PiRate Ratings Final Bracketology Prediction

Date	3/14/2021	FINAL
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Illinois	Michigan
2	Ohio St.	Alabama	Iowa	Houston
3	Oklahoma St.	Arkansas	Kansas	Texas
4	West Virginia	Purdue	Virginia	Florida St.
5	Tennessee	Villanova	Creighton	Texas Tech
6	Colorado	USC	LSU	Missouri
7	BYU	Oklahoma	Oregon	Clemson
8	Connecticut	San Diego St.	Wisconsin	Florida
9	Virginia Tech	Loyola (Chi.)	Georgia Tech	North Carolina
10	Rutgers	St. Bonaventure	Maryland	VCU
11	Louisville	Michigan St.	UCLA	Syracuse	Utah St.	Drake
12	Oregon St.	Georgetown	North Texas	Winthrop
13	Ohio U	Liberty	UNCG	UCSB
14	Colgate	Morehead St.	Abilene Christian	E. Washington
15	Cleveland St.	Drexel	Grand Canyon	Iona
16	Oral Roberts	Hartford	Norfolk St.	Mount St. Mary’s	Texas Southern	Appalachian St.

1st Four Out

69	Wichita St.
70	Colorado St.
71	Saint Louis
72	Boise St.

1st 4 Games

11 UCLA vs. 11 Drake

11 Syracuse vs. 11 Utah St.

16 Norfolk St. vs. 16 Mount St. Mary’s

16 Texas Southern vs. 16 Appalachian St.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	3/5/2021
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Michigan	Baylor	Illinois
2	Ohio St.	Alabama	Iowa	West Virginia
3	Villanova	Kansas	Arkansas	Houston
4	Purdue	Florida St.	Texas	Oklahoma St.
5	Texas Tech	Creighton	Virginia	USC
6	Colorado	Oklahoma	Tennessee	Wisconsin
7	Missouri	Clemson	Florida	BYU
8	Oregon	Virginia Tech	San Diego St.	LSU
9	Maryland	Loyola (Chi.)	Rutgers	UCLA
10	Connecticut	North Carolina	Louisville	St. Bonaventure
11	Georgia Tech	VCU	Colorado St.	Boise St.
12	Western Ky.	Toledo	Drake	Michigan St.	Xavier	Wichita St.
13	UCSB	Colgate	Belmont	Winthrop
14	Liberty	UNCG	Abilene Christian	S. Dakota St.
15	E. Washington	Siena	Vermont	Cleveland St.
16	Grand Canyon	James Madison	Texas St.	Wagner	Prairie View	Norfolk St.

The Outside Looking In

69	Saint Louis
70	Seton Hall
71	SMU
72	Mississippi
73	Syracuse
74	Utah State
75	Duke
76	Stanford
77	Indiana
78	Louisiana Tech
79	Memphis
80	St. John’s

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Tournament Update

Friday, March 5, 2021 (Prior to start of A-10 Games today)

Atlantic Sun

Semifinals, Today

1 Liberty vs. 7 Stetson

5 North Alabama vs. 6 Florida Gulf Coast

Note: If North Alabama wins the tournament, Liberty is the automatic NCAA Tournament qualifier.

Atlantic 10

Quarterfinals, Today, Richmond, VA

1 St. Bonaventure vs. 9 Duquesne

4 Saint Louis vs. 5 Massachusetts

2 VCU vs. 7 Dayton

3 Davidson vs. George Mason

Big South

Championship Game, Sunday at Winthrop

1 Winthrop vs. 3 Campbell

Colonial Athletic

1st Round, Saturday at James Madison

8 Elon vs. 9 Towson

7 William & Mary vs. 10 UNC-Wilmington

Horizon

Semifinals, Monday at Indianapolis

1 Cleveland St. vs. 8 Milwaukee

3 Oakland vs. 4 Northern Kentucky

Missouri Valley (Arch Madness)

Quarterfinals, Today, at Saint Louis

1 Loyola (Chi.) vs. 9 Southern Illinois

4 Indiana St. vs. 5 Evansville

2 Drake vs. 7 Northern Iowa

3 Missouri St. vs. 6 Valparaiso

Northeast

Semifinals, Saturday at Higher Seed

1 Wagner vs. 4 Mount St. Mary’s

2 Bryant vs. 3 Sacred Heart

Ohio Valley

Semifinals, Friday at Evansville

1 Belmont vs. 4 Jacksonville St.

2 Morehead St. vs. 3 Eastern Kentucky

Patriot

Quarterfinals, Saturday at Higher Seeds

1 Navy vs. Loyola (MD)

4 Army vs. 5 American

2 Colgate vs. 7 Boston U

3 Lafayette vs. 6 Bucknell

Southern

1st Round, Today at Asheville, NC

8 The Citadel vs. 9 Western Carolina

7 Mercer vs. 10 Samford

Summit

Quarterfinals, Saturday & Sunday, Sioux Falls, SD

1 South Dakota St. vs. 8 Omaha

4 Oral Roberts vs. 5 North Dakota

2 South Dakota vs. 7 Western Illinois

3 North Dakota St. vs. Kansas City

Sun Belt

1st Round, Today at Pensacola, FL

4W Arkansas St. vs. 5E Georgia Southern

3E South Alabama vs. 6W Louisiana-Monroe

4E Appalachian St. vs. 5W Little Rock

3W UT-Arlington vs. 6E Troy

West Coast

2nd Round, Today at Las Vegas

5 Loyola Marymount vs. 8 San Francisco

6 Pacific vs. 7 Santa Clara

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Friday, March 5, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
St. Bonaventure	Duquesne	7.3
Saint Louis	Massachusetts	6.2
VCU	Dayton	4.6
Davidson	George Mason	4.4
Miami (Fla.)	Boston College	0.4
Wake Forest	Georgia Tech	-10.3
Liberty	Stetson	10.6
North Alabama	Florida Gulf Coast	-1.4
Montana St.	Sacramento St.	3.8
Eastern Washington	Idaho State	11.8
UC Davis	Hawaii	0.3
Cal St. Northridge	UC Riverside	-10.2
Long Beach St.	UC Irvine	-9.8
UC San Diego	Cal St. Fullerton	3.2
UC Santa Barbara	Cal Poly	22.6
Florida Atlantic	Middle Tennessee	9.1
Marshall	Charlotte	14.2
Western Kentucky	Old Dominion	8.3
North Texas	UAB	6.4
Quinnipiac	Saint Peter’s	-2.0
Rider	Monmouth	-4.7
Manhattan	Fairfield	4.7
Siena	Canisius	6.8
Central Michigan	Northern Illinois	7.1
Buffalo	Kent St.	4.3
Akron	Miami (O)	5.8
Toledo	Ball St.	9.7
Western Michigan	Eastern Michigan	3.2
Delaware St.	Morgan St	-11.3
Loyola (Chi.)	Southern Illinois	16.3
Indiana St.	Evansville	6.1
Drake	Northern Iowa	9.7
Missouri St.	Valparaiso	7.8
Nevada	Colorado St.	-2.0
Belmont	Jacksonville St.	6.2
Morehead St.	Eastern Kentucky	1.9
Arkansas St.	Georgia Southern	1.5
South Alabama	Louisiana Monroe	4.6
Appalachian St.	Little Rock	-0.1
UT Arlington	Troy	3.9
The Citadel	Western Carolina	-0.5
Mercer	Samford	7.3
Mississippi Valley St.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-10.3
UT Rio Grande Valley	Tarleton	5.3
Dixie St.	New Mexico St.	-10.4
Grand Canyon	Utah Valley	8.3
California Baptist	Seattle	2.3
Loyola Marymount	San Francisco	-0.5
Pacific	Santa Clara	2.9

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Monday, March 1, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
St. Bonaventure	Dayton	7.7
Saint Louis	Massachusetts	8.0
Richmond	Saint Joseph’s	14.5
Virginia	Miami (Fla.)	14.4
Syracuse	North Carolina	-1.0
Oklahoma St.	Oklahoma	2.1
Radford	Hampton	8.8
Winthrop	High Point	14.1
Campbell	Gardner-Webb	-1.5
UNC Asheville	Longwood	3.6
Nebraska	Rutgers	-6.5
Western Kentucky	Florida Intl.	17.3
Marist	Quinnipiac	2.8
Colorado St.	Air Force	20.7
Arizona St.	Washington St.	2.7
Oregon	Arizona	1.9
Central Arkansas	Stephen F. Austin	-10.1
Lamar	Texas A&M-CC	5.1
Incarnate Word	New Orleans	-0.4
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Jackson St.	-7.3
Mississippi Valley St.	Grambling	-18.8
Alabama A&M	Texas Southern	-6.4
Alabama St.	Prairie View A&M	-10.9

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

Rk.	Team	Ratings
1	Gonzaga	127.5
2	Michigan	122.9
3	Baylor	121.6
4	Iowa	120.7
5	Houston	119.6
6	Illinois	119.4
7	Alabama	118.2
8	Ohio St.	117.2
9	Florida St.	116.5
10	Arkansas	116.1
11	Creighton	115.7
12	West Virginia	115.4
13	Villanova	115.3
14	Purdue	115.2
15	Wisconsin	115.1
16	Kansas	115.1
17	Loyola Chicago	115.0
18	Colorado	114.9
19	USC	114.5
20	San Diego St.	114.5
21	BYU	114.4
22	Texas	114.1
23	Tennessee	114.0
24	Texas Tech	113.9
25	Florida	113.9
26	Virginia	113.8
27	Rutgers	113.7
28	LSU	113.5
29	Maryland	113.2
30	North Carolina	113.1
31	Connecticut	112.9
32	Oklahoma St.	112.7
33	Oklahoma	112.6
34	Georgia Tech	112.6
35	Duke	112.2
36	St. Bonaventure	112.1
37	Indiana	111.6
38	Penn St.	111.6
39	Memphis	111.6
40	Utah St.	111.3
41	Arizona	111.3
42	Clemson	111.3
43	Oregon	111.2
44	Seton Hall	111.1
45	VCU	111.0
46	Missouri	111.0
47	Louisville	110.9
48	SMU	110.9
49	UCLA	110.8
50	Toledo	110.7
51	Saint Louis	110.7
52	Boise St.	110.7
53	Xavier	110.7
54	Kentucky	110.7
55	Virginia Tech	110.7
56	Richmond	110.5
57	Minnesota	110.5
58	Wright St.	110.3
59	Drake	110.3
60	Syracuse	110.1
61	Mississippi	109.7
62	Auburn	109.6
63	Michigan St.	109.5
64	Colorado St.	109.3
65	St. John’s	109.1
66	Buffalo	109.0
67	Notre Dame	108.9
68	Stanford	108.8
69	Mississippi St.	108.7
70	North Texas	108.7
71	Northwestern	108.6
72	Providence	108.5
73	N.C. State	108.5
74	Marshall	108.4
75	Wichita St.	108.2
76	Davidson	108.2
77	Louisiana Tech	107.9
78	Marquette	107.8
79	UC Santa Barbara	107.7
80	Pittsburgh	107.3
81	Saint Mary’s	107.3
82	Utah	107.1
83	Western Kentucky	107.0
84	Belmont	106.9
85	Georgia	106.9
86	Kent St.	106.8
87	South Carolina	106.6
88	Colgate	106.6
89	Georgetown	106.6
90	Missouri St.	106.5
91	Liberty	106.5
92	Dayton	106.4
93	Rhode Island	106.3
94	Furman	106.2
95	Arizona St.	105.9
96	UCF	105.9
97	Nevada	105.7
98	Vanderbilt	105.7
99	Cincinnati	105.6
100	Abilene Christian	105.6
101	Ohio	105.4
102	San Francisco	105.3
103	Akron	105.3
104	Winthrop	105.3
105	Oregon St.	105.3
106	Washington St.	105.2
107	Loyola Marymount	105.2
108	Nebraska	105.2
109	UC Riverside	105.0
110	UNC Greensboro	104.9
111	Bowling Green	104.8
112	Butler	104.7
113	UC Irvine	104.7
114	Massachusetts	104.7
115	Eastern Washington	104.7
116	South Dakota St.	104.6
117	Tulsa	104.5
118	UAB	104.3
119	Pepperdine	104.2
120	Indiana St.	104.1
121	Duquesne	103.9
122	Vermont	103.9
123	Pacific	103.8
124	TCU	103.6
125	Boston College	103.6
126	George Mason	103.5
127	Wofford	103.3
128	Weber St.	103.2
129	DePaul	103.2
130	Texas A&M	103.0
131	Temple	103.0
132	East Tennessee St.	102.7
133	Grand Canyon	102.4
134	Bradley	102.3
135	Morehead St.	102.3
136	East Carolina	102.2
137	UTEP	101.8
138	Tulane	101.7
139	Detroit	101.6
140	Navy	101.6
141	Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
142	Mercer	101.4
143	Georgia St.	101.4
144	Miami FL	101.4
145	North Dakota St.	101.3
146	Miami OH	101.2
147	Ball St.	101.2
148	VMI	101.2
149	South Florida	101.2
150	Santa Clara	101.1
151	Cleveland St.	101.1
152	Chattanooga	101.0
153	UMBC	100.7
154	Drexel	100.7
155	Wake Forest	100.7
156	Iowa St.	100.7
157	Murray St.	100.6
158	Northern Iowa	100.6
159	Jacksonville St.	100.6
160	Stephen F. Austin	100.5
161	Old Dominion	100.4
162	Oral Roberts	100.4
163	UTSA	100.3
164	Northeastern	100.3
165	Eastern Kentucky	100.3
166	California	100.3
167	Siena	100.3
168	UNLV	100.2
169	Southern Utah	100.1
170	James Madison	100.1
171	Gardner Webb	100.0
172	New Mexico St.	100.0
173	Hofstra	99.9
174	Texas St.	99.8
175	Coastal Carolina	99.8
176	Sam Houston St.	99.8
177	Bellarmine	99.7
178	Washington	99.7
179	South Dakota	99.6
180	Kansas St.	99.3
181	Bryant	99.0
182	Northern Kentucky	98.7
183	Valparaiso	98.7
184	La Salle	98.6
185	Wyoming	98.5
186	Montana	98.2
187	Rice	98.2
188	Evansville	98.1
189	Monmouth	98.1
190	Illinois St.	98.1
191	Saint Joseph’s	98.0
192	Southern Illinois	98.0
193	Iona	98.0
194	San Diego	98.0
195	Florida Atlantic	97.9
196	Fresno St.	97.9
197	Hawaii	97.9
198	Nicholls St.	97.8
199	Army	97.8
200	Saint Peter’s	97.7
201	Louisiana	97.6
202	Oakland	97.2
203	Wagner	97.2
204	Hartford	97.1
205	Austin Peay	97.1
206	George Washington	97.1
207	South Alabama	97.0
208	Delaware	96.9
209	UMKC	96.9
210	UNC Asheville	96.8
211	Charleston	96.7
212	UNC Wilmington	96.5
213	Milwaukee	96.5
214	Campbell	96.5
215	Loyola MD	96.5
216	Radford	96.5
217	Lipscomb	96.4
218	Utah Valley	96.3
219	UMass Lowell	96.2
220	Montana St.	96.2
221	Youngstown St.	96.2
222	Stony Brook	96.1
223	UC Davis	96.1
224	Little Rock	96.1
225	Mount St. Mary’s	96.0
226	Appalachian St.	96.0
227	Albany	96.0
228	Charlotte	95.9
229	Norfolk St.	95.9
230	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.8
231	Niagara	95.8
232	Portland St.	95.8
233	Elon	95.8
234	Western Carolina	95.7
235	Prairie View A&M	95.7
236	Canisius	95.6
237	Green Bay	95.5
238	UT Arlington	95.4
239	American	95.4
240	UC San Diego	95.4
241	Longwood	95.2
242	Lafayette	95.2
243	The Citadel	95.2
244	Cal Baptist	95.2
245	Stetson	95.1
246	Texas Southern	95.0
247	Seattle	94.9
248	Morgan St.	94.9
249	Arkansas St.	94.8
250	Southern Miss	94.7
251	Northern Colorado	94.7
252	Eastern Michigan	94.5
253	Marist	94.4
254	Boston University	94.4
255	Sacramento St.	94.2
256	Samford	94.2
257	Cal St. Fullerton	94.2
258	IUPUI	94.2
259	New Hampshire	94.0
260	Western Michigan	94.0
261	Towson	93.7
262	Bucknell	93.7
263	Southeast Missouri St.	93.6
264	Quinnipiac	93.6
265	Georgia Southern	93.4
266	High Point	93.2
267	Illinois Chicago	93.2
268	LIU	93.2
269	Merrimack	93.1
270	Florida A&M	93.1
271	Central Michigan	93.1
272	Purdue Fort Wayne	93.1
273	Idaho St.	93.0
274	Long Beach St.	92.9
275	Cal St. Northridge	92.9
276	Fordham	92.8
277	Middle Tennessee	92.8
278	Jackson St.	92.8
279	Robert Morris	92.8
280	North Carolina A&T	92.6
281	Florida Gulf Coast	92.5
282	New Mexico	92.5
283	NJIT	92.4
284	Louisiana Monroe	92.4
285	North Dakota	92.4
286	North Florida	92.3
287	Manhattan	92.3
288	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.0
289	Southern	91.9
290	Jacksonville	91.8
291	St. Francis NY	91.8
292	William & Mary	91.8
293	Holy Cross	91.8
294	Tarleton St.	91.7
295	FIU	91.7
296	St. Francis PA	91.6
297	New Orleans	91.6
298	North Carolina Central	91.5
299	Troy	91.5
300	Eastern Illinois	91.5
301	Howard	91.4
302	Western Illinois	91.4
303	Sacred Heart	91.4
304	North Alabama	91.3
305	Coppin St.	91.3
306	Tennessee Tech	91.1
307	Rider	91.0
308	Grambling St.	90.6
309	Air Force	90.6
310	Northwestern St.	90.6
311	SIU Edwardsville	90.5
312	Binghamton	90.5
313	Nebraska Omaha	90.4
314	Lamar	90.2
315	USC Upstate	90.2
316	Tennessee St.	90.2
317	Presbyterian	90.1
318	Fairfield	89.9
319	Hampton	89.7
320	San Jose St.	89.5
321	Northern Illinois	89.5
322	Incarnate Word	89.2
323	Lehigh	89.2
324	Southeastern Louisiana	88.9
325	McNeese St.	88.7
326	Northern Arizona	88.7
327	Portland	88.6
328	Central Arkansas	88.4
329	Dixie St.	88.0
330	Maine	88.0
331	Houston Baptist	87.6
332	Charleston Southern	87.6
333	Kennesaw St.	87.3
334	Cal Poly	87.2
335	Alcorn St.	87.1
336	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	87.1
337	Central Connecticut	86.9
338	Alabama A&M	86.6
339	Tennessee Martin	86.3
340	Denver	86.0
341	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.5
342	Idaho	83.0
343	Alabama St.	82.8
344	South Carolina St.	82.6
345	Delaware St.	81.6
346	Chicago St.	80.7
347	Mississippi Valley St.	69.8

PiRate Ratings By Conference

Atlantic 10
Team	Rating
St. Bonaventure	112.1
VCU	111.0
Saint Louis	110.7
Richmond	110.5
Davidson	108.2
Dayton	106.4
Rhode Island	106.3
Massachusetts	104.7
Duquesne	103.9
George Mason	103.5
La Salle	98.6
Saint Joseph’s	98.0
George Washington	97.1
Fordham	92.8
American
Team	Rating
Houston	119.6
Memphis	111.6
SMU	110.9
Wichita St.	108.2
UCF	105.9
Cincinnati	105.6
Tulsa	104.5
Temple	103.0
East Carolina	102.2
Tulane	101.7
South Florida	101.2
Atlantic Coast
Team	Rating
Florida St.	116.5
Virginia	113.8
North Carolina	113.1
Georgia Tech	112.6
Duke	112.2
Clemson	111.3
Louisville	110.9
Virginia Tech	110.7
Syracuse	110.1
Notre Dame	108.9
N.C. State	108.5
Pittsburgh	107.3
Boston College	103.6
Miami FL	101.4
Wake Forest	100.7
America East
Team	Rating
Vermont	103.9
UMBC	100.7
Hartford	97.1
UMass Lowell	96.2
Stony Brook	96.1
Albany	96.0
New Hampshire	94.0
NJIT	92.4
Binghamton	90.5
Maine	88.0
Atlantic Sun
Team	Rating
Liberty	106.5
Bellarmine	99.7
Lipscomb	96.4
Stetson	95.1
Florida Gulf Coast	92.5
North Florida	92.3
Jacksonville	91.8
North Alabama	91.3
Kennesaw St.	87.3
Big 12
Team	Rating
Baylor	121.6
West Virginia	115.4
Kansas	115.1
Texas	114.1
Texas Tech	113.9
Oklahoma St.	112.7
Oklahoma	112.6
TCU	103.6
Iowa St.	100.7
Kansas St.	99.3
Big East
Team	Rating
Creighton	115.7
Villanova	115.3
Connecticut	112.9
Seton Hall	111.1
Xavier	110.7
St. John’s	109.1
Providence	108.5
Marquette	107.8
Georgetown	106.6
Butler	104.7
DePaul	103.2
Big Sky
Team	Rating
Eastern Washington	104.7
Weber St.	103.2
Southern Utah	100.1
Montana	98.2
Montana St.	96.2
Portland St.	95.8
Northern Colorado	94.7
Sacramento St.	94.2
Idaho St.	93.0
Northern Arizona	88.7
Idaho	83.0
Big South
Team	Rating
Winthrop	105.3
Gardner Webb	100.0
UNC Asheville	96.8
Campbell	96.5
Radford	96.5
Longwood	95.2
High Point	93.2
USC Upstate	90.2
Presbyterian	90.1
Hampton	89.7
Charleston Southern	87.6
Big Ten
Team	Rating
Michigan	122.9
Iowa	120.7
Illinois	119.4
Ohio St.	117.2
Purdue	115.2
Wisconsin	115.1
Rutgers	113.7
Maryland	113.2
Indiana	111.6
Penn St.	111.6
Minnesota	110.5
Michigan St.	109.5
Northwestern	108.6
Nebraska	105.2
Big West
Team	Rating
UC Santa Barbara	107.7
UC Riverside	105.0
UC Irvine	104.7
Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
Hawaii	97.9
UC Davis	96.1
UC San Diego	95.4
Cal St. Fullerton	94.2
Long Beach St.	92.9
Cal St. Northridge	92.9
Cal Poly	87.2
Colonial
Team	Rating
Drexel	100.7
Northeastern	100.3
James Madison	100.1
Hofstra	99.9
Delaware	96.9
Charleston	96.7
UNC Wilmington	96.5
Elon	95.8
Towson	93.7
William & Mary	91.8
Conference USA
Team	Rating
North Texas	108.7
Marshall	108.4
Louisiana Tech	107.9
Western Kentucky	107.0
UAB	104.3
UTEP	101.8
Old Dominion	100.4
UTSA	100.3
Rice	98.2
Florida Atlantic	97.9
Charlotte	95.9
Southern Miss	94.7
Middle Tennessee	92.8
FIU	91.7
Horizon
Team	Rating
Wright St.	110.3
Detroit	101.6
Cleveland St.	101.1
Northern Kentucky	98.7
Oakland	97.2
Milwaukee	96.5
Youngstown St.	96.2
Green Bay	95.5
IUPUI	94.2
Illinois Chicago	93.2
Purdue Fort Wayne	93.1
Robert Morris	92.8
Metro Atlantic
Team	Rating
Siena	100.3
Monmouth	98.1
Iona	98.0
Saint Peter’s	97.7
Niagara	95.8
Canisius	95.6
Marist	94.4
Quinnipiac	93.6
Manhattan	92.3
Rider	91.0
Fairfield	89.9
Mid-American
Team	Rating
Toledo	110.7
Buffalo	109.0
Kent St.	106.8
Ohio	105.4
Akron	105.3
Bowling Green	104.8
Miami OH	101.2
Ball St.	101.2
Eastern Michigan	94.5
Western Michigan	94.0
Central Michigan	93.1
Northern Illinois	89.5
Mideastern Athletic
Team	Rating
Norfolk St.	95.9
Morgan St.	94.9
Florida A&M	93.1
North Carolina A&T	92.6
North Carolina Central	91.5
Howard	91.4
Coppin St.	91.3
South Carolina St.	82.6
Delaware St.	81.6
Missouri Valley
Team	Rating
Loyola Chicago	115.0
Drake	110.3
Missouri St.	106.5
Indiana St.	104.1
Bradley	102.3
Northern Iowa	100.6
Valparaiso	98.7
Evansville	98.1
Illinois St.	98.1
Southern Illinois	98.0
Mountain West
Team	Rating
San Diego St.	114.5
Utah St.	111.3
Boise St.	110.7
Colorado St.	109.3
Nevada	105.7
UNLV	100.2
Wyoming	98.5
Fresno St.	97.9
New Mexico	92.5
Air Force	90.6
San Jose St.	89.5
Northeast
Team	Rating
Bryant	99.0
Wagner	97.2
Mount St. Mary’s	96.0
LIU	93.2
Merrimack	93.1
Fairleigh Dickinson	92.0
St. Francis NY	91.8
St. Francis PA	91.6
Sacred Heart	91.4
Central Connecticut	86.9
Ohio Valley
Team	Rating
Belmont	106.9
Morehead St.	102.3
Murray St.	100.6
Jacksonville St.	100.6
Eastern Kentucky	100.3
Austin Peay	97.1
Southeast Missouri St.	93.6
Eastern Illinois	91.5
Tennessee Tech	91.1
SIU Edwardsville	90.5
Tennessee St.	90.2
Tennessee Martin	86.3
Pac-12
Team	Rating
Colorado	114.9
USC	114.5
Arizona	111.3
Oregon	111.2
UCLA	110.8
Stanford	108.8
Utah	107.1
Arizona St.	105.9
Oregon St.	105.3
Washington St.	105.2
California	100.3
Washington	99.7
Patriot
Team	Rating
Colgate	106.6
Navy	101.6
Army	97.8
Loyola MD	96.5
American	95.4
Lafayette	95.2
Boston University	94.4
Bucknell	93.7
Holy Cross	91.8
Lehigh	89.2
Southeastern
Team	Rating
Alabama	118.2
Arkansas	116.1
Tennessee	114.0
Florida	113.9
LSU	113.5
Missouri	111.0
Kentucky	110.7
Mississippi	109.7
Auburn	109.6
Mississippi St.	108.7
Georgia	106.9
South Carolina	106.6
Vanderbilt	105.7
Texas A&M	103.0
Southern
Team	Rating
Furman	106.2
UNC Greensboro	104.9
Wofford	103.3
East Tennessee St.	102.7
Mercer	101.4
VMI	101.2
Chattanooga	101.0
Western Carolina	95.7
The Citadel	95.2
Samford	94.2
Southland
Team	Rating
Abilene Christian	105.6
Stephen F. Austin	100.5
Sam Houston St.	99.8
Nicholls St.	97.8
New Orleans	91.6
Northwestern St.	90.6
Lamar	90.2
Incarnate Word	89.2
Southeastern Louisiana	88.9
McNeese St.	88.7
Central Arkansas	88.4
Houston Baptist	87.6
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	87.1
Summit
Team	Rating
South Dakota St.	104.6
North Dakota St.	101.3
Oral Roberts	100.4
South Dakota	99.6
UMKC	96.9
North Dakota	92.4
Western Illinois	91.4
Nebraska Omaha	90.4
Denver	86.0
Southwestern Athletic
Team	Rating
Prairie View A&M	95.7
Texas Southern	95.0
Jackson St.	92.8
Southern	91.9
Grambling St.	90.6
Alcorn St.	87.1
Alabama A&M	86.6
Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.5
Alabama St.	82.8
Mississippi Valley St.	69.8
Sun Belt
Team	Rating
Georgia St.	101.4
Texas St.	99.8
Coastal Carolina	99.8
Louisiana	97.6
South Alabama	97.0
Little Rock	96.1
Appalachian St.	96.0
UT Arlington	95.4
Arkansas St.	94.8
Georgia Southern	93.4
Louisiana Monroe	92.4
Troy	91.5
Western Athletic
Team	Rating
Grand Canyon	102.4
New Mexico St.	100.0
Utah Valley	96.3
UT Rio Grande Valley	95.8
Cal Baptist	95.2
Seattle	94.9
Tarleton St.	91.7
Dixie St.	88.0
Chicago St.	80.7
West Coast
Team	Rating
Gonzaga	127.5
BYU	114.4
Saint Mary’s	107.3
San Francisco	105.3
Loyola Marymount	105.2
Pepperdine	104.2
Pacific	103.8
Santa Clara	101.1
San Diego	98.0
Portland	88.6

PiRate Ratings Alphabetically

Rk	Team	Rating
100	Abilene Christian	105.6
309	Air Force	90.6
103	Akron	105.3
7	Alabama	118.2
338	Alabama A&M	86.6
343	Alabama St.	82.8
227	Albany	96.0
335	Alcorn St.	87.1
239	American	95.4
226	Appalachian St.	96.0
41	Arizona	111.3
95	Arizona St.	105.9
10	Arkansas	116.1
341	Arkansas Pine Bluff	83.5
249	Arkansas St.	94.8
199	Army	97.8
62	Auburn	109.6
205	Austin Peay	97.1
147	Ball St.	101.2
3	Baylor	121.6
177	Bellarmine	99.7
84	Belmont	106.9
312	Binghamton	90.5
52	Boise St.	110.7
125	Boston College	103.6
254	Boston University	94.4
111	Bowling Green	104.8
134	Bradley	102.3
181	Bryant	99.0
262	Bucknell	93.7
66	Buffalo	109.0
112	Butler	104.7
21	BYU	114.4
244	Cal Baptist	95.2
334	Cal Poly	87.2
141	Cal St. Bakersfield	101.6
257	Cal St. Fullerton	94.2
275	Cal St. Northridge	92.9
166	California	100.3
214	Campbell	96.5
236	Canisius	95.6
328	Central Arkansas	88.4
337	Central Connecticut	86.9
271	Central Michigan	93.1
211	Charleston	96.7
332	Charleston Southern	87.6
228	Charlotte	95.9
152	Chattanooga	101.0
346	Chicago St.	80.7
99	Cincinnati	105.6
42	Clemson	111.3
151	Cleveland St.	101.1
175	Coastal Carolina	99.8
88	Colgate	106.6
18	Colorado	114.9
64	Colorado St.	109.3
31	Connecticut	112.9
305	Coppin St.	91.3
11	Creighton	115.7
76	Davidson	108.2
92	Dayton	106.4
208	Delaware	96.9
345	Delaware St.	81.6
340	Denver	86.0
129	DePaul	103.2
139	Detroit	101.6
329	Dixie St.	88.0
59	Drake	110.3
154	Drexel	100.7
35	Duke	112.2
121	Duquesne	103.9
136	East Carolina	102.2
132	East Tennessee St.	102.7
300	Eastern Illinois	91.5
165	Eastern Kentucky	100.3
252	Eastern Michigan	94.5
115	Eastern Washington	104.7
233	Elon	95.8
188	Evansville	98.1
318	Fairfield	89.9
288	Fairleigh Dickinson	92.0
295	FIU	91.7
25	Florida	113.9
270	Florida A&M	93.1
195	Florida Atlantic	97.9
281	Florida Gulf Coast	92.5
9	Florida St.	116.5
276	Fordham	92.8
196	Fresno St.	97.9
94	Furman	106.2
171	Gardner Webb	100.0
126	George Mason	103.5
206	George Washington	97.1
89	Georgetown	106.6
85	Georgia	106.9
265	Georgia Southern	93.4
143	Georgia St.	101.4
34	Georgia Tech	112.6
1	Gonzaga	127.5
308	Grambling St.	90.6
133	Grand Canyon	102.4
237	Green Bay	95.5
319	Hampton	89.7
204	Hartford	97.1
197	Hawaii	97.9
266	High Point	93.2
173	Hofstra	99.9
293	Holy Cross	91.8
5	Houston	119.6
331	Houston Baptist	87.6
301	Howard	91.4
342	Idaho	83.0
273	Idaho St.	93.0
6	Illinois	119.4
267	Illinois Chicago	93.2
190	Illinois St.	98.1
322	Incarnate Word	89.2
37	Indiana	111.6
120	Indiana St.	104.1
193	Iona	98.0
4	Iowa	120.7
156	Iowa St.	100.7
258	IUPUI	94.2
278	Jackson St.	92.8
290	Jacksonville	91.8
159	Jacksonville St.	100.6
170	James Madison	100.1
16	Kansas	115.1
180	Kansas St.	99.3
333	Kennesaw St.	87.3
86	Kent St.	106.8
54	Kentucky	110.7
184	La Salle	98.6
242	Lafayette	95.2
314	Lamar	90.2
323	Lehigh	89.2
91	Liberty	106.5
217	Lipscomb	96.4
224	Little Rock	96.1
268	LIU	93.2
274	Long Beach St.	92.9
241	Longwood	95.2
201	Louisiana	97.6
284	Louisiana Monroe	92.4
77	Louisiana Tech	107.9
47	Louisville	110.9
17	Loyola Chicago	115.0
107	Loyola Marymount	105.2
215	Loyola MD	96.5
28	LSU	113.5
330	Maine	88.0
287	Manhattan	92.3
253	Marist	94.4
78	Marquette	107.8
74	Marshall	108.4
29	Maryland	113.2
114	Massachusetts	104.7
325	McNeese St.	88.7
39	Memphis	111.6
142	Mercer	101.4
269	Merrimack	93.1
144	Miami FL	101.4
146	Miami OH	101.2
2	Michigan	122.9
63	Michigan St.	109.5
277	Middle Tennessee	92.8
213	Milwaukee	96.5
57	Minnesota	110.5
61	Mississippi	109.7
69	Mississippi St.	108.7
347	Mississippi Valley St.	69.8
46	Missouri	111.0
90	Missouri St.	106.5
189	Monmouth	98.1
186	Montana	98.2
220	Montana St.	96.2
135	Morehead St.	102.3
248	Morgan St.	94.9
225	Mount St. Mary’s	96.0
157	Murray St.	100.6
73	N.C. State	108.5
140	Navy	101.6
108	Nebraska	105.2
313	Nebraska Omaha	90.4
97	Nevada	105.7
259	New Hampshire	94.0
282	New Mexico	92.5
172	New Mexico St.	100.0
297	New Orleans	91.6
231	Niagara	95.8
198	Nicholls St.	97.8
283	NJIT	92.4
229	Norfolk St.	95.9
304	North Alabama	91.3
30	North Carolina	113.1
280	North Carolina A&T	92.6
298	North Carolina Central	91.5
285	North Dakota	92.4
145	North Dakota St.	101.3
286	North Florida	92.3
70	North Texas	108.7
164	Northeastern	100.3
326	Northern Arizona	88.7
251	Northern Colorado	94.7
321	Northern Illinois	89.5
158	Northern Iowa	100.6
182	Northern Kentucky	98.7
71	Northwestern	108.6
310	Northwestern St.	90.6
67	Notre Dame	108.9
202	Oakland	97.2
101	Ohio	105.4
8	Ohio St.	117.2
33	Oklahoma	112.6
32	Oklahoma St.	112.7
161	Old Dominion	100.4
162	Oral Roberts	100.4
43	Oregon	111.2
105	Oregon St.	105.3
123	Pacific	103.8
38	Penn St.	111.6
119	Pepperdine	104.2
80	Pittsburgh	107.3
327	Portland	88.6
232	Portland St.	95.8
235	Prairie View A&M	95.7
317	Presbyterian	90.1
72	Providence	108.5
14	Purdue	115.2
272	Purdue Fort Wayne	93.1
264	Quinnipiac	93.6
216	Radford	96.5
93	Rhode Island	106.3
187	Rice	98.2
56	Richmond	110.5
307	Rider	91.0
279	Robert Morris	92.8
27	Rutgers	113.7
255	Sacramento St.	94.2
303	Sacred Heart	91.4
191	Saint Joseph’s	98.0
51	Saint Louis	110.7
81	Saint Mary’s	107.3
200	Saint Peter’s	97.7
176	Sam Houston St.	99.8
256	Samford	94.2
194	San Diego	98.0
20	San Diego St.	114.5
102	San Francisco	105.3
320	San Jose St.	89.5
150	Santa Clara	101.1
247	Seattle	94.9
44	Seton Hall	111.1
167	Siena	100.3
311	SIU Edwardsville	90.5
48	SMU	110.9
207	South Alabama	97.0
87	South Carolina	106.6
344	South Carolina St.	82.6
179	South Dakota	99.6
116	South Dakota St.	104.6
149	South Florida	101.2
263	Southeast Missouri St.	93.6
324	Southeastern Louisiana	88.9
289	Southern	91.9
192	Southern Illinois	98.0
250	Southern Miss	94.7
169	Southern Utah	100.1
36	St. Bonaventure	112.1
291	St. Francis NY	91.8
296	St. Francis PA	91.6
65	St. John’s	109.1
68	Stanford	108.8
160	Stephen F. Austin	100.5
245	Stetson	95.1
222	Stony Brook	96.1
60	Syracuse	110.1
294	Tarleton St.	91.7
124	TCU	103.6
131	Temple	103.0
23	Tennessee	114.0
339	Tennessee Martin	86.3
316	Tennessee St.	90.2
306	Tennessee Tech	91.1
22	Texas	114.1
130	Texas A&M	103.0
336	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	87.1
246	Texas Southern	95.0
174	Texas St.	99.8
24	Texas Tech	113.9
243	The Citadel	95.2
50	Toledo	110.7
261	Towson	93.7
299	Troy	91.5
138	Tulane	101.7
117	Tulsa	104.5
118	UAB	104.3
223	UC Davis	96.1
113	UC Irvine	104.7
109	UC Riverside	105.0
240	UC San Diego	95.4
79	UC Santa Barbara	107.7
96	UCF	105.9
49	UCLA	110.8
219	UMass Lowell	96.2
153	UMBC	100.7
209	UMKC	96.9
210	UNC Asheville	96.8
110	UNC Greensboro	104.9
212	UNC Wilmington	96.5
168	UNLV	100.2
19	USC	114.5
315	USC Upstate	90.2
238	UT Arlington	95.4
230	UT Rio Grande Valley	95.8
82	Utah	107.1
40	Utah St.	111.3
218	Utah Valley	96.3
137	UTEP	101.8
163	UTSA	100.3
183	Valparaiso	98.7
98	Vanderbilt	105.7
45	VCU	111.0
122	Vermont	103.9
13	Villanova	115.3
26	Virginia	113.8
55	Virginia Tech	110.7
148	VMI	101.2
203	Wagner	97.2
155	Wake Forest	100.7
178	Washington	99.7
106	Washington St.	105.2
128	Weber St.	103.2
12	West Virginia	115.4
234	Western Carolina	95.7
302	Western Illinois	91.4
83	Western Kentucky	107.0
260	Western Michigan	94.0
75	Wichita St.	108.2
292	William & Mary	91.8
104	Winthrop	105.3
15	Wisconsin	115.1
127	Wofford	103.3
58	Wright St.	110.3
185	Wyoming	98.5
53	Xavier	110.7
221	Youngstown St.	96.2

Coming Later Today: Our conference tournament coverage begins with a look at dates, sites, numbers of teams, and more.

Also Later Today: Our Updated Bracketology–There was a lot of movement over the weekend.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Friday, February 26, 2021

Home	Visitor	Spread
St. Bonaventure	George Washington	15.2
Saint Louis	Richmond	2.2
Cincinnati	Tulane	5.3
Stetson	North Florida	4.6
Kennesaw St.	Florida Gulf Coast	-7.7
Northern Arizona	Southern Utah	-7.2
Idaho	Montana St.	-13.0
Penn St.	Purdue	0.3
Cal Poly	UC Davis	-7.1
UC Irvine	UC San Diego	9.8
Cal St. Bakersfield	Cal St. Northridge	10.8
UC Riverside	UCSB	-2.3
Hawaii	Long Beach State	7.3
James Madison	Drexel	1.9
Marshall	North Texas	3.5
Old Dominion	Middle Tennessee	9.6
UTSA	UAB	-3.9
Louisiana Tech	Rice	9.1
Southern Miss	Florida Atlantic	-0.2
Siena	Manhattan	10.7
Saint Peter’s	Rider	10.5
Akron	Bowling Green	4.1
Bradley	Drake	-7.0
Evansville	Missouri St.	-7.2
Valparaiso	Indiana St.	-3.6
Loyola (Chi.)	Southern Illinois	21.3
Illinois St.	Northern Iowa	1.4
Utah St.	Nevada	6.8
UNLV	Fresno St.	4.8
Central Connecticut	Wagner	-9.5
Bryant	Long Island University	8.2
Merrimack	St. Francis (NY)	2.8
Sacred Heart	Fairleigh Dickinson	0.9
Texas St.	UL Monroe	10.1
Georgia Southern	Appalachian St.	-0.9
UT Arlington	Arkansas St.	2.1
Troy	Coastal Carolina	-5.6
Little Rock	Louisiana	0.1
South Alabama	Georgia St.	-1.9
Denver	Omaha	-1.6
South Dakota St.	UM Kansas City	8.7
Utah Valley	UT Rio Grande Valley	1.1
Tarleton	New Mexico St.	-6.4
Seattle	Grand Canyon	-6.5

Coming Later Friday: Updated Bracketology. There was considerable movement in the field of 68 since our Monday update. Teams like Duke, Michigan St., and North Carolina St. are making late pushes to sneak into the field. The first conference tournament began last night, and more tourneys will commence in the next few days, as March Madness lite begins Monday.

The PiRates will be heading down to the galley to make a big bowl of stew and start crunching the numbers that will become Bracketnomics 2021. The recipe has changed–for the Bracketnomics, not the stew.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

2/12/2021

Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Gonzaga	Baylor	Michigan	Ohio St.
2	Houston	Illinois	Villanova	Alabama
3	Virginia	West Virginia	Iowa	Tennessee
4	Texas Tech	Wisconsin	USC	Texas
5	Missouri	Oklahoma	Florida St.	Kansas
6	Creighton	Colorado	Virginia Tech	Rutgers
7	Florida	Purdue	Xavier	UCLA
8	Oklahoma St.	Louisville	Clemson	Minnesota
9	Loyola (Chi.)	North Carolina	BYU	Indiana
10	San Diego St.	Arkansas	Seton Hall	LSU
11	Drake	St. Bonaventure	Boise St.	Utah St.
12	Belmont	Toledo	Oregon	Stanford	Colorado St.	VCU
13	Winthrop	UNCG	UAB	Liberty
14	Navy	UC-Irvine	S. F. Austin	Grand Canyon
15	South Dakota	Northeastern	Siena	Cleveland St.
16	Texas St.	UMBC	E. Washington	Bryant	N. C. A&T	Prairie View

Bubble Contenders

69	Saint Louis
70	Connecticut
71	Richmond
72	Western Kentucky
73	Penn St.
74	Syracuse
75	St. John’s
76	Maryland

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For Sunday, March 17, 2019

Today’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home

Rating

HCA

Visitor

Rating

Spread

Houston	114.9	0.0	Cincinnati	111.1	3.8
Saint Louis	102.6	0.0	St. Bonaventure	102.2	0.4
Michigan St.	120.9	0.0	Michigan	118.5	2.4
Yale	106.0	2.5	Harvard	103.0	5.5
Tennessee	119.0	1.0	Auburn	115.8	4.2
Georgia St.	103.2	0.0	UT-Arlington	99.3	3.9

Late Saturday Night Bracketology Update

Includes Oregon’s Championship Win in the Pac-12

March 17, 2019 (AM Edition)
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Duke	Virginia	Gonzaga	North Carolina
2	Michigan St.	Tennessee	Michigan	Kentucky
3	Houston	Purdue	Texas Tech	LSU
4	Florida St.	Kansas St.	Wisconsin	Kansas
5	Auburn	Villanova	Virginia Tech	Mississippi St.
6	Buffalo	Marquette	Cincinnati	Iowa St.
7	Wofford	Maryland	Louisville	Nevada
8	Iowa	Seton Hall	Minnesota	Washington
9	Ole Miss	Syracuse	Baylor	Central Florida
10	Virginia Commonwealth	Utah St.	Ohio St.	Oklahoma
11	Oregon	TCU	Temple/North Carolina St.	St. John’s/Florida
12	Saint Mary’s	Murray St.	New Mexico St.	Vermont
13	Liberty	UC-Irvine	Old Dominion	Montana
14	St. Louis	Northeastern	Northern Kentucky	Georgia St.
15	Yale	Bradley	Colgate	Abilene Christian
16	Gardner-Webb	Prairie View A&M	Iona/Fairleigh-Dickinson	N. Dakota St./UNC Central

 

Last 4 Bye	Virginina Commonwealth	Ohio St.	Oklahoma	TCU
Last 4 In	Temple	Florida	St. John’s	North Carolina St.

 

First 4 Out	Arizona St.	Belmont	UNC Greensboro	Furman
Next 4 Out	Indiana	Alabama	Clemson	Texas

 

The Bracket Gurus Take Over The Bracketology Seeding Sunday

Next Bracketology Update–Sunday Early Afternoon

Final Bracketology Update–Once Big Ten Championship Game Winner is Known