Home | Visitors | Spread |
Virginia | Boston College | 7.9 |
Connecticut | Creighton | 10.2 |
Iowa St. | Kansas | -3.7 |
Maryland | Michigan St. | -4.2 |
Tennessee | Texas A&M | 11.5 |
Siena | Canisius | 3.3 |
Duquesne | Richmond | -6.8 |
St. Bonaventure | Davidson | 1.5 |
Western Michigan | Northern Illinois | 0.3 |
Ohio | Ball St. | 12.6 |
Eastern Michigan | Toledo | -11.6 |
Central Michigan | Bowling Green | -6.4 |
Miami (O) | Kent St. | 0.8 |
Mississippi St. | South Carolina | 7.7 |
Northwestern | Rutgers | 6.5 |
Louisville | North Carolina | -3.9 |
Georgetown | Seton Hall | -8.3 |
Auburn | Alabama | 7.1 |
Texas Tech | Texas | 4.6 |
St. John’s | Providence | 0.8 |
LSU | Mississippi | 15.0 |
Wichita St. | Tulsa | 8.4 |
Utah St. | Air Force | 16.5 |
Michigan | Nebraska | 15.0 |
Stanford | California | 5.6 |
UC Riverside | UC Davis | 7.0 |
UNLV | Nevada | 4.2 |
San Jose St. | Fresno St. | -12.0 |
February 1, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 1, 2022
January 31, 2022
PiRate Ratings Bracketology
Date | 1/31/2022 | |||||
Seed | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
1 | Gonzaga | Auburn | Arizona | Baylor | ||
2 | Kentucky | Purdue | Houston | Villanova | ||
3 | Kansas | UCLA | Texas Tech | Duke | ||
4 | Tennessee | LSU | Illinois | Michigan St. | ||
5 | Connecticiut | Texas | Ohio St. | Wisconsin | ||
6 | Alabama | Xavier | Iowa St. | Iowa | ||
7 | Saint Mary’s | USC | Marquette | Indiana | ||
8 | Providence | Loyola (Chi.) | Boise St. | BYU | ||
9 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | Wake Forest | Miami (Fla.) | ||
10 | Colorado St. | TCU | Arkansas | Wyoming | ||
11 | Michigan | Oregon | Murray St. | Davidson | ||
12 | Chattanooga | Iona | Florida | San Francisco | Notre Dame | San Diego St. |
13 | Toledo | Vermont | South Dakota St. | North Texas | ||
14 | Oakland | Wagner | Seattle | Jacksonville St. | ||
15 | Weber St. | UNC-Wilmington | Navy | Yale | ||
16 | Hawaii | Appalachian St. | Longwood | Norfolk St. | New Orleans | Southern |
Best of the Rest
69 | Creighton |
70 | Seton Hall |
71 | Mississippi St. |
72 | West Virginia |
73 | Belmont |
74 | SMU |
75 | Washington St. |
76 | Virginia Tech |
January 12, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Home | Visitors | Spread |
Xavier | Villanova | 0.3 |
Radford | Longwood | -2.3 |
Wake Forest | Duke | -5.6 |
Michigan St. | Minnesota | 11.1 |
Florida | LSU | -2.9 |
Tulsa | Temple | 3.3 |
Central Florida | Memphis | -1.5 |
Cincinnati | East Carolina | 10.9 |
Morehead St. | UT Martin | 13.9 |
North Carolina A&T | Hampton | 7.7 |
Gardner-Webb | Presbyterian | 9.1 |
Campbell | Charleston Southern | 16.3 |
Notre Dame | Clemson | 0.9 |
Vermont | Stony Brook | 11.1 |
Albany | UMass Lowell | -2.2 |
NJIT | UMBC | 0.9 |
Rhode Island | Saint Joseph’s | 8.0 |
Fordham | Duquesne | 1.9 |
Western Carolina | Chattanooga | -13.5 |
Wofford | Samford | 10.7 |
Furman | East Tennessee St. | 8.3 |
UNC Wilmington | Elon | 1.2 |
Mississippi St. | Georgia | 15.0 |
Norfolk St. | Delaware St. | 18.6 |
USC Upstate | High Point | -1.8 |
Colorado St. | Utah St. | 3.9 |
Wichita St. | Tulane | 9.0 |
SMU | South Florida | 15.2 |
Missouri St. | Southern Illinois | 7.5 |
Drake | Illinois St. | 10.8 |
Bradley | Evansville | 9.4 |
Connecticut | St. John’s | 10.6 |
Louisville | NC St. | 7.3 |
Virginia | Virginia Tech | -1.8 |
Boston College | Georgia Tech | 0.6 |
Kansas St. | TCU | 2.1 |
Arkansas | Missouri | 12.5 |
Northwestern | Maryland | 4.1 |
Pacific | Santa Clara | -8.5 |
Washington | California | -0.8 |
California Baptist | Dixie St. | 8.6 |
Seattle | Utah Valley | -1.1 |
Nevada | Boise St. | -1.2 |
September 15, 2021
PiRate Picks For September 16-20, 2021
After a swing and a miss on opening week of the football season, last week we went two for two with big wins. Not only did we win both of our Money Line Parlays, we mentioned a first week NFL system that has worked well over the course of a couple of decades. We told you that even though we are only issuing Money Line Parlays this year, that playing the NFL underdogs of 1/2 to 3 points in Week 1 was a winning proposition. There were seven such underdogs last week, and playing them and the points went 5-2.
For the year, our pretend bank account has wagered pretend money on four games, $400 at $100 per wager, and we have received $604.56 in return from the pretend book. That’s a return on investment of 51.14%.
Now, the pressure is on to keep that profit and not give it back to the imaginary book. We begin including NFL games this week, and we have chosen four different parlays, each with more than +120 odds. Additionally, we are doing something we have only done three or four times in the last decade–combine a college game and NFL game into a parlay. We are number’s enthusiasts here on the PiRate ship, so sometimes we are left with orphan numbers needing to go to a matchmaking service. Combining college and pro football games into a hopeful match is rare for us, but there is no real reason not to do it. We just like to know at 1 AM on Sundays whether we won or not.
Enjoy these four parlays, but remember that these are for entertainment purposes only. We strongly urge you not to wager real money on these picks unless you have done your own research, and this feature merely verifies your own findings.
This Week’s Money Line Parlays
Date: | Sept 16-20 |
Odds: | +182 |
Must Win | Opponent |
Kansas St. | Nevada |
Troy | Southern Miss. |
Odds: | +126.42 |
Must Win | Opponent |
Mississippi St. | Memphis |
Denver | Jacksonville |
Odds: | +140.08 |
Must Win | Opponent |
LA Rams | Indianapolis |
Kansas City | Baltimore |
Odds: | +127.91 |
Must Win | Opponent |
Arizona | Minnesota |
Seattle | Tennessee |
March 11, 2020
PiRate Ratings Bracketology For March 11, 2020
Date |
3/11/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Kansas |
Gonzaga |
Dayton |
Baylor |
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2 |
San Diego St. |
Florida St. |
Villanova |
Creighton |
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3 |
Duke |
Kentucky |
Seton Hall |
Michigan St. |
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4 |
Maryland |
Louisville |
Oregon |
Wisconsin |
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5 |
Ohio St. |
Auburn |
Butler |
BYU |
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6 |
West Virginia |
Iowa |
Penn St. |
Virginia |
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7 |
Illinois |
Colorado |
Michigan |
Arizona |
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8 |
Houston |
Providence |
LSU |
Saint Mary’s |
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9 |
USC |
Marquette |
Oklahoma |
Rutgers |
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10 |
Arizona St. |
Florida |
Indiana |
Utah St. |
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11 |
E. Tennessee St. |
Stanford |
Xavier |
Wichita St. |
Texas Tech |
|
12 |
Yale |
Liberty |
S. F. Austin |
Richmond |
UCLA |
|
13 |
Vermont |
Akron |
North Texas |
New Mexico St. |
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14 |
Bradley |
Belmont |
Hofstra |
Colgate |
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15 |
UC-Irvine |
N. Dakota St. |
Little Rock |
E. Washington |
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16 |
N. Kentucky |
Winthrop |
Siena |
Prairie View |
Robert Morris |
N. C. A&T |
Last Four Byes: Florida, Indiana, Stanford, and Xavier
Last Four IN: Wichita St., Texas Tech, Richmond, and UCLA
First Four OUT: North Carolina St., Cincinnati, Texas, and Mississippi St.
Next Four Out: Memphis, Northern Iowa, Purdue, and Saint Louis
Note: Starting with today’s Bracketology and continuing for our final two Bracketology predictions (Friday and Sunday), our seed lines now reflect our beliefs that the NCAA Selection Committee will have some political beliefs that alter seed lines. For instance, we moved Virginia up one seed strictly because they are the defending champions, and we believe some members on the Selection Committee will lobby on their behalf to be moved higher up.
We are closely monitoring Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Any blip that comes DU’s way might move the Flyers down to the 2-seed line if an elite team like Duke, Michigan St., or Kentucky romps through their conference tournament.
March 3, 2020
PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 3, 2020
Tuesday’s Games
Home |
Visitor |
Spread |
Abilene Christian |
Stephen F. Austin |
-1.9 |
Akron |
Ohio |
10.0 |
Alabama |
Vanderbilt |
14.4 |
Ball St. |
Central Michigan |
8.0 |
Boston College |
Syracuse |
-4.5 |
Bucknell |
Holy Cross |
13.0 |
Buffalo |
Miami (O) |
8.3 |
Charleston Southern |
Presbyterian |
4.9 |
DePaul |
Marquette |
-3.7 |
Georgia Southern |
Arkansas St. |
8.4 |
Georgia St. |
Little Rock |
4.3 |
Hartford |
Maine |
7.6 |
Illinois Chicago |
IUPUI |
10.5 |
Iowa |
Purdue |
4.7 |
Iowa St. |
West Virginia |
-3.8 |
Kent St. |
Bowling Green |
4.8 |
Kentucky |
Tennessee |
8.8 |
Lehigh |
Loyola (MD) |
1.3 |
Liberty |
NJIT |
17.5 |
Lipscomb |
Florida Gulf Coast |
6.5 |
Louisiana |
Coastal Carolina |
-0.6 |
New Hampshire |
UMass Lowell |
4.8 |
North Carolina |
Wake Forest |
5.5 |
North Florida |
Jacksonville |
9.0 |
Northern Illinois |
Toledo |
0.8 |
Oakland |
Cleveland St. |
7.4 |
Oklahoma |
Texas |
6.1 |
Penn St. |
Michigan St. |
-0.4 |
Richmond |
Davidson |
4.4 |
Rutgers |
Maryland |
0.3 |
South Alabama |
Texas St. |
-1.5 |
South Carolina |
Mississippi St. |
2.0 |
South Carolina Upstate |
High Point |
5.2 |
South Florida |
Cincinnati |
-3.3 |
Stetson |
North Alabama |
1.7 |
Troy |
UT Arlington |
-6.8 |
UL Monroe |
Appalachian St. |
-2.1 |
UMBC |
Stony Brook |
-3.4 |
UNC Asheville |
Campbell |
0.6 |
VCU |
Duquesne |
6.8 |
Vermont |
Albany |
16.8 |
Western Michigan |
Eastern Michigan |
-0.8 |
Youngstown St. |
Milwaukee |
5.1 |
Key TV Games On Tuesday
Time (EST) |
Network |
Home |
Visitor |
6:30 PM |
SECN |
South Carolina |
Mississippi St. |
7:00 PM |
BTN |
Rutgers |
Maryland |
7:00 PM |
ESPN |
Penn St. |
Michigan St. |
9:00 PM |
ESPN |
Kentucky |
Tennessee |
9:00 PM |
BTN |
Iowa |
Purdue |
9:00 PM |
ESPN2 |
Oklahoma |
Texas |
Conference Tournament Schedule For Tuesday
Atlantic Sun Tournament |
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Quarterfinals |
March 3 |
at Higher Seed’s Home Court |
|
Home |
Visitor |
Time (ET) |
TV |
1 Liberty (27-4) |
8 NJIT (9-20) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
4 Stetson (15-16) |
5 North Alabama (13-16) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
3 Lipscomb (14-15) |
6 Florida Gulf Coast (10-21) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
2 North Florida (20-11) |
7 Jacksonville (14-17) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
Big South Tournament |
|||
1st Round |
March 3 |
at Higher Seed’s Home Court |
|
Home |
Visitor |
Time (ET) |
TV |
7 USC Upstate (12-19) |
10 High Point (9-22) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN3 |
6 UNC-Asheville (14-15) |
11 Campbell (15-15) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN3 |
8 Charleston Sou. (13-17) |
9 Presbyterian (10-21) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN3 |
Horizon League Tournament |
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1st Round |
March 3 |
at Higher Seed’s Home Court |
|
Home |
Visitor |
Time (ET) |
TV |
4 Illinois Chicago (14-17) |
9 IUPUI (7-24) |
8:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
5 Youngstown (17-14) |
8 Milwaukee (12-18) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
6 Oakland (13-18) |
7 Cleveland St. (11-20) |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
Patriot League Tournament |
|||
1st Round |
March 3 |
at Higher Seed’s Home Court |
|
Home |
Visitor |
Time (ET) |
TV |
7 Bucknell (12-19) |
10 Holy Cross (3-28) |
7:00 PM |
Pat League Network |
8 Lehigh (10-20) |
9 Loyola (MD) (15-16) |
7:00 PM |
Pat League Network |
March 2, 2020
PiRate Ratings Bracketology For March 2, 2020
Date |
3/2/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Kansas |
Gonzaga |
Baylor |
San Diego St. |
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2 |
Dayton |
Maryland |
Florida St. |
Seton Hall |
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3 |
Duke |
Villanova |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
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4 |
Creighton |
Oregon |
Michigan St. |
Penn St. |
||
5 |
Auburn |
Iowa |
Ohio St. |
Colorado |
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6 |
Butler |
Wisconsin |
BYU |
West Virginia |
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7 |
Michigan |
Arizona |
Marquette |
Illinois |
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8 |
Houston |
LSU |
Virginia |
Texas Tech |
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9 |
Saint Mary’s |
Florida |
Arizona St. |
Xavier |
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10 |
USC |
Indiana |
Oklahoma |
Rutgers |
||
11 |
Providence |
Stanford |
East Tennessee |
Northern Iowa |
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12 |
Yale |
Liberty |
Wichita St. |
Utah St. |
Cincinnati |
Rhode Island |
13 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Vermont |
North Texas |
Akron |
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14 |
New Mexico St. |
Hofstra |
Belmont |
Colgate |
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15 |
UC-Irvine |
Little Rock |
Wright St. |
South Dakota St. |
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16 |
Montana |
Radford |
Siena |
Prairie View |
St. Francis (PA) |
N.C. A&T |
Bubble Contenders
69 |
UCLA |
70 |
Mississippi St. |
71 |
North Carolina St. |
72 |
Richmond |
73 |
Memphis |
74 |
Texas |
75 |
Arkansas |
76 |
Alabama |
Notes
(1.) The last two at-large teams in the field, Cincinnati and Rhode Island, rate less than one-half point ahead of the first team out of the field, UCLA, and less then one point ahead of the next team out, Mississippi St.
(2.) Stephen F. Austin and Vermont actually rank ahead of the last two in and first two out, but we cannot put four mid-major teams in the 12-seed spot, and make the play-in games a battle of 13-seeds.
(3.) No political alterations have been made in this bracketology release. These 68 + 8 teams listed here are 100% mechanically derived using our unique statistical criteria. Had we applied some political bend to this report, some of the teams would have been moved on their seed lines, and UCLA would be moved into the field ahead of Rhode Island, because we believe the Selection Committee would be forced to take the Pac-12’s conference champion (assuming UCLA does win the Pac-12)
Coming Later Today: Conference Tournament action begins tomorrow evening. We will release the schedules and bracketing for the conference tournaments that are set to begin in the next few days.
February 21, 2020
PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 21, 2020
Date |
2/21/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Baylor |
Gonzaga |
Kansas |
San Diego St. |
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2 |
Duke |
Dayton |
Maryland |
Florida St. |
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3 |
Seton Hall |
Creighton |
Louisville |
Villanova |
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4 |
Penn St. |
West Virginia |
Kentucky |
Colorado |
||
5 |
Oregon |
Auburn |
Butler |
Iowa |
||
6 |
Michigan St. |
Arizona |
Ohio St. |
Marquette |
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7 |
Michigan |
BYU |
Houston |
Wisconsin |
||
8 |
Illinois |
LSU |
Texas Tech |
Rutgers |
||
9 |
Saint Mary’s |
Xavier |
Florida |
Rhode Island |
||
10 |
Arizona St. |
Wichita St. |
Oklahoma |
Virginia |
||
11 |
USC |
Indiana |
Northern Iowa |
USC |
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12 |
Liberty |
Yale |
Utah St. |
N. Carolina St. |
Richmond |
Cincinnati |
13 |
Stephen F. Austin |
Vermont |
North Texas |
Akron |
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14 |
New Mexico St. |
Colgate |
Wright St. |
Hofstra |
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15 |
South Dakota St. |
UC-Irvine |
Little Rock |
Montana |
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16 |
Winthrop |
Austin Peay |
Prairie View |
Siena |
St. Francis (PA) |
Norfolk St. |
Bubble Contenders
69 |
Georgetown |
70 |
Purdue |
71 |
Mississippi St. |
72 |
Stanford |
73 |
Providence |
74 |
South Carolina |
75 |
Arkansas |
76 |
Alabama |
77 |
UNC Greensboro |
78 |
Memphis |
The First Four
Opening Round in Dayton
12 Seed Game: Utah St. vs. Cincinnati
12 Seed Game: North Carolina St. vs. Richmond
16 Seed Game: Norfolk St. vs. Prairie View
16 Seed Game: Siena vs. St. Francis (PA)
February 10, 2020
PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 10, 2020
Date |
2/10/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Baylor |
Gonzaga |
Kansas |
San Diego St. |
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2 |
Duke |
Dayton |
Louisville |
Maryland |
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3 |
Seton Hall |
Florida St. |
West Virginia |
Auburn |
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4 |
Villanova |
Butler |
Oregon |
Penn St. |
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5 |
Kentucky |
Michigan St. |
Iowa |
Creighton |
||
6 |
LSU |
Colorado |
Marquette |
Illinois |
||
7 |
Arizona |
Rutgers |
Wisconsin |
Michigan |
||
8 |
Houston |
Texas Tech |
BYU |
Ohio St. |
||
9 |
USC |
Purdue |
Wichita St. |
Arkansas |
||
10 |
Saint Mary’s |
Rhode Island |
Oklahoma |
Florida |
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11 |
Xavier |
Indiana |
Northern Iowa |
Stanford |
Virginia |
|
12 |
E. Tennessee St. |
Yale |
S. F. Austin |
Mississippi St. |
VCU |
|
13 |
Liberty |
Vermont |
New Mexico St. |
North Texas |
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14 |
Bowling Green |
Wright St. |
Colgate |
Hofstra |
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15 |
Winthrop |
Little Rock |
Murray St. |
UC-Irvine |
||
16 |
South Dakota St. |
Montana |
Prairie View |
Rider |
Robert Morris |
N. Carolina A&T |
The Bubble Contenders |
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69 |
Arizona St. |
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70 |
Cincinnati |
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71 |
Memphis |
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72 |
Utah St. |
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73 |
Minnesota |
|||||
74 |
N. Carolina St. |
|||||
75 |
Richmond |
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76 |
Syracuse |
|||||
77 |
Notre Dame |
|||||
78 |
Furman |
February 7, 2020
PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 7, 2020
Date |
2/7/2020 |
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Seed |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
Team |
1 |
Baylor |
Gonzaga |
Kansas |
San Diego St. |
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2 |
Duke |
Dayton |
Louisville |
West Virginia |
||
3 |
Seton Hall |
Florida St. |
Maryland |
Villanova |
||
4 |
Butler |
Auburn |
Oregon |
Michigan St. |
||
5 |
Penn St. |
Creighton |
Kentucky |
Iowa |
||
6 |
LSU |
Colorado |
Arizona |
Marquette |
||
7 |
Illinois |
Ohio St. |
Rutgers |
Houston |
||
8 |
Texas Tech |
Wisconsin |
Michigan |
Wichita St. |
||
9 |
BYU |
Arkansas |
USC |
Saint Mary’s |
||
10 |
Indiana |
Rhode Island |
Florida |
Stanford |
||
11 |
Xavier |
Memphis |
Northern Iowa |
Virginia |
Purdue |
|
12 |
East Tennessee St. |
Yale |
Liberty |
VCU |
Cincinnati |
|
13 |
Stephen F. Austin |
North Texas |
Vermont |
New Mexico St. |
||
14 |
Wright St. |
Colgate |
Bowling Green |
Little Rock |
||
15 |
Hofstra |
Winthrop |
Murray St. |
UC-Irvine |
||
16 |
South Dakota St. |
Northern Colorado |
Prairie View |
Monmouth |
Robert Morris |
North Carolina A&T |
The Bubble Contenders |
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69 |
Oklahoma |
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70 |
Mississippi St. |
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71 |
Arizona St. |
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72 |
Minnesota |
|||||
73 |
Georgetown |
|||||
74 |
Tulsa |
|||||
75 |
Utah St. |
|||||
76 |
Richmond |
|||||
77 |
North Carolina St. |
|||||
78 |
Providence |