.3	3.0	Minnesota	109.4	6.9
Missouri St.	99.7	0.0	Bradley	99.5	0.2
Murray St.	108.6	0.0	Jacksonville St.	103.1	5.5
Ohio	98.1	2.5	Miami (O)	101.4	-0.8
Penn	103.3	3.0	Yale	105.7	0.6
Princeton	100.2	3.0	Brown	101.3	1.9
Radford	102.7	0.0	Charleston Southern	99.5	3.2
Samford	99.9	0.0	The Citadel	95.2	4.7
Santa Clara	98.3	0.0	San Diego	104.6	-6.3
Southern Illinois	101.8	0.0	Northern Iowa	99.1	2.7
Toledo	108.0	3.0	Eastern Michigan	100.1	10.9
Virginia Commonwealth	111.2	3.0	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	14.8
Virginia Tech	116.3	3.0	Miami (Fla)	107.5	11.8
VMI	91.6	0.0	Western Carolina	93.2	-1.6
Western Michigan	94.7	2.5	Central Michigan	101.8	-4.6

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Big South Conference

Site: Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC

Quarterfinals
Radford	84	Presbyterian	76
Charleston Southern	77	Winthrop	63
Campbell	86	Hampton	77
Gardner-Webb	75	High Point	69

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8 (at Campbell)
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
2	Radford (21-10)	6	Charleston Southern (17-14)
1	Campbell (20-11)	4	Gardner-Webb (21-11)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

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

First Round
Saint Peter’s	71	Marist	68 ot
Manhattan	57	Fairfield	53
Monmouth	76	Niagara	72

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (14-15)	9	Saint Peter’s (10-21)
4	Rider (16-14)	5	Siena (16-15)

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
2	Canisius (14-16)	7	Manhattan (11-20)
3	Quinnipiac (16-13)	6	Monmouth (12-20)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
First Round–Thursday, March 7
Valparaiso	77	Indiana St.	55
Illinois St.	65	Evansville	60

 

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Loyola (Chi) (19-12)	9	Valparaiso (15-17)
4	Missouri St. (16-15)	5	Bradley (17-14)
2	Drake (23-8)	7	Illinois St. (17-15)
3	Southern Illinois (17-14)	6	Northern Iowa (14-17)

 

 

Ohio Valley Conference
Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Austin Peay	95	Morehead St.	81
Jacksonville St.	88	UT-Martin	81

 

Semifinals–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Belmont (25-4)	4	Austin Peay (22-10)
2	Murray St. (25-4)	3	Jacksonville St. (24-8)

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 7
Colgate	81	Boston U	69
Bucknell	77	Holy Cross	65
Lehigh	78	Army	70
Navy	60	American	56

 

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
First Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	VMI (10-20)	9	Western Carolina (7-24)
7	Samford (16-15)	10	The Citadel (12-17)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
First Round–Thursday, March 7
San Diego	67	Portland	47
Pepperdine	61	Pacific	53

 

Second Round–Friday, March 8
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
6	Santa Clara (16-14)	7	San Diego (19-13)
5	Loyola Marymount (20-10)	8	Pepperdine (14-17)

 

Coming Later Today: Bracketology Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For Tuesday, March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Gonzaga	Virginia	Kentucky
2	Tennessee	Michigan	North Carolina	Michigan St.
3	Houston	LSU	Purdue	Texas Tech
4	Kansas	Marquette	Wisconsin	Florida St.
5	Kansas St.	Virginia Tech	Nevada	Iowa St.
6	Maryland	Mississippi St.	Cincinnati	Villanova
7	Buffalo	Louisville	Baylor	Iowa
8	Auburn	Wofford	Syracuse	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Virginia Commonwealth	Florida	St. John’s
10	Central Florida	Ohio St.	Alabama	Ohio St.
11	Texas	TCU	Minnesota	Seton Hall
12	North Carolina St./Temple	Arizona St./Utah St.	Belmont	Lipscomb
13	New Mexico St.	Old Dominion	Vermont	Hofstra
14	UC-irvine	Yale	South Dakota St.	Texas St.
15	Montana	Colgate	Drake	Wright St.
16	Campbell	Sam Houston St.	Norfolk St./St. Francis (PA)	Siena/Texas Southern

Last 4 In

North Carolina St.

Arizona St.

Utah St.

Temple

Last 4 Bye

Texas

TCU

Minnesota

Seton Hall

First 4 Out

Clemson

Indiana

Georgetown

Furman

Next 4 Out

Murray St.

Nebraska

Xavier

Saint Mary’s

Bids By Conference	Bids
ACC	8
Big Ten	8
Big 12	8
SEC	8
AAC	4
Big East	4
MWC	2
Pac-12	2
One-Bid Leagues	24

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 2, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Games Scheduled for:			Saturday
Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Maine	89.9	2.5	Binghamton	88.9	3.5
Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	3.0	New Hampshire	85.8	14.6
Hartford	99.3	2.0	Albany	93.4	7.9
Vermont	106.3	3.0	Stony Brook	100.5	8.8
Houston	114.9	3.0	Central Florida	110.3	7.6
Cincinnati	112.1	3.0	Memphis	106.6	8.5
Florida St.	114.4	3.0	North Carolina St.	112.7	4.7
Wake Forest	99.8	2.5	Syracuse	111.5	-9.2
Virginia	122.7	3.0	Pittsburgh	105.3	20.4
Duke	123.9	3.0	Miami (Fla)	107.5	19.4
Clemson	111.9	3.0	North Carolina	120.7	-5.8
Davidson	105.9	3.0	Fordham	95.8	13.1
Duquesne	100.4	3.0	Massachusetts	97.5	5.9
Saint Louis	103.3	3.0	George Mason	101.9	4.4
George Washington	93.9	2.5	St. Bonaventure	103.1	-6.7
Richmond	99.0	1.0	VCU	110.5	-10.5
Saint Joseph’s	99.2	1.0	La Salle	97.5	2.7
Oklahoma St.	104.1	3.0	Kansas	115.3	-8.2
Texas	112.4	3.0	Iowa St.	115.4	0.0
Oklahoma	111.1	3.0	West Virginia	104.4	9.7
TCU	110.2	2.5	Texas Tech	117.1	-4.4
Kansas St.	112.4	3.0	Baylor	110.9	4.5
Villanova	113.0	3.0	Butler	108.9	7.1
Georgetown	106.6	3.0	Seton Hall	108.0	1.6
Montana St.	95.1	2.5	Northern Arizona	91.3	6.3
Eastern Washington	94.5	2.5	Portland St.	94.1	2.9
Northern Colorado	100.6	2.5	Idaho St.	91.5	11.6
Montana	103.4	3.0	Southern Utah	93.8	12.6
Idaho	84.9	2.5	Sacramento St.	94.9	-7.5
Campbell	98.8	2.5	Radford	102.6	-1.3
Gardner Webb	98.9	2.5	Longwood	92.4	9.0
Presbyterian	98.3	2.5	Charleston Southern	98.7	2.1
USC Upstate	88.2	2.5	Hampton	97.8	-7.1
UNC Asheville	84.8	2.0	High Point	96.4	-9.6
Indiana	109.6	3.0	Michigan St.	120.5	-7.9
Wisconsin	115.3	3.0	Penn St.	109.6	8.7
Purdue	116.8	3.0	Ohio St.	111.8	8.0
Iowa	111.8	3.0	Rutgers	105.5	9.3
UC Riverside	91.8	2.0	UC Irvine	104.7	-10.9
UC Davis	96.0	2.0	Cal St. Fullerton	99.8	-1.8
Long Beach St.	96.8	2.0	Cal Poly	89.0	9.8
Towson	94.8	2.5	Elon	91.1	6.2
Charleston	103.3	2.5	UNC Wilmington	94.6	11.2
Delaware	95.1	2.5	Hofstra	105.9	-8.3
Drexel	95.8	2.5	Northeastern	105.0	-6.7
James Madison	93.9	2.5	William & Mary	97.4	-1.0
Green Bay	97.8	2.5	Northern Kentucky	104.5	-4.2
Detroit	94.6	2.5	Illinois Chicago	97.0	0.1
Oakland	98.2	2.5	IUPUI	98.5	2.2
Youngstown St.	93.7	2.5	Cleveland St.	92.4	3.8
Milwaukee	92.5	2.5	Wright St.	102.8	-7.8
Brown	101.3	2.5	Cornell	96.2	7.6
Yale	106.2	3.0	Columbia	96.0	13.2
Dartmouth	98.5	2.5	Penn	103.0	-2.0
Harvard	103.5	3.0	Princeton	100.1	6.4
Akron	104	2.0	Ohio	96.7	9.3
Northern Illinois	100.8	2.5	Eastern Michigan	99.6	3.7
Western Michigan	94.7	2.5	Ball St.	103.5	-6.3
Central Michigan	102.6	2.5	Toledo	107.6	-2.5
Delaware St.	79.9	2.0	Morgan St.	88.3	-6.4
North Carolina A&T	91.0	2.5	Florida A&M	89.7	3.8
Bethune Cookman	93.2	2.0	South Carolina St.	87.4	7.8
Savannah St.	85.2	2.0	Howard	91.1	-3.9
Norfolk St.	95.2	2.5	Coppin St.	84.7	13.0
Southern Illinois	101.7	2.5	Illinois St.	98.5	5.7
Indiana St.	97.5	2.5	Northern Iowa	99.7	0.3
Valparaiso	97.7	2.5	Evansville	96.3	3.9
Missouri St.	100.1	2.5	Drake	102.2	0.4
Bradley	99.7	2.5	Loyola (Chi)	103.6	-1.4
Wyoming	89.9	2.5	Air Force	95.2	-2.8
Utah St.	109.9	3.0	Nevada	115.0	-2.1
New Mexico	99.3	3.0	Colorado St.	99.6	2.7
San Diego St.	104.1	3.0	San Jose St.	86.2	20.9
UNLV	100.8	2.5	Boise St.	102.1	1.2
Central Connecticut St.	90.6	2.5	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.1	-3.0
Sacred Heart	95.6	2.5	St. Francis (PA)	96.1	2.0
St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.4	2.5	Mount St. Mary’s	89.4	7.5
Wagner	93.6	2.5	Robert Morris	94.9	1.2
Long Island	94.6	3.0	Bryant	89.5	8.1
Eastern Illinois	92.2	2.5	Tennessee Tech	89.1	5.6
UT Martin	92.5	2.0	Tennessee St.	92.7	1.8
SIU Edwardsville	88.2	2.5	Jacksonville St.	102.8	-12.1
Eastern Kentucky	95.3	2.5	Morehead St.	94.9	2.9
Southeast Missouri	91.1	2.5	Belmont	108.6	-15.0
Murray St.	108.5	2.5	Austin Peay	103.2	7.8
Colorado	106.2	3.0	Utah	103.9	5.3
California	94.5	3.0	Washington St.	97.6	-0.1
Oregon	108.2	3.0	Arizona	106.8	4.4
Lafayette	92.6	2.5	Colgate	102.0	-6.9
Bucknell	101.7	3.0	Army	95.5	9.2
Boston	96.5	2.5	Navy	92.3	6.7
Holy Cross	96.4	2.5	American	97.8	1.1
Loyola (MD)	93.4	2.5	Lehigh	101.1	-5.2
Alabama	108.4	3.0	LSU	113.3	-1.9
Arkansas	107.4	3.0	Ole Miss	109.9	0.5
Tennessee	118.0	3.0	Kentucky	118.7	2.3
Missouri	104.9	3.0	South Carolina	105.9	2.0
Auburn	115.5	3.0	Mississippi St.	113.6	4.9
Texas A&M	105.9	3.0	Vanderbilt	103.0	5.9
Florida	112.4	2.5	Georgia	104.1	10.8
Mississippi Valley St.	83.5	2.0	Jackson St.	89.2	-3.7
Alabama St.	90.9	2.0	Texas Southern	97.5	-4.6
Southern	86.8	2.0	Alcorn St.	85.3	3.5
Alabama A&M	84.9	2.0	Prairie View	94.8	-7.9
Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.5	2.0	Grambling	93.7	-2.2
VMI	91.5	2.5	The Citadel	95.3	-1.3
Chattanooga	94.3	2.5	Furman	107.5	-10.7
Samford	100.2	2.5	Wofford	112.5	-9.8
East Tennessee St.	106.9	2.0	Western Carolina	93.0	15.9
Mercer	98.9	2.5	UNC Greensboro	104.7	-3.3
Nicholls St.	91.3	2.5	New Orleans	94.1	-0.3
Southeast Louisiana	94.5	2.5	Northwestern St.	87.3	9.7
Central Arkansas	91.1	2.5	Abilene Christian	100.1	-6.5
Lamar	97.7	2.5	Stephen F Austin	92.4	7.8
Houston Baptist	93.2	2.5	McNeese St.	90.3	5.4
Incarnate Word	84.8	2.5	Texas A&M CC	93.4	-6.1
Denver	91.3	2.5	Omaha	99.9	-6.1
South Dakota	97.1	2.5	North Dakota	94.9	4.7
Purdue Fort Wayne	99.2	3.0	North Dakota St.	97.4	4.8
South Dakota St.	106.1	3.0	Western Illinois	92.3	16.8
Georgia St.	103.3	2.5	Little Rock	96.8	9.0
Louisiana Monroe	101.2	2.5	Coastal Carolina	100.4	3.3
Troy	95.5	2.5	UT Arlington	99.1	-1.1
Georgia Southern	105.0	3.0	Arkansas St.	94.4	13.6
South Alabama	96.8	2.5	Texas St.	104.0	-4.7
Chicago St.	79.7	2.0	New Mexico St.	107.6	-25.9
Missouri Kansas City	95.1	2.5	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.7	-0.1
Grand Canyon	105.6	3.0	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	11.9
California Baptist	97.1	2.5	Utah Valley	103.7	-4.1
San Francisco	108.2	3.0	Loyola Marymount	101.9	9.3
Pepperdine	99.9	2.5	Pacific	97.0	5.4
BYU	105.9	3.0	San Diego	104.7	4.2
Portland	90.3	2.0	Santa Clara	97.9	-5.6
Saint Mary’s	110.6	3.0	Gonzaga	124.2	-10.6

 

Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Bracket Set

Last night, the Atlantic Sun Conference concluded regular season play with Lipscomb and Liberty sharing the conference championship.  Lipscomb won the tiebreaker, and the Bisons get the number one seed and can host every game they play in this tournament.  A secondary reward is an automatic NIT bid should they lose the conference tournament.

Florida Gulf Coast made a strong kick in the final week, winning twice to sneak into the number four slot, while NJIT fell on the final night to drop to number five.  The Highlanders finished 2-6 after starting the year at 18-5.

North Florida is the hot team in the league.  The Ospreys won their final six games to earn the three-seed.  In that run, North Florida topped Liberty to destroy the flames’ chances of winning the A-Sun regular title outright.

This tournament is played strictly on the home floors of the higher seeded teams.  Lipscomb went 11-2 at home this year in Allen Arena, with Liberty being one of those two losses.

Here are the matchups for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament

Atlantic Sun Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Monday, March 4
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Lipscomb (23-6)	8	Kennesaw St. (6-25)
2	Liberty (25-6)	7	Jacksonville (12-19)
3	North Florida (15-16)	6	North Alabama (10-21)
4	Florida Gulf Coast (14-17)	5	NJIT (20-11)
Semifinals–Thursday, March 7
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1/8	Higher Seed	4/5	Lower Seed
2/7	Higher Seed	3/6	Lower Seed
Championship Game–Sunday, March 10
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1/8/4/5	Higher Seed	2/3/6/7	Lower Seed