PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Friday, March 1, 2019

PiRate Rating Spreads for Friday, March 1, 2019

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Brown	101.3	2.5	Columbia	96.0	7.8
Bowling Green	103.5	3.0	Kent St.	101.0	5.5
Dartmouth	98.5	2.0	Princeton	100.1	0.4
Harvard	103.5	3.0	Penn	103.0	3.5
NJIT	99.1	2.5	Liberty	106.0	-4.4
Jacksonville	94.5	2.5	Florida Gulf Coast	96.1	0.9
Manhattan	90.5	2.0	Monmouth	93.0	-0.5
Dayton	108.1	3.0	Rhode Island	101.6	9.5
Saint Peter’s	92.1	2.0	Quinnipiac	96.9	-2.8
Kennesaw St.	85.8	2.5	Stetson	87.9	0.4
North Alabama	91	2.5	Lipscomb	109.2	-15.7
Rider	98.6	2.5	Iona	97.3	3.8
Yale	106.2	2.5	Cornell	96.2	12.5
Fairfield	93.4	2.5	Marist	95.5	0.4
Miami (O)	101.8	3.0	Buffalo	114.2	-9.4
Canisius	94.9	2.5	Siena	95.3	2.1

Pirate Ratings (1-353)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
1	Gonzaga	124.2	West Coast
2	Duke	123.9	ACC
3	Virginia	122.7	ACC
4	North Carolina	120.7	ACC
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
6	Kentucky	118.7	SEC
7	Tennessee	118.0	SEC
8	Michigan	117.8	Big Ten
9	Texas Tech	117.1	Big 12
10	Purdue	116.8	Big Ten
11	Virginia Tech	116.5	ACC
12	Auburn	115.5	SEC
13	Iowa St.	115.4	Big 12
14	Wisconsin	115.3	Big Ten
15	Kansas	115.3	Big 12
16	Nevada	115.0	Mtn West
17	Houston	114.9	AAC
18	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
19	Buffalo	114.2	Mid-Amer
20	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
21	Louisville	113.5	ACC
22	Marquette	113.5	Big East
23	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
24	LSU	113.3	SEC
25	Villanova	113.0	Big East
26	North Carolina St.	112.7	ACC
27	Wofford	112.5	SoCon
28	Texas	112.4	Big 12
29	Florida	112.4	SEC
30	Kansas St.	112.4	Big 12
31	Cincinnati	112.1	AAC
32	Clemson	111.9	ACC
33	Iowa	111.8	Big Ten
34	Ohio St.	111.8	Big Ten
35	Syracuse	111.5	ACC
36	Oklahoma	111.1	Big 12
37	Baylor	110.9	Big 12
38	Saint Mary’s	110.6	West Coast
39	Virginia Commonwealth	110.5	Atlantic 10
40	Nebraska	110.5	Big Ten
41	Central Florida	110.3	AAC
42	Washington	110.2	Pac-12
43	TCU	110.2	Big 12
44	Utah St.	109.9	Mtn West
45	Mississippi	109.9	SEC
46	Indiana	109.6	Big Ten
47	Penn St.	109.6	Big Ten
48	Creighton	109.5	Big East
49	Lipscomb	109.2	Atlantic Sun
50	Minnesota	108.9	Big Ten
51	Butler	108.9	Big East
52	Belmont	108.6	OH Valley
53	St. John’s	108.6	Big East
54	Murray St.	108.5	OH Valley
55	Alabama	108.4	SEC
56	San Francisco	108.2	West Coast
57	Oregon	108.2	Pac-12
58	Dayton	108.1	Atlantic 10
59	Arizona St.	108.0	Pac-12
60	Seton Hall	108.0	Big East
61	New Mexico St.	107.6	WAC
62	Toledo	107.6	Mid-Amer
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5	ACC
64	Furman	107.5	SoCon
65	Arkansas	107.4	SEC
66	Fresno St.	107.2	Mtn West
67	Illinois	106.9	Big Ten
68	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
69	Arizona	106.8	Pac-12
70	Temple	106.8	AAC
71	Northwestern	106.7	Big Ten
72	Georgetown	106.6	Big East
73	Xavier	106.6	Big East
74	Memphis	106.6	AAC
75	Vermont	106.3	Amer East
76	Oregon St.	106.2	Pac-12
77	Yale	106.2	Ivy
78	Colorado	106.2	Pac-12
79	Providence	106.2	Big East
80	South Dakota St.	106.1	Summit
81	USC	106.0	Pac-12
82	Liberty	106.0	Atlantic Sun
83	BYU	105.9	West Coast
84	Texas A&M	105.9	SEC
85	Davidson	105.9	Atlantic 10
86	Hofstra	105.9	Colonial
87	South Carolina	105.9	SEC
88	Notre Dame	105.9	ACC
89	UCLA	105.6	Pac-12
90	Grand Canyon	105.6	WAC
91	Rutgers	105.5	Big Ten
92	Connecticut	105.5	AAC
93	Pittsburgh	105.3	ACC
94	Georgia Southern	105.0	Sun Belt
95	Northeastern	105.0	Colonial
96	Missouri	104.9	SEC
97	Boston College	104.8	ACC
98	UNC Greensboro	104.7	SoCon
99	San Diego	104.7	West Coast
100	UC Irvine	104.7	Big West
101	Old Dominion	104.5	CUSA
102	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
103	Northern Kentucky	104.5	Horizon
104	West Virginia	104.4	Big 12
105	Wichita St.	104.3	AAC
106	SMU	104.3	AAC
107	San Diego St.	104.1	Mtn West
108	Oklahoma St.	104.1	Big 12
109	Georgia	104.1	SEC
110	Texas St.	104.0	Sun Belt
111	Akron	104.0	Mid-Amer
112	Georgia Tech	103.9	ACC
113	DePaul	103.9	Big East
114	Utah	103.9	Pac-12
115	Utah Valley	103.7	WAC
116	Loyola (Chi)	103.6	Mo Valley
117	Ball St.	103.5	Mid-Amer
118	Bowling Green	103.5	Mid-Amer
119	Harvard	103.5	Ivy
120	South Florida	103.4	AAC
121	Montana	103.4	Big Sky
122	Saint Louis	103.3	Atlantic 10
123	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
124	Western Kentucky	103.3	CUSA
125	Georgia St.	103.3	Sun Belt
126	Austin Peay	103.2	OH Valley
127	St. Bonaventure	103.1	Atlantic 10
128	Vanderbilt	103.0	SEC
129	Tulsa	103.0	AAC
130	Penn	103.0	Ivy
131	Jacksonville St.	102.8	OH Valley
132	Wright St.	102.8	Horizon
133	Radford	102.6	Big South
134	Central Michigan	102.6	Mid-Amer
135	Drake	102.2	Mo Valley
136	Southern Miss	102.2	CUSA
137	Boise St.	102.1	Mtn West
138	Colgate	102.0	Patriot
139	George Mason	101.9	Atlantic 10
140	Loyola Marymount	101.9	West Coast
141	Miami (O)	101.8	Mid-Amer
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
143	Southern Illinois	101.7	Mo Valley
144	Bucknell	101.7	Patriot
145	North Texas	101.6	CUSA
146	Rhode Island	101.6	Atlantic 10
147	Brown	101.3	Ivy
148	UC Santa Barbara	101.2	Big West
149	Louisiana Monroe	101.2	Sun Belt
150	Lehigh	101.1	Patriot
151	Kent St.	101.0	Mid-Amer
152	UNLV	100.8	Mtn West
153	Northern Illinois	100.8	Mid-Amer
154	Northern Colorado	100.6	Big Sky
155	Stony Brook	100.5	Amer East
156	Coastal Carolina	100.4	Sun Belt
157	Duquesne	100.4	Atlantic 10
158	Samford	100.2	SoCon
159	Missouri St.	100.1	Mo Valley
160	Princeton	100.1	Ivy
161	Abilene Christian	100.1	Southland
162	UTSA	100.1	CUSA
163	Louisiana	100.0	Sun Belt
164	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
165	Omaha	99.9	Summit
166	Wake Forest	99.8	ACC
167	Cal St. Fullerton	99.8	Big West
168	Winthrop	99.8	Big South
169	Bradley	99.7	Mo Valley
170	UAB	99.7	CUSA
171	Northern Iowa	99.7	Mo Valley
172	Colorado St.	99.6	Mtn West
173	Eastern Michigan	99.6	Mid-Amer
174	Sam Houston St.	99.5	Southland
175	Hartford	99.3	Amer East
176	New Mexico	99.3	Mtn West
177	Saint Joseph’s	99.2	Atlantic 10
178	Florida Atlantic	99.2	CUSA
179	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.2	Summit
180	UT Arlington	99.1	Sun Belt
181	NJIT	99.1	Atlantic Sun
182	Richmond	99.0	Atlantic 10
183	Weber St.	99.0	Big Sky
184	Gardner Webb	98.9	Big South
185	Mercer	98.9	SoCon
186	Campbell	98.8	Big South
187	Marshall	98.7	CUSA
188	Charleston Southern	98.7	Big South
189	Rider	98.6	Metro Atl
190	Illinois St.	98.5	Mo Valley
191	IUPUI	98.5	Horizon
192	Dartmouth	98.5	Ivy
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
194	Seattle	98.2	WAC
195	Oakland	98.2	Horizon
196	Hawaii	98.1	Big West
197	Santa Clara	97.9	West Coast
198	Hampton	97.8	Big South
199	American	97.8	Patriot
200	Green Bay	97.8	Horizon
201	Lamar	97.7	Southland
202	Appalachian St.	97.7	Sun Belt
203	North Florida	97.7	Atlantic Sun
204	Valparaiso	97.7	Mo Valley
205	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.7	WAC
206	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
207	Massachusetts	97.5	Atlantic 10
208	La Salle	97.5	Atlantic 10
209	Texas Southern	97.5	SWAC
210	Indiana St.	97.5	Mo Valley
211	North Dakota St.	97.4	Summit
212	William & Mary	97.4	Colonial
213	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	Amer East
214	Iona	97.3	Metro Atl
215	California Baptist	97.1	WAC
216	South Dakota	97.1	Summit
217	Illinois Chicago	97.0	Horizon
218	Pacific	97.0	West Coast
219	Quinnipiac	96.9	Metro Atl
220	Florida Int’l.	96.9	CUSA
221	Little Rock	96.8	Sun Belt
222	South Alabama	96.8	Sun Belt
223	Long Beach St.	96.8	Big West
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	WAC
225	Ohio	96.7	Mid-Amer
226	Boston University	96.5	Patriot
227	High Point	96.4	Big South
228	Holy Cross	96.4	Patriot
229	Evansville	96.3	Mo Valley
230	Cornell	96.2	Ivy
231	Florida Gulf Coast	96.1	Atlantic Sun
232	St. Francis (PA)	96.1	Northeast
233	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.1	Northeast
234	Columbia	96.0	Ivy
235	UC Davis	96.0	Big West
236	Drexel	95.8	Colonial
237	Fordham	95.8	Atlantic 10
238	Sacred Heart	95.6	Northeast
239	Army	95.5	Patriot
240	Troy	95.5	Sun Belt
241	Marist	95.5	Metro Atl
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
243	Eastern Kentucky	95.3	OH Valley
244	The Citadel	95.3	SoCon
245	UMass Lowell	95.2	Amer East
246	Air Force	95.2	Mtn West
247	Norfolk St.	95.2	MEAC
248	Montana St.	95.1	Big Sky
249	Missouri Kansas City	95.1	WAC
250	Delaware	95.1	Colonial
251	Canisius	94.9	Metro Atl
252	Sacramento St.	94.9	Big Sky
253	Middle Tennessee	94.9	CUSA
254	Morehead St.	94.9	OH Valley
255	Robert Morris	94.9	Northeast
256	North Dakota	94.9	Summit
257	Towson	94.8	Colonial
258	Prairie View A&M	94.8	SWAC
259	Western Michigan	94.7	Mid-Amer
260	Long Island	94.6	Northeast
261	Detroit	94.6	Horizon
262	UNC Wilmington	94.6	Colonial
263	Jacksonville	94.5	Atlantic Sun
264	Eastern Washington	94.5	Big Sky
265	Southeast Louisiana	94.5	Southland
266	California	94.5	Pac-12
267	Rice	94.4	CUSA
268	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.4	Northeast
269	Arkansas St.	94.4	Sun Belt
270	Chattanooga	94.3	SoCon
271	New Orleans	94.1	Southland
272	Portland St.	94.1	Big Sky
273	James Madison	93.9	Colonial
274	George Washington	93.9	Atlantic 10
275	Southern Utah	93.8	Big Sky
276	Youngstown St.	93.7	Horizon
277	North Carolina Central	93.7	MEAC
278	Grambling St.	93.7	SWAC
279	East Carolina	93.6	AAC
280	Wagner	93.6	Northeast
281	Albany	93.4	Amer East
282	Texas A&M CC	93.4	Southland
283	Loyola (MD)	93.4	Patriot
284	Fairfield	93.4	Metro Atl
285	UTEP	93.3	CUSA
286	Houston Baptist	93.2	Southland
287	Bethune Cookman	93.2	MEAC
288	Cal St. Northridge	93.0	Big West
289	Monmouth	93.0	Metro Atl
290	Western Carolina	93.0	SoCon
291	Oral Roberts	92.9	Summit
292	Tennessee St.	92.7	OH Valley
293	Lafayette	92.6	Patriot
294	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
295	UT Martin	92.5	OH Valley
296	Stephen F. Austin	92.4	Southland
297	Cleveland St.	92.4	Horizon
298	Longwood	92.4	Big South
299	Tulane	92.3	AAC
300	Navy	92.3	Patriot
301	Western Illinois	92.3	Summit
302	Eastern Illinois	92.2	OH Valley
303	Niagara	92.2	Metro Atl
304	Saint Peter’s	92.1	Metro Atl
305	UC Riverside	91.8	Big West
306	Charlotte	91.7	CUSA
307	Idaho St.	91.5	Big Sky
308	VMI	91.5	SoCon
309	Nicholls St.	91.3	Southland
310	Denver	91.3	Summit
311	Northern Arizona	91.3	Big Sky
312	Central Arkansas	91.1	Southland
313	Howard	91.1	MEAC
314	Southeastern Missouri	91.1	OH Valley
315	Elon	91.1	Colonial
316	North Carolina A&T	91.0	MEAC
317	North Alabama	91.0	Atlantic Sun
318	Alabama St.	90.9	SWAC
319	Central Connecticut	90.6	Northeast
320	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
321	McNeese St.	90.3	Southland
322	Portland	90.3	West Coast
323	Wyoming	89.9	Mtn West
324	Maine	89.9	Amer East
325	Florida A&M	89.7	MEAC
326	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.5	SWAC
327	Bryant	89.5	Northeast
328	Mount St. Mary’s	89.4	Northeast
329	Jackson St.	89.2	SWAC
330	Tennessee Tech	89.1	OH Valley
331	Cal Poly	89.0	Big West
332	Binghamton	88.9	Amer East
333	Morgan St.	88.3	MEAC
334	SIU Edwardsville	88.2	OH Valley
335	USC Upstate	88.2	Big South
336	Stetson	87.9	Atlantic Sun
337	South Carolina St.	87.4	MEAC
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Southland
339	Southern	86.8	SWAC
340	San Jose St.	86.2	Mtn West
341	New Hampshire	85.8	Amer East
342	Kennesaw St.	85.8	Atlantic Sun
343	Alcorn St.	85.3	SWAC
344	Savannah St.	85.2	MEAC
345	Idaho	84.9	Big Sky
346	Alabama A&M	84.9	SWAC
347	UNC Asheville	84.8	Big South
348	Incarnate Word	84.8	Southland
349	Coppin St.	84.7	MEAC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.5	SWAC
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9	MEAC
352	Delaware St.	79.9	MEAC
353	Chicago St.	79.7	WAC

 

PiRate Ratings (Alphabetical)

Rk	Team	PiRate	Conf
161	Abilene Christian	100.1	Southland
246	Air Force	95.2	Mtn West
111	Akron	104.0	Mid-Amer
55	Alabama	108.4	SEC
346	Alabama A&M	84.9	SWAC
318	Alabama St.	90.9	SWAC
281	Albany	93.4	Amer East
343	Alcorn St.	85.3	SWAC
199	American	97.8	Patriot
202	Appalachian St.	97.7	Sun Belt
69	Arizona	106.8	Pac-12
59	Arizona St.	108.0	Pac-12
65	Arkansas	107.4	SEC
326	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.5	SWAC
269	Arkansas St.	94.4	Sun Belt
239	Army	95.5	Patriot
12	Auburn	115.5	SEC
126	Austin Peay	103.2	OH Valley
117	Ball St.	103.5	Mid-Amer
37	Baylor	110.9	Big 12
52	Belmont	108.6	OH Valley
287	Bethune Cookman	93.2	MEAC
332	Binghamton	88.9	Amer East
137	Boise St.	102.1	Mtn West
97	Boston College	104.8	ACC
226	Boston University	96.5	Patriot
118	Bowling Green	103.5	Mid-Amer
169	Bradley	99.7	Mo Valley
147	Brown	101.3	Ivy
327	Bryant	89.5	Northeast
144	Bucknell	101.7	Patriot
19	Buffalo	114.2	Mid-Amer
51	Butler	108.9	Big East
83	BYU	105.9	West Coast
331	Cal Poly	89.0	Big West
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7	WAC
167	Cal St. Fullerton	99.8	Big West
288	Cal St. Northridge	93.0	Big West
266	California	94.5	Pac-12
215	California Baptist	97.1	WAC
186	Campbell	98.8	Big South
251	Canisius	94.9	Metro Atl
312	Central Arkansas	91.1	Southland
319	Central Connecticut	90.6	Northeast
41	Central Florida	110.3	AAC
134	Central Michigan	102.6	Mid-Amer
123	Charleston	103.3	Colonial
188	Charleston Southern	98.7	Big South
306	Charlotte	91.7	CUSA
270	Chattanooga	94.3	SoCon
353	Chicago St.	79.7	WAC
31	Cincinnati	112.1	AAC
32	Clemson	111.9	ACC
297	Cleveland St.	92.4	Horizon
156	Coastal Carolina	100.4	Sun Belt
138	Colgate	102.0	Patriot
78	Colorado	106.2	Pac-12
172	Colorado St.	99.6	Mtn West
234	Columbia	96.0	Ivy
92	Connecticut	105.5	AAC
349	Coppin St.	84.7	MEAC
230	Cornell	96.2	Ivy
48	Creighton	109.5	Big East
192	Dartmouth	98.5	Ivy
85	Davidson	105.9	Atlantic 10
58	Dayton	108.1	Atlantic 10
250	Delaware	95.1	Colonial
352	Delaware St.	79.9	MEAC
310	Denver	91.3	Summit
113	DePaul	103.9	Big East
261	Detroit	94.6	Horizon
135	Drake	102.2	Mo Valley
236	Drexel	95.8	Colonial
2	Duke	123.9	ACC
157	Duquesne	100.4	Atlantic 10
279	East Carolina	93.6	AAC
68	East Tennessee St.	106.9	SoCon
302	Eastern Illinois	92.2	OH Valley
243	Eastern Kentucky	95.3	OH Valley
173	Eastern Michigan	99.6	Mid-Amer
264	Eastern Washington	94.5	Big Sky
315	Elon	91.1	Colonial
229	Evansville	96.3	Mo Valley
284	Fairfield	93.4	Metro Atl
233	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.1	Northeast
29	Florida	112.4	SEC
325	Florida A&M	89.7	MEAC
178	Florida Atlantic	99.2	CUSA
231	Florida Gulf Coast	96.1	Atlantic Sun
220	Florida Int’l.	96.9	CUSA
18	Florida St.	114.4	ACC
237	Fordham	95.8	Atlantic 10
66	Fresno St.	107.2	Mtn West
64	Furman	107.5	SoCon
184	Gardner Webb	98.9	Big South
139	George Mason	101.9	Atlantic 10
274	George Washington	93.9	Atlantic 10
72	Georgetown	106.6	Big East
109	Georgia	104.1	SEC
94	Georgia Southern	105.0	Sun Belt
125	Georgia St.	103.3	Sun Belt
112	Georgia Tech	103.9	ACC
1	Gonzaga	124.2	West Coast
278	Grambling St.	93.7	SWAC
90	Grand Canyon	105.6	WAC
200	Green Bay	97.8	Horizon
198	Hampton	97.8	Big South
175	Hartford	99.3	Amer East
119	Harvard	103.5	Ivy
196	Hawaii	98.1	Big West
227	High Point	96.4	Big South
86	Hofstra	105.9	Colonial
228	Holy Cross	96.4	Patriot
17	Houston	114.9	AAC
286	Houston Baptist	93.2	Southland
313	Howard	91.1	MEAC
345	Idaho	84.9	Big Sky
307	Idaho St.	91.5	Big Sky
67	Illinois	106.9	Big Ten
217	Illinois Chicago	97.0	Horizon
190	Illinois St.	98.5	Mo Valley
348	Incarnate Word	84.8	Southland
46	Indiana	109.6	Big Ten
210	Indiana St.	97.5	Mo Valley
214	Iona	97.3	Metro Atl
33	Iowa	111.8	Big Ten
13	Iowa St.	115.4	Big 12
191	IUPUI	98.5	Horizon
329	Jackson St.	89.2	SWAC
263	Jacksonville	94.5	Atlantic Sun
131	Jacksonville St.	102.8	OH Valley
273	James Madison	93.9	Colonial
15	Kansas	115.3	Big 12
30	Kansas St.	112.4	Big 12
342	Kennesaw St.	85.8	Atlantic Sun
151	Kent St.	101.0	Mid-Amer
6	Kentucky	118.7	SEC
208	La Salle	97.5	Atlantic 10
293	Lafayette	92.6	Patriot
201	Lamar	97.7	Southland
150	Lehigh	101.1	Patriot
82	Liberty	106.0	Atlantic Sun
49	Lipscomb	109.2	Atlantic Sun
221	Little Rock	96.8	Sun Belt
223	Long Beach St.	96.8	Big West
260	Long Island	94.6	Northeast
298	Longwood	92.4	Big South
163	Louisiana	100.0	Sun Belt
149	Louisiana Monroe	101.2	Sun Belt
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7	CUSA
21	Louisville	113.5	ACC
116	Loyola (Chi)	103.6	Mo Valley
283	Loyola (MD)	93.4	Patriot
140	Loyola Marymount	101.9	West Coast
24	LSU	113.3	SEC
324	Maine	89.9	Amer East
320	Manhattan	90.5	Metro Atl
241	Marist	95.5	Metro Atl
22	Marquette	113.5	Big East
187	Marshall	98.7	CUSA
23	Maryland	113.4	Big Ten
213	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4	Amer East
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9	MEAC
207	Massachusetts	97.5	Atlantic 10
321	McNeese St.	90.3	Southland
74	Memphis	106.6	AAC
185	Mercer	98.9	SoCon
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5	ACC
141	Miami (O)	101.8	Mid-Amer
8	Michigan	117.8	Big Ten
5	Michigan St.	120.5	Big Ten
253	Middle Tennessee	94.9	CUSA
294	Milwaukee	92.5	Horizon
50	Minnesota	108.9	Big Ten
45	Mississippi	109.9	SEC
20	Mississippi St.	113.6	SEC
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.5	SWAC
96	Missouri	104.9	SEC
249	Missouri Kansas City	95.1	WAC
159	Missouri St.	100.1	Mo Valley
289	Monmouth	93.0	Metro Atl
121	Montana	103.4	Big Sky
248	Montana St.	95.1	Big Sky
254	Morehead St.	94.9	OH Valley
333	Morgan St.	88.3	MEAC
328	Mount St. Mary’s	89.4	Northeast
54	Murray St.	108.5	OH Valley
300	Navy	92.3	Patriot
40	Nebraska	110.5	Big Ten
16	Nevada	115.0	Mtn West
341	New Hampshire	85.8	Amer East
176	New Mexico	99.3	Mtn West
61	New Mexico St.	107.6	WAC
271	New Orleans	94.1	Southland
303	Niagara	92.2	Metro Atl
309	Nicholls St.	91.3	Southland
181	NJIT	99.1	Atlantic Sun
247	Norfolk St.	95.2	MEAC
317	North Alabama	91.0	Atlantic Sun
4	North Carolina	120.7	ACC
316	North Carolina A&T	91.0	MEAC
277	North Carolina Central	93.7	MEAC
26	North Carolina St.	112.7	ACC
256	North Dakota	94.9	Summit
211	North Dakota St.	97.4	Summit
203	North Florida	97.7	Atlantic Sun
145	North Texas	101.6	CUSA
95	Northeastern	105.0	Colonial
311	Northern Arizona	91.3	Big Sky
154	Northern Colorado	100.6	Big Sky
153	Northern Illinois	100.8	Mid-Amer
171	Northern Iowa	99.7	Mo Valley
103	Northern Kentucky	104.5	Horizon
71	Northwestern	106.7	Big Ten
338	Northwestern St.	87.3	Southland
88	Notre Dame	105.9	ACC
195	Oakland	98.2	Horizon
225	Ohio	96.7	Mid-Amer
34	Ohio St.	111.8	Big Ten
36	Oklahoma	111.1	Big 12
108	Oklahoma St.	104.1	Big 12
101	Old Dominion	104.5	CUSA
165	Omaha	99.9	Summit
291	Oral Roberts	92.9	Summit
57	Oregon	108.2	Pac-12
76	Oregon St.	106.2	Pac-12
218	Pacific	97.0	West Coast
130	Penn	103.0	Ivy
47	Penn St.	109.6	Big Ten
164	Pepperdine	99.9	West Coast
93	Pittsburgh	105.3	ACC
322	Portland	90.3	West Coast
272	Portland St.	94.1	Big Sky
258	Prairie View A&M	94.8	SWAC
193	Presbyterian	98.3	Big South
160	Princeton	100.1	Ivy
79	Providence	106.2	Big East
10	Purdue	116.8	Big Ten
179	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.2	Summit
219	Quinnipiac	96.9	Metro Atl
133	Radford	102.6	Big South
146	Rhode Island	101.6	Atlantic 10
267	Rice	94.4	CUSA
182	Richmond	99.0	Atlantic 10
189	Rider	98.6	Metro Atl
255	Robert Morris	94.9	Northeast
91	Rutgers	105.5	Big Ten
252	Sacramento St.	94.9	Big Sky
238	Sacred Heart	95.6	Northeast
177	Saint Joseph’s	99.2	Atlantic 10
122	Saint Louis	103.3	Atlantic 10
38	Saint Mary’s	110.6	West Coast
304	Saint Peter’s	92.1	Metro Atl
174	Sam Houston St.	99.5	Southland
158	Samford	100.2	SoCon
99	San Diego	104.7	West Coast
107	San Diego St.	104.1	Mtn West
56	San Francisco	108.2	West Coast
340	San Jose St.	86.2	Mtn West
197	Santa Clara	97.9	West Coast
344	Savannah St.	85.2	MEAC
194	Seattle	98.2	WAC
60	Seton Hall	108.0	Big East
242	Siena	95.3	Metro Atl
334	SIU Edwardsville	88.2	OH Valley
106	SMU	104.3	AAC
222	South Alabama	96.8	Sun Belt
87	South Carolina	105.9	SEC
337	South Carolina St.	87.4	MEAC
216	South Dakota	97.1	Summit
80	South Dakota St.	106.1	Summit
120	South Florida	103.4	AAC
265	Southeast Louisiana	94.5	Southland
314	Southeastern Missouri	91.1	OH Valley
339	Southern	86.8	SWAC
143	Southern Illinois	101.7	Mo Valley
136	Southern Miss	102.2	CUSA
275	Southern Utah	93.8	Big Sky
127	St. Bonaventure	103.1	Atlantic 10
268	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.4	Northeast
232	St. Francis (PA)	96.1	Northeast
53	St. John’s	108.6	Big East
102	Stanford	104.5	Pac-12
296	Stephen F. Austin	92.4	Southland
336	Stetson	87.9	Atlantic Sun
155	Stony Brook	100.5	Amer East
35	Syracuse	111.5	ACC
43	TCU	110.2	Big 12
70	Temple	106.8	AAC
7	Tennessee	118.0	SEC
292	Tennessee St.	92.7	OH Valley
330	Tennessee Tech	89.1	OH Valley
28	Texas	112.4	Big 12
84	Texas A&M	105.9	SEC
282	Texas A&M CC	93.4	Southland
209	Texas Southern	97.5	SWAC
110	Texas St.	104.0	Sun Belt
9	Texas Tech	117.1	Big 12
244	The Citadel	95.3	SoCon
62	Toledo	107.6	Mid-Amer
257	Towson	94.8	Colonial
240	Troy	95.5	Sun Belt
299	Tulane	92.3	AAC
129	Tulsa	103.0	AAC
170	UAB	99.7	CUSA
235	UC Davis	96.0	Big West
100	UC Irvine	104.7	Big West
305	UC Riverside	91.8	Big West
148	UC Santa Barbara	101.2	Big West
89	UCLA	105.6	Pac-12
245	UMass Lowell	95.2	Amer East
347	UNC Asheville	84.8	Big South
98	UNC Greensboro	104.7	SoCon
262	UNC Wilmington	94.6	Colonial
152	UNLV	100.8	Mtn West
81	USC	106.0	Pac-12
335	USC Upstate	88.2	Big South
180	UT Arlington	99.1	Sun Belt
295	UT Martin	92.5	OH Valley
205	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.7	WAC
114	Utah	103.9	Pac-12
44	Utah St.	109.9	Mtn West
115	Utah Valley	103.7	WAC
285	UTEP	93.3	CUSA
162	UTSA	100.1	CUSA
204	Valparaiso	97.7	Mo Valley
128	Vanderbilt	103.0	SEC
75	Vermont	106.3	Amer East
25	Villanova	113.0	Big East
3	Virginia	122.7	ACC
39	Virginia Commonwealth	110.5	Atlantic 10
11	Virginia Tech	116.5	ACC
308	VMI	91.5	SoCon
280	Wagner	93.6	Northeast
166	Wake Forest	99.8	ACC
42	Washington	110.2	Pac-12
206	Washington St.	97.6	Pac-12
183	Weber St.	99.0	Big Sky
104	West Virginia	104.4	Big 12
290	Western Carolina	93.0	SoCon
301	Western Illinois	92.3	Summit
124	Western Kentucky	103.3	CUSA
259	Western Michigan	94.7	Mid-Amer
105	Wichita St.	104.3	AAC
212	William & Mary	97.4	Colonial
168	Winthrop	99.8	Big South
14	Wisconsin	115.3	Big Ten
27	Wofford	112.5	SoCon
132	Wright St.	102.8	Horizon
323	Wyoming	89.9	Mtn West
73	Xavier	106.6	Big East
77	Yale	106.2	Ivy
276	Youngstown St.	93.7	Horizon

 

PiRate Ratings (Conference)

#	America East	PiRate
75	Vermont	106.3
155	Stony Brook	100.5
175	Hartford	99.3
213	Maryland Baltimore Co.	97.4
245	UMass Lowell	95.2
281	Albany	93.4
324	Maine	89.9
332	Binghamton	88.9
341	New Hampshire	85.8

#	American Athletic	PiRate
17	Houston	114.9
31	Cincinnati	112.1
41	Central Florida	110.3
70	Temple	106.8
74	Memphis	106.6
92	Connecticut	105.5
105	Wichita St.	104.3
106	SMU	104.3
120	South Florida	103.4
129	Tulsa	103.0
279	East Carolina	93.6
299	Tulane	92.3

#	Atlantic 10	PiRate
39	Virginia Commonwealth	110.5
58	Dayton	108.1
85	Davidson	105.9
122	Saint Louis	103.3
127	St. Bonaventure	103.1
139	George Mason	101.9
146	Rhode Island	101.6
157	Duquesne	100.4
177	Saint Joseph’s	99.2
182	Richmond	99.0
207	Massachusetts	97.5
208	La Salle	97.5
237	Fordham	95.8
274	George Washington	93.9

#	Atlantic Coast	PiRate
2	Duke	123.9
3	Virginia	122.7
4	North Carolina	120.7
11	Virginia Tech	116.5
18	Florida St.	114.4
21	Louisville	113.5
26	North Carolina St.	112.7
32	Clemson	111.9
35	Syracuse	111.5
63	Miami (Fla)	107.5
88	Notre Dame	105.9
93	Pittsburgh	105.3
97	Boston College	104.8
112	Georgia Tech	103.9
166	Wake Forest	99.8

#	Atlantic Sun	PiRate
49	Lipscomb	109.2
82	Liberty	106.0
181	NJIT	99.1
203	North Florida	97.7
231	Florida Gulf Coast	96.1
263	Jacksonville	94.5
317	North Alabama	91.0
336	Stetson	87.9
342	Kennesaw St.	85.8

#	Big 12	PiRate
9	Texas Tech	117.1
13	Iowa St.	115.4
15	Kansas	115.3
28	Texas	112.4
30	Kansas St.	112.4
36	Oklahoma	111.1
37	Baylor	110.9
43	TCU	110.2
104	West Virginia	104.4
108	Oklahoma St.	104.1

#	Big East	PiRate
22	Marquette	113.5
25	Villanova	113.0
48	Creighton	109.5
51	Butler	108.9
53	St. John’s	108.6
60	Seton Hall	108.0
72	Georgetown	106.6
73	Xavier	106.6
79	Providence	106.2
113	DePaul	103.9

#	Big Sky	PiRate
121	Montana	103.4
154	Northern Colorado	100.6
183	Weber St.	99.0
248	Montana St.	95.1
252	Sacramento St.	94.9
264	Eastern Washington	94.5
272	Portland St.	94.1
275	Southern Utah	93.8
307	Idaho St.	91.5
311	Northern Arizona	91.3
345	Idaho	84.9

#	Big South	PiRate
133	Radford	102.6
168	Winthrop	99.8
184	Gardner Webb	98.9
186	Campbell	98.8
188	Charleston Southern	98.7
193	Presbyterian	98.3
198	Hampton	97.8
227	High Point	96.4
298	Longwood	92.4
335	USC Upstate	88.2
347	UNC Asheville	84.8

#	Big Ten	PiRate
5	Michigan St.	120.5
8	Michigan	117.8
10	Purdue	116.8
14	Wisconsin	115.3
23	Maryland	113.4
33	Iowa	111.8
34	Ohio St.	111.8
40	Nebraska	110.5
46	Indiana	109.6
47	Penn St.	109.6
50	Minnesota	108.9
67	Illinois	106.9
71	Northwestern	106.7
91	Rutgers	105.5

#	Big West	PiRate
100	UC Irvine	104.7
148	UC Santa Barbara	101.2
167	Cal St. Fullerton	99.8
196	Hawaii	98.1
223	Long Beach St.	96.8
235	UC Davis	96.0
288	Cal St. Northridge	93.0
305	UC Riverside	91.8
331	Cal Poly	89.0

#	Colonial Athletic	PiRate
86	Hofstra	105.9
95	Northeastern	105.0
123	Charleston	103.3
212	William & Mary	97.4
236	Drexel	95.8
250	Delaware	95.1
257	Towson	94.8
262	UNC Wilmington	94.6
273	James Madison	93.9
315	Elon	91.1

#	Conference USA	PiRate
101	Old Dominion	104.5
124	Western Kentucky	103.3
136	Southern Miss	102.2
142	Louisiana Tech	101.7
145	North Texas	101.6
162	UTSA	100.1
170	UAB	99.7
178	Florida Atlantic	99.2
187	Marshall	98.7
220	Florida Int’l.	96.9
253	Middle Tennessee	94.9
267	Rice	94.4
285	UTEP	93.3
306	Charlotte	91.7

#	Horizon	PiRate
103	Northern Kentucky	104.5
132	Wright St.	102.8
191	IUPUI	98.5
195	Oakland	98.2
200	Green Bay	97.8
217	Illinois Chicago	97.0
261	Detroit	94.6
276	Youngstown St.	93.7
294	Milwaukee	92.5
297	Cleveland St.	92.4

#	Ivy	PiRate
77	Yale	106.2
119	Harvard	103.5
130	Penn	103.0
147	Brown	101.3
160	Princeton	100.1
192	Dartmouth	98.5
230	Cornell	96.2
234	Columbia	96.0

#	Metro Atlantic	PiRate
189	Rider	98.6
214	Iona	97.3
219	Quinnipiac	96.9
241	Marist	95.5
242	Siena	95.3
251	Canisius	94.9
284	Fairfield	93.4
289	Monmouth	93.0
303	Niagara	92.2
304	Saint Peter’s	92.1
320	Manhattan	90.5

#	Mid-American	PiRate
19	Buffalo	114.2
62	Toledo	107.6
111	Akron	104.0
117	Ball St.	103.5
118	Bowling Green	103.5
134	Central Michigan	102.6
141	Miami (O)	101.8
151	Kent St.	101.0
153	Northern Illinois	100.8
173	Eastern Michigan	99.6
225	Ohio	96.7
259	Western Michigan	94.7

#	Mideastern Athletic	PiRate
247	Norfolk St.	95.2
277	North Carolina Central	93.7
287	Bethune Cookman	93.2
313	Howard	91.1
316	North Carolina A&T	91.0
325	Florida A&M	89.7
333	Morgan St.	88.3
337	South Carolina St.	87.4
344	Savannah St.	85.2
349	Coppin St.	84.7
351	Maryland Eastern Shore	80.9
352	Delaware St.	79.9

#	Missouri Valley	PiRate
116	Loyola (Chi)	103.6
135	Drake	102.2
143	Southern Illinois	101.7
159	Missouri St.	100.1
169	Bradley	99.7
171	Northern Iowa	99.7
190	Illinois St.	98.5
204	Valparaiso	97.7
210	Indiana St.	97.5
229	Evansville	96.3

#	Mountain West	PiRate
16	Nevada	115.0
44	Utah St.	109.9
66	Fresno St.	107.2
107	San Diego St.	104.1
137	Boise St.	102.1
152	UNLV	100.8
172	Colorado St.	99.6
176	New Mexico	99.3
246	Air Force	95.2
323	Wyoming	89.9
340	San Jose St.	86.2

#	Northeast	PiRate
232	St. Francis (PA)	96.1
233	Fairleigh Dickinson	96.1
238	Sacred Heart	95.6
255	Robert Morris	94.9
260	Long Island	94.6
268	St. Francis (Bklyn)	94.4
280	Wagner	93.6
319	Central Connecticut	90.6
327	Bryant	89.5
328	Mount St. Mary’s	89.4

#	Ohio Valley	PiRate
52	Belmont	108.6
54	Murray St.	108.5
126	Austin Peay	103.2
131	Jacksonville St.	102.8
243	Eastern Kentucky	95.3
254	Morehead St.	94.9
292	Tennessee St.	92.7
295	UT Martin	92.5
302	Eastern Illinois	92.2
314	Southeastern Missouri	91.1
330	Tennessee Tech	89.1
334	SIU Edwardsville	88.2

#	Pac-12	PiRate
42	Washington	110.2
57	Oregon	108.2
59	Arizona St.	108.0
69	Arizona	106.8
76	Oregon St.	106.2
78	Colorado	106.2
81	USC	106.0
89	UCLA	105.6
102	Stanford	104.5
114	Utah	103.9
206	Washington St.	97.6
266	California	94.5

#	Patriot	PiRate
138	Colgate	102.0
144	Bucknell	101.7
150	Lehigh	101.1
199	American	97.8
226	Boston University	96.5
228	Holy Cross	96.4
239	Army	95.5
283	Loyola (MD)	93.4
293	Lafayette	92.6
300	Navy	92.3

#	Southeastern	PiRate
6	Kentucky	118.7
7	Tennessee	118.0
12	Auburn	115.5
20	Mississippi St.	113.6
24	LSU	113.3
29	Florida	112.4
45	Mississippi	109.9
55	Alabama	108.4
65	Arkansas	107.4
84	Texas A&M	105.9
87	South Carolina	105.9
96	Missouri	104.9
109	Georgia	104.1
128	Vanderbilt	103.0

#	Southern	PiRate
27	Wofford	112.5
64	Furman	107.5
68	East Tennessee St.	106.9
98	UNC Greensboro	104.7
158	Samford	100.2
185	Mercer	98.9
244	The Citadel	95.3
270	Chattanooga	94.3
290	Western Carolina	93.0
308	VMI	91.5

#	Southland	PiRate
161	Abilene Christian	100.1
174	Sam Houston St.	99.5
201	Lamar	97.7
265	Southeast Louisiana	94.5
271	New Orleans	94.1
282	Texas A&M CC	93.4
286	Houston Baptist	93.2
296	Stephen F. Austin	92.4
309	Nicholls St.	91.3
312	Central Arkansas	91.1
321	McNeese St.	90.3
338	Northwestern St.	87.3
348	Incarnate Word	84.8

#	Southwestern Athletic	PiRate
209	Texas Southern	97.5
258	Prairie View A&M	94.8
278	Grambling St.	93.7
318	Alabama St.	90.9
326	Arkansas Pine Bluff	89.5
329	Jackson St.	89.2
339	Southern	86.8
343	Alcorn St.	85.3
346	Alabama A&M	84.9
350	Mississippi Valley St.	83.5

#	Summit	PiRate
80	South Dakota St.	106.1
165	Omaha	99.9
179	Purdue Fort Wayne	99.2
211	North Dakota St.	97.4
216	South Dakota	97.1
256	North Dakota	94.9
291	Oral Roberts	92.9
301	Western Illinois	92.3
310	Denver	91.3

#	Sun Belt	PiRate
94	Georgia Southern	105.0
110	Texas St.	104.0
125	Georgia St.	103.3
149	Louisiana Monroe	101.2
156	Coastal Carolina	100.4
163	Louisiana	100.0
180	UT Arlington	99.1
202	Appalachian St.	97.7
221	Little Rock	96.8
222	South Alabama	96.8
240	Troy	95.5
269	Arkansas St.	94.4

#	West Coast	PiRate
1	Gonzaga	124.2
38	Saint Mary’s	110.6
56	San Francisco	108.2
83	BYU	105.9
99	San Diego	104.7
140	Loyola Marymount	101.9
164	Pepperdine	99.9
197	Santa Clara	97.9
218	Pacific	97.0
322	Portland	90.3

#	Western Athletic	PiRate
61	New Mexico St.	107.6
90	Grand Canyon	105.6
115	Utah Valley	103.7
194	Seattle	98.2
205	UT Rio Grande Valley	97.7
215	California Baptist	97.1
224	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.7
249	Missouri Kansas City	95.1
353	Chicago St.	79.7

 

Rating of Conferences

#	League		PiRate Avg.
1	Big Ten		111.8
2	Atlantic Coast		111.7
3	Big 12		111.3
4	Southeastern		110.1
5	Big East		108.5
6	Pac-12		104.8
7	American Athletic		104.8
8	West Coast		104.1
9	Mid-American		102.5
10	Atlantic 10		101.3
11	Mountain West		100.9
12	Ivy		100.6
13	Southern		100.5
14	Missouri Valley		99.7
15	Sun Belt		99.5
16	Conference USA		98.7
17	Western Athletic		97.9
18	Colonial Athletic		97.7
19	Horizon		97.2
20	Patriot		96.9
21	Summit		96.8
22	Big West		96.7
23	Ohio Valley		96.6
24	Atlantic Sun		96.4
25	Big South		96.0
26	America East		95.2
27	Big Sky		94.8
28	Metro Atlantic		94.5
29	Northeast		93.5
30	Southland		93.1
31	Southwestern Athletic		89.6
32	Mideastern Athletic		88.4

 

PiRate Ratings Expand For March Madness

Beginning today, March 1, 2019, The PiRate Ratings begin to expand our coverage of college basketball for the remainder of the season.

You see our ratings and spreads for Friday’s games rather than the weekend.  Fear not, for we will begin issuing daily ratings’ selections from this point on, along with daily Bracketology updates.

Conference Tournament action commences with the March 4 quarterfinals round of the Atlantic Sun Conference.  We will have daily updates of all ongoing conference tournaments.

Then, on the eve of Selection Sunday, our Bracketology Gurus will return to issue their composite picks for the field of 68.  The Bracketology updates you see today through Friday, March 15, are our in-house selections.  The Captain here is one of the 13 gurus, so the final selections on Selection Sunday mid-morning will be similar but different from the Bracketology you see daily here.

Bracketology updates usually publish in the late afternoon in the Eastern Time Zone.  Daily spreads should publish in the early afternoon if not late morning in the Eastern Time Zone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Final Four Criteria Preview

We only made it to North Texas with one of our Final Four participants, and we did not pick Florida to win the National Championship, so this year is a bust. Nevertheless, we will go ahead and preview the remaining games.

Overall, we are 43-17 (72%) in the prediction of tournament games to this point.

Here is our preview of the National Semifinal round.

Time (ET) Team vs. Team
6:09 PM #1 Florida (36-2) vs. #7 Connecticut (30-8)
8:49 PM #2 Wisconsin (30-7) vs. #8 Kentucky (28-10)

Florida vs. Connecticut–Criteria Components
Strength of Schedule: Tie
Field Goal % Margin: Florida by 0.7
Rebound Margin: Florida by 13.6
Turnover Margin: Florida by 2.3
Steal Margin: Florida by 0.1
R+T Rating: Florida by 12.4

PiRate Criteria: Florida by 7 criteria points
Estimated Spread: Florida by 17
Predicted Score: Florida 75 Connecticut 58

Kentucky vs. Wisconsin—Criteria Components
Strength of Schedule: Wisconsin by 0.9
Field Goal % Margin: Wisconsin by 2.0
Rebound Margin: Kentucky by 11.5
Turnover Margin: Wisconsin by 3.4
Steal Margin: Wisconsin by 0.1
R+T Rating: Kentucky by 13.2

PiRate Criteria: Kentucky by 2 criteria points
Estimated Spread: Kentucky by 4
Predicted Score: Kentucky 71 Wisconsin 67

 

NCAA Basketball Tournaments Update–Thursday, March 14, 2013

DANCE TICKETS PUNCHED

Florida Gulf Coast 24-10

Belmont 26-6

Harvard 19-9

Liberty 15-20

Creighton 27-7

Western Kentucky 20-15

Davidson 26-7

James Madison 20-14

Gonzaga 31-2

Iona 20-13

Long Island 21-13

South Dakota St. 25-9

Valparaiso 26-7

Bucknell 28-5

 

 

Note: Above RPI Rankings are from Monday, March 11.

 

Today’s Conference Tournaments in Action

1^st Rounds

Atlantic Coast

Atlantic 10

Big Ten

 

2^nd Rounds

Big East

Southeastern

 

Quarterfinals

Big Sky

Big 12

Big West

Conference USA

Mid-American

Mid-Eastern Athletic

Pac-12

Southland

Southwestern Athletic

Western Athletic

 

Note: Below RPI Rankings are from the day before each conference tournament began

 

America East Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Stony Brook	14-2	24-7	71
2	Vermont	11-5	21-10	128
3	Hartford	10-6	17-13	171
4	Albany	9-7	23-10	164
5	Maine	6-10	11-19	273
6	U M B C	5-11	8-23	312
7	N. Hampshire	5-11	9-20	293
8	Binghamton	1-15	3-27	338

 

Conference Tournament—Albany, NY  (Championship Game at Higher Seed)

 

Game #	Day 1 – Quarterfinals	Time	TV
	SATURDAY, MARCH 9
1	2-Vermont  61  7-New Hampshire  42
2	6-U M B C  69  3-Hartford  62
3	1-Stony Brook  72  8-Binghamton  49
4	4-Albany  50  5-Maine  49
	Day 2 – Semifinals
	SUNDAY, MARCH 10
5	2-Vermont  85  6-U M B C  72
6	4-Albany  61  1-Stony Brook  59
	Day 3 –Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
7	4-Albany at 2-Vermont	11:30 AM	ESPN2

 

Online Site: www.americaeast.com

 

Atlantic Coast Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Miami (Fl)	15-3	24-6	4
2	Duke	14-4	27-4	1
3	North Carolina	12-6	22-9	18
4	Virginia	11-7	21-10	68
5	N. Carolina St.	11-7	22-9	28
6	Florida St.	9-9	17-14	84
7	Maryland	8-10	20-11	83
8	Boston College	7-11	15-16	119
9	Georgia Tech	6-12	16-14	129
10	Wake Forest	6-12	13-17	163
11	Clemson	5-13	13-17	175
12	Virginia Tech	4-14	13-18	170

 

Conference Tournament—Greensboro, NC

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
1	8-Boston College vs. 9-Georgia Tech	12:00 PM	ESPNU
2	5-North Carolina St. vs. 12-Virginia Tech	2:00 PM	ESPNU
3	7-Maryland vs. 10-Wake Forest	7:00 PM	ESPNU
4	6-Florida St. vs. 11-Clemson	9:00 PM	ESPNU
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
5	1-Miami (Fl) vs. Winner Game 1	12:00 PM	ESPN2
6	4-Virginia vs. Winner Game 2	2:00 PM	ESPN2
7	2-Duke vs. Winner Game 3	7:00 PM	ESPN2
8	3-North Carolina vs. Winner Game 4	9:00 PM	ESPN2
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
9	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	1:00 PM	ESPN
10	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	3:00 PM	ESPN
	Day 4 – Finals
	SUNDAY, MARCH 17
11	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	1:00 PM	ESPN

 

Atlantic 10 Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	St. Louis	13-3	24-6	26
2	Va. Commonwealth	12-4	24-7	25
3	Temple	11-5	23-8	37
4	La Salle	11-5	21-8	39
5	Butler	11-5	24-7	20
6	U Mass	9-7	19-10	57
7	Xavier	9-7	17-13	80
8	Richmond	8-8	18-13	81
9	Charlotte	8-8	20-10	63
10	St. Joe’s	8-8	17-12	86
11	Geo. Washington	7-9	13-16	134
12	Dayton	7-9	17-13	108

 

Conference Tournament—Brooklyn

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
1	8-Richmond vs. 9-Charlotte	12:00 PM	Online
2	5-Butler vs. 12-Dayton	2:30 PM	Online
3	7-Xavier vs. 10-St. Joe’s	6:30 PM	Online
4	6-U Mass vs. 11-Geo. Washington	9:00 PM	Online
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
5	1-St. Louis vs. Winner Game 1	12:00 PM	Online
6	4-La Salle vs. Winner Game 2	2:30 PM	Online
7	2-Va. Commonwealth vs. Winner Game 3	6:30 PM	Online
8	3-Temple vs. Winer Game 4	9:00 PM	Online
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
9	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	1:30 PM	CBSSN
10	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	4:00 PM	CBSSN
	Day 4 – Finals
	SUNDAY, MARCH 17
11	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	1:00 PM	CBS
	Online Site: www.atlantic10.com

 

 

Big East Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Georgetown	14-4	24-5	9
2	Louisville	14-4	26-5	3
3	Marquette	14-4	23-7	10
4	Pittsburgh	12-6	24-7	40
5	Syracuse	11-7	24-8	16
6	Notre Dame	11-7	24-8	44
7	Villanova	10-8	20-12	51
8	Providence	9-9	17-14	81
9	Cincinnati	9-9	22-10	46
10	St. John’s	8-10	16-15	78
11	Rutgers	5-13	15-16	108
12	Seton Hall	3-15	15-18	131
13	South Florida	3-15	12-19	130
14	DePaul	2-16	11-21	198

 

Conference Tournament—New York City

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	TUESDAY, MARCH 12
1	12-Seton Hall  46  13-South Florida  42 ot
2	11-Rutgers  76  14-DePaul  57
	Day 2 – 2nd Round
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
3	9-Cincinnati  61  8-Providence  44
4	5-Syracuse  75  12-Seton Hall  63
5	7-Villanova  66  10-St. John’s  53
6	6-Notre Dame  69  11-Rutgers  61
	Day 3 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
7	1-Georgetown vs. 9-Cincinnati	12:00 PM	ESPN
8	4-Pittsburgh vs. 5-Syracuse	2:00 PM	ESPN
9	2-Louisville vs. 7-Villanova	7:00 PM	ESPN
10	3-Marquette vs. 6-Notre Dame	9:00 PM	ESPN
	Day 4 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
11	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	7:00 PM	ESPN
12	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	9:00 PM	ESPN
	Day 5 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
13	Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12	8:30 PM	ESPN

Online Site: www.bigeast.org

Big Sky Conference

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Montana	19-1	23-6	89
2	Weber St.	18-2	24-5	96
3	North Dakota	12-8	15-15	231
4	Montana St.	10-10	13-16	311
5	N. Colorado	10-10	12-17	275
6	S. Utah	8-12	11-19	306
7	N. Arizona	8-12	11-20	260

Conference Tournament—Missoula, MT (U. of Montana)

 

Game #	Day 1 – Quarterfinals	Time	TV
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
1	2-Weber St. vs. 7-N. Arizona	5:00 PM	BigSkyTV.org
2	3-N. Dakota vs. 6-S. Utah	7:30 PM	BigSkyTV.org
3	4-Montana St. vs. 5-N. Colorado	10:00 PM	BigSkyTV.org
	Day 2 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
4	2nd Highest Remaining Seed vs. 3rd Highest	7:30 PM	BigSkyTV.org
5	1-Montana vs. Lowest Remaining Seed	10:00 PM	BigSkyTV.org
	Day 3 –Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
6	Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5	9:00 PM	ESPNU
	Online Site: http://www.bigskyconf.com

 

Big Ten Conference

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Indiana	14-4	26-5	5
2	Ohio St.	13-5	23-7	14
3	Michigan St.	13-5	24-7	7
4	Wisconsin	12-6	21-10	43
5	Michigan	12-6	25-6	12
6	Iowa	9-9	20-11	76
7	Purdue	8-10	15-16	114
8	Illinois	8-10	21-11	41
9	Minnesota	8-10	20-11	23
10	Nebraska	5-13	14-17	101
11	Northwestern	4-14	13-18	159
12	Penn St.	2-16	10-20	181

Conference Tournament—Chicago

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
1	8-Illinois vs. 9-Minnesota	12:00 PM	Big Ten Network
2	5-Michigan vs. 12-Penn St.	2:30 PM	Big Ten Network
3	7-Purdue vs. 10-Nebraska	6:30 PM	ESPN2
4	6-Iowa vs. 11-Northwestern	9:00 PM	ESPN2
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
5	1-Indiana vs. Winner Game 1	12:00 PM	ESPN
6	4-Wisconsin vs. Winner Game 2	2:30 PM	ESPN
7	2-Ohio St. vs. Winner Game 3	6:30 PM	Big Ten Network
8	3-Michigan St. vs. Winner Game 4	9:00 PM	Big Ten Network
	Day 3 –Semifinals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
9	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	1:40 PM	CBS
10	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	4:10 PM	CBS
	Day 4 – Finals
	SUNDAY, MARCH 17
11	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	3:30 PM	CBS
	Online Site: www.bigten.org

 

Big 12 Conference

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Kansas	14-4	26-5	6
2	Kansas St.	14-4	25-6	21
3	Oklahoma St.	13-5	23-7	24
4	Oklahoma	11-7	20-10	34
5	Iowa St.	11-7	21-10	47
6	Baylor	9-9	18-13	62
7	Texas	7-11	16-16	114
8	West Virginia	6-12	13-19	120
9	Texas Tech	3-15	11-19	227
10	T C U	2-16	11-21	226

Conference Tournament: Kansas City

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
1	9-Texas Tech  71  8-West Virginia  69
2	7-Texas  70  10-T C U  57
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
3	4-Oklahoma vs. 5-Iowa St.	12:30 PM	ESPN
4	1-Kansas vs. Winner Game 1	3:00 PM	ESPN
5	2-Kansas St. vs. 7-Texas	7:00 PM	ESPN3
6	3-Oklahoma St. vs. 6-Baylor	9:30 PM	ESPN3
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
7	Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4	7:30 PM	ESPN3 or ESPNU
8	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	10:00 PM	ESPN3 or ESPNU
	Day 4 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
9	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	6:00 PM	ESPN
	Online Site: http://www.big12sports.com
Big West Conference   Seed Team Conference Overall RPI 1 Long Beach St. 14-4 18-12 112 2 Pacific 13-5 19-12 111 3 Cal Poly 12-6 17-12 166 4 UC-Irvine 11-7 18-14 151 5 Hawaii 10-8 17-13 211 6 UC-Davis 9-9 14-16 228 7 U C S B 7-11 11-19 239 8 Cal St. Fullerton 6-12 14-17 258   Conference Tournament—Anaheim   Game # Day 1 – Quarterfinals Time TV   THURSDAY, MARCH 14     1 2-Pacific vs. 7-U C S B 3:00 PM FoxCS-Pacific 2 3-Cal Poly vs. 6-UC-Davis 5:30 PM FoxCS-Pacific 3 1-Long Beach St. vs. 8-Cal St. Fullerton 9:00 PM FoxCS-Pacific 4 4-UC-Irvine vs. 5- Hawaii 11:30 PM FoxCS-Pacific           Day 2 – Semifinals       FRIDAY, MARCH 15     5 Highest Remaining Seed vs. Lowest 8:30 PM ESPN3 6 2nd Highest Remaining Seed vs. 3rd Highest 11:00 PM ESPN3           Day 3 –Finals       SATURDAY, MARCH 16     7 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 10:30 PM ESPN2           Online Site: http://www.bigwest.org         Conference USA   Seed Team Conference Overall RPI 1 Memphis 16-0 27-4 17 2 Southern Miss 12-4 23-8 37 3 U T E P 10-6 17-13 98 4 East Carolina 9-7 18-11 92 5 Tulsa 8-8 16-14 152 6 Houston 7-9 18-11 194 7 U A B 7-9 16-16 149 8 Tulane 6-10 19-13 186 9 Marshall 6-10 13-19 203 10 S M U 5-11 15-17 213 11 Rice 1-15 5-25 322   Game # Day 1 – 1st Round Time TV   WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13     1 7-U A B  53  10-S M U  52     2 6-Houston  72  11-Rice  67     3 8-Tulane  66  9-Marshall  64               Day 2 – Quarterfinals       THURSDAY, MARCH 14     4 2-Southern Miss vs. 7-U A B 1:00 PM CBSSN 5 3-U T E P vs. 6-Houston 3:30 PM CBSSN 6 1-Memphis vs. 8-Tulane 7:00 PM CBSSN 7 4-East Carolina vs. 5-Tulsa 9:30 PM CBSSN           Day 3 – Semifinals       FRIDAY, MARCH 15     7 Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 4:00 PM CBSSN 8 Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7 6:30 PM CBSSN           Day 4 – Finals       SATURDAY, MARCH 16     9 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 11:30 AM CBS           Online Site: http://www.conferenceusa.com

Mid-American Conference

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Akron	14-2	24-6	53
2	Ohio U	14-2	23-8	74
3	Western Michigan	10-6	19-11	132
4	Kent St.	9-7	19-12	145
5	Ball St.	8-8	15-15	225
6	Bowling Green	7-9	13-19	254
7	Eastern Michigan	7-9	16-17	235
8	Buffalo	7-9	14-19	231
9	Central Michigan	4-12	11-20	260
10	Northern Illinois	3-13	5-25	331
11	Miami (O)	3-13	9-22	269

 

Conference Tournament—Cleveland (1^st round at higher seeds)

 

Game #	Day 1 – Opening Round	Time	TV
	MONDAY, MARCH 11
1	8-Buffalo  74  9-Central Michigan  72 ot
2	7-Eastern Michigan  45  10-N. Illinois  44
3	11-Miami (O)  63  6-Bowling Green  52
	Day 2 – 2nd Round
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
4	8-Buffalo  76  5-Ball St.  61
5	7-Eastern Michigan  58  11-Miami (O)  47
	Day 3 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
6	4-Kent St. vs. 8-Buffalo	6:30 PM	Online
7	3-W. Michigan vs. 7-Eastern Michigan	9:00 PM	Online
	Day 4 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
8	1-Akron vs. Winner Game 6	6:30 PM	Online
9	2-Ohio vs. Winner Game 7	9:00 PM	Online
	Day 5 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
10	Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9	6:30 PM	ESPN2
	Online Site: www.mac-sports.com

Mideast Athletic Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Norfolk St.	16-0	21-11	169
2	UNC-Central	15-1	22-9	151
3	Hampton	11-5	14-16	282
4	Savannah St.	11-5	19-13	155
5	Morgan St.	10-6	15-14	251
6	Delaware St.	8-8	14-17	276
7	North Carolina A&T	8-8	17-16	253
8	Bethune-Cookman	7-9	14-19	293
9	Coppin St.	5-11	8-24	309
10	Florida A&M	5-11	8-23	333
11	Howard	4-12	7-24	334
12	South Carolina St.	2-14	6-24	342
13	MD-Eastern Shore	2-14	2-26	345

 

Conference Tournament—Norfolk, VA

 

Game #	Day 1 – Opening Round (Day 1)	Time	TV
	MONDAY, MARCH 11
1	4-Savannah St.  59  13-MD-Eastern Shore  44
2	5-Morgan St.  61  12-South Carolina St.  52
	Day 2 – Opening Round (Day 2)
	TUESDAY, MARCH 12
3	8-Bethune-Cookman  89  9-Coppin St.  78
4	7-North Carolina A&T  65  10-Florida A&M  54
5	6-Delaware St.  73 11-Howard  61
	Day 3 – Quarterfinals (Day 1)
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
6	8-Bethune-Cookman  70  1-Norfolk St.  68 ot
7	7-North Carolina A&T  55  2-UNC-Central  42
	Day 4 – Quarterfinals (Day 2)
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
8	3-Hampton vs. 6-Delaware St.	6:00 PM	Online
9	4-Savannah St. vs. 5-Morgan St.	8:00 PM	Online
	Day 5 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
10	8-Bethune-Cookman vs. Winner Game 9	6:00 PM	Online
11	7-North Carolina A&T vs. Winner Game 8	8:00 PM	Online
	Day 6 – Championship Game
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
12	Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 11	5:00 PM	ESPNU
	Online Site: www.MEACsports.com

 

 

Mountain West Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	New Mexico	13-3	27-5	2
2	Colorado St.	11-5	25-7	15
3	U N L V	10-6	24-8	22
4	San Diego St.	9-7	22-9	30
5	Boise St.	9-7	21-10	37
6	Air Force	8-8	17-13	71
7	Fresno St.	5-11	11-19	123
8	Wyoming	4-12	19-13	68
9	Nevada	3-13	12-19	166

 

Conference Tournament—Las Vegas (UNLV)

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	TUESDAY, MARCH 12
1	8-Wyoming  85  9-Nevada  81
	Day 2 – 2nd Round
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
2	3-U N L V  72  6-Air Force  56
3	2-Colorado St.  67  7-Fresno St.  61
4	1-New Mexico  59  8-Wyoming  46
5	4-San Diego St.  73  5-Boise St.  67
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
6	1-New Mexico vs. 4-San Diego St.	9:00 PM	CBSSN
7	2-Colorado St. vs. 3-U N L V	11:30 PM	CBSSN
	Day 4 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
8	Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7	6:00 PM	CBS

 

Online Site: www.themwc.com

 

Pac-12 Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	U C L A	13-5	23-8	30
2	California	12-6	20-10	48
3	Oregon	12-6	23-8	53
4	Arizona	12-6	24-6	13
5	Colorado	10-8	21-10	35
6	Washington	9-9	18-14	87
7	Southern Cal	9-9	14-18	106
8	Stanford	9-9	18-14	63
9	Arizona St.	9-9	21-11	90
10	Utah	5-13	14-17	171
11	Washington St.	4-14	13-19	183
12	Oregon St.	4-14	14-18	179

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
1	9-Arizona St.  89  8-Stanford  88 ot
2	5-Colorado  74  12-Oregon St.  68
3	10-Utah  69  7-Southern Cal  66
4	6-Washington  64  11-Washington St.  62
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
5	1-UCLA vs. 9-Arizona St.	3:00 PM	Pac-12 Regional
6	4-Arizona vs. 5-Colorado	5:30 PM	Pac-12 Regional
7	2-California vs. 10-Utah	9:00 PM	Pac-12 Regional
8	3-Oregon vs. 6-Washington	11:30 PM	ESPNU
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
9	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	9:00 PM	Pac-12 Regional
10	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	11:30 PM	ESPN
	Day 4 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
11	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	11:00 PM	ESPN
	Online Site: championships.pac-12.com/mens-basketball/

Patriot League

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Bucknell	12-2	28-5	52
2	Lafayette	10-4	19-15	173
3	Lehigh	10-4	21-9	105
4	Army	8-6	16-15	213
5	American	5-9	10-20	261
6	Colgate	5-9	11-21	255
7	Holy Cross	4-10	12-18	249
8	Navy	2-12	8-23	314

Game #	Day 1 – Quarterfinals
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
1	1-Bucknell  58  8-Navy  42
2	4-Army  65  5-American  44
3	2-Lafayette  77  7-Holy Cross  54
4	3-Lehigh  71  6-Colgate  64
	Day 2 – Semifinals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 9
	Games at Higher Seed
5	1-Bucknell  78  4-Army  70
6	2-Lafayette  82  3-Lehigh  69
	Day 3 – Finals
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
	Game at Higher Seed
7	1-Bucknell  64  2-Lafayette  56

Online Site: http://www.patriotleague.org

Southeastern Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Florida	14-4	24-6	9
2	Kentucky	12-6	21-10	50
3	Ole Miss	12-6	23-8	56
4	Alabama	12-6	20-11	60
5	Tennessee	11-7	19-11	54
6	Missouri	11-7	22-9	32
7	Arkansas	10-8	19-12	78
8	Georgia	9-9	15-16	124
9	L S U	9-9	18-11	91
10	Vanderbilt	8-10	14-16	127
11	Texas A&M	7-11	18-14	95
12	South Carolina	4-14	14-18	208
13	Mississippi St.	4-14	10-21	233
14	Auburn	3-15	9-23	248

 

Conference Tournament: Nashville

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
1	13-Mississippi St.  70  12-South Carolina  59
2	11-Texas A&M  71  14-Auburn  62
	Day 2 – 2nd Round
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
3	8-Georgia vs. 9-L S U	1:00 PM	SEC Network
4	5-Tennessee vs. 13-Miss. St.	3:30 PM	SEC Network
5	7-Arkansas vs. 10-Vanderbilt	7:30 PM	SEC Network
6	6-Missouri vs. 11-Texas A&M	10:00 PM	SEC Network
	Day 3 – Quarterfinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
7	1-Florida vs. Winner Game 3	1:00 PM	ESPNU
8	4-Alabama vs. Winner Game 4	3:30 PM	ESPNU
9	2-Kentucky vs. Winner Game 5	7:30 PM	ESPNU
10	3-Ole Miss vs. Winner Game 6	10:00 PM	ESPNU
	Day 4 – Semifinals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
11	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	1:00 PM	ABC
12	Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10	3:30 PM	ABC
	Day 5 – Finals
	SUNDAY, MARCH 17
13	Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12	1:00 PM	ABC
	Online Site: http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com

 

Southland Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Stephen F. Austin	16-2	26-3	68
2	Northwestern St.	15-3	21-8	102
3	Oral Roberts	13-5	18-13	140
4	Southeast Louisiana	10-8	12-17	237
5	Nicholls St.	8-10	9-21	293
6	Sam Houston St.	8-10	16-16	238
7	Central Arkansas	7-11	13-17	282
8	McNeese St.	7-11	14-16	241

 

Conference Tournament: Katy, TX

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
1	8-McNeese St.  62  5-Nicholls St.  59
2	6-Sam Houston St.  69  7-Cent. Arkansas  63
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
3	4-Southeast Louisiana vs. 8-McNeese St.	6:00 PM	Online
4	3-Oral Roberts vs. 6-Sam Houston St.	8:30 PM	Online
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
5	1-Stephen F. Austin vs. Winner Game 3	6:00 PM	ESPN3
6	2-Northwestern St. vs. Winner Game 4	8:30 PM	ESPN3
	Day 4 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
7	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	8:30 PM	ESPN2
	Online Site: www.southland.org

 

 

Southwestern Athletic Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Southern	16-2	17-14	191
2	Jackson St.	9-9	10-17	312
3	Alcorn St.	8-10	10-23	307
4	Prairie View	8-10	13-18	323
5	Alabama St.	8-10	10-21	326
6	Alabama A&M	6-12	11-19	329
7	Grambling	0-18	0-28	347

 

Conference Tournament—Garland, TX

 

Game #	Day 1 – Quarterfinals (Day 1)	Time	TV
	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
1	6-Alabama A&M  59  7-Grambling  51
	Day 2-Quarterfinals (Day 2)
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
2	3-Alcorn St. vs. 4-Prairie View	9:00 PM	–
3	2-Jackson St. vs. 5-Alabama St.	1:30 PM	–
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
4	1-Southern vs. 6-Alabama A&M	9:00 PM	–
5	Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3	3:30 PM	–
	Day 4 –Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
7	Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5	4:30 PM	ESPN2
	Online Site: http://www.SWAChoops.org

 

Western Athletic Conference

 

Seed	Team	Conference	Overall	RPI
1	Louisiana Tech	16-2	26-5	49
2	Denver	16-2	21-8	58
3	New Mexico St.	14-4	21-10	59
4	UT-Arlington	11-7	17-12	137
5	Utah St.	11-7	21-9	105
6	Idaho	7-11	12-17	196
7	Texas St.	5-13	11-21	287
8	San Jose St.	3-14	9-20	244
9	U T S A	3-14	9-21	284
10	Seattle	3-15	8-22	295
SJ St. & UTSA game postponed on Mar. 7 due to roof leak

 

Conference Tournament—Las Vegas

 

Game #	Day 1 – 1st Round	Time	TV
	TUESDAY, MARCH 12
1	7-Texas St.  68  10-Seattle  56
2	9-U T S A   67  8-San Jose St. 49
	Day 2 – Quarterfinals
	THURSDAY, MARCH 14
3	3-New Mexico St. vs. 6-Idaho	3:00 PM	Online
4	2-Denver vs. 7-Texas St.	5:30 PM	Online
5	1-Louisiana Tech vs. 9-U T S A	9:00 PM	Online
6	4-UT-Arlington vs. 5-Utah St.	11:30 PM	Online
	Day 3 – Semifinals
	FRIDAY, MARCH 15
7	Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4	9:00 PM	Online
8	Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6	11:30 PM	Online
	Day 4 – Finals
	SATURDAY, MARCH 16
9	Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8	11:00 PM	ESPNU
	Online Site: www.wacsports.com

As The Bubble Blows

Providence and Stanford both saw their slim chances to get into the dance taken away in first round tournament losses yesterday.   BoiseState saw its decent chance fall to a very slim chance with its opening round loss to San DiegoState.  If Tennessee and Virginia both win their opening tournament games, the Broncos are probably NIT-bound.

Other

The MEAC suffered greatly in its chances to avoid having its representative avoid the opening round in Dayton.  Their top two teams, both of whom dominated the rest of the league in the regular season, both fell yesterday.  Norfolk St. (16-0 in regular season) fell to Bethune-Cookman, while UNC-Central (15-1) lost to North Carolina A&T.  The two lower-seeded upset winners now get a day off before facing higher seeds that must play today.

And They’re Off…

Let’s Start The Partying

 

It may feel like it’s mid-January in most of the nation, but the calendar doesn’t lie.  It’s time to start the sports reality show called “Big Dancing With The Stars; Trying Not To Be The Biggest Loser.”  Yes, the conference tournaments begin to tip-off tonight.

15 conferences begin tournament play in the next four days.  Let’s take a look at the brackets.

America East Conference

Site: Hartford, CT until the Championship Game.  Championship Game on the home court of the higher seed.

Late Note:#5 seed Binghamton has withdrawn from the conference tournament, making this an 8-team tournament that will now begin Saturday.

Saturday, March 6

G1-#1 Stony Brook (21-8) vs. #9 Albany (7-24)

G2-#4 Boston U (17-12) vs. #6 Hartford (8-21)

G3-#2 Vermont (22-9) vs. #8 Maryland-Balt. Co. (4-25)

G4-#3 Maine (19-10) vs. #7 New Hampshire (12-16)

Sunday, March 7

G5-Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner

G6-Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Saturday, March 13

Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner at higher seed’s home court

Boston U is the hot team as tournament play begins.  The Terriers have an easy first round game thanks to Binghamton pulling out.  Look for a very interesting semifinal match between BU and Stony Brook.

Look for New Hampshire to give Maine a great game and have a great shot at the upset.  Beating Vermont in the next round won’t happen.  The Catamounts have a clear path to the title game, and if Boston can upset Stony Brook, Vermont would host the title game.

Atlantic Sun Conference

Site: Macon, GA

Wednesday, March 3

G1-#1 Lipscomb (17-12) vs. #8 Kennesaw St. (12-19)

G2-#2 Jacksonville (18-11) vs. #7 North Florida (13-17)

Thursday, March 4

G3-#3 Belmont (19-11) vs. #6 Mercer (14-16)

G4-#4 Campbell (19-10) vs. #5 East Tennessee (17-14)

Friday, March 5

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner

Saturday, March 6

Semifinal Winners

Lipscomb won its last four games to earn a four-way tie for first.  The Bisons got the top-seed based on head to head results against the other three teams.  Their path to the championship game is not an easy one.  In the opening round, they face a Kennesaw team that gave them fits in both games, earning a split.  

Campbell has the most complete game of any team in this tournament, and they could be the team to beat from their number four seeding.  They also split with Lipscomb, and a possible semifinal match with the Bisons could be the game of the tournament.

Belmont and Jacksonville should handle their first round opponents, and in a semifinal match, the Dolphins have the upper hand when matching up.  A Jacksonville-Campbell final game would be interesting.  Both teams defended their home court in the regular season, winning by double digits.

Big Sky Conference

Site: All games played at higher seed

Saturday, March 6

#6 Portland State (12-17) at #3 Montana State (15-13)

#5 Northern Arizona (14-13) at #4 Montana (19-9)

Tuesday, March 9

Lower Remaining Seed at #1 Weber State (19-9)

Higher Remaining Seed at #2 Northern Colorado (24-6)

Wednesday, March 10

Lower Remaining Seed at Higher Remaining Seed

 

Big South Conference

Site: Quarterfinals at higher seed/Semifinals at Coastal Carolina/Finals at higher seed

Tuesday, March 2

G1-#8 VMI (10-18) at #1 Coastal Carolina (26-5)

G2-#7 Charleston Southern (13-16) at #2 Radford (18-11)

G3-#6 Liberty (15-15) at #3 Winthrop (16-13)

G4-#5 High Point (15-14) at #4 UNC-Asheville (14-15)

Thursday, March 4 (at Coastal Carolina)

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner

Friday, March 5

Lower Remaining Seed at Higher Remaining Seed

The top two teams are clearly the two best in this league, as they dispenses of all the competition coming down the stretch.  Radford has a dominating inside player capable of causing matchup problems for a good team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  Keep an eye on Art Parakhouski, a 6-11 hulk from Belarus.  He makes Radford the favorite to meet Coastal Carolina for a great rubber match worth watching.

Colonial Athletic Association

Site: Richmond, VA

Friday, March 5

G1-#8 Towson (9-20) vs. #9 UNC-Wilmington (9-21)

G2-#5 Va. Commonwealth (20-8) vs. #12 Delaware (7-23)

G3-#7 Hofstra (18-13) vs. #10 Georgia State (12-19)

G4-#6 Drexel (16-15) vs. #11 James Madison (12-19)

Saturday, March 6

G5-#1 Old Dominion (23-8) vs. Game 1 Winner

G6-#4 George Mason (17-13) vs. Game 2 Winner

G7-#2 Northeastern (19-11) vs. Game 3 Winner

G8-#3 William & Mary (20-9) vs. Game 4 Winner

Sunday, March 7

Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner

Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner

Monday, March 8

Semifinal Winners

There’s decent parity in this league, and any of the top seven seeds could emerge the victor.  Hofstra is the hottest team in the league, having finished the regular season with six consecutive wins and nine out of ten, including a double digit win at Northeastern.

Old Dominion has a road win against Georgetown this year, and the Monarchs would be a bubble team if they lost in the semifinals or finals.

Horizon League

Site: 1^st Round at Higher Seed/All Others at Indianapolis

Tuesday, March 2

G1-#10 Youngstown (8-21) at #3 Green Bay (20-11)

G2-#9 Illinois-Chicago (8-21) at #4 Milwaukee (18-13)

G3-#8 Loyola (Chi) (14-15) at #5 Cleveland St. (15-16)

G4-#7 Detroit (18-13) at #6 Valparaiso (15-16)

Friday, March 5

G5-Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

G6-Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner

Saturday, March 6

Butler (26-4) vs. Game 6 Winner

Wright St. (19-11) vs. Game 5 Winner

Tuesday, March 9

Semifinal Winners

It’s all about Butler in this tournament.  The Bulldogs are going dancing win or lose, but they could move up to a number three seed by winning on March 9.  Detroit is the only team that gave Butler any trouble this year, so it could become interesting if the Titans beat Valpo, Green Bay, and Wright State to make it to the finals.

M A A C

Site: Albany, NY

Friday, March 5

G1-#7 Canisius (14-16) vs. #10 Marist (1-28)

G2-#8 Loyola (Md) (13-16) vs. #9 Manhattan (10-19)

Saturday, March 6

G3-#1 Siena (24-6) vs. Game 2 Winner

G4-#2 Fairfield (20-9) vs. Game 1 Winner

G5-#3 Iona (21-9) vs. #6 Niagara (17-14)

G6-#4 St. Peter’s (16-13) vs. #5 Rider (16-15)

Sunday, March 7

Game 3 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner

Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner

Monday, March 8

Semifinal Winners

Siena’s resume does not allow them a Mulligan in this tournament.  The Saints have no signature wins, and they got their hat handed to them in the Bracketbuster game against Butler.  Siena has to win this tournament or it’s the NIT for them this year.

Fairfield gave Siena two close ballgames this year, and it could be hard for the Saints to beat the Stags three times.  

Iona is flying under the radar.  The Gaels won nine in a row in midseason, and they have the talent to make it to Monday night’s game.

Missouri Valley Conference

Site: St. Louis (Arch Madness)

Thursday, March 4

G1-#7 Missouri State (19-11) vs. #10 Evansville (9-20)

G2-#8 Drake (13-18) vs. #9 Southern Illinois (15-14)

Friday, March 5

G3-#1 Northern Iowa (25-4) vs. Game 2 Winner

G4-#2 Wichita State (23-8) vs. Game 1 Winner

G5-#3 Illinois State (21-9) vs. #6 Indiana St. (17-13)

G6-#4 Creighton (16-14) vs. #5 Bradley (15-14)

Saturday, March 6

Game 3 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner

Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner

Sunday, March 7

Semifinal Winners

Northern Iowa won the regular season title by three games, but don’t consider the Panthers an overwhelming favorite.  A good case could be made for any of the top five teams, and nobody wants to play Ninth-seeded Southern Illinois.

This will be a great tournament, and you should make it a point to watch these games if you have access. 

UNI is a pretty safe bet to garner an at-large bid if they don’t win the automatic bid.  Wichita State was once in the discussion for an at-large bid after a 16-2 start, but the shockers finished 7-6.

Northeast Conference

Site: All Games Played at Higher Seed

Thursday, March 4

G1-#8 Monmouth (12-18) at #1 Quinnipiac (21-8)

G2-#7 Cent. Connecticut (12-17) at #2 Robert Morris (20-11)

G3-#6 St. Francis (Pa) (11-18) at #3 Mt. St. Mary’s (15-14)

G4-#5 Fairleigh Dickinson (11-20) at #4 Long Island (13-16)

Sunday, March 7

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner at higher seed

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner at higher seed

Wednesday, March 10

Semifinal Winners at higher seed

Rarely is the number three seed considered the favorite, but in the NEC, Mt. St. Mary’s must be considered just that.  The Mountaineers won their final 10 games, which included victories over the two top seeds.  MSM has been in the tournament title game the last two years, winning in 2008.  Point Guard Jeremy Goode cut down on his turnovers down the stretch and played more like he was capable of playing.  Look for the 5-9 hotshot to play his best and guide the Mountaineers back to the Championship Game, where they are liable to face Quinnipiac.

Bobcat star James Feldeine was held to just four points in the last meeting with MSM; he will be ready for blood in a title match.

Ohio Valley Conference

Site: 1^st Round at higher seed/All Others at Nashville

Tuesday, March 2

G1-#8 Tennessee State (9-22) at #1 Murray State (27-4)

G2-#7 Jacksonville St. (11-18) at #2 Morehead St. (21-9)

G3-#6 Tennessee Tech (14-16) at #3 Austin Peay (17-14)

G4-#5 East. Kentucky (20-11) at #4 East. Illinois (18-11)

Friday, March 5

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner

Saturday, March 6

Semifinal Winners

Murray State won 27 games during the regular season, but even if the Racers lose in the title game, they will fall to the NIT.

Morehead State is the defending OVC Champion, and the Eagles have the league’s top player in Kenneth Faried (16.8 ppg/13.0 rpg).  Morehead won 17 of 20 down the stretch including a win over Murray St.

Austin Peay is always a force to be reckoned with in this tournament.  The Governors have been a regular in the championship round.

Patriot League

Site: All Games Played at Higher Seed

Wednesday, March 3

G1-#8 Army (14-14) at #1 Lehigh (19-10)

G2-#7 Holy Cross (8-21) at #2 Bucknell (14-16)

G3-#6 Colgate (10-18) at #3 Lafayette (17-12)

G4-#5 Navy (13-16) at #4 American (10-19)

Sunday, March 7

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner at Higher Seed

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner at Higher Seed

Friday, March 12

Semifinal Winners at Higher Seed

A month ago, Bucknell stood at 6-14 and looked like a possible 20-game loser.  The Bison turned it around and rebounded to go 8-2 down the stretch with a win over Lehigh.  One of the two losses was also to Lehigh, so this does not make Bucknell the favorite.

There is no clear-cut favorite in this league.  In fact, sixth-seeded Colgate has been playing as well an any team as the tournament opens.  The Raiders had Lehigh on the ropes a couple weeks ago before falling short at the end.

Southern Conference

Site: Charlotte

Friday, March 5

G1-#3N Chattanooga (14-17) vs. #6S Ga. Southern (9-22)

G2-#4N UNC-Greensboro (7-22) vs. #5S Furman (13-16)

G3-#3S Davidson (16-14) vs. #6N Elon (8-22)

G4-#4S Citadel (15-15) vs. #5N Samford (11-19)

Saturday, March 6

G5-#1N Appalachian St. (20-11) vs. Game 4 Winner

G6-#1S Wofford (23-8) vs. Game 2 Winner

G7-#2N Western Carolina (21-10) vs. Game 3 Winner

G8-#2S Charleston (20-10) vs. Game 1 Winner

Sunday, March 7

Game 5 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner

Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner

Monday, March 8

Semifinal Winners

With Davidson just a middle of the pack team, the Socon Tournament becomes a wide-open race.  The top four seeds all have the talent to run the table, but Wofford must be considered the favorite.  The Terriers won their final 10 games and 19 of 21, after starting 4-6.

Keep an eye on College of Charleston.  Coach Bobby Cremins has talent at the guard spot, and he knows how to get to the Big Dance.

Summit League

Site: Sioux Falls, SD

Saturday, March 6

G1-#1 Oakland (23-8) vs. #8 Mo.-Kansas City (12-17)

G2-#2 I U P U I (22-9) vs. #7 Western Illinois (13-16)

Sunday, March 7

G3-#3 Oral Roberts (19-12) vs. #6 N. Dakota St. (11-17)

G4-#4 S. Dakota St. (14-15) vs. #5 I P F W (15-14)

Monday, March 8

Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner

Tuesday, March 9

Semifinal Winners

Oakland’s path to the Championship Game is not all that easy.  Last place UMKC was no pushover, and the Grizzlies didn’t win all that convincingly in the regular season.  A possible semifinal match with the host team, South Dakota State, will be even harder.  The Jackrabbits have the best backcourt in the league, but they are a little weak inside.  That’s where Oakland is strongest with 6-11 center Keith Benson, the league’s top player.

IUPUI won 12 of its final 14 games and blew Oakland off the floor by 24 points.  The Jaguars have an easier path to the title game.

Sunbelt Conference

Site: Hot Springs, AR (in two separate gyms)

Saturday, March 6

G1-#4 Western Kentucky (19-12) VS. #13 New Orleans (8-21)

G2-#5 Arkansas St. (16-13) vs. #12 Ark.-Little Rock (8-21)

G3-#6 Denver (17-12) vs. #11 Florida Int’l (7-24)

G4-#7 UL-Lafayette (13-16) vs. #10 UL-Monroe (11-18)

G5-#8 Fla. Atlantic (14-15) vs. #9 South Alabama (16-14)

Sunday, March 7

G6-#1 Troy (18-11) vs. Game 5 Winner

G7-#2 North Texas (21-8) vs. Game 4 Winner

G8-#3 Middle Tennessee (19-12) vs. Game 3 Winner

G9-Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner

Monday, March 8

Game 6 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner

Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner

Tuesday, March 9

Semifinal Winners

The top four seeds enter this tournament on high notes, but none are higher than Western Kentucky.  The Hilltoppers went 7-7 during the 14-games missed to injury by beefy forward Sergio Kerusch.  WKU defeated Vanderbilt, Murray State, and Mississippi State in the pre-conference schedule, and they could be headed back to the Big Dance for the third year in a row, as they ride a six-game winning streak entering the tournament.

North Texas comes into this tournament on an eight-game winning streak.  The Mean Green edged WKU in overtime during the time Kerusch was out.

Arkansas State is coming into this tournament as a darkhorse, but watch out for Red Wolves.  Former LSU coach John Brady’s squad swept North Texas; both wins were by double digits.  

West Coast Conference

Site: Las Vegas

Friday, March 5

G1-#5 Loyola Marymount (16-14) vs. #8 Pepperdine (7-23)

G2-#6 San Diego (10-20) vs. #7 Santa Clara (11-20)

Saturday, March 6

G3-#3 Portland (19-9) vs. Game 2 Winner

G4-#4 San Francisco (12-17) vs. Game 1 Winner

Sunday, March 7

Gonzaga (24-5) vs. Game 4 Winner

St. Mary’s (24-5) vs. Game 3 Winner

Monday, March 8

Semifinal Winners

For once, this is a three-team race.  Gonzaga swept St. Mary’s and Portland and will more than likely have to face one of the two for the championship.  It’s hard to beat a good team three times in a row, but the Bulldogs have the talent to do so.

St. Mary’s and Portland split a pair of really tight games, so there is no clear cut favorite if they meet in the Semifinals.  The Gaels benefit from getting an extra day off.

If any team from the first day of play has a chance, it is Loyola Marymount.  The Lions beat Gonzaga and Portland in February.  First year coach Max Good took a team picked to be last in the league and brought them home at 7-7 in WCC play.