PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament For Thursday, March 28, 2019

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Gonzaga	123.1	0.0	Florida St.	115.7	7.4
Tennessee	117.8	0.0	Purdue	117.6	0.2
Michigan	119.1	0.0	Texas Tech	118.4	0.7
Virginia	120.6	0.0	Oregon	111.2	9.4

 

Tonight’s Schedule

Team	Team	TIME (EDT)	TV	LOCATION
Florida St.	Gonzaga	7:09 PM	CBS	Anaheim
Purdue	Tennessee	7:29 PM	TBS	Louisville
Texas Tech	Michigan	9:39 PM	CBS	Anaheim
Oregon	Virginia	9:59 PM	TBS	Louisville

 

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Bracketnomics 2019: Picking The Sweet 16

What a Sweet 16 we have!  My experience in watching the NCAA Tournament goes back to the 1964 season as UCLA went 30-0 using a small lineup with no starter over 6 foot 5.  The 16-0 run in 2 1/2 minutes made me a Bruin fan on the spot, especially because one of the catalysts was small,left-handed guard Gail Goodrich; I was also a small, left-handed guard.

On the whole, my memory now includes 56 different NCAA Tournaments.  I had a difficult time finding a Sweet 16 as strong as this one.  I had to go back to the 1970 season to find the equivalent in power teams still in the Dance.  Of course, in 1970,  there were just 25 teams invited to the Tournament, so 18 teams competed in the opening round, while another seven received express bids to the Sweet 16.

Among that talented group of 1970 teams, there were:

1. UCLA was not supposed to win the 1970 tournament, as Kareem Abdul Jabbar and his fantastic class of 1969 graduated.  Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe, and Henry Bibby gave John Wooden an incredibly talented trio to build around as he went back to his high post offense.

2. Jacksonville had Artis Gilmore and Rex Morgan as an incredible inside-outside attack.  The Dolphins averaged close to 100 points per game and had a second starter in their lineup, Pembroke Burrows, who was over 7 feet tall.

3. St. Bonaventure had the best player in college basketball not named Maravich in Bob Lanier.  Lanier led the Bonnies to the top of the Eastern Elite, and SBU made it to the Final Four.  However, Lanier was injured in the East Regional Final and SBU had no chance in the Final Four against Jacksonville.

4. New Mexico State was in the top 5 all year long with future NBA stars Charlie Criss and Sam Lacey as well as hot shooting Jimmy Collins.  The Aggies were picked by many as capable of beating UCLA in the national semifinals.  Wicks and Rowe put NMSU out of their misery early in the second half.

5. Kentucky might have had the best team in the nation in 1970 had star guard Mike Casey not have suffered season-ending injuries in a car wreck the summer before.  With Dan Issel, Mike Pratt, Tom Parker, and Larry Steele, the Wildcats might have gone 30-0 had Casey not hurt his leg.

6. Niagara had the incomparable 5 foot 9 inch Calvin Murphy who was the total package on the hardwoods.  Murphy averaged well over 30 ppg for his career with the Purple Eagles and enjoyed a lengthy pro career.  He once scored 68 points against Syracuse.  He was a lot more than a scorer.  His defensive pressure broke down opposing teams.  He could drive quickly through defenses and pass to open teammates under the basket, and he was the best baton twirler in the college ranks.

7. Villanova had two future NBA All-Stars in Howard Porter and Chris Ford, as well as Fran O’Hanlon, who played in the ABA.  It was Ford that tripped Lanier in the Eastern Regional Championship Game that doomed St. Bonaventure.

8. Notre Dame had the best offensive player in the tournament in Austin Carr.  Carr was unstoppable on offense with the way officials called fouls in 1970.  He averaged over 38 points per game, but he made history in this tournament by scoring 61 points in the opening round win over Ohio U.  He hit for more than 50 in the Sweet 16 against Kentucky.

9. Iowa set the Big Ten record for points per game in 1970, almost averaging 100 points per night.  Among their stars was Downtown Freddie Brown, who would become one of the best 6th men in NBA history.  Before he became known as “Instant Offense” off the Seattle Supersonics’ bench, he was a dynamic starter for the Hawkeyes along with John Johnson, who averaged close to 30 ppg.

14 of the 16 teams in that tournament were what I consider strong teams according to today’s statistical standards, and 14 of this year’s 16 remaining teams fit that same description.

It’s no coincidence that of the 16 teams left, the Bracketnomics correctly picked 14 of the 16.

NOTE: The data that follows may be a little different than the original Bracketnomics’ posting at the beginning of the tournament.  Stats have been altered, especially the Strengths of Schedule (SOS) for some of the teams.

If you get to re-select your brackets at this point, ignore the original predictions and use these updated stats.  The originals predictions are still our “official bracket-picks,” but in this round, there is new and improved analytics.

NOTE 2: Do not confuse the Bracketnomics’ selections with the PiRate Ratings, which may contradict these picks in a couple of games.  The PiRate Ratings are strictly mechanical with no objective reasoning applied.  Bracketnomics are more subjective based on back-tested data usable only in the NCAA Tournament.

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Gonzaga	56.14	17.6	31.1	73.2	12.8	16.5	15.1
Florida St.	59.85	3.7	33.0	73.5	16.2	18.0	9.1

After two rounds in this tournament, Gonzaga still owns the best criteria in the field, and nothing has changed in our beliefs that they have the best chance to run the table.  The Bulldogs only potential weakness is schedule strength, but at 56%+, it is more than adequate for a national champion.  The True Shooting % Margin combined with the R+T make The Zags the much better team here.  Florida State relies on offensive rebounding and forcing turnovers, but Gonzaga is not the team that the Seminoles can exploit enough times to come up with the win.  Gonzaga gets revenge for last year’s Sweet 16.

Prediction:  Gonzaga by 10-15 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Tennessee	59.50	5.3	31.1	70.5	13.9	15.8	5.5
Purdue	60.82	3.5	34.3	74.0	13.6	16.9	11.6

Purdue hasn’t been in the Elite 8 since 2000, and they have not made it to the Final Four since 1980.  The Boilermakers have historically been unable to get scoring spurts in the Gene Keady-Matt Painter years.  They played excellent half-court offense and defense defense, but their style did not allow them to be overpowering on the boards or to gamble for steals on defense.  Like Money Ball does not work in the Major League Playoffs, possession basketball doesn’t work well in the Big Dance.  Teams need to have that spurtability, which is what the R+T rating shows, and Purdue has rarely had a great R+T rating.  That was the past; this Boilermaker squad has a very good R+T rating, and it comes from both an excellent rebounding strength combined with an adequate ability to force turnovers and not cough the ball up enough times to matter.

Tennessee is more like the old Purdue teams.  The Volunteers have excellent half-court presence on both sides of the ball, but they cannot dominate on the glass, and they do not force enough turnovers.  In this game, I look for Purdue to get numerous second chance scoring opportunities, and eventually, the Boilermakers will go for the kill shot with a scoring run that gives them the victory.

Prediction: Purdue by 6 to 11 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan	59.87	8.8	24.0	75.6	12.1	15.9	4.0
Texas Tech	58.42	10.1	28.1	71.7	16.1	20.0	4.4

 

This has the chance to be a classic game that will generate headlines for a long time.  This is the closest thing to a 50-50 tossup there can be.  If you had to choose one game to go to triple overtime, this is the one I’d pick (I just gave it the kiss of death and it will be a blowout now).

With Michigan’s 1 1/2 point SOS advantage, it basically makes all the criteria dead even.  Two teams with excellent defensive efficiency should lead to the game being decided on rebounding and turnovers.  The Red Raiders are better on the offensive glass, but the Wolverines are better on the defensive glass.  Texas Tech is considerably better forcing turnovers, but Michigan is considerably better holding onto the ball.  The R+T is dead even.  The only tiny little stat where there is a difference is TS% Margin, where even with the better SOS, Michigan comes up just a tad short, but not enough to matter more than one point on the scoreboard.

I have to go to extracurricular statistics here to select a winner in this game.  Texas Tech has been more consistent with their production, while Michigan’s standard deviation of statistics has been greater.  The Wolverines have been up for five consecutive games, while Texas Tech has been on an even keel since January.  Michigan has experience from making it to the Championship Game last year, while Texas Tech made it to the Elite 8 last year, so once again this washes.  Michigan is 7-3 against ranked teams this year.  TTU is 3-2.  Maybe, this is the only stat I can use to pick a winner, and it is still a total guess.  I’ll have my eyes glued to this game.

Prediction: Michigan by 1 to 5 points, possibly in overtime

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Virginia	59.95	12.9	29.9	74.8	13.0	15.7	10.4
Oregon	55.83	4.5	29.4	71.7	15.4	18.3	4.3

Oregon coach Dana Altman deserves a ton of credit.  If you don’t think losing a 5-star McDonald’s All-American freshman phenom when you have another one on the roster  hurts, look at what happened to Bryce Drew at Vanderbilt.  Drew lost Darius Garland early in the year but still had another 5-star freshman phenom in Simi Shittu.  Vanderbilt lost their final 20 games in a row, and Drew was dismissed.  Altman lost superstar Bol Bol early in the year, and the Ducks were counted out.  Altman rallied Oregon and won the Pac-12 Tournament.  Then, they knocked out mid-major darling UC-Irvine to make it back to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years.

Virginia survived a scare against Gardner-Webb, but the Cavaliers righted the ship and stormed back to win by 15, and then the Cavs ousted Oklahoma much more easily in the Round of 32.  On the surface, some may believe that UVA is strictly a half-court possession wonder, the type that usually disappoints in the Big Dance.  This is not so.  The Cavaliers have a double-digit R+T rating, which makes them capable of benefiting from scoring spurts, like they did in 2016, when they made it to the Elite 8 and watched a second half double-digit lead against Syracuse turn into a loss when the Orangemen went on a huge scoring run.

This game looks like the most lopsided in this round.  Virginia has the advantage across the board, and Oregon has not beaten a team this good all year.  The Ducks only played one ranked team in the regular season.  Think of Bol Bol as twice the player Tacko Fall is for Central Florida.  That’s why  Oregon should be happy they made the Sweet 16.

Prediction: Virginia by 12-17 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Michigan St.	61.11	14.0	33.8	74.1	16.4	12.7	12.3
LSU	58.71	3.4	36.5	69.8	15.2	17.6	9.4

The fact that four SEC teams made the Sweet 16, and LSU won the conference championship shows that the Tigers are good enough to keep playing into April, even with acting coach Tony Benford taking over for Will Wade.

On the other side, Michigan State is almost perfect when you look at the resume of a Final Four team.  The Spartans do not force turnovers like most Final Four teams in the past, and they are vulnerable to a team that can pressure them into turnovers.

LSU has the personnel to force MSU out of their normal offense and negate any potential rebounding advantage Sparty has.  This game still looks favorable to Michigan State due to a great difference in True Shooting Percentage Margin.  LSU might not get enough open looks and second chance points to match the inside scoring of Nick Ward and Xavier Tillman combined with the three-point shooting of Cassius Winston.

Prediction: Michigan State by 4 to 9 points

 

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
North Carolina	62.05	5.4	34.8	77.7	14.6	16.5	18.9
Auburn	59.91	1.9	32.2	67.8	14.6	21.8	2.7

 

This game should be played at a tempo of 75 possessions per team.  Auburn was the best up-tempo team in the SEC this year, but North Carolina was the best up-tempo team in the ACC.

Can Auburn force North Carolina, namely point guard Coby White to make enough mistakes to keep this game close?  White has been prone to force the issue a bit at times, but in the games against the best pressure man-to-man teams, he did not make enough mistakes to cost Carolina the win, and in several games, his deft handling of the ball was the reason the Tar Heels won.

North Carolina remains the second best team in the tournament according to Bracketnomics, and this game has the potential to get out of hand.  The Tar Heels have a huge advantage on the offensive glass, and this should be the deciding factor.  UNC will score on several consecutive possessions at some point in this game and take a commanding lead that forces Auburn to panic on offense and commit some mistakes of their own.

Prediction: North Carolina by 10-15 points

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Duke	62.61	9.8	35.5	71.0	14.7	17.0	12.1
Virginia Tech	58.20	8.5	29.0	72.9	15.3	19.1	6.1

 

Virginia Tech’s home court advantage in a game with Duke was three points and change, but let’s round it back to 3.  They beat Duke in Blacksburg by five points.  Duke didn’t have Zion Williamson.  Is Zion worth three points more for Duke than his backup?  Of course, he is; he’s worth a lot more than three extra points in Duke’s overall production.

Duke has an exploitable liability, and Central Florida exposed it.  Buzz Williams will do everything to try to force the Blue Devils to beat his squad by not being weak in their perimeter shooting.  UCF had two big guys inside that could force Duke to shoot from the perimeter.  Virginia Tech has one big guy, Kerry Blackshear, who probably cannot stop the Duke inside game.

In my opinion, there are a couple teams that can force Duke to have a better than average perimeter shooting night to beat them, but Virginia Tech is not one of them.

Prediction: Duke by 8 to 13 points

Team	SOS	TS Marg	OReb%	DReb%	TOV%	DTOV%	R+T
Kentucky	60.44	9.8	36.6	74.7	15.8	16.0	16.2
Houston	55.45	8.3	34.2	74.8	14.0	15.8	14.6

This game could be very interesting in a different way than the Michigan and Texas Tech game.  You get contrasting styles in this contest, and there are many variables, some of which favor the underdog Cougars in this cat fight.

There is a giant variable here, one that is enough to take this game from a relatively safe victory for Kentucky to a toss-up.  Star forward P.J. Washington might play in this game, and he might not be healthy enough.  Even if he plays, he cannot possibly be all that effective.  What bothers me is that he went from a protective boot to a cast, which means the injury was worse than first thought.  He’s going to one of the top foot specialists in the nation, and I think the goal here is to make sure Washington is ready for the NBA Draft.

If Washington does not play in this game, it becomes one where Houston has a 40-45% chance of winning.  If Washington plays sparingly, Kentucky’s chances increase by another 5-10%.  If miraculously Washington can play near full strength for 25 minutes, then the Big Blue win this game going away.

I will select this game based on the assumption that Washington will play but at much less than full strength.  Reid Travis is ready to have a big game for Kentucky now that he is basically 100% at full strength following his injury, and I look for John Calipari to direct his team to play intelligently and take advantage of their muscle advantage.

Prediction: Kentucky but 5-10 points

 

 

 

 

 

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

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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 FINAL Bracketology For 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Virginia	Gonzaga	North Carolina
2	Michigan St.	Tennessee	Michigan	Kentucky
3	Houston	Florida St.	Texas Tech	LSU
4	Purdue	Kansas St.	Wisconsin	Kansas
5	Auburn	Villanova	Virginia Tech	Iowa St.
6	Buffalo	Mississippi St.	Cincinnati	Marquette
7	Wofford	Maryland	Louisville	Nevada
8	Iowa	Seton Hall	Minnesota	Central Florida
9	Ole Miss	Syracuse	Baylor	Washington
10	Virginia Commonwealth	Utah St.	Florida	Oklahoma
11	Oregon	Ohio St.	Temple/Arizona St.	St. John’s/TCU
12	Saint Mary’s	Murray St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
13	Liberty	UC-Irvine	Old Dominion	Montana
14	Saint Louis	Northeastern	Northern Kentucky	Georgia St.
15	Yale	Bradley	Colgate	Abilene Christian
16	Gardner-Webb	Prairie View A&M	Iona/Fairleigh-Dickinson	N. Dakota St./UNC Central

 

Last Four Byes

Virginia Commonwealth

Florida

Oklahoma

Ohio St.

 

Last Four In

Temple

St. John’s

TCU

Arizona St.

 

First Four Out

North Carolina St.

Belmont

UNC Greensboro

Furman

 

Next Four Out

Indiana

Alabama

Clemson

Texas

 

Bids By Conference

Conference	Bids
Big Ten	8
ACC	7
SEC	7
Big 12	7
Big East	4
AAC	4
Pac-12	3
MWC	2
West Coast	2
Atlantic 10	2
One-Bid Leagues	22

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Sunday, March 17, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

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Spread

Houston	114.9	0.0	Cincinnati	111.1	3.8
Saint Louis	102.6	0.0	St. Bonaventure	102.2	0.4
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Michigan	118.5	2.4
Yale	106.0	2.5	Harvard	103.0	5.5
Tennessee	119.0	1.0	Auburn	115.8	4.2
Georgia St.	103.2	0.0	UT-Arlington	99.3	3.9

Late Saturday Night Bracketology Update

Includes Oregon’s Championship Win in the Pac-12

March 17, 2019 (AM Edition)
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Virginia	Gonzaga	North Carolina
2	Michigan St.	Tennessee	Michigan	Kentucky
3	Houston	Purdue	Texas Tech	LSU
4	Florida St.	Kansas St.	Wisconsin	Kansas
5	Auburn	Villanova	Virginia Tech	Mississippi St.
6	Buffalo	Marquette	Cincinnati	Iowa St.
7	Wofford	Maryland	Louisville	Nevada
8	Iowa	Seton Hall	Minnesota	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Syracuse	Baylor	Central Florida
10	Virginia Commonwealth	Utah St.	Ohio St.	Oklahoma
11	Oregon	TCU	Temple/North Carolina St.	St. John’s/Florida
12	Saint Mary’s	Murray St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
13	Liberty	UC-Irvine	Old Dominion	Montana
14	St. Louis	Northeastern	Northern Kentucky	Georgia St.
15	Yale	Bradley	Colgate	Abilene Christian
16	Gardner-Webb	Prairie View A&M	Iona/Fairleigh-Dickinson	N. Dakota St./UNC Central

 

Last 4 Bye	Virginina Commonwealth	Ohio St.	Oklahoma	TCU
Last 4 In	Temple	Florida	St. John’s	North Carolina St.

 

First 4 Out	Arizona St.	Belmont	UNC Greensboro	Furman
Next 4 Out	Indiana	Alabama	Clemson	Texas

 

The Bracket Gurus Take Over The Bracketology Seeding Sunday

Next Bracketology Update–Sunday Early Afternoon

Final Bracketology Update–Once Big Ten Championship Game Winner is Known

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Monday, March 11, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Savannah State	85.2	0.0	Delaware State	79.5	5.7
Hofstra	106.3	0.0	Delaware	95.0	11.3
Wofford	113.2	0.0	UNC Greensboro	105.8	7.4
North Dakota State	97.8	0.0	Western Illinois	92.6	5.2
Central Michigan	101.9	2.5	Western Michigan	94.6	9.8
Wright State	102.9	0.0	Green Bay	97.8	5.1
Eastern Michigan	100.3	3.0	Ball State	102.8	0.5
Akron	103.5	2.5	Miami (OH)	101.2	4.8
Charleston	103.4	1.5	Northeastern	105.8	-0.9
Gonzaga	124.4	0.0	Pepperdine	100.6	23.8
Iona	98.0	0.0	Monmouth	93.9	4.1
Northern Illinois	101.1	2.5	Ohio	98.4	5.2
Northern Kentucky	104.4	0.0	Oakland	98.3	6.1
Omaha	100.1	0.0	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5	0.6
Saint Mary’s	110.4	0.0	San Diego	105.5	4.9

 

PiRate Ratings  (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Gonzaga	124.4	West Coast
2	Virginia	123.3	ACC
3	Duke	123.2	ACC
4	North Carolina	121.0	ACC
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
6	Tennessee	118.9	SEC
7	Kentucky	118.3	SEC
8	Texas Tech	118.3	Big 12
9	Michigan	118.1	Big Ten
10	Purdue	117.6	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	116.5	ACC
12	Wisconsin	115.7	Big Ten
13	Auburn	115.7	SEC
14	Nevada	115.0	Mtn West
15	Houston	115.0	AAC
16	Kansas	114.9	Big 12
17	Florida St.	114.7	ACC
18	Iowa St.	114.1	Big 12
19	Louisville	114.0	ACC
20	LSU	114.0	SEC
21	Buffalo	113.6	MAC
22	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
23	Mississippi St.	113.4	SEC
24	Villanova	113.3	Big East
25	Kansas St.	113.2	Big 12
26	Wofford	113.2	SoCon
27	North Carolina St.	112.9	ACC
28	Marquette	112.6	Big East
29	Clemson	112.2	ACC
30	Texas	112.0	Big 12
31	Florida	111.7	SEC
32	Cincinnati	111.4	AAC
33	Oklahoma	111.3	Big 12
34	Syracuse	111.3	ACC
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1	Atl 10
36	Iowa	110.9	Big Ten
37	Indiana	110.6	Big Ten
38	Baylor	110.6	Big 12
39	Central Florida	110.6	AAC
40	Nebraska	110.5	Big Ten
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4	West Coast
42	Ohio St.	110.3	Big Ten
43	Penn St.	110.2	Big Ten
44	Mississippi	110.1	SEC
45	Creighton	110.0	Big East
46	Utah St.	110.0	Mtn West
47	TCU	110.0	Big 12
48	Minnesota	109.3	Big Ten
49	Oregon	109.3	Pac-12
50	Belmont	109.0	Ohio Val
51	Murray St.	109.0	Ohio Val
52	Lipscomb	108.8	A-Sun
53	Arkansas	108.7	SEC
54	Seton Hall	108.4	Big East
55	Dayton	108.4	Atl 10
56	Arizona St.	108.4	Pac-12
57	Butler	108.2	Big East
58	Alabama	108.0	SEC
59	Toledo	107.9	MAC
60	Furman	107.8	SoCon
61	St. John’s	107.8	Big East
62	New Mexico St.	107.7	WAC
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5	ACC
64	Fresno St.	107.5	Mtn West
65	Northwestern	107.2	Big Ten
66	Temple	107.2	AAC
67	Xavier	107.2	Big East
68	San Francisco	107.0	West Coast
69	Colorado	107.0	Pac-12
70	Davidson	106.8	Atl 10
71	Memphis	106.8	AAC
72	South Carolina	106.8	SEC
73	Providence	106.7	Big East
74	Hofstra	106.3	Colonial
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3	SoCon
76	Georgetown	106.3	Big East
77	Liberty	106.2	A-Sun
78	Illinois	106.2	Big Ten
79	Oregon St.	106.2	Pac-12
80	Missouri	106.1	SEC
81	Rutgers	106.0	Big Ten
82	Yale	106.0	Ivy
83	Vermont	106.0	Amer East
84	Notre Dame	105.9	ACC
85	Arizona	105.9	Pac-12
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8	SoCon
87	Northeastern	105.8	Colonial
88	USC	105.7	Pac-12
89	South Dakota St.	105.6	Summit
90	BYU	105.6	West Coast
91	Washington	105.5	Pac-12
92	UC Irvine	105.5	Big West
93	San Diego	105.5	West Coast
94	Texas A&M	105.4	SEC
95	Connecticut	105.2	AAC
96	Pittsburgh	105.1	ACC
97	West Virginia	104.9	Big 12
98	DePaul	104.9	Big East
99	UCLA	104.9	Pac-12
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8	Big 12
101	Wichita St.	104.8	AAC
102	Grand Canyon	104.7	WAC
103	Georgia Tech	104.6	ACC
104	Georgia Southern	104.6	Sun Belt
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4	Horizon
106	Boston College	104.3	ACC
107	SMU	104.2	AAC
108	Utah	104.2	Pac-12
109	Utah Valley	104.0	WAC
110	Stanford	103.9	Pac-12
111	San Diego St.	103.8	Mtn West
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8	Missouri Val
113	Old Dominion	103.8	CUSA
114	Penn	103.6	Ivy
115	Georgia St.	103.6	Sun Belt
116	Georgia	103.5	SEC
117	Akron	103.5	MAC
118	Charleston	103.4	Colonial
119	Southern Miss	103.4	CUSA
120	Saint Louis	103.3	Atl 10
121	South Florida	103.2	AAC
122	Texas St.	103.2	Sun Belt
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2	Ohio Val
124	Tulsa	103.2	AAC
125	Western Kentucky	103.1	CUSA
126	Austin Peay	103.0	Ohio Val
127	Bowling Green	103.0	MAC
128	Harvard	102.9	Ivy
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9	Atl 10
130	Wright St.	102.9	Horizon
131	Ball St.	102.8	MAC
132	Drake	102.8	Missouri Val
133	Montana	102.8	Big Sky
134	Boise St.	102.6	Mtn West
135	Rhode Island	102.4	Atl 10
136	Radford	102.4	Big South
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2	West Coast
138	Colgate	102.1	Patriot
139	Bucknell	102.0	Patriot
140	Vanderbilt	102.0	SEC
141	Central Michigan	101.9	MAC
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8	CUSA
143	Southern Illinois	101.6	Missouri Val
144	Washington St.	101.6	Pac-12
145	Kent St.	101.5	MAC
146	Brown	101.4	Ivy
147	George Mason	101.4	Atl 10
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3	Sun Belt
149	Miami (O)	101.2	MAC
150	UNLV	101.1	Mtn West
151	Northern Illinois	101.1	MAC
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0	Big West
153	North Texas	100.9	CUSA
154	Abilene Christian	100.9	Southland
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7	Sun Belt
156	Pepperdine	100.6	West Coast
157	Samford	100.5	SoCon
158	Northern Colorado	100.4	Big Sky
159	Wake Forest	100.3	ACC
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3	MAC
161	Stony Brook	100.1	Amer East
162	UAB	100.1	CUSA
163	Gardner Webb	100.1	Big South
164	Omaha	100.1	Summit
165	Duquesne	100.1	Atl 10
166	Bradley	99.9	Missouri Val
167	UT Arlington	99.8	Sun Belt
168	Lehigh	99.8	Patriot
169	UTSA	99.8	CUSA
170	Louisiana	99.7	Sun Belt
171	Marshall	99.7	CUSA
172	Missouri St.	99.6	Missouri Val
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5	Summit
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4	Atl 10
175	Charleston Southern	99.4	Big South
176	Princeton	99.3	Ivy
177	Northern Iowa	99.3	Missouri Val
178	New Mexico	99.3	Mtn West
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2	Southland
180	Winthrop	99.2	Big South
181	Colorado St.	99.2	Mtn West
182	Richmond	99.0	Atl 10
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9	Big West
184	NJIT	98.8	A-Sun
185	Hartford	98.8	Amer East
186	Campbell	98.8	Big South
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7	CUSA
188	Seattle	98.6	WAC
189	Presbyterian	98.5	Big South
190	Weber St.	98.5	Big Sky
191	Ohio	98.4	MAC
192	Hawaii	98.4	Big West
193	Rider	98.4	Metro Atl
194	Oakland	98.3	Horizon
195	Mercer	98.2	SoCon
196	Illinois St.	98.1	Missouri Val
197	Hampton	98.1	Big South
198	Iona	98.0	Metro Atl
199	IUPUI	98.0	Horizon
200	Santa Clara	98.0	West Coast
201	American	98.0	Patriot
202	Lamar	98.0	Southland
203	North Florida	98.0	A-Sun
204	Appalachian St.	97.9	Sun Belt
205	Valparaiso	97.8	Missouri Val
206	Green Bay	97.8	Horizon
207	North Dakota St.	97.8	Summit
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6	WAC
209	California Baptist	97.5	WAC
210	Massachusetts	97.5	Atl 10
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4	CUSA
212	Dartmouth	97.4	Ivy
213	South Alabama	97.4	Sun Belt
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3	Horizon
215	William & Mary	97.3	Colonial
216	La Salle	97.2	Atl 10
217	Indiana St.	97.2	Missouri Val
218	Columbia	97.2	Ivy
219	Pacific	97.1	West Coast
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1	Northeast
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0	Amer East
222	Long Beach St.	96.9	Big West
223	Texas Southern	96.9	SWAC
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	WAC
225	South Dakota	96.7	Summit
226	Quinnipiac	96.6	Metro Atl
227	Cornell	96.4	Ivy
228	Evansville	96.4	Missouri Val
229	Boston University	96.2	Patriot
230	High Point	96.2	Big South
231	Little Rock	96.1	Sun Belt
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1	SWAC
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0	A-Sun
234	Holy Cross	95.9	Patriot
235	St. Francis PA	95.8	Northeast
236	Army	95.8	Patriot
237	UC Davis	95.6	Big West
238	Troy	95.6	Sun Belt
239	Sacred Heart	95.5	Northeast
240	Eastern Washington	95.5	Big Sky
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4	Ohio Val
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2	CUSA
243	Fordham	95.2	Atl 10
244	Drexel	95.2	Colonial
245	Montana St.	95.2	Big Sky
246	Siena	95.1	Metro Atl
247	Norfolk St.	95.1	MEAC
248	California	95.0	Pac-12
249	Long Island	95.0	Northeast
250	Delaware	95.0	Colonial
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0	WAC
252	Robert Morris	94.9	Northeast
253	UMass Lowell	94.9	Amer East
254	Air Force	94.8	Mtn West
255	Morehead St.	94.8	Ohio Val
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7	Southland
257	Portland St.	94.7	Big Sky
258	Western Michigan	94.6	MAC
259	Canisius	94.6	Metro Atl
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6	Colonial
261	Arkansas St.	94.5	Sun Belt
262	North Dakota	94.5	Summit
263	The Citadel	94.5	SoCon
264	Jacksonville	94.4	A-Sun
265	Detroit	94.4	Horizon
266	Marist	94.4	Metro Atl
267	Rice	94.3	CUSA
268	Chattanooga	94.3	SoCon
269	Sacramento St.	94.2	Big Sky
270	New Orleans	94.0	Southland
271	Towson	94.0	Colonial
272	Albany	94.0	Amer East
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9	Patriot
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9	Northeast
275	Monmouth	93.9	Metro Atl
276	James Madison	93.9	Colonial
277	Grambling St.	93.7	SWAC
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7	Southland
279	East Carolina	93.7	AAC
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7	Big West
281	Youngstown St.	93.5	Horizon
282	Houston Baptist	93.3	Southland
283	George Washington	93.3	Atl 10
284	Fairfield	93.2	Metro Atl
285	Navy	93.1	Patriot
286	Southern Utah	93.0	Big Sky
287	Tulane	92.9	AAC
288	Western Carolina	92.9	SoCon
289	North Carolina Central	92.8	MEAC
290	Cleveland St.	92.8	Horizon
291	Milwaukee	92.6	Horizon
292	Oral Roberts	92.6	Summit
293	Western Illinois	92.6	Summit
294	UT Martin	92.5	Ohio Val
295	UTEP	92.5	CUSA
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5	MEAC
297	Tennessee St.	92.5	Ohio Val
298	Lafayette	92.4	Patriot
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2	MEAC
300	Longwood	92.2	Big South
301	Charlotte	92.2	CUSA
302	Wagner	92.1	Northeast
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1	Southland
304	Northern Arizona	92.1	Big Sky
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0	Metro Atl
306	VMI	91.9	SoCon
307	Niagara	91.9	Metro Atl
308	Elon	91.9	Colonial
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7	Ohio Val
310	UC Riverside	91.6	Big West
311	Central Arkansas	91.6	Southland
312	Nicholls St.	91.5	Southland
313	Howard	91.4	MEAC
314	North Alabama	91.2	A-Sun
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2	Ohio Val
316	Denver	91.1	Summit
317	Manhattan	90.8	Metro Atl
318	Idaho St.	90.7	Big Sky
319	Wyoming	90.3	Mtn West
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2	SWAC
321	Central Connecticut	90.0	Northeast
322	Jackson St.	89.9	SWAC
323	Binghamton	89.8	Amer East
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7	Northeast
325	Portland	89.6	West Coast
326	Florida A&M	89.6	MEAC
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5	Ohio Val
328	Bryant	89.3	Northeast
329	McNeese St.	88.9	Southland
330	Alabama St.	88.8	SWAC
331	Maine	88.6	Amer East
332	Cal Poly	88.4	Big West
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0	Ohio Val
334	Stetson	87.9	A-Sun
335	USC Upstate	87.7	Big South
336	Morgan St.	87.6	MEAC
337	Southern	87.3	SWAC
338	South Carolina St.	87.3	MEAC
339	Northwestern St.	86.4	Southland
340	New Hampshire	86.2	Amer East
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1	A-Sun
342	San Jose St.	85.4	Mtn West
343	Savannah St.	85.2	MEAC
344	Idaho	85.0	Big Sky
345	Coppin St.	84.9	MEAC
346	Incarnate Word	84.6	Southland
347	Alabama A&M	84.6	SWAC
348	UNC Asheville	84.1	Big South
349	Alcorn St.	84.0	SWAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1	MEAC
352	Delaware St.	79.5	MEAC
353	Chicago St.	79.3	WAC

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetical)

Rk	Team	PiRate
154	Abilene Christian	100.9
254	Air Force	94.8
117	Akron	103.5
58	Alabama	108.0
347	Alabama A&M	84.6
330	Alabama St.	88.8
272	Albany	94.0
349	Alcorn St.	84.0
201	American	98.0
204	Appalachian St.	97.9
85	Arizona	105.9
56	Arizona St.	108.4
53	Arkansas	108.7
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2
261	Arkansas St.	94.5
236	Army	95.8
13	Auburn	115.7
126	Austin Peay	103.0
131	Ball St.	102.8
38	Baylor	110.6
50	Belmont	109.0
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5
323	Binghamton	89.8
134	Boise St.	102.6
106	Boston College	104.3
229	Boston University	96.2
127	Bowling Green	103.0
166	Bradley	99.9
146	Brown	101.4
328	Bryant	89.3
139	Bucknell	102.0
21	Buffalo	113.6
57	Butler	108.2
90	BYU	105.6
332	Cal Poly	88.4
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7
248	California	95.0
209	California Baptist	97.5
186	Campbell	98.8
259	Canisius	94.6
311	Central Arkansas	91.6
321	Central Connecticut	90.0
39	Central Florida	110.6
141	Central Michigan	101.9
118	Charleston	103.4
175	Charleston Southern	99.4
301	Charlotte	92.2
268	Chattanooga	94.3
353	Chicago St.	79.3
32	Cincinnati	111.4
29	Clemson	112.2
290	Cleveland St.	92.8
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7
138	Colgate	102.1
69	Colorado	107.0
181	Colorado St.	99.2
218	Columbia	97.2
95	Connecticut	105.2
345	Coppin St.	84.9
227	Cornell	96.4
45	Creighton	110.0
212	Dartmouth	97.4
70	Davidson	106.8
55	Dayton	108.4
250	Delaware	95.0
352	Delaware St.	79.5
316	Denver	91.1
98	DePaul	104.9
265	Detroit	94.4
132	Drake	102.8
244	Drexel	95.2
3	Duke	123.2
165	Duquesne	100.1
279	East Carolina	93.7
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3
240	Eastern Washington	95.5
308	Elon	91.9
228	Evansville	96.4
284	Fairfield	93.2
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1
31	Florida	111.7
326	Florida A&M	89.6
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4
17	Florida St.	114.7
243	Fordham	95.2
64	Fresno St.	107.5
60	Furman	107.8
163	Gardner Webb	100.1
147	George Mason	101.4
283	George Washington	93.3
76	Georgetown	106.3
116	Georgia	103.5
104	Georgia Southern	104.6
115	Georgia St.	103.6
103	Georgia Tech	104.6
1	Gonzaga	124.4
277	Grambling St.	93.7
102	Grand Canyon	104.7
206	Green Bay	97.8
197	Hampton	98.1
185	Hartford	98.8
128	Harvard	102.9
192	Hawaii	98.4
230	High Point	96.2
74	Hofstra	106.3
234	Holy Cross	95.9
15	Houston	115.0
282	Houston Baptist	93.3
313	Howard	91.4
344	Idaho	85.0
318	Idaho St.	90.7
78	Illinois	106.2
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3
196	Illinois St.	98.1
346	Incarnate Word	84.6
37	Indiana	110.6
217	Indiana St.	97.2
198	Iona	98.0
36	Iowa	110.9
18	Iowa St.	114.1
199	IUPUI	98.0
322	Jackson St.	89.9
264	Jacksonville	94.4
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2
276	James Madison	93.9
16	Kansas	114.9
25	Kansas St.	113.2
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1
145	Kent St.	101.5
7	Kentucky	118.3
216	La Salle	97.2
298	Lafayette	92.4
202	Lamar	98.0
168	Lehigh	99.8
77	Liberty	106.2
52	Lipscomb	108.8
231	Little Rock	96.1
222	Long Beach St.	96.9
249	Long Island	95.0
300	Longwood	92.2
170	Louisiana	99.7
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8
19	Louisville	114.0
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2
20	LSU	114.0
331	Maine	88.6
317	Manhattan	90.8
266	Marist	94.4
28	Marquette	112.6
171	Marshall	99.7
22	Maryland	113.4
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1
210	Massachusetts	97.5
329	McNeese St.	88.9
71	Memphis	106.8
195	Mercer	98.2
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5
149	Miami (O)	101.2
9	Michigan	118.1
5	Michigan St.	120.5
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2
291	Milwaukee	92.6
48	Minnesota	109.3
44	Mississippi	110.1
23	Mississippi St.	113.4
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8
80	Missouri	106.1
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0
172	Missouri St.	99.6
275	Monmouth	93.9
133	Montana	102.8
245	Montana St.	95.2
255	Morehead St.	94.8
336	Morgan St.	87.6
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7
51	Murray St.	109.0
285	Navy	93.1
40	Nebraska	110.5
14	Nevada	115.0
340	New Hampshire	86.2
178	New Mexico	99.3
62	New Mexico St.	107.7
270	New Orleans	94.0
307	Niagara	91.9
312	Nicholls St.	91.5
184	NJIT	98.8
247	Norfolk St.	95.1
314	North Alabama	91.2
4	North Carolina	121.0
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2
289	North Carolina Central	92.8
27	North Carolina St.	112.9
262	North Dakota	94.5
207	North Dakota St.	97.8
203	North Florida	98.0
153	North Texas	100.9
87	Northeastern	105.8
304	Northern Arizona	92.1
158	Northern Colorado	100.4
151	Northern Illinois	101.1
177	Northern Iowa	99.3
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4
65	Northwestern	107.2
339	Northwestern St.	86.4
84	Notre Dame	105.9
194	Oakland	98.3
191	Ohio	98.4
42	Ohio St.	110.3
33	Oklahoma	111.3
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8
113	Old Dominion	103.8
164	Omaha	100.1
292	Oral Roberts	92.6
49	Oregon	109.3
79	Oregon St.	106.2
219	Pacific	97.1
114	Penn	103.6
43	Penn St.	110.2
156	Pepperdine	100.6
96	Pittsburgh	105.1
325	Portland	89.6
257	Portland St.	94.7
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1
189	Presbyterian	98.5
176	Princeton	99.3
73	Providence	106.7
10	Purdue	117.6
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5
226	Quinnipiac	96.6
136	Radford	102.4
135	Rhode Island	102.4
267	Rice	94.3
182	Richmond	99.0
193	Rider	98.4
252	Robert Morris	94.9
81	Rutgers	106.0
269	Sacramento St.	94.2
239	Sacred Heart	95.5
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4
120	Saint Louis	103.3
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2
157	Samford	100.5
93	San Diego	105.5
111	San Diego St.	103.8
68	San Francisco	107.0
342	San Jose St.	85.4
200	Santa Clara	98.0
343	Savannah St.	85.2
188	Seattle	98.6
54	Seton Hall	108.4
246	Siena	95.1
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0
107	SMU	104.2
213	South Alabama	97.4
72	South Carolina	106.8
338	South Carolina St.	87.3
225	South Dakota	96.7
89	South Dakota St.	105.6
121	South Florida	103.2
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7
337	Southern	87.3
143	Southern Illinois	101.6
119	Southern Miss	103.4
286	Southern Utah	93.0
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9
235	St. Francis PA	95.8
61	St. John’s	107.8
110	Stanford	103.9
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1
334	Stetson	87.9
161	Stony Brook	100.1
34	Syracuse	111.3
47	TCU	110.0
66	Temple	107.2
6	Tennessee	118.9
297	Tennessee St.	92.5
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5
30	Texas	112.0
94	Texas A&M	105.4
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7
223	Texas Southern	96.9
122	Texas St.	103.2
8	Texas Tech	118.3
263	The Citadel	94.5
59	Toledo	107.9
271	Towson	94.0
238	Troy	95.6
287	Tulane	92.9
124	Tulsa	103.2
162	UAB	100.1
237	UC Davis	95.6
92	UC Irvine	105.5
310	UC Riverside	91.6
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0
99	UCLA	104.9
253	UMass Lowell	94.9
348	UNC Asheville	84.1
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6
150	UNLV	101.1
88	USC	105.7
335	USC Upstate	87.7
167	UT Arlington	99.8
294	UT Martin	92.5
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6
108	Utah	104.2
46	Utah St.	110.0
109	Utah Valley	104.0
295	UTEP	92.5
169	UTSA	99.8
205	Valparaiso	97.8
140	Vanderbilt	102.0
83	Vermont	106.0
24	Villanova	113.3
2	Virginia	123.3
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1
11	Virginia Tech	116.5
306	VMI	91.9
302	Wagner	92.1
159	Wake Forest	100.3
91	Washington	105.5
144	Washington St.	101.6
190	Weber St.	98.5
97	West Virginia	104.9
288	Western Carolina	92.9
293	Western Illinois	92.6
125	Western Kentucky	103.1
258	Western Michigan	94.6
101	Wichita St.	104.8
215	William & Mary	97.3
180	Winthrop	99.2
12	Wisconsin	115.7
26	Wofford	113.2
130	Wright St.	102.9
319	Wyoming	90.3
67	Xavier	107.2
82	Yale	106.0
281	Youngstown St.	93.5

 

PiRate Ratings (Conference)

#	America East	PiRate
83	Vermont	106.0
161	Stony Brook	100.1
185	Hartford	98.8
221	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.0
253	UMass Lowell	94.9
272	Albany	94.0
323	Binghamton	89.8
331	Maine	88.6
340	New Hampshire	86.2

 

 

#	American Athletic	PiRate
15	Houston	115.0
32	Cincinnati	111.4
39	Central Florida	110.6
66	Temple	107.2
71	Memphis	106.8
95	Connecticut	105.2
101	Wichita St.	104.8
107	SMU	104.2
121	South Florida	103.2
124	Tulsa	103.2
279	East Carolina	93.7
287	Tulane	92.9

 

 

#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
35	Virginia Commonwealth	111.1
55	Dayton	108.4
70	Davidson	106.8
120	Saint Louis	103.3
129	St. Bonaventure	102.9
135	Rhode Island	102.4
147	George Mason	101.4
165	Duquesne	100.1
174	Saint Joseph’s	99.4
182	Richmond	99.0
210	Massachusetts	97.5
216	La Salle	97.2
243	Fordham	95.2
283	George Washington	93.3

 

 

#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
2	Virginia	123.3
3	Duke	123.2
4	North Carolina	121.0
11	Virginia Tech	116.5
17	Florida St.	114.7
19	Louisville	114.0
27	North Carolina St.	112.9
29	Clemson	112.2
34	Syracuse	111.3
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5
84	Notre Dame	105.9
96	Pittsburgh	105.1
103	Georgia Tech	104.6
106	Boston College	104.3
159	Wake Forest	100.3

 

 

#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
52	Lipscomb	108.8
77	Liberty	106.2
184	NJIT	98.8
203	North Florida	98.0
233	Florida Gulf Coast	96.0
264	Jacksonville	94.4
314	North Alabama	91.2
334	Stetson	87.9
341	Kennesaw St.	86.1

 

 

#	Big 12	PiRate
8	Texas Tech	118.3
16	Kansas	114.9
18	Iowa St.	114.1
25	Kansas St.	113.2
30	Texas	112.0
33	Oklahoma	111.3
38	Baylor	110.6
47	TCU	110.0
97	West Virginia	104.9
100	Oklahoma St.	104.8

 

 

#	Big East	PiRate
24	Villanova	113.3
28	Marquette	112.6
45	Creighton	110.0
54	Seton Hall	108.4
57	Butler	108.2
61	St. John’s	107.8
67	Xavier	107.2
73	Providence	106.7
76	Georgetown	106.3
98	DePaul	104.9

 

 

#	Big Sky	PiRate
133	Montana	102.8
158	Northern Colorado	100.4
190	Weber St.	98.5
240	Eastern Washington	95.5
245	Montana St.	95.2
257	Portland St.	94.7
269	Sacramento St.	94.2
286	Southern Utah	93.0
304	Northern Arizona	92.1
318	Idaho St.	90.7
344	Idaho	85.0

 

 

#	Big South	PiRate
136	Radford	102.4
163	Gardner Webb	100.1
175	Charleston Southern	99.4
180	Winthrop	99.2
186	Campbell	98.8
189	Presbyterian	98.5
197	Hampton	98.1
230	High Point	96.2
300	Longwood	92.2
335	USC Upstate	87.7
348	UNC Asheville	84.1

 

 

#	Big Ten	PiRate
5	Michigan St.	120.5
9	Michigan	118.1
10	Purdue	117.6
12	Wisconsin	115.7
22	Maryland	113.4
36	Iowa	110.9
37	Indiana	110.6
40	Nebraska	110.5
42	Ohio St.	110.3
43	Penn St.	110.2
48	Minnesota	109.3
65	Northwestern	107.2
78	Illinois	106.2
81	Rutgers	106.0

 

 

#	Big West	PiRate
92	UC Irvine	105.5
152	UC Santa Barbara	101.0
183	Cal St. Fullerton	98.9
192	Hawaii	98.4
222	Long Beach St.	96.9
237	UC Davis	95.6
280	Cal St. Northridge	93.7
310	UC Riverside	91.6
332	Cal Poly	88.4

 

 

#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
74	Hofstra	106.3
87	Northeastern	105.8
118	Charleston	103.4
215	William & Mary	97.3
244	Drexel	95.2
250	Delaware	95.0
260	UNC Wilmington	94.6
271	Towson	94.0
276	James Madison	93.9
308	Elon	91.9

 

 

#	Conference USA	PiRate
113	Old Dominion	103.8
119	Southern Miss	103.4
125	Western Kentucky	103.1
142	Louisiana Tech	101.8
153	North Texas	100.9
162	UAB	100.1
169	UTSA	99.8
171	Marshall	99.7
187	Florida Atlantic	98.7
211	Florida Int’l.	97.4
242	Middle Tennessee	95.2
267	Rice	94.3
295	UTEP	92.5
301	Charlotte	92.2

 

 

#	Horizon	PiRate
105	Northern Kentucky	104.4
130	Wright St.	102.9
194	Oakland	98.3
199	IUPUI	98.0
206	Green Bay	97.8
214	Illinois Chicago	97.3
265	Detroit	94.4
281	Youngstown St.	93.5
290	Cleveland St.	92.8
291	Milwaukee	92.6

 

 

#	Ivy	PiRate
82	Yale	106.0
114	Penn	103.6
128	Harvard	102.9
146	Brown	101.4
176	Princeton	99.3
212	Dartmouth	97.4
218	Columbia	97.2
227	Cornell	96.4

 

 

#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
193	Rider	98.4
198	Iona	98.0
226	Quinnipiac	96.6
246	Siena	95.1
259	Canisius	94.6
266	Marist	94.4
275	Monmouth	93.9
284	Fairfield	93.2
305	Saint Peter’s	92.0
307	Niagara	91.9
317	Manhattan	90.8

 

 

#	Mid-American	PiRate
21	Buffalo	113.6
59	Toledo	107.9
117	Akron	103.5
127	Bowling Green	103.0
131	Ball St.	102.8
141	Central Michigan	101.9
145	Kent St.	101.5
149	Miami (O)	101.2
151	Northern Illinois	101.1
160	Eastern Michigan	100.3
191	Ohio	98.4
258	Western Michigan	94.6

 

 

#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
247	Norfolk St.	95.1
289	North Carolina Central	92.8
296	Bethune Cookman	92.5
299	North Carolina A&T	92.2
313	Howard	91.4
326	Florida A&M	89.6
336	Morgan St.	87.6
338	South Carolina St.	87.3
343	Savannah St.	85.2
345	Coppin St.	84.9
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	81.1
352	Delaware St.	79.5

 

 

#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
112	Loyola (Chi)	103.8
132	Drake	102.8
143	Southern Illinois	101.6
166	Bradley	99.9
172	Missouri St.	99.6
177	Northern Iowa	99.3
196	Illinois St.	98.1
205	Valparaiso	97.8
217	Indiana St.	97.2
228	Evansville	96.4

 

 

#	Mountain West	PiRate
14	Nevada	115.0
46	Utah St.	110.0
64	Fresno St.	107.5
111	San Diego St.	103.8
134	Boise St.	102.6
150	UNLV	101.1
178	New Mexico	99.3
181	Colorado St.	99.2
254	Air Force	94.8
319	Wyoming	90.3
342	San Jose St.	85.4

 

 

#	Northeast	PiRate
220	Fairleigh Dickinson	97.1
235	St. Francis PA	95.8
239	Sacred Heart	95.5
249	Long Island	95.0
252	Robert Morris	94.9
274	St. Francis (BKN)	93.9
302	Wagner	92.1
321	Central Connecticut	90.0
324	Mount St. Mary’s	89.7
328	Bryant	89.3

 

 

#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
50	Belmont	109.0
51	Murray St.	109.0
123	Jacksonville St.	103.2
126	Austin Peay	103.0
241	Eastern Kentucky	95.4
255	Morehead St.	94.8
294	UT Martin	92.5
297	Tennessee St.	92.5
309	Eastern Illinois	91.7
315	Southeast Missouri St.	91.2
327	Tennessee Tech	89.5
333	SIU Edwardsville	88.0

 

 

#	Pac-12	PiRate
49	Oregon	109.3
56	Arizona St.	108.4
69	Colorado	107.0
79	Oregon St.	106.2
85	Arizona	105.9
88	USC	105.7
91	Washington	105.5
99	UCLA	104.9
108	Utah	104.2
110	Stanford	103.9
144	Washington St.	101.6
248	California	95.0

 

 

#	Patriot	PiRate
138	Colgate	102.1
139	Bucknell	102.0
168	Lehigh	99.8
201	American	98.0
229	Boston University	96.2
234	Holy Cross	95.9
236	Army	95.8
273	Loyola (MD)	93.9
285	Navy	93.1
298	Lafayette	92.4

 

 

#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Tennessee	118.9
7	Kentucky	118.3
13	Auburn	115.7
20	LSU	114.0
23	Mississippi St.	113.4
31	Florida	111.7
44	Mississippi	110.1
53	Arkansas	108.7
58	Alabama	108.0
72	South Carolina	106.8
80	Missouri	106.1
94	Texas A&M	105.4
116	Georgia	103.5
140	Vanderbilt	102.0

 

 

#	Southern	PiRate
26	Wofford	113.2
60	Furman	107.8
75	East Tennessee St.	106.3
86	UNC Greensboro	105.8
157	Samford	100.5
195	Mercer	98.2
263	The Citadel	94.5
268	Chattanooga	94.3
288	Western Carolina	92.9
306	VMI	91.9

 

#	Southland	PiRate
154	Abilene Christian	100.9
179	Sam Houston St.	99.2
202	Lamar	98.0
256	Southeastern Louisiana	94.7
270	New Orleans	94.0
278	Texas A&M-CC	93.7
282	Houston Baptist	93.3
303	Stephen F. Austin	92.1
311	Central Arkansas	91.6
312	Nicholls St.	91.5
329	McNeese St.	88.9
339	Northwestern St.	86.4
346	Incarnate Word	84.6

 

 

#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
223	Texas Southern	96.9
232	Prairie View A&M	96.1
277	Grambling St.	93.7
320	Arkansas Pine Bluff	90.2
322	Jackson St.	89.9
330	Alabama St.	88.8
337	Southern	87.3
347	Alabama A&M	84.6
349	Alcorn St.	84.0
350	Mississippi Valley St.	82.8

 

 

#	Summit	PiRate
89	South Dakota St.	105.6
164	Omaha	100.1
173	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.5
207	North Dakota St.	97.8
225	South Dakota	96.7
262	North Dakota	94.5
292	Oral Roberts	92.6
293	Western Illinois	92.6
316	Denver	91.1

 

 

#	Sun Belt	PiRate
104	Georgia Southern	104.6
115	Georgia St.	103.6
122	Texas St.	103.2
148	Louisiana Monroe	101.3
155	Coastal Carolina	100.7
167	UT Arlington	99.8
170	Louisiana	99.7
204	Appalachian St.	97.9
213	South Alabama	97.4
231	Little Rock	96.1
238	Troy	95.6
261	Arkansas St.	94.5

 

 

#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	124.4
41	Saint Mary’s	110.4
68	San Francisco	107.0
90	BYU	105.6
93	San Diego	105.5
137	Loyola Marymount	102.2
156	Pepperdine	100.6
200	Santa Clara	98.0
219	Pacific	97.1
325	Portland	89.6

 

 

#	Western Athletic	PiRate
62	New Mexico St.	107.7
102	Grand Canyon	104.7
109	Utah Valley	104.0
188	Seattle	98.6
208	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.6
209	California Baptist	97.5
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
251	Missouri Kansas City	95.0
353	Chicago St.	79.3

 

Conference Tournaments Update

Atlantic Sun Conference
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Liberty	74	Lipscomb	68

 

 

Big South Conference
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 (at Radford) ***
Gardner-Webb	76	Radford	65

 

 

Colonial Athletic Association
Site: North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
Quarterfinals–Sunday, March 10
Hofstra	76	James Madison	67
Delaware	85	William & Mary	79
Northeastern	80	UNC Wilmington	59
Charleston	73	Drexel	61

 

Semifinals–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Hofstra (26-6)	5	Delaware (17-15)
2	Northeastern (21-10)	3	Charleston (24-8)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Iona	73	Siena	57
Monmouth	73	Canisius	59

Championship Game–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Iona (16-15)	6	Monmouth (14-20)

 

 

Mid-American Conference (MACtion)
Site: 1st Rd @ Higher Seeds/ Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
First Round–Monday, March 11
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
8	Akron (16-15)	9	Miami (O) (15-16)
5	Central Michigan (21-10)	12	Western Michigan (8-23)
7	Northern Illinois (15-16)	10	Ohio (14-16)
6	Eastern Michigan (15-16)	11	Ball St. (15-16)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
*** Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 ***
Bradley	57	Northern Iowa	54

 

 

Patriot League
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Colgate	80	Navy	70
Bucknell	97	Lehigh	75

 

*** Championship Game–Wednesday, March 13 ***
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Colgate (23-10)	2	Bucknell (21-10)

 

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
Semifinals–Sunday, March 10
Wofford	81	East Tennessee St.	72
UNC Greensboro	66	Furman	62

 

*** Championship Game–Monday, March 11 ***
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wofford (28-4)	2	UNC Greensboro (28-5)

 

 

Summit League
Site: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals
North Dakota St.	86	Oral Roberts	73
Purdue Ft. Wayne	96	South Dakota	70

 

Semifinals–Monday, March 11
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	Western Illinois (10-20)	4	North Dakota St. (16-15)
2	Omaha (20-10)	3	Purdue Ft. Wayne (18-14)

 

West Coast Conference

Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV

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

 

Teams With Automatic Bids

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