PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 6, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Georgetown	Providence	-7.1
Ohio St.	Maryland	9.3
Niagara	Iona	-7.5
Canisius	Manhattan	1.5
Purdue Fort Wayne	Green Bay	8.1
Missouri St.	Loyola Chicago	0.5
Quinnipiac	Monmouth	-4.7
Saint Peter’s	Marist	4.0
Fairfield	Siena	7.2
Cleveland St.	Milwaukee	10.4
San Diego St.	Nevada	11.2
Stanford	Washington	5.9
Miami (O)	Akron	-0.7
Iowa	Minnesota	11.0
Cincinnati	Houston	-8.1
Fresno St.	Wyoming	2.0

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 30, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Brown	Cornell	4.5
Purdue	Ohio St.	9.2
East Carolina	Cincinnati	-5.9
Wright St.	Purdue Fort Wayne	4.4
Northern Kentucky	Cleveland St.	-1.4
George Washington	Fordham	-1.5
Providence	Marquette	1.1
Wisconsin	Minnesota	9.2
Fairleigh Dickinson	Central Connecticut	1.3
Bryant	Long Island	5.1
Iona	Saint Peter’s	11.1
Morgan St.	Delaware St.	14.1
St. Francis (NY)	Wagner	-11.8
Drake	Loyola (Chi.)	-3.2
Bradley	Indiana St.	7.9
Massachusetts	George Mason	8.7
Siena	Quinnipiac	0.4
Manhattan	Marist	-2.0
Monmouth	Niagara	8.5
Rider	Canisius	1.9
Boston College	Pittsburgh	4.0
Southern Illinois	Valparaiso	5.8
Bucknell	Loyola (MD)	-3.9
McNeese St.	New Orleans	0.7
Washington St.	Colorado	5.8

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 23, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Providence	Butler	10.5
Purdue	Northwestern	13.2
Bryant	St. Francis (NY)	10.3
Niagara	Rider	8.9
Canisius	Saint Peter’s	-2.4
Marquette	Xavier	-0.9
Mount St. Mary’s	Central Connecticut	8.4
Purdue Fort Wayne	Youngstown St.	1.9
Evansville	Illinois St.	-2.2
Marist	Fairfield	3.7
Monmouth	Manhattan	11.1
Quinnipiac	Iona	-8.9
Saint Louis	Massachusetts	9.0
California	Arizona	-14.9
Tulsa	Memphis	-5.7
Merrimack	Wagner	-8.4
Cleveland St.	Robert Morris	10.9
Indiana	Michigan	3.7
UTSA	UTEP	-6.8
St. Francis (PA)	Sacred Heart	1.9
Fairleigh Dickinson	Long Island	-6.7
Oregon	Washington	10.8

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Wednesday, March 18

Friars Hot Three-Point Shooting Leads To Victory

1973 Providence	79
2008 Memphis	75

Unassociated Press:  The 1973 Providence Friars connected on 11 three-point shots and held off a furious Tiger Rally to beat 2008 Memphis 79-75.

Ernie DiGregorio and Kevin Stacom combined for nine of the Friars’ 11 three-pointers, while Marvin Barnes dominated inside with 17 rebounds.

Down 73-59 with five minutes to play, Memphis held Providence scoreless for three minutes while scoring 13 consecutive points and connecting on six of nine shots to cut the lead to a point at 73-72.  Consecutive baskets by Barnes and Nehru King built the lead back to five points wiht one minute remaining.

Providence advances to the Midwest Region as the Number 16 seed and will face top-seed 1968 UCLA on Friday.

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Providence	41	38	79
Memphis	32	43	75

Boxscore
Providence	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marvin Barnes	C	7	12	0	0	2	5	4	13	17	0	0	4	3	3	16
Frank Costello	F	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	1	0	1	2	3	6
Nehru King	F	3	8	2	7	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	1	8
Kevin Stacom	G	6	11	4	7	3	4	1	1	2	5	2	0	1	2	19
Ernie DiGregorio	G	9	19	5	11	3	3	0	2	2	8	1	0	1	1	26
Charles Crawford		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	4
Team										3
Totals		30	61	11	25	8	12	8	29	40	17	3	5	11	12	79
Memphis	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joey Dorsey	C	5	10	0	0	2	3	2	6	8	0	0	2	0	2	12
Robert Dozier	F	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	1	0	1	1	1	6
Chris Douglas-Roberts	F	8	17	2	6	3	4	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	21
Antonio Anderson	G	1	5	1	5	0	0	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	2	3
Derrick Rose	G	7	15	1	3	4	5	1	4	5	6	3	0	1	1	19
Donneal Mack		0	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
Shawn Taggart		2	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	1	0	2	4
Willie Kemp		2	5	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Andre Allen		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
Team										2
Totals		29	68	8	25	9	12	9	24	35	16	6	5	5	12	75
Player of the Game	Ernie DiGregorio

 

 

Cougars Prevail in Exicting Overtime Game

 

1983 Houston	104	OT
1972 North Carolina	101

 

Unassociated Press: The 1983 Houston Cougars and 1972 North Carolina Tar Heels fought an evenly contested game that took an extra five minutes to decide the outcome Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio.  Houston won 104-101.  Late steals by Clyde Drexler and Bennie Anders led to baskets that clinched the victory for the Cougars.

North Carolina had taken a 99-96 lead with 90 seconds remaining in overtime, but Houston capitalized on consecutive steals leading to consecutive made baskets and free throws to take a 102-99 lead.  The Tar Heels appeared to be headed to victory in regulation with a 79-71 lead late in the second half.  Houston tied the game at 87-87 on a basket by Larry Micheaux with eight seconds remaining.

Houston advances to the West Region as the number 16 seed and will face number one seed 1972 UCLA on Friday.

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	Final
Houston	45	42	17	104
N. Carolina	47	40	14	101

 

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	10	16	0	0	5	9	4	6	10	0	1	4	3	4	25
Michael Young	F	7	14	0	0	2	4	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	4	16
Larry Micheaux	F	8	13	0	0	4	7	3	4	7	2	2	1	2	4	20
Clyde Drexler	G	8	17	1	3	4	4	1	3	4	2	4	1	1	3	21
Alvin Franklin	G	2	5	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	3	7
Benny Anders		1	3	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	0	3	4	5
Dave Rose		1	4	0	2	1	2	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	5	3
Reid Gettys		2	4	2	4	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	7
Team										2
Totals		39	76	5	16	21	33	12	24	38	15	14	7	14	29	104
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	C	10	17	0	0	4	6	4	7	11	1	0	2	2	4	24
Dennis Wuycik	F	5	12	2	5	6	6	2	4	6	2	0	0	2	3	18
Bobby Jones	F	4	7	1	2	3	3	2	8	10	4	2	1	3	4	12
Steve Previs	G	1	4	0	1	2	3	1	2	3	3	0	0	4	5	4
George Karl	G	4	9	2	5	4	4	2	1	3	4	1	0	5	4	14
Bill Chamberlain		5	10	2	4	5	7	1	6	7	1	1	0	2	3	17
Kim Huband		2	5	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	7
Donn Johnston		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	2
Bill Chambers		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
Craig Corson		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ray Hite		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
Team										2
Totals		33	67	9	23	26	31	12	32	46	18	7	3	24	30	101
Player of the Game	Hakeem Olajuwon

Coming Thursday:  The East and South Regions

 

East Region

1-Duke 2001 vs. 16-St. Bonaventure 1970
8-Michigan St. 1979 vs. 9-Kentucky 1978
4-North Carolina St. 1974 vs. 13-Duke 1999
5-Connecticut 1999 vs. 12-Louisville 1980
3-Virginia 2019 vs. 14-Arkansas 1991
6-Villanova 2016 vs. 11-Georgetown 1984
7-UCLA 1995 vs. 10-Indiana 1987
2-North Carolina 2005 vs. 15-Ohio St. 1962

 

South Region

1-Kentucky 1996 vs. 16-Maryland 1974
8-UCLA 1964 vs. 9-Indiana 1981
4-UCLA 1970 vs. 13-Oklahoma 1988
5-Louisville 2013 vs. 12-North Carolina St. 1983
3-North Carolina 2009 vs. 14-Kansas 1997
6-Duke 1992 vs. 11 Connecticut 2014
7-Florida 2007 vs. 10-Syracuse 2003
2-Villanova 2018 vs. 15-Illinois 2005

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Tuesday, March 17 Results

Bonnies Prevail In The Paint

1970 St. Bonaventure	87
1984 North Carolina	79

 

Unassociated Press: The 1970 Saint Bonaventure Bonnies dominated in the paint and taking advantage of early 1984 North Carolina turnovers to take a 10-point lead in the first eight minutes, as they cruised to an 87-79 victory.  The Bonnies now advance to the East Region as the number 16 seed where they will face the top-seeded 2001 Duke Blue Devils.

Bob Lanier led Saint Bonaventure with 31 points and 18 rebounds, and in the process he drew five fouls on Tar Heel starter Brad Daugherty.

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
St. Bonaventure	44	43	87
N. Carolina	34	45	79

Boxscore
St. Bonaventure	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	C	13	21	0	0	5	8	6	12	18	0	0	4	2	3	31
Matt Gantt	F	6	13	0	0	3	5	3	5	8	1	1	1	1	4	15
GregBubba Gary	F	4	11	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	1	2	0	3	3	10
Bill Kalbaugh	G	3	7	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	3	2	0	4	3	11
Paul Hoffman	G	4	10	3	8	7	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	4	18
Mike Kull		1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
Tom Baldwin		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		31	66	5	14	20	29	11	25	38	10	6	5	15	21	87
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brad Daugherty	C	2	7	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	1	0	0	2	5	5
Sam Perkins	F	7	12	0	0	5	6	2	8	10	2	1	1	3	2	19
Matt Doherty	F	2	6	2	5	2	2	1	3	4	2	0	0	5	4	8
Michael Jordan	G	6	14	3	9	7	8	1	5	6	5	2	1	3	3	22
Kenny Smith	G	3	7	2	6	5	6	1	3	4	4	2	0	5	5	13
Steve Hale		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Joe Wolf		2	5	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	0	0	2	2	3	5
Buzz Peterson		3	7	2	6	2	2	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	10
Cecil Exum		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	0
Team										3
Totals		24	55	9	26	22	26	7	28	38	18	8	4	24	24	79
Player of the Game	C-Bob Lanier

 

 

Terps Ride Big Offensive Night From Lucas

 

1974 Maryland	95
1970 Florida St.	85

 

Unassociated Press: The 1974 Maryland Terrapins played 37 minutes of up-tempo basketball before slowing the game down during the final three minutes to hold off the 1970 Florida State Seminoles 95-85.  Star guard John Lucas was virtually unstoppable, leading Coach Lefty Driesell’s Terps with 25 points, while narrowly missing a double-double with nine assists.  His three steals led to seven Maryland points.

Florida State stayed within striking distance thanks to strong offensive rebounding, but the Seminoles committed 22 turnovers, 10 of them via steals and never could get within six points in the second half.

Maryland advances to the South Region as the 16-seed and will face top-seed Kentucky 1996 on Thursday.

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Mary	52	43	95
FSU	45	40	85

 

 

Boxscore
Maryland	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Len Elmore	C	7	13	0	0	5	8	3	9	12	1	0	3	1	3	19
Tom McMillen	F	9	16	2	5	3	4	1	6	7	2	1	1	2	2	23
Owen Brown	F	4	7	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	3	9
John Lucas	G	8	17	3	7	6	7	0	1	1	9	3	0	3	2	25
Mo Howard	G	4	11	3	8	2	3	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	2	13
Tom Roy		2	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	2	4
Jap Trimble		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Billy Hahn		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	0
	Team									3
	Totals	35	71	8	21	17	24	7	27	37	19	10	6	11	17	95
Florida St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	C	8	15	0	0	3	4	4	12	16	0	1	2	2	3	19
Willie Williams	F	10	17	0	0	2	3	3	9	12	0	0	1	1	2	22
Vernell Ellzy	F	2	5	2	5	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	1	3	2	6
Ken Macklin	G	3	7	2	6	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	5	4	10
Skip Young	G	2	6	1	4	4	6	1	3	4	5	1	0	3	3	9
Ron Harris		3	7	2	5	2	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	10
Rowland Garrett		2	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	2	4
Randy Cable		1	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
Jan Gies		1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2
Team									2
Totals		32	69	8	26	13	18	11	34	43	15	5	5	19	22	85
Player of the Game	John Lucas

 

Wednesday’s Schedule From Dayton

 

Midwest Region: 2008 Memphis vs. 1973 Providence

West Region: 1972 North Carolina vs. 1983 Houston

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For March 2, 2020

Date	3/2/2020
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Kansas	Gonzaga	Baylor	San Diego St.
2	Dayton	Maryland	Florida St.	Seton Hall
3	Duke	Villanova	Louisville	Kentucky
4	Creighton	Oregon	Michigan St.	Penn St.
5	Auburn	Iowa	Ohio St.	Colorado
6	Butler	Wisconsin	BYU	West Virginia
7	Michigan	Arizona	Marquette	Illinois
8	Houston	LSU	Virginia	Texas Tech
9	Saint Mary’s	Florida	Arizona St.	Xavier
10	USC	Indiana	Oklahoma	Rutgers
11	Providence	Stanford	East Tennessee	Northern Iowa
12	Yale	Liberty	Wichita St.	Utah St.	Cincinnati	Rhode Island
13	Stephen F. Austin	Vermont	North Texas	Akron
14	New Mexico St.	Hofstra	Belmont	Colgate
15	UC-Irvine	Little Rock	Wright St.	South Dakota St.
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.

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 28, 2020

Date	2/28/2020
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Kansas	Gonzaga	Baylor	San Diego St.
2	Dayton	Maryland	Florida St.	Duke
3	Creighton	Villanova	Seton Hall	Kentucky
4	Oregon	Louisville	Penn St.	Auburn
5	Michigan St.	Ohio St.	Colorado	Iowa
6	Michigan	West Virginia	Butler	BYU
7	Wisconsin	Arizona	Marquette	Illinois
8	LSU	Houston	Arizona St.	Florida
9	Texas Tech	Saint Mary’s	Indiana	Virginia
10	Xavier	Utah St.	Oklahoma	USC
11	Rhode Island	Wichita St.	East Tennessee St.	Northern Iowa
12	Liberty	Stephen F. Austin	Rutgers	Cincinnati	N. C. State	Providence
13	Yale	Vermont	North Texas	New Mexico St.
14	Bowling Green	Hofstra	Colgate	South Dakota St.
15	Wright St.	UC-Irvine	Little Rock	Belmont
16	Montana	Radford	St. Francis (PA)	Prairie View	Siena	N. C. A&T

First Four Out

 

69	Richmond
70	UCLA
71	Stanford
72	Arkansas

 

Next Four Out

 

73	Mississippi St.
74	Memphis
75	South Carolina
76	Texas

 

 

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 24, 2020

Date	2/21/2020
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Kansas	Baylor	Gonzaga	San Diego St.
2	Dayton	Duke	Maryland	Florida St.
3	Creighton	Seton Hall	Louisville	Villanova
4	Kentucky	Oregon	Penn St.	West Virginia
5	Colorado	Auburn	Michigan St.	Butler
6	Iowa	Ohio St.	Michigan	Arizona
7	BYU	Marquette	Wisconsin	LSU
8	Houston	Illinois	Texas Tech	Arizona St.
9	Saint Mary’s	Florida	Virginia	Indiana
10	Rutgers	Xavier	Rhode Island	USC
11	Wichita St.	Utah St.	East Tennessee St.	Northern Iowa
12	Yale	Liberty	North Carolina St.	Oklahoma	Cincinnati	Providence
13	Stephen F. Austin	Vermont	North Texas	Akron
14	New Mexico St.	Colgate	Wright St.	Hofstra
15	Belmont	UC-Irvine	Little Rock	South Dakota St.
16	Radford	Montana	Saint Peter’s	Prairie View	St. Francis (PA)	N. C. A&T

Bubble Teams Outside The Field (in order)

 

69	Richmond
70	Stanford
71	Georgetown
72	Arkansas
73	Alabama
74	Purdue
75	Memphis
76	UCLA
77	Mississippi St.
78	Minnesota
79	UNC Greensboro
80	Furman

 

Teams on the Rise

Akron

Arizona St.

Belmont

BYU

Creighton

Dayton

East Tennessee St.

Hofstra

Kansas

Kentucky

Michigan

Montana

New Mexico St.

Prairie View

Radford

St. Francis (PA)

Saint Peter’s

South Dakota St.

Stephen F. Austin

UCLA

UNC Greensboro

Utah St.

Villanova

Virginia

Wisconsin

 

Teams on the Decline

Butler

Marquette

Oklahoma

Penn St.

Purdue

Rider

Rutgers

South Carolina

USC

West Virginia

Winthrop