PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Thursday, March 23, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Kansas St.	Michigan St.	0.7
Connecticut	Arkansas	4.3
Tennessee	Florida Atlantic	5.8
UCLA	Gonzaga	1.3

PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Sunday, March 19, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Baylor	Creighton	-0.3
Colorado	Utah Valley	4.7
Connecticut	Saint Mary’s	4.2
Duquesne	Rice	5.5
Eastern Kentucky	Cleveland St.	0.8
Florida Atlantic	Fairleigh Dickinson	18.7
Gonzaga	TCU	4.4
Indiana	Miami (Fla)	1.8
Kansas St.	Kentucky	-0.2
Marquette	Michigan St.	3.2
North Texas	Sam Houston St.	3.4
Oklahoma St.	Eastern Washington	11.5
Oregon	Central Florida	4.6
Stetson	Milwaukee	2.7
Tarleton St.	Radford	1.1
UAB	Morehead St.	16.0
Wisconsin	Liberty	2.9
Xavier	Pittsburgh	5.4

PiRate Ratings College Basketball — Friday, March 10, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Alabama	Mississippi St.	9.7
Alabama A&M	Texas Southern	-0.5
Arizona	Arizona St.	7.3
Boise St.	Utah St.	-1.2
Cincinnati	Temple	5.3
Florida Atlantic	Middle Tennessee	9.3
Grambling	Jackson St.	6.8
Houston	East Carolina	21.0
Howard	Maryland Eastern Shore	1.2
Indiana	Maryland	-0.3
Iona	Niagara	12.6
Kansas	Iowa St.	3.9
Kent St.	Akron	2.8
Kentucky	Vanderbilt	5.8
Marquette	Connecticut	-3.5
Memphis	Central Florida	3.6
Miami (Fla)	Duke	-1.6
Michigan St.	Ohio St.	1.9
Missouri	Tennessee	-8.9
North Carolina Central	Norfolk St.	0.2
North Texas	UAB	-0.8
Northwestern	Penn St.	0.5
Purdue	Rutgers	4.5
Saint Peter’s	Marist	0.0
Sam Houston St.	Grand Canyon	4.4
San Diego St.	San Jose St.	9.0
Texas	TCU	3.5
Texas A&M	Arkansas	-1.5
Toledo	Ohio	4.6
Tulane	Wichita St.	0.7
UC Santa Barbara	UC Riverside	1.8
UC-Irvine	Cal St. Fullerton	2.8
UCLA	Oregon	7.9
Utah Valley	Southern Utah	2.8
Virginia	Clemson	1.3
Xavier	Creighton	-1.5

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Tuesday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	Spread
Akron	Ball St.	6.1
American	Bucknell	3.8
Binghamton	UMBC	-1.2
Boise St.	San Diego St.	0.9
Bowling Green	Eastern Michigan	4.4
Butler	Marquette	-7.8
Central Michigan	Toledo	-13.2
Coastal Carolina	Arkansas St.	1.7
Dayton	La Salle	14.1
Detroit	Purdue Ft. Wayne	3.5
Duke	North Carolina St.	4.7
Eastern Kentucky	North Alabama	6.2
Georgia	Florida	-4.7
Indiana	Iowa	5.2
Kansas	Texas Tech	9.6
Kennesaw St.	Queens	6.8
Kent St.	Ohio	8.5
Liberty	Bellarmine	16.4
Louisville	Virginia Tech	-10.2
Loyola (MD)	Holy Cross	5.4
Maine	Bryant	-2.9
Mississippi	Texas A&M	-4.6
Mississippi St.	South Carolina	15.9
Nebraska	Michigan St.	-3.3
New Hampshire	NJIT	5.5
New Mexico	Fresno St.	11.4
Northern Illinois	Buffalo	-0.5
Robert Morris	IUPUI	14.8
San Jose St.	Colorado St.	2.0
Seton Hall	Villanova	2.4
Stetson	Lipscomb	2.3
Syracuse	Georgia Tech	7.7
Tennessee	Arkansas	6.6
Texas St.	Georgia St.	2.9
VCU	Saint Louis	5.7
Vermont	Albany	16.9
Virginia	Clemson	5.5
Wake Forest	Boston College	9.8
Western Michigan	Miami (O)	0.5
Wright St.	Green Bay	19.5

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Tuesday’s Conference Tournament Schedules

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Atlantic Sun

Quarterfinals–All Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#9 Queens (18-14) at #1 Kennesaw St. (23-8)

#5 Lipscomb (19-12) at #4 Stetson (17-12)

#8 Bellarmine (15-17) at #2 Liberty (24-7)

#6 North Alabama (18-13) at #3 Eastern Kentucky (19-12)

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Horizon League

1st Round–All Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#11 IUPUI (5-26) at #6 Robert Morris (15-16)

#10 Green Bay (3-28) at #7 Wright St. (17-14)

#9 Purdue Ft. Wayne (17-14) at #8 Detroit Mercy (13-18)

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Patriot League

1st Round–Both Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#9 Holy Cross (10-21) at #8 Loyola (MD) (12-19)

#10 Bucknell (12-19) at #7 American (15-14)

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Sun Belt Conference — Pensacola, FL

1st Round — Both Games on ESPN+

#12 Coastal Carolina (11-19) vs. #13 Arkansas St. (12-19) 6 PM EST

#11 Texas St. (13-18) vs. #14 Georgia St. (10-20) 8:30 PM EST

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Saturday, February 25, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Abilene Christian	Utah Valley	-3.8
Akron	Western Michigan	15.0
Alabama	Arkansas	8.8
Alabama St.	Alabama A&M	0.1
Albany	NJIT	0.0
Alcorn St.	Prairie View	3.8
Arizona	Arizona St.	11.0
Baylor	Texas	1.5
Bethune-Cookman	Southern U.	-6.2
Binghamton	Maine	1.7
Boston U.	Lehigh	3.1
Bowling Green	Kent St.	-11.4
Bryant	Vermont	-1.1
Bucknell	Lafayette	0.5
BYU	San Francisco	5.6
Cal Poly	UC Davis	-6.3
Cal St. Bakersfield	Cal St. Fullerton	-6.4
California	Washington St.	-10.3
Central Connecticut St.	Sacred Heart	2.1
Central Michigan	Northern Illinois	-2.2
Charleston	Stony Brook	19.8
Charleston Southern	Presbyterian	4.7
Charlotte	Rice	6.5
Columbia	Brown	-8.8
Coppin St.	Maryland Eastern Shore	-4.2
Dayton	George Mason	10.0
Denver	Omaha	4.4
Detroit	Wright St.	1.6
Duke	Virginia Tech	6.2
East Carolina	Houston	-19.8
East Tennessee St.	UNC Greensboro	-5.5
Eastern Illinois	Tennessee Tech	-1.5
Eastern Michigan	Ball St.	-7.3
Elon	Delaware	-3.2
Fairleigh Dickinson	St. Francis (NY)	6.3
Florida A&M	Grambling	-8.8
Florida Atlantic	UTEP	13.9
Florida Intl.	UTSA	8.0
Fordham	Rhode Island	7.4
George Washington	La Salle	2.5
Georgia	Missouri	-3.6
Georgia Tech	Louisville	7.8
Gonzaga	Saint Mary’s	4.8
Green Bay	Purdue Ft. Wayne	-11.3
Harvard	Princeton	0.0
Hawaii	UC Irvine	0.4
Hofstra	Northeastern	14.7
Holy Cross	Army	-4.1
Idaho St.	Eastern Washington	-5.9
Incarnate Word	Texas A&M-Commerce	-1.6
Iowa	Michigan St.	2.7
Iowa St.	Oklahoma	7.1
IUPUI	Youngstown St.	-16.7
Jackson St.	Texas Southern	1.6
Kansas	West Virginia	7.5
Kentucky	Auburn	2.1
Lamar	New Orleans	0.4
Lindenwood	Little Rock	1.0
Long Beach St.	Cal St. Northridge	12.0
Long Island	Merrimack	-8.8
Longwood	UNC Asheville	3.1
Loyola (MD)	American	-0.6
Marquette	DePaul	16.4
Mercer	The Citadel	7.2
Miami (Fla)	Florida St.	16.2
Miami (O)	Ohio	-6.7
Middle Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	3.9
Milwaukee	Cleveland St.	-0.4
Mississippi	LSU	4.7
Mississippi St.	Texas A&M	0.8
Mississippi Valley St.	Arkansas Pine Bluff	-2.1
Montana	Sacramento St.	6.2
Montana St.	Portland St.	9.3
Morehead St.	UT Martin	3.2
Morgan St.	Delaware St.	9.0
Navy	Colgate	-1.6
Nebraska	Minnesota	10.5
New Mexico	San Diego St.	-0.6
Nicholls St.	Houston Christian	11.4
North Carolina	Virginia	2.9
North Carolina A&T	Hampton	6.1
North Carolina Central	Howard	5.8
North Carolina St.	Clemson	6.5
North Dakota	St. Thomas (MN)	-2.7
North Dakota St.	Western Illinois	6.1
Northern Colorado	Northern Arizona	3.0
Oakland	Northern Kentucky	-2.3
Oklahoma St.	Kansas St.	1.0
Oregon St.	Oregon	-9.2
Pacific	Portland	0.2
Penn	Dartmouth	10.4
Pepperdine	Loyola Marymount	-1.8
Pittsburgh	Syracuse	6.3
Purdue	Indiana	6.4
Radford	Campbell	5.8
Saint Louis	Loyola (Chi.)	11.2
Sam Houston St.	Southern Utah	5.6
Samford	Furman	-0.8
San Diego	Santa Clara	-4.9
San Jose St.	Boise St.	-5.9
SIU Edwardsville	Southeast Missouri St.	3.4
South Carolina St.	Norfolk St.	-8.9
South Dakota	UMKC	1.1
South Dakota St.	Oral Roberts	-5.0
South Florida	SMU	5.0
Southeastern Louisiana	McNeese St.	8.0
St. Francis (PA)	Wagner	0.3
St. John’s	Connecticut	-7.8
Tennessee	South Carolina	23.0
Tennessee St.	Southern Indiana	2.2
Texas A&M-CC	Northwestern St.	3.6
Texas Tech	TCU	0.0
Toledo	Buffalo	9.2
UC San Diego	UC Santa Barbara	-5.7
UMass Lowell	New Hampshire	10.2
UNC Wilmington	Towson	0.8
USC Upstate	Gardner-Webb	-2.4
UT Arlington	Utah Tech	-0.5
UT-Rio Grande Valley	Tarleton St.	-3.3
Utah	USC	1.3
Vanderbilt	Florida	-0.9
Villanova	Creighton	-3.8
Wake Forest	Notre Dame	9.2
Weber St.	Idaho	7.7
Western Carolina	VMI	10.1
Western Kentucky	UAB	-6.1
William & Mary	Monmouth	6.9
Winthrop	High Point	6.1
Wofford	Chattanooga	-0.2
Yale	Cornell	8.0

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Air Force	Fresno St.	2.5
Arkansas	Georgia	14.2
Ball St.	Kent St.	-4.9
Buffalo	Central Michigan	9.8
Creighton	Marquette	3.6
Eastern Michigan	Western Michigan	1.6
Kansas St.	Baylor	0.3
Miami (O)	Bowling Green	1.4
Michigan St.	Indiana	0.5
Missouri	Mississippi St.	1.7
Missouri St.	Murray St.	5.3
Nevada	San Jose St.	10.0
Ohio	Northern Illinois	9.4
Oklahoma	Texas Tech	2.2
Pittsburgh	Georgia Tech	11.8
Richmond	Saint Louis	-1.5
Robert Morris	Youngstown St.	-5.4
Saint Joseph’s	VCU	-5.1
San Diego St.	Colorado St.	11.8
Texas	Iowa St.	5.7
Texas A&M	Tennessee	-3.2
Toledo	Akron	2.7
Tulsa	East Carolina	-2.1
Virginia Tech	Miami (Fla)	-0.4
Wyoming	Utah St.	-6.7
Xavier	Villanova	8.5

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 12, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Canisius	Quinnipiac	-5.4
Cleveland St.	Youngstown St.	-1.8
Evansville	Missouri St.	-9.9
Fairfield	Mount St. Mary’s	5.0
Manhattan	Saint Peter’s	1.6
Memphis	Temple	10.6
Minnesota	Iowa	-11.7
Niagara	Iona	-7.7
Northern Kentucky	IUPUI	17.6
Northwestern	Purdue	-4.4
Ohio St.	Michigan St.	3.5
Purdue Fort Wayne	Robert Morris	5.8
Siena	Marist	10.3
UNC Greensboro	Wofford	9.0
Wichita St.	SMU	7.1

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–Sunday, January 29, 2023

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

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.