PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 26, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Bradley	Drake	1.7
Canisius	Fairfield	0.9
Colorado	UCLA	-6.6
Duquesne	Davidson	5.1
Georgetown	Providence	-9.4
Illinois Chicago	Southern Illinois	-7.2
Illinois St.	Evansville	9.1
Indiana St.	Missouri St.	7.3
Iona	Siena	10.3
Maryland	Northwestern	5.5
Memphis	Cincinnati	5.6
Michigan	Wisconsin	5.2
Murray St.	Valparaiso	5.5
Niagara	Saint Peter’s	5.5
Northern Iowa	Belmont	-2.2
Ohio St.	Illinois	-0.8
Penn St.	Rutgers	0.6
Quinnipiac	Manhattan	9.5
Rider	Mount St. Mary’s	8.1
St. Bonaventure	Saint Joseph’s	3.8
Stanford	Washington	4.0
Stephen F. Austin	Cal Baptist	4.0
Tulane	Wichita St.	6.0
Tulsa	Central Florida	-12.5

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Abilene Christian	Stephen F. Austin	-0.4
American	Navy	-1.9
Army	Boston U.	4.0
Auburn	Mississippi	12.4
Belmont	Indiana St.	0.0
Boise St.	New Mexico	5.1
Boston College	Virginia	-9.8
Central Arkansas	Jacksonville St.	-2.7
Central Florida	South Florida	10.4
Chattanooga	Samford	0.1
Cincinnati	Temple	8.6
Clemson	Syracuse	4.9
Connecticut	Providence	8.2
Davidson	St. Bonaventure	4.4
DePaul	Butler	1.0
Drake	Illinois St.	15.2
East Tennessee St.	The Citadel	6.9
Eastern Illinois	Morehead St.	-4.4
Evansville	Illinois Chicago	-2.3
Florida	Kentucky	1.3
Florida Gulf Coast	Lipscomb	2.8
Furman	Mercer	12.4
Georgetown	St. John’s	-4.3
Georgia Southern	Coastal Carolina	5.8
Georgia St.	Appalachian St.	-1.7
High Point	Radford	-5.1
Houston	Tulane	15.4
Jacksonville	Bellarmine	4.2
James Madison	Marshall	1.1
La Salle	Duquesne	-2.9
Lafayette	Colgate	-7.0
Lehigh	Bucknell	3.2
Louisiana	Arkansas St.	14.3
Louisiana Monroe	Troy	-5.2
Loyola (Chi)	Fordham	-2.5
Loyola (MD)	Holy Cross	3.6
LSU	Vanderbilt	-1.2
Maryland	Minnesota	18.4
Massachusetts	Dayton	-6.3
New Hampshire	Maine	2.6
NJIT	Bryant	-6.2
North Alabama	Kennesaw St.	-2.5
North Carolina St.	Wake Forest	6.5
North Florida	Eastern Kentucky	-0.9
Notre Dame	North Carolina	-7.6
Old Dominion	Southern Miss.	-1.4
Presbyterian	USC Upstate	-2.0
Queens	Liberty	-8.9
Rhode Island	George Washington	2.5
South Carolina	Alabama	-20.7
Southern Illinois	Northern Iowa	6.1
Stetson	Austin Peay	10.6
Texas St.	South Alabama	-3.5
UMBC	UMass Lowell	-3.1
UNC Asheville	Charleston Southern	11.0
UNC Greensboro	Western Carolina	10.6
Valparaiso	Bradley	-10.6
Vermont	Binghamton	12.9
VMI	Wofford	-7.4
Winthrop	Campbell	2.6
Wisconsin	Iowa	-1.1

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 19, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Bellarmine	Central Arkansas	8.4
Boise St.	UNLV	8.3
Butler	Georgetown	8.5
Central Florida	Cincinnati	2.7
Chicago St.	Hartford	13.6
Cleveland St.	Northern Kentucky	2.5
Detroit	IUPUI	17.3
Drake	Belmont	6.8
Fairfield	Manhattan	5.8
Furman	East Tennessee St.	13.1
Houston	Memphis	11.6
Illinois Chicago	Valparaiso	1.3
Marist	Niagara	-1.9
Mount St. Mary’s	Canisius	1.8
Nebraska	Maryland	-5.3
North Carolina St.	North Carolina	1.9
Northwestern	Iowa	0.1
Purdue	Ohio St.	9.5
Purdue Ft. Wayne	Wright St.	-0.3
Quinnipiac	Rider	3.4
Saint Peter’s	Iona	-11.8
SMU	East Carolina	4.4
Southern Illinois	Bradley	-2.6
St. Bonaventure	George Washington	6.2
Temple	Tulsa	13.4
Washington St.	Oregon	0.7

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, February 16, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Appalachian St.	Texas St.	4.9
Arizona	Utah	9.2
Arizona St.	Colorado	2.4
Arkansas St.	Troy	-7.2
Austin Peay	Jacksonville	-2.7
Bellarmine	North Alabama	3.7
BYU	Santa Clara	5.0
Central Connecticut St.	Wagner	-0.4
Charlotte	Western Kentucky	4.7
Coastal Carolina	Georgia St.	1.5
Denver	South Dakota St.	-5.2
Drexel	UNC Wilmington	0.8
Eastern Kentucky	Central Arkansas	12.4
Eastern Washington	Northern Arizona	9.5
Elon	Charleston	-13.7
Hartford	Merrimack	-6.0
Hofstra	Hampton	19.0
Idaho	Northern Colorado	-0.6
Iowa	Ohio St.	5.2
Jacksonville St.	Queens	0.4
James Madison	Old Dominion	8.6
Kennesaw St.	Liberty	-5.4
Lamar	Houston Christian	2.0
Lipscomb	North Florida	6.5
Little Rock	Southern Indiana	-2.0
Louisiana	Louisiana Monroe	11.5
Louisiana Tech	North Texas	-3.0
Loyola Marymount	Gonzaga	-8.3
Marshall	Georgia Southern	12.6
Maryland	Purdue	-0.9
McNeese St.	Incarnate Word	4.5
Memphis	Central Florida	6.0
Middle Tennessee	Florida Atlantic	-5.6
Morehead St.	Tennessee St.	4.6
Nicholls St.	Texas A&M-CC	1.1
Northeastern	Monmouth	8.7
Northwestern St.	Southeastern Louisiana	7.3
Omaha	South Dakota	0.8
Oral Roberts	North Dakota	18.9
Pacific	San Francisco	-3.3
Portland St.	Idaho St.	4.1
Radford	UNC Asheville	3.3
Rice	UTSA	11.7
Robert Morris	Green Bay	14.8
Sacramento St.	Weber St.	1.0
Sacred Heart	Fairleigh Dickinson	3.0
San Diego	Saint Mary’s	-13.9
SMU	Houston	-17.8
South Alabama	Southern Miss.	-1.2
Southeast Missouri St.	Eastern Illinois	7.9
St Francis (NY)	St. Francis (PA)	0.1
Stonehill College	LIU	11.9
Stony Brook	William & Mary	1.7
Temple	Wichita St.	4.1
Tennessee Tech	Lindenwood	6.0
Texas A&M-Commerce	New Orleans	8.8
Towson	Delaware	7.3
UCLA	Stanford	15.1
UMKC	North Dakota St.	0.5
USC	California	16.6
UT Martin	SIU Edwardsville	0.9
UTEP	UAB	-7.1
Washington St.	Oregon St.	12.4
Youngstown St.	Milwaukee	8.3

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Saturday, February 11, 2023



Home	Visitor	Spread
Abilene Christian	Sam Houston	-4.4
American	Holy Cross	9.8
Arkansas	Mississippi St.	7.3
Arkansas Pine Bluff	Alabama St.	4.2
Auburn	Alabama	-4.2
Ball St.	Bowling Green	8.7
Belmont	Illinois Chicago	11.3
Bethune-Cookman	Alcorn St.	-3.7
Binghamton	Albany	6.3
Boise St.	Wyoming	14.0
Boston College	North Carolina St.	-6.7
Bradley	Murray St.	11.0
Brown	Cornell	-2.0
Bucknell	Colgate	-8.0
Cal Baptist	New Mexico St.	3.2
Cal St. Bakersfield	Long Beach St.	-4.7
Cal St. Northridge	Cal Poly	0.9
California	Arizona St.	-9.7
Central Arkansas	Austin Peay	0.2
Central Florida	Tulsa	16.2
Charleston Southern	Radford	-4.0
Chattanooga	Mercer	5.8
Cincinnati	South Florida	10.9
Coastal Carolina	James Madison	-8.7
Creighton	Connecticut	1.1
Dartmouth	Princeton	-7.0
Davidson	Fordham	3.5
Delaware St.	Howard	-6.6
Drake	Southern Illinois	6.5
Drexel	Towson	-0.9
Duquesne	St. Bonaventure	6.1
Eastern Michigan	Toledo	-10.9
Elon	William & Mary	1.8
Fairleigh Dickinson	Central Connecticut St.	3.5
Florida	Vanderbilt	8.8
Florida A&M	Jackson St.	-2.5
Florida Atlantic	Louisiana Tech	11.7
Florida Intl.	Rice	0.1
Florida St.	Pittsburgh	-5.0
Furman	Western Carolina	12.8
Gardner-Webb	Campbell	7.9
George Mason	Rhode Island	5.8
Georgetown	Marquette	-13.0
Georgia	Kentucky	-5.4
Georgia Southern	Arkansas St.	7.5
Georgia St.	Marshall	-9.4
Gonzaga	BYU	11.7
Grambling	Texas Southern	8.2
Green Bay	Detroit	-13.0
Hampton	Charleston	-16.8
Harvard	Penn	0.6
High Point	Longwood	-7.0
Idaho	Eastern Washington	-6.3
Idaho St.	Montana St.	-6.2
Illinois	Rutgers	2.3
Incarnate Word	Houston Christian	4.5
Iowa St.	Oklahoma St.	4.6
Jacksonville	Florida Gulf Coast	0.5
Kennesaw St.	Jacksonville St.	8.9
La Salle	Massachusetts	0.7
Lafayette	Boston U.	3.3
Lehigh	Loyola (MD)	6.9
Liberty	Eastern Kentucky	12.1
LSU	Texas A&M	-5.0
Maryland	Penn St.	6.8
Maryland Eastern Shore	Norfolk St.	-1.3
Miami (Fla)	Louisville	21.7
Miami (O)	Central Michigan	4.7
Michigan	Indiana	-1.5
Milwaukee	Oakland	4.5
Mississippi	South Carolina	11.5
Mississippi Valley St.	Alabama A&M	-2.5
Monmouth	Hofstra	-14.1
Navy	Army	5.0
Nebraska	Wisconsin	-1.1
New Orleans	McNeese St.	-1.3
NJIT	Maine	-1.5
North Alabama	Lipscomb	-2.9
North Carolina	Clemson	7.2
North Carolina Central	Morgan St.	6.3
North Dakota	Omaha	4.3
North Dakota St.	Denver	7.1
North Florida	Stetson	-2.1
North Texas	Charlotte	5.9
Northern Arizona	Portland St.	1.9
Northern Colorado	Sacramento St.	2.2
Northern Illinois	Western Michigan	4.8
Northern Iowa	Indiana St.	-2.9
Northwestern St.	Texas A&M-Commerce	8.6
Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	-5.8
Oklahoma	Kansas	-3.5
Oregon	UCLA	-4.3
Oregon St.	USC	-8.7
Pacific	San Diego	2.7
Portland	Saint Mary’s	-11.6
Presbyterian	UNC Asheville	-7.1
Queens	Bellarmine	4.4
Richmond	Loyola (Chi)	7.9
Saint Joseph’s	George Washington	4.7
Samford	The Citadel	12.9
San Diego St.	UNLV	9.3
San Francisco	Pepperdine	8.7
San Jose St.	Utah St.	-5.3
Santa Clara	Loyola Marymount	3.3
Seattle	Grand Canyon	0.8
SIU Edwardsville	Eastern Illinois	11.7
South Alabama	Appalachian St.	3.2
South Carolina St.	Coppin St.	1.0
South Dakota St.	South Dakota	9.8
Southeast Missouri St.	Morehead St.	2.5
Southeastern Louisiana	Nicholls St.	0.1
Southern Indiana	Lindenwood	7.8
Southern Miss.	Louisiana Monroe	13.0
Southern U.	Prairie View	12.3
St. Francis (PA)	Merrimack	2.2
St. John’s	Providence	-2.3
St. Thomas (MN)	UMKC	4.4
Stanford	Arizona	-8.3
Stonehill College	St. Francis (NY)	5.3
Stony Brook	North Carolina A&T	-0.5
TCU	Baylor	1.4
Tennessee	Missouri	12.5
Tennessee St.	Tennessee Tech	1.8
Texas	West Virginia	5.1
Texas A&M-CC	Lamar	14.8
Texas St.	Old Dominion	0.3
Texas Tech	Kansas St.	-1.2
Troy	Louisiana	-0.8
Tulane	East Carolina	12.6
UAB	Middle Tennessee	8.1
UC Irvine	UC Riverside	6.7
UC Santa Barbara	UC Davis	5.8
UMBC	Bryant	-0.8
UNC Wilmington	Northeastern	9.4
UT Martin	Little Rock	6.3
UT-Rio Grande Valley	Stephen F Austin	-6.3
Utah	Colorado	3.2
Utah Tech	Tarleton St.	2.1
Utah Valley	Southern Utah	4.6
UTSA	UTEP	-5.3
Valparaiso	Illinois St.	1.2
Vermont	UMass Lowell	3.2
Villanova	Seton Hall	1.9
Virginia	Duke	4.9
Wagner	Long Island	14.8
Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	12.2
Washington St.	Washington	6.9
Weber St.	Montana	0.6
Western Illinois	Oral Roberts	-13.0
Winthrop	USC Upstate	4.7
Yale	Columbia	21.2

Sunday Morning Eastern Time

Home	Visitor	Spread
Hawaii	Cal St. Fullerton	4.1

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Air Force	Colorado St.	-0.1
Akron	Toledo	2.5
Buffalo	Eastern Michigan	10.8
Butler	St. John’s	0.7
Central Michigan	Ball St.	-6.5
Connecticut	Marquette	4.9
Delaware St.	Chicago St.	-5.1
Fresno St.	San Jose St.	0.7
Georgia	Mississippi	1.7
Illinois	Minnesota	18.6
Indiana	Rutgers	2.7
Kansas St.	TCU	1.1
Kent St.	Bowling Green	14.6
Kentucky	Arkansas	2.0
Miami (O)	Western Michigan	2.7
Michigan St.	Maryland	0.5
Missouri	South Carolina	16.8
Murray St.	Drake	-4.8
New Mexico	Nevada	3.4
Northern Illinois	Ohio	-3.2
Pittsburgh	Louisville	16.9
Saint Louis	Rhode Island	11.1
Texas A&M	Auburn	1.1
Tulane	Cincinnati	0.4
UNC Greensboro	East Tennessee St.	9.3
VCU	Dayton	2.3
Virginia	North Carolina St.	5.9
Wake Forest	North Carolina	-1.4

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Alabama	Mississippi St.	14.7
American	Army	3.3
Auburn	Texas A&M	6.9
Binghamton	Vermont	-7.0
Boston College	Louisville	9.1
Bradley	Illinois St.	13.7
Bucknell	Navy	-1.0
Central Florida	Houston	-8.6
Chattanooga	Wofford	5.6
Connecticut	Xavier	7.1
Creighton	St. John’s	8.3
Duquesne	Loyola (Chi)	8.0
Evansville	Belmont	-12.7
Florida	South Carolina	18.3
Furman	Samford	5.8
Gardner-Webb	USC Upstate	8.4
George Washington	Saint Joseph’s	3.5
Hartford	Stonehill College	-5.8
High Point	Campbell	0.4
Holy Cross	Lehigh	-2.4
Lafayette	Loyola (MD)	7.9
Maine	UMass Lowell	-5.9
Maryland	Wisconsin	5.5
Massachusetts	Richmond	-0.7
Mercer	East Tennessee St.	3.3
Minnesota	Indiana	-11.5
Nebraska	Northwestern	-1.3
New Hampshire	Albany	6.6
NJIT	UMBC	-4.4
Northern Iowa	Valparaiso	8.4
Pittsburgh	Wake Forest	3.2
Providence	Butler	8.9
Purdue Ft. Wayne	IUPUI	20.1
Rhode Island	Dayton	-8.8
San Diego St	Utah St.	5.0
St. Bonaventure	Fordham	3.4
Stanford	Chicago St.	16.7
Stephen F. Austin	UT-Rio Grande Valley	11.8
Temple	South Florida	5.2
Tennessee	Georgia	18.5
Texas Tech	West Virginia	1.2
UNC Asheville	Presbyterian	11.0
UNC Greensboro	VMI	15.9
UT Arlington	Cal Baptist	-4.9
VCU	George Mason	6.6
Western Carolina	The Citadel	6.3
Wichita St.	Tulane	0.0
Winthrop	Charleston Southern	3.3

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 22, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
California	Oregon St.	3.6
Cincinnati	Memphis	0.6
Colorado	Washington St.	4.6
Connecticut	Butler	14.4
Fairleigh Dickinson	Stonehill	5.0
Houston	Temple	21.3
Indiana	Michigan St.	5.5
Long Island	Central Connecticut St.	-6.8
Maine	Binghamton	2.3
Michigan	Minnesota	13.4
Mount St. Mary’s	Marist	4.1
Purdue	Maryland	9.1
Quinnipiac	Canisius	10.3
Rider	Manhattan	9.6
Saint Peter’s	Niagara	0.0
Siena	Fairfield	6.9
SMU	Wichita St.	0.1
St. Francis (NY)	Merrimack	0.5
UMass Lowell	Bryant	3.4
Vermont	NJIT	12.0
Wagner	Sacred Heart	4.7
Wofford	Furman	-3.3

Coming Soon: “The 2023 list of coaches ready for the big time.”

In the past, our list has included Eric Musselman, Nate Oats, Matt McMahon, Todd Golden, Chris Jans, T.J. Otzelberger, Wes Miller, Steve Forbes, Mike Young, and top assistants like Jon Scheyer and Tommy Lloyd. All of these guys are coaching at a big time program in 2023, and some have already developed their school into a major power. Who makes this year’s list? We’ll give you 20 guys that can turn your moribund Major College program around in short time.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology



Date	1/20/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Purdue	Houston	Kansas	Alabama
2	UCLA	Tennessee	Kansas St.	Iowa St.
3	Texas	Arizona	Connecticut	Gonzaga
4	Virginia	Xavier	Marquette	Baylor
5	TCU	Auburn	Miami (Fla)	Rutgers
6	San Diego St.	Duke	Saint Mary’s	Providence
7	North Carolina St.	Arkansas	Illinois	Michigan St.
8	New Mexico	North Carolina	Missouri	Iowa
9	Indiana	Boise St.	Arizona St.	Creighton
10	Florida Atlantic	Clemson	Wisconsin	West Virginia
11	Charleston	Pittsburgh	Memphis	Maryland	Northwestern
12	Kent St.	Oral Roberts	Dayton	Ohio St.	Penn St.
13	Seattle	Marshall	Southern Illinois	Iona
14	Liberty	UC Santa Barbara	Cornell	Colgate
15	UMass Lowell	Samford	Youngstown St.	Eastern Washington
16	Longwood	SIU Edwardsville	Southern	Texas A&M-CC	Morgan St.	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes: Wisconsin, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Memphis

Last 4 In: Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio St., Penn St.

First 4 Out: Utah St., Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Texas A&M

Next 4 Out: Nevada, Central Florida, USC, Seton Hall

Note: The last 4 teams in the field this week are all Big Ten teams. These would be First Four teams playing in Dayton, but the NCAA Selection Committee will not put four Big Ten teams in this round.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Thursday, January 19, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Albany	Binghamton	1.5
Arizona	USC	8.0
Arizona St.	UCLA	-5.6
Arkansas St.	Louisiana	-8.8
Austin Peay	Bellarmine	1.3
Bryant	NJIT	11.0
Cal Poly	UC San Diego	3.1
Coastal Carolina	Appalachian St.	-0.9
Colorado	Washington	8.8
Delaware	William & Mary	5.8
Drexel	Hampton	15.9
Florida Gulf Coast	Jacksonville St.	10.3
Georgia Southern	Louisiana Monroe	7.2
Gonzaga	Loyola Marymount	15.5
Green Bay	Youngstown St.	-17.3
Hofstra	UNC Wilmington	3.6
Houston Christian	Incarnate Word	2.7
Idaho St.	Sacramento St.	-0.7
Illinois	Indiana	3.4
IUPUI	Oakland	-10.6
Jacksonville	Liberty	-5.3
Lamar	Texas A&M-CC	-11.7
Lindenwood	Southern Indiana	-2.9
Lipscomb	Eastern Kentucky	2.7
Little Rock	Tennessee Tech	-1.4
Long Beach St.	Cal St. Fullerton	2.9
Louisiana Tech	Western Kentucky	2.9
Maryland	Michigan	4.0
Memphis	Wichita St.	11.4
Michigan St.	Rutgers	-0.5
Middle Tennessee	Charlotte	0.2
Milwaukee	Robert Morris	5.1
Minnesota	Purdue	-13.6
Monmouth	Charleston	-18.6
New Orleans	Texas A&M-Commerce	-1.1
Nicholls St.	McNeese St.	9.0
North Carolina A&T	Towson	-4.4
North Dakota	UMKC	-3.1
North Dakota St.	Oral Roberts	-7.3
North Florida	Queens	-1.6
North Texas	Rice	10.9
Northern Arizona	Idaho	4.7
Northern Colorado	Eastern Washington	-3.4
Northern Kentucky	Cleveland St.	2.1
Old Dominion	Georgia St.	5.3
Pepperdine	Saint Mary’s	-11.3
Portland	San Diego	4.5
Sam Houston	Stephen F. Austin	8.2
San Francisco	Pacific	10.1
Santa Clara	BYU	1.7
Seattle	Tarleton St.	4.6
SIU Edwardsville	Morehead St.	9.6
South Dakota	Denver	3.5
South Dakota St.	Omaha	9.8
Southeast Louisiana	Northwestern St.	1.0
Southeast Missouri St.	UT Martin	4.7
Southern Miss.	South Alabama	6.2
Southern Utah	New Mexico St.	5.3
Stanford	Oregon St.	10.4
Stetson	Kennesaw St.	2.0
Stony Brook	Northeastern	0.0
Tennessee St.	Eastern Illinois	6.7
Texas St.	Marshall	-6.8
Troy	James Madison	-2.2
UC Davis	UC Riverside	1.6
UC Irvine	Hawaii	5.2
UC Santa Barbara	Cal St. Northridge	15.1
UNC Greensboro	The Citadel	13.8
UT Arlington	UT-Rio Grande Valley	4.1
Utah	Washington St.	3.5
UTEP	Florida Intl.	5.5
UTSA	Florida Atlantic	-16.2
Vermont	Maine	10.4
VMI	Mercer	-3.8
Weber St.	Portland St.	2.5
Wright St.	Purdue Ft. Wayne	0.3