PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Saturday, March 9, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Rating	HCA	Visitor	Rating	Spread
Abilene Christian	100.5	2.5	Incarnate Word	85.0	18.0
Appalachian St.	98.2	2.5	South Alabama	97.1	3.6
Arizona	106.1	2.5	Arizona St.	108.1	0.5
Arkansas	108.4	3.0	Alabama	108.3	3.1
Arkansas St.	94.5	2.5	Louisiana	99.7	-2.7
Auburn	115.5	3.0	Tennessee	118.9	-0.4
Belmont	109.0	0.0	Murray St.	108.6	0.4
Boise St.	102.0	3.0	Air Force	95.5	9.5
Boston College	104.9	3.0	North Carolina St.	112.2	-4.3
BYU	106.2	0.0	San Diego	104.6	1.6
Cal Poly	88.6	2.5	UC Santa Barbara	101.0	-9.9
Cal St. Fullerton	99.5	3.5	Hawaii	97.7	5.3
Chicago St.	79.4	2.5	Missouri Kansas City	94.9	-13.0
Clemson	112.0	3.0	Syracuse	111.4	3.6
Coastal Carolina	101.1	2.5	Troy	95.1	8.5
Colorado	106.8	3.0	USC	105.8	4.0
Colorado St.	99.4	3.0	UNLV	100.9	1.5
Columbia	97.1	2.5	Harvard	103.6	-4.0
Cornell	95.4	2.5	Dartmouth	97.9	0.0
Creighton	109.9	2.5	DePaul	105.1	7.3
Drake	102.6	0.0	Northern Iowa	99.1	3.5
Duquesne	100.3	3.0	Dayton	108.2	-4.9
East Tennessee St.	106.6	0.0	Chattanooga	94.0	12.6
Elon	92.0	0.0	UNC Wilmington	94.7	-2.7
Fairleigh-Dickinson	97.2	2.5	Robert Morris	95.0	4.7
Florida Int’l.	97.0	2.5	North Texas	101.3	-1.8
Fresno St.	107.2	2.5	San Jose St.	85.7	24.0
Furman	107.9	0.0	Mercer	98.3	9.6
George Washington	93.8	2.5	George Mason	101.0	-4.7
Georgia Southern	104.8	2.0	Georgia St.	103.2	3.6
Grambling	93.7	2.5	Alabama A&M	84.6	11.6
Hartford	98.8	2.5	UMass Lowell	95.0	6.3
Idaho St.	91.2	2.0	Idaho	84.9	8.3
Iowa St.	114.3	3.0	Texas Tech	118.0	-0.7
Jackson St.	89.5	2.5	Alabama St.	89.2	2.8
James Madison	93.8	0.0	Towson	94.0	-0.2
Kansas	114.9	3.0	Baylor	110.6	7.3
Kansas St.	112.8	3.0	Oklahoma	111.6	4.2
Kentucky	118.2	3.0	Florida	111.7	9.5
La Salle	96.9	2.5	Fordham	95.6	3.8
Lamar	97.6	2.5	McNeese St.	89.4	10.7
Little Rock	96.6	2.5	Louisiana Monroe	100.8	-1.7
Loyola (Chi.)	103.7	0.0	Bradley	99.5	4.2
LSU	113.7	3.0	Vanderbilt	102.1	14.6
Marquette	112.9	3.0	Georgetown	106.0	9.9
Marshall	99.4	3.0	Florida Atlantic	99.0	3.4
Maryland-Baltimore Co.	97.0	2.5	Albany	94.1	5.4
Memphis	107	3.0	Tulsa	103.1	6.9
Michigan St.	120.2	1.5	Michigan	118.2	3.5
Middle Tennessee	95.5	2.5	UTEP	92.4	5.6
Mississippi St.	113.4	3.0	Texas A&M	105.4	11.0
Mississippi Valley St.	83.8	2.5	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	89.4	-3.1
Missouri	106.2	3.0	Ole Miss	110.0	-0.8
Nevada	114.7	3.0	San Diego St.	104.2	13.5
New Mexico St.	107.8	3.0	California Baptist	97.4	13.4
Nicholls St.	91.3	2.5	Southeastern Louisiana	94.9	-1.1
North Carolina	120.7	1.0	Duke	123.5	-1.8
Northern Colorado	100.9	2.5	Northern Arizona	91.5	11.9
Northwestern	107.4	3.0	Purdue	117.4	-7.0
Northwestern St.	86.6	2.5	Central Arkansas	91.4	-2.3
Oklahoma St.	104.7	3.0	West Virginia	105.1	2.6
Omaha	100.1	0.0	North Dakota	94.5	5.6
Penn	103.3	2.5	Brown	101.3	4.5
Pittsburgh	105.0	2.5	Notre Dame	106.0	1.5
Portland St.	94.4	2.5	Montana St.	95.2	1.7
Prairie View	95.5	2.5	Alcorn St.	84.6	13.4
Princeton	100.2	2.5	Yale	105.7	-3.0
Providence	106.4	3.0	Butler	108.5	0.9
Quinnipiac	96.9	0.0	Monmouth	93.3	3.6
Rhode Island	102.1	2.5	Massachusetts	97.7	6.9
Rice	94.8	2.5	Charlotte	91.7	5.6
Richmond	99.0	2.5	Davidson	106.8	-5.3
Rider	98.7	0.0	Siena	95.4	3.3
Sacramento St.	94.6	2.5	Montana	102.6	-5.5
San Francisco	107.7	0.0	Pepperdine	99.8	7.9
Seattle	98.3	2.5	Grand Canyon	105.0	-4.2
Seton Hall	108.2	2.5	Villanova	113.5	-2.8
South Carolina	106.4	2.5	Georgia	103.9	5.0
South Dakota St.	106.1	1.0	Western Illinois	92.1	15.0
Southern Miss.	102.6	2.5	UTSA	100.6	4.5
St. Bonaventure	102.7	3.0	Saint Louis	103.6	2.1
St. Francis (PA)	95.7	2.5	Long Island	95.3	2.9
Stephen F. Austin	92.4	2.0	Sam Houston St.	99.0	-4.6
Stony Brook	100.8	2.5	Binghamton	89.3	14.0
Temple	106.9	3.0	Central Florida	110.7	-0.8
Texas	112.6	2.5	TCU	109.3	5.8
Texas A&M CC	93.6	2.5	Houston Baptist	93.5	2.6
Texas Southern	97.6	2.5	Southern	86.8	13.3
Tulane	92.8	2.5	Wichita St.	105.0	-9.7
UAB	99.7	2.5	Old Dominion	104.2	-2.0
UC Davis	96	2.5	UC Riverside	91.3	7.2
UC Irvine	105.5	2.5	Cal St. Northridge	93.6	14.4
UNC Greensboro	105.5	0.0	Samford	99.9	5.6
UT Arlington	99.6	2.0	Texas St.	103.4	-1.8
Utah	104.0	3.0	UCLA	105.1	1.9
Utah Valley	103.8	2.5	Cal St. Bakersfield	96.9	9.4
Vermont	106.1	3.0	Maine	88.7	20.4
Virginia	123.5	3.0	Louisville	113.7	12.8
Wake Forest	100.2	2.5	Florida St.	114.7	-12.0
Washington	110.1	3.0	Oregon	108.9	4.2
Washington St.	97.4	2.5	Oregon St.	106.1	-6.2
Weber St.	98.7	2.5	Eastern Washington	94.9	6.3
Wofford	112.9	0.0	VMI	91.6	21.3
Wyoming	90	3.0	New Mexico	99.6	-6.6
Xavier	106.9	3.0	St. John’s	108.2	1.7

Conference Tournaments Update

 

America East Conference
All games at home floor of higher seeds
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	Vermont (24-6)	8	Maine (5-26)
2	Stony Brook (24-7)	7	Binghamton (9-22)
3	Maryland-Baltimore Co. (19-12)	6	Albany (12-19)
4	Hartford (17-14)	5	UMass Lowell (15-16)

 

 

Big South Conference
Semifinals–Friday, March 8 (at Campbell)
Radford	63	Charleston Southern	54
Gardner-Webb	79	Campbell	74

 

Championship Game–Sunday, March 10 (at Radford)
Seed	Home Team	Seed	Visitors
2	Radford (22-10)	4	Gardner-Webb (22-11)

 

 

Colonial Athletic Association
Site: North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC
First Round–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
8	James Madison (13-18)	9	Towson (10-21)
7	Elon (11-20)	10	UNC Wilmington (9-22)

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Site: Times Union Center, Albany, NY (Siena)
Iona	73	Saint Peter’s	71
Canisius	69	Manhattan	65 ot

 

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	Quinnipiac (16-13)	6	Monmouth (12-20)
4	Rider (16-14)	5	Siena (16-15)

 

 

Missouri Valley Conference (Arch Madness)
Site: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO
Quarterfinals–Friday, March 8
Loyola (Chi)	67	Valparaiso	54
Bradley	61	Missouri St.	58
Drake	78	Illinois St.	62
Northern Iowa	61	Southern Illinois	58

 

Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Loyola (Chi.) (20-12)	5	Bradley (18-14)
2	Drake (24-8)	6	Northern Iowa (15-17)

 

 

Northeast Conference

All games at home floor of higher seeds

Semifinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Home	Seed	Visitor
1	St. Francis (PA) (17-13)	6	Long Island (16-15)
2	Fairleigh-Dickinson (18-13)	4	Robert Morris (17-15)

 

 

Ohio Valley Conference
Site: Ford Center, Evansville, IN
Semifinals–Friday, March 8
Belmont	83	Austin Peay	67
Murray St.	76	Jacksonville St.	74

 

*** Championship Game–Saturday, March 9 ****
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Belmont (26-4)	2	Murray St. (26-4)

 

Southern Conference
Site: US Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
First Round–Friday, March 8
VMI	96	Western Carolina	83
Samford	100	The Citadel	71

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1	Wofford (26-4)	8	VMI (11-20)
4	East Tennessee St. (23-8)	5	Chattanooga (12-19)
2	UNC Greensboro (26-5)	7	Samford (17-15)
3	Furman (24-6)	6	Mercer (11-19)

 

 

Summit League
Site: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9 & Sunday, March 10
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
1 (sat)	South Dakota St. (24-7)	8	Western Illinois (9-20)
4 (sun)	Purdue Fort Wayne (17-14)	5	South Dakota (13-16)
3 (sun)	North Dakota St. (15-15)	6	Oral Roberts (11-20)
2 (sat)	Omaha (19-10)	7	North Dakota (12-17)

 

 

West Coast Conference
Site: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Second Round–Friday, March 8
San Diego	62	Santa Clara	45
Pepperdine	68	Loyola Marymount	65

 

Quarterfinals–Saturday, March 9
Seed	Team	Seed	Team
3	BYU (19-12)	6	San Diego (20-13)
4	San Francisco (21-9)	8	Pepperdine (15-17)