PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Wright St.	Bryant	0.7
Rutgers	Notre Dame	-1.6
Wake Forest	Towson	7.0
Toledo	Dayton	0.3
Virginia	Mississippi St.	-0.1
SMU	Nicholls St.	14.6
Saint Louis	Northern Iowa	5.1
BYU	Long Beach St.	11.8
Florida	Iona	7.1
Coastal Carolina	Maryland Eastern Shore	12.5
Youngstown St.	Morgan St.	5.5
South Alabama	Southeast Louisiana	10.7
Florida Gulf Coast	Detroit	3.6
Maryland Baltimore Co.	Merrimack	5.5
Southern Utah	Kent St.	1.6

PiRate Ratings FINAL Bracketology 2022

Date	FINAL
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Arizona	Kansas	Baylor
2	Kentucky	Auburn	Duke	Villanova
3	Tennessee	Purdue	Texas Tech	Wisconsin
4	UCLA	Illinois	Arkansas	Iowa
5	Connecticut	Houston	Providence	Saint Mary’s
6	Texas	LSU	Alabama	Colorado St.
7	Michigan St.	Ohio St.	Boise St.	USC
8	TCU	North Carolina	Seton Hall	San Diego St.
9	Murray St.	Memphis	Creighton	Marquette
10	San Francisco	Iowa St.	Loyola (Chi.)	Virginia Tech
11	Miami (Fla.)	Davidson	Richmond	Indiana
12	South Dakota St.	UAB	Notre Dame	Wyoming	Texas A&M	Michigan
13	Vermont	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Akron
14	Montana St.	Delaware	Saint Peter’s	Cal St. Fullerton
15	Yale	Longwood	Georgia St.	Colgate
16	Jacksonville St.	Norfolk St.	Wright St.	Bryant	Texas Southern	Texas A&M-CC

First 4 #16 Seeds: Wright St., Bryant, Texas Southern, Texas A&M–CC

Last 4 Byes: Iowa St., Miami (Fla.), Davidson, Indiana

Last 4 In: Notre Dame, Wyoming, Texas A&M, Michigan

First 4 Out: SMU, Xavier, Rutgers, Wake Forest,

Next 4 Out: BYU, VCU, Oklahoma, Saint Louis

PiRate Ratings Bracketology–Saturday Morning, the day before Selection Sunday

Date	3/12/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Arizona	Gonzaga	Baylor	Kentucky
2	Kansas	Auburn	Duke	Purdue
3	Villanova	Tennessee	Texas Tech	Wisconsin
4	UCLA	Arkansas	Illinois	Providence
5	Connecticut	Houston	Iowa	Texas
6	Saint Mary’s	LSU	Alabama	Colorado St.
7	Michigan St.	Boise St.	Ohio St.	USC
8	San Diego St.	TCU	Murray St.	Creighton
9	Memphis	North Carolina	Iowa St.	Seton Hall
10	Marquette	Davidson	Loyola (Chi.)	San Francisco
11	Indiana	Miami (Fla.)	Notre Dame	Michigan
12	South Dakota St.	UAB	SMU	Wyoming	Rutgers	Virginia Tech
13	Vermont	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Princeton
14	Kent St.	Montana St.	Longwood	Colgate
15	Long Beach St.	Monmouth	Delaware	Jacksonville St.
16	Wright St.	Bryant	Norfolk St.	Georgia St.	Texas Southern	Texas A&M-CC

Teams That Can Steal a Bid (Alphabetical Order)

Dayton

Richmond

Saint Louis

Texas A&M

Tulane

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	3/7/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Arizona	Gonzaga	Baylor	Auburn
2	Kansas	Kentucky	Duke	Purdue
3	Wisconsin	Villanova	Tennessee	Texas Tech
4	Illinois	Providence	UCLA	Arkansas
5	Connecticut	Houston	Texas	Alabama
6	Saint Mary’s	LSU	Iowa	Ohio St.
7	Colorado St.	USC	Boise St.	Seton Hall
8	Michigan St.	Iowa St.	Murray St.	Marquette
9	North Carolina	San Diego St.	TCU	San Francisco
10	Creighton	Michigan	Loyola (Chi.)	Davidson
11	Miami (Fla.)	Memphis	Xavier	Notre Dame
12	South Dakota St.	North Texas	Wake Forest	Wyoming	Rutgers	SMU
13	Iona	Toledo	Chattanooga	Vermont
14	New Mexico St.	Princeton	Towson	Montana St.
15	Long Beach St.	Longwood	Jacksonville St.	Colgate
16	Georgia St.	Purdue Ft. Wayne	Bryant	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Last 4 Byes

Miami (Fla.)

Memphis

Xavier

Notre Dame

Last Four In

Wake Forest

Wyoming

Rutgers

SMU

First Four Out

VCU

Indiana

BYU

Dayton

Next Four Out

Texas A&M

Florida

Virginia Tech

Saint Louis

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, March 6, 2022

Sunday’s Conference Tournaments
America East Conference–Quarterfinals
Higher Seed at Home
Home Team	Lower Seed	Spread
Vermont	NJIT	21.5
Maryland Baltimore Co.	UMass Lowell	2.5
New Hampshire	Binghamton	6.6
Hartford	Albany	3.7
Big South Conference–CHAMPIONSHIP
Charlotte
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Longwood	Winthrop	-1.2
Colonial Athletic Association–Quarterfinals
Charlotte
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Towson	Northeastern	11.9
Drexel	Delaware	0.9
UNC Wilmington	Elon	3.4
Hofstra	Charleston	2.6
Missouri Valley Conference CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Louis (Arch Madness)
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Drake	Loyola (Chi.)	4.2
Patriot League–Semifinals
Higher Seed at Home
Home	Visitor	Spread
Colgate	Lehigh	11.7
Navy
Southern Conference–Semifinals
Asheville, NC
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Chattanooga	Wofford	2.4
Furman	Samford	8.5
Summit League–Quarterfinals Continue
Sioux Falls, SD
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Kansas City	South Dakota	0.1
Oral Roberts	Western Illinois	6.0
Sun Belt Conference–Semifinals
Pensacola, FL
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Troy	Louisiana	-0.3
Appalachian St.	Georgia St.	-0.4

Sunday’s Regularly Scheduled Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Memphis	Houston	-3.7
Rutgers	Penn St.	4.2
Ohio St.	Michigan	3.7
Wisconsin	Nebraska	13.1
Tulsa	Central Florida	-2.5
Temple	South Florida	9.1
SMU	Tulane	7.4
Michigan St.	Maryland	5.9
Illinois	Iowa	2.0
Northwestern	Minnesota	5.8

Dance Tickets Punched

1

Murray St.

Ohio Valley

30-2

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/28/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Arizona	Gonzaga	Baylor	Kansas
2	Auburn	Duke	Kentucky	Purdue
3	Texas Tech	Villanova	Wisconsin	Tennessee
4	Providence	Illinois	Connecticut	UCLA
5	Texas	Arkansas	Ohio St.	Alabama
6	Houston	Saint Mary’s	USC	Michigan St.
7	LSU	Marquette	Iowa	Iowa St.
8	Colorado St.	Boise St.	Seton Hall	Murray St.
9	Wyoming	TCU	Notre Dame	Xavier
10	Creighton	San Francisco	Wake Forest	Davidson
11	North Texas	North Carolina	San Diego St.	Miami (Fla.)
12	Iona	South Dakota St.	Indiana	Memphis	Michigan	SMU
13	Chattanooga	New Mexico St.	Toledo	Vermont
14	Towson	Texas St.	Princeton	Northern Iowa
15	Jacksonville St.	Montana St.	Long Beach St.	Longwood
16	Colgate	Purdue Ft. Wayne	Bryant	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Loyola (Chi.)
70	BYU
71	Rutgers
72	Florida
73	VCU
74	Virginia Tech
75	Oregon
76	St. Bonaventure
77	Dayton
78	Oklahoma
79	Mississippi St.
80	Belmont

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/25/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Arizona	Kansas	Auburn
2	Kentucky	Baylor	Purdue	Duke
3	Texas Tech	Villanova	Tennessee	Wisconsin
4	Illinois	UCLA	Providence	Texas
5	Ohio St.	Connecticut	Alabama	Houston
6	Arkansas	LSU	USC	Marquette
7	Iowa	Michigan St.	Iowa St.	Saint Mary’s
8	Colorado St.	Boise St.	Xavier	Murray St.
9	Seton Hall	Wyoming	Creighton	TCU
10	Miami (Fla.)	Michigan	San Francisco	Wake Forest
11	Notre Dame	Davidson	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina
12	North Texas	Iona	San Diego St.	Memphis	Rutgers	Indiana
13	Chattanooga	South Dakota St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
14	Toledo	Wagner	Towson	Montana St.
15	Princeton	Texas St.	Long Beach St.	Jacksonville St.
16	Cleveland St.	Longwood	Colgate	Nicholls St.	Norfolk St.	Texas Southern

Best of the Rest

69	SMU
70	BYU
71	VCU
72	Oregon
73	Dayton
74	Florida
75	Virginia
76	St. Bonaventure
77	UAB
78	Virginia Tech
79	Belmont
80	Mississippi St.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Army	Bucknell	3.0
St. John’s	Creighton	4.3
South Carolina	Mississippi St.	-1.7
Virginia	Duke	-7.0
Providence	Xavier	1.3
Texas	TCU	8.9
VCU	George Mason	7.4
Georgia St.	UL Monroe	9.0
Boston U	Lafayette	9.8
Holy Cross	Colgate	-13.3
East Carolina	South Florida	6.5
Lehigh	American	4.1
Navy	Loyola (MD)	8.1
Longwood	Radford	9.9
North Carolina A&T	High Point	1.6
Gardner-Webb	UNC Asheville	5.0
Presbyterian	Charleston Southern	10.7
Hampton	Campbell	-6.2
North Carolina St.	Boston College	6.0
Notre Dame	Syracuse	3.4
Clemson	Wake Forest	-1.1
Binghamton	Vermont	-12.2
UMass Lowell	Stony Brook	2.4
NJIT	New Hampshire	-2.0
Hartford	Maryland Baltimore Co.	0.6
Maine	Albany	-6.3
North Alabama	Central Arkansas	5.0
Liberty	Florida Gulf Coast	8.4
Kennesaw St.	Stetson	7.2
Jacksonville St.	Eastern Kentucky	8.8
Jacksonville	North Florida	6.2
Bellarmine	Lipscomb	7.8
Iowa St.	West Virginia	4.3
Troy	UT Arlington	4.4
Georgia Southern	Louisiana	-0.5
Valparaiso	Drake	-5.0
Indiana St.	Northern Iowa	-5.7
Fordham	La Salle	5.8
Dayton	Massachusetts	12.8
Duquesne	Davidson	-11.5
VMI	Wofford	-0.1
UNC Greensboro	Western Carolina	10.7
East Tennessee St.	Chattanooga	-4.7
Mercer	The Citadel	5.9
Michigan	Rutgers	7.1
Little Rock	Appalachian St.	-8.2
Tulane	Houston	-10.4
Southern Illinois	Illinois St.	5.7
SMU	Tulsa	11.5
Chicago St.	Grand Canyon	-15.9
South Alabama	Texas St.	3.8
Arkansas St.	Coastal Carolina	1.1
Missouri St.	Bradley	5.2
Loyola (Chi.)	Evansville	22.0
Samford	Furman	-7.0
Auburn	Mississippi	15.7
Seton Hall	Butler	12.1
Kentucky	LSU	8.1
Minnesota	Wisconsin	-3.7
Central Florida	Cincinnati	2.2
Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech	-6.7
Colorado St.	Wyoming	4.4
Washington St.	Washington	10.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 20, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Butler	Providence	-3.7
Wichita St.	Houston	-8.3
Wisconsin	Michigan	1.8
Maine	NJIT	-3.0
Detroit	Wright St.	0.6
Iona	Fairfield	11.2
Cincinnati	Temple	7.4
Central Florida	East Carolina	10.1
Milwaukee	Purdue Fort Wayne	-2.8
Northern Iowa	Missouri St.	-1.4
Marist	Quinnipiac	6.6
Siena	Saint Peter’s	-2.4
Manhattan	Rider	3.0
Fordham	George Mason	-3.2
SMU	Memphis	-0.1
Creighton	Marquette	0.2
Oakland	Northern Kentucky	6.9
Green Bay	Cleveland St.	-8.4
San Jose St.	New Mexico	-6.0
Hartford	Stony Brook	0.5
Loyola (MD)	Lehigh	5.0
Purdue	Rutgers	12.6
Bellarmine	Jacksonville St.	0.8
USC	Washington St.	5.0
Missouri	Mississippi St.	-5.9

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/18/2022
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Auburn	Arizona	Kansas
2	Baylor	Kentucky	Purdue	Villanova
3	Duke	Texas Tech	Wisconsin	Tennessee
4	Providence	UCLA	Illinois	Texas
5	Houston	Ohio St.	Alabama	LSU
6	Connecticut	Michigan St.	Arkansas	Marquette
7	USC	Xavier	Colorado St.	Saint Mary’s
8	Iowa	Murray St.	Seton Hall	Boise St.
9	Wake Forest	Iowa St.	Loyola (Chi.)	Wyoming
10	TCU	Miami (Fla.)	Indiana	San Francisco
11	Davidson	Notre Dame	Memphis	Michigan
12	North Texas	Iona	San Diego St.	Creighton	North Carolina	Oklahoma
13	Chattanooga	South Dakota St.	Ohio	Vermont
14	New Mexico St.	Wagner	Montana St.	Texas St.
15	Cleveland St.	Liberty	Yale	Colgate
16	Long Beach St.	Longwood	UNC Wilmington	Norfolk St.	New Orleans	Southern

Best of the Rest

69	Belmont
70	Oregon
71	Florida
72	BYU
73	Rutgers
74	UAB
75	SMU
76	Virginia Tech