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

First Four Out–Alternates

69 Saint Louis

70 Colorado St.

71 Boise St.

72 Xavier

Potential Bubble Busters: Memphis. Georgetown, and Oregon St.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

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

Teams in Bold have secured automatic bids

The Bad Side of the Bubble

69	Ole Miss
70	Syracuse
71	Utah St.
72	Saint Louis
73	Seton Hall
74	SMU
75	St. John’s
76	North Carolina St.

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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 Bracketology

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

Play-In Games: 11-Seed: Colorado St. vs. Xavier / 12-Seed: Seton Hall vs. Wichita St.

16-Seed: Texas St. vs. Norfolk St. / 16-Seed: Wagner vs. Prairie View

First 8 Out

69	Michigan St.
70	Richmond
71	Duke
72	Saint Louis
73	Indiana
74	Stanford
75	Utah St.
76	SMU

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 Bracketology

Date	2/8/2021
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Baylor	Gonzaga	Michigan	Villanova
2	Houston	Ohio St.	Illinois	Missouri
3	Virginia	Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Alabama
4	Texas	Iowa	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
5	Wisconsin	Tennessee	Creighton	Purdue
6	Florida St.	Oklahoma St.	Florida	USC
7	Louisville	UCLA	Xavier	Rutgers
8	Oregon	Colorado	Minnesota	Kansas
9	Clemson	BYU	North Carolina	Drake
10	Indiana	Colorado St.	San Diego St.	St. Bonaventure
11	Arkansas	Loyola (Chi.)	LSU	Stanford
12	Toledo	Belmont	Boise St.	Connecticut	Utah St.	Richmond
13	Winthrop	UNCG	UAB	Stephen F. Austin
14	Texas St.	South Dakota	Liberty	Siena
15	UC-Irvine	Cleveland St.	Grand Canyon	Navy
16	UMBC	Northeastern	Bryant	Southern Utah	N. C. A&T	Prairie View

Bubble

VCU

Seton Hall

Saint Louis

SMU

Maryland

St. John’s

Syracuse

Western Ky.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 5, 2021

Date	2/5/2021
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Baylor	Gonzaga	Michigan	Villanova
2	Houston	Ohio St.	Texas	Iowa
3	Alabama	Illinois	Virginia	Missouri
4	Oklahoma	Texas Tech	Virginia Tech	Wisconsin
5	Tennessee	Creighton	Florida St.	West Virginia
6	Florida	UCLA	Purdue	Oklahoma St.
7	Louisville	Minnesota	Kansas	USC
8	Xavier	Colorado	Rutgers	Oregon
9	Drake	Clemson	BYU	Boise St.
10	Connecticut	St. Bonaventure	North Carolina	San Diego St.
11	Colorado St.	LSU	Indiana	Arkansas
12	Winthrop	Toledo	Loyola (Chi.)	Richmond	Stanford	Utah St.
13	Belmont	UNCG	UAB	Louisiana
14	Stephen F. Austin	South Dakota	Liberty	UC-Irvine
15	Siena	Grand Canyon	Cleveland St.	Vermont
16	Navy	Northeastern	Bryant	Montana St.	N. C. A&T	Prairie View

Bubble

Maryland

Syracuse

Saint Louis

VCU

SMU

Duke

Seton Hall

Western Ky.

PiRate Ratings for 2/5/2021

Rk	Team	Conf.	Rating
1	Gonzaga	WCC	126.0
2	Baylor	B12	124.4
3	Michigan	BTen	119.1
4	Alabama	SEC	118.8
5	Iowa	BTen	118.4
6	Illinois	BTen	118.3
7	Houston	AAC	117.1
8	Ohio St.	BTen	116.7
9	Villanova	BE	116.0
10	Texas	B12	115.8
11	Wisconsin	BTen	115.4
12	Texas Tech	B12	115.1
13	Florida St.	ACC	115.0
14	Loyola Chicago	MVC	114.9
15	Virginia	ACC	114.8
16	Tennessee	SEC	114.6
17	Creighton	BE	114.5
18	USC	P12	114.4
19	Colorado	P12	114.1
20	West Virginia	B12	114.0
21	Oklahoma	B12	114.0
22	Arkansas	SEC	113.9
23	Kansas	B12	113.7
24	Rutgers	BTen	113.3
25	Purdue	BTen	113.3
26	Florida	SEC	113.2
27	San Diego St.	MWC	113.1
28	Duke	ACC	112.6
29	Indiana	BTen	112.5
30	Missouri	SEC	112.5
31	Penn St.	BTen	112.3
32	Oklahoma St.	B12	112.2
33	Connecticut	BE	111.9
34	LSU	SEC	111.8
35	Louisville	ACC	111.8
36	Minnesota	BTen	111.7
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	111.7
38	Oregon	P12	111.7
39	North Carolina	ACC	111.7
40	BYU	WCC	111.7
41	Arizona	P12	111.7
42	UCLA	P12	111.6
43	Seton Hall	BE	111.6
44	Memphis	AAC	111.4
45	Stanford	P12	111.3
46	Xavier	BE	111.1
47	Syracuse	ACC	111.1
48	Utah St.	MWC	111.1
49	Maryland	BTen	111.0
50	St. Bonaventure	A10	110.6
51	Saint Louis	A10	110.5
52	Auburn	SEC	110.5
53	Richmond	A10	110.5
54	Drake	MVC	110.4
55	VCU	A10	110.4
56	Toledo	MAC	110.2
57	Kentucky	SEC	110.1
58	Boise St.	MWC	109.9
59	SMU	AAC	109.8
60	Clemson	ACC	109.7
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	109.7
62	Michigan St.	BTen	109.6
63	Wright St.	Hor	109.2
64	St. John’s	BE	109.1
65	Notre Dame	ACC	109.1
66	Rhode Island	A10	108.8
67	Utah	P12	108.7
68	Colorado St.	MWC	108.7
69	Mississippi	SEC	108.7
70	Davidson	A10	108.5
71	South Carolina	SEC	108.3
72	Mississippi St.	SEC	108.0
73	N.C. State	ACC	108.0
74	Northwestern	BTen	108.0
75	Marshall	CUSA	107.9
76	Providence	BE	107.8
77	Arizona St.	P12	107.6
78	Pittsburgh	ACC	107.5
79	Marquette	BE	107.5
80	Wichita St.	AAC	107.2
81	San Francisco	WCC	107.2
82	Saint Mary’s	WCC	107.0
83	Dayton	A10	106.8
84	Cincinnati	AAC	106.7
85	Western Kentucky	CUSA	106.7
86	Georgia	SEC	106.4
87	UC Santa Barbara	BW	106.2
88	Belmont	OVC	106.1
89	North Texas	CUSA	106.1
90	Tulsa	AAC	106.0
91	Furman	Sou	105.9
92	UAB	CUSA	105.6
93	Kent St.	MAC	105.4
94	Georgetown	BE	105.3
95	TCU	B12	105.3
96	Boston College	ACC	105.2
97	Buffalo	MAC	105.1
98	Duquesne	A10	105.0
99	Colgate	Pat	104.9
100	South Dakota St.	Sum	104.9
101	Nevada	MWC	104.8
102	Butler	BE	104.7
103	Abilene Christian	Sthlnd	104.7
104	Vermont	AE	104.7
105	Akron	MAC	104.6
106	DePaul	BE	104.5
107	South Florida	AAC	104.5
108	UNC Greensboro	Sou	104.5
109	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	104.4
110	Massachusetts	A10	104.2
111	Liberty	ASun	104.2
112	Ohio	MAC	104.1
113	UCF	AAC	104.1
114	Washington St.	P12	103.8
115	Winthrop	BSou	103.7
116	UC Irvine	BW	103.7
117	Oregon St.	P12	103.5
118	Miami FL	ACC	103.5
119	Wake Forest	ACC	103.5
120	Loyola Marymount	WCC	103.4
121	Grand Canyon	WAC	103.3
122	Nebraska	BTen	103.3
123	Texas A&M	SEC	102.9
124	Bradley	MVC	102.9
125	Pepperdine	WCC	102.8
126	Pacific	WCC	102.8
127	East Tennessee St.	Sou	102.7
128	Iowa St.	B12	102.5
129	Missouri St.	MVC	102.5
130	Vanderbilt	SEC	102.4
131	Indiana St.	MVC	102.4
132	UC Riverside	BW	102.4
133	Georgia St.	SB	102.4
134	East Carolina	AAC	102.3
135	Wofford	Sou	102.3
136	New Mexico St.	WAC	102.1
137	Eastern Washington	BSky	102.1
138	Siena	MAAC	101.5
139	UNLV	MWC	101.4
140	Santa Clara	WCC	101.2
141	Northern Iowa	MVC	101.2
142	Bowling Green	MAC	101.1
143	Temple	AAC	101.0
144	Old Dominion	CUSA	101.0
145	George Mason	A10	101.0
146	Cal St. Bakersfield	BW	100.9
147	California	P12	100.8
148	Morehead St.	OVC	100.8
149	Northeastern	CAA	100.7
150	North Dakota St.	Sum	100.6
151	Murray St.	OVC	100.5
152	Coastal Carolina	SB	100.4
153	Drexel	CAA	100.3
154	Hofstra	CAA	100.3
155	Texas St.	SB	100.3
156	Mercer	Sou	100.2
157	Stephen F. Austin	Sthlnd	100.2
158	Washington	P12	100.1
159	South Dakota	Sum	100.1
160	Miami OH	MAC	99.9
161	La Salle	A10	99.9
162	Navy	Pat	99.9
163	Saint Peter’s	MAAC	99.9
164	Monmouth	MAAC	99.8
165	Little Rock	SB	99.7
166	Charlotte	CUSA	99.6
167	Louisiana	SB	99.6
168	Weber St.	BSky	99.6
169	Cleveland St.	Hor	99.6
170	UTEP	CUSA	99.6
171	Eastern Kentucky	OVC	99.4
172	Montana	BSky	99.3
173	Ball St.	MAC	99.1
174	Army	Pat	99.1
175	James Madison	CAA	98.9
176	Tulane	AAC	98.9
177	UMBC	AE	98.7
178	Detroit	Hor	98.6
179	Oral Roberts	Sum	98.5
180	Chattanooga	Sou	98.5
181	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	98.5
182	VMI	Sou	98.4
183	Austin Peay	OVC	98.0
184	Montana St.	BSky	97.9
185	Fresno St.	MWC	97.9
186	Appalachian St.	SB	97.9
187	Wyoming	MWC	97.9
188	San Diego	WCC	97.8
189	Kansas St.	B12	97.7
190	Sam Houston St.	Sthlnd	97.7
191	Bryant	NEC	97.7
192	Jacksonville St.	OVC	97.5
193	Southern Utah	BSky	97.5
194	Nicholls St.	Sthlnd	97.4
195	Southern Illinois	MVC	97.4
196	Bellarmine	ASun	97.4
197	Radford	BSou	97.4
198	Hawaii	BW	97.4
199	Rice	CUSA	97.3
200	George Washington	A10	97.1
201	Gardner Webb	BSou	97.0
202	UT Arlington	SB	96.8
203	Iona	MAAC	96.8
204	Delaware	CAA	96.8
205	Oakland	Hor	96.8
206	UNC Wilmington	CAA	96.7
207	Lafayette	Pat	96.6
208	Charleston	CAA	96.6
209	UTSA	CUSA	96.6
210	Lipscomb	ASun	96.5
211	UC Davis	BW	96.5
212	South Alabama	SB	96.4
213	Saint Joseph’s	A10	96.4
214	UMKC	Sum	96.3
215	UNC Asheville	BSou	96.1
216	FIU	CUSA	96.1
217	UT Rio Grande Valley	WAC	96.1
218	Milwaukee	Hor	96.0
219	UC San Diego	BW	95.9
220	Stetson	ASun	95.9
221	Hartford	AE	95.9
222	Valparaiso	MVC	95.9
223	Albany	AE	95.9
224	Niagara	MAAC	95.8
225	UMass Lowell	AE	95.8
226	Sacramento St.	BSky	95.8
227	Mount St. Mary’s	NEC	95.8
228	Northern Kentucky	Hor	95.8
229	Northern Colorado	BSky	95.7
230	Evansville	MVC	95.7
231	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	95.7
232	Illinois Chicago	Hor	95.6
233	Stony Brook	AE	95.4
234	Canisius	MAAC	95.3
235	Illinois St.	MVC	95.3
236	Texas Southern	SWAC	95.3
237	Norfolk St.	MEAC	95.2
238	Western Carolina	Sou	95.1
239	Southern Miss	CUSA	95.0
240	NJIT	AE	95.0
241	Green Bay	Hor	95.0
242	Bucknell	Pat	94.8
243	American	Pat	94.8
244	Youngstown St.	Hor	94.7
245	Morgan St.	MEAC	94.6
246	Utah Valley	WAC	94.5
247	Boston University	Pat	94.3
248	Fordham	A10	94.3
249	North Alabama	ASun	94.3
250	LIU	NEC	94.3
251	Central Michigan	MAC	94.2
252	Wagner	NEC	94.2
253	Eastern Michigan	MAC	94.2
254	Longwood	BSou	94.2
255	Western Michigan	MAC	94.0
256	Loyola MD	Pat	94.0
257	Samford	Sou	94.0
258	Elon	CAA	93.9
259	William & Mary	CAA	93.8
260	Purdue Fort Wayne	Hor	93.8
261	Robert Morris	Hor	93.8
262	Georgia Southern	SB	93.8
263	Towson	CAA	93.8
264	Marist	MAAC	93.7
265	Troy	SB	93.7
266	New Mexico	MWC	93.6
267	North Carolina Central	MEAC	93.5
268	New Hampshire	AE	93.4
269	Campbell	BSou	93.4
270	Arkansas St.	SB	93.4
271	Quinnipiac	MAAC	93.4
272	High Point	BSou	93.4
273	Cal Baptist	WAC	93.3
274	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	93.3
275	Southern	SWAC	93.1
276	Idaho St.	BSky	93.1
277	North Florida	ASun	93.0
278	Cal St. Fullerton	BW	92.8
279	Florida Gulf Coast	ASun	92.8
280	Portland St.	BSky	92.8
281	Long Beach St.	BW	92.7
282	Seattle	WAC	92.5
283	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	92.5
284	Nebraska Omaha	Sum	92.4
285	Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	92.3
286	St. Francis PA	NEC	92.3
287	Merrimack	NEC	92.2
288	Jackson St.	SWAC	92.2
289	Florida A&M	MEAC	92.2
290	The Citadel	Sou	92.0
291	IUPUI	Hor	91.9
292	Jacksonville	ASun	91.9
293	Cal St. Northridge	BW	91.8
294	Manhattan	MAAC	91.7
295	Rider	MAAC	91.7
296	SIU Edwardsville	OVC	91.6
297	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	91.4
298	St. Francis NY	NEC	91.3
299	Northern Illinois	MAC	91.3
300	Louisiana Monroe	SB	91.3
301	USC Upstate	BSou	91.2
302	Central Arkansas	Sthlnd	91.1
303	Howard	MEAC	91.0
304	Sacred Heart	NEC	91.0
305	Air Force	MWC	90.9
306	North Dakota	Sum	90.9
307	Northern Arizona	BSky	90.8
308	Northwestern St.	Sthlnd	90.8
309	Tarleton St.	WAC	90.7
310	Hampton	BSou	90.6
311	New Orleans	Sthlnd	90.6
312	Eastern Illinois	OVC	90.5
313	Tennessee St.	OVC	90.3
314	San Jose St.	MWC	90.2
315	Tennessee Tech	OVC	89.9
316	Fairfield	MAAC	89.9
317	Incarnate Word	Sthlnd	89.8
318	Western Illinois	Sum	89.8
319	Lehigh	Pat	89.8
320	Portland	WCC	89.7
321	Grambling St.	SWAC	89.7
322	Presbyterian	BSou	89.5
323	Southeastern Louisiana	Sthlnd	89.4
324	Central Connecticut	NEC	89.4
325	Coppin St.	MEAC	89.1
326	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Sthlnd	88.6
327	Lamar	Sthlnd	88.6
328	Houston Baptist	Sthlnd	88.4
329	Dixie St.	WAC	88.3
330	Maine	AE	88.1
331	Alabama A&M	SWAC	88.1
332	Binghamton	AE	88.0
333	Holy Cross	Pat	87.9
334	Charleston Southern	BSou	87.5
335	Denver	Sum	87.4
336	Cal Poly	BW	87.2
337	Alcorn St.	SWAC	87.1
338	McNeese St.	Sthlnd	86.7
339	Kennesaw St.	ASun	85.7
340	Tennessee Martin	OVC	85.6
341	Idaho	BSky	84.6
342	Alabama St.	SWAC	83.1
343	Arkansas Pine Bluff	SWAC	83.1
344	Delaware St.	MEAC	82.4
345	South Carolina St.	MEAC	81.3
346	Chicago St.	WAC	80.3
347	Mississippi Valley St.	SWAC	70.7

Note–Full ratings and predictions on some games commence next week.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology For February 3, 2020

Date	2/3/2020
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Baylor	Gonzaga	Kansas	San Diego St.
2	Duke	Dayton	Louisville	West Virginia
3	Seton Hall	Florida St.	Maryland	Villanova
4	Michigan St.	Butler	Auburn	Oregon
5	Iowa	LSU	Creighton	Penn St.
6	Kentucky	Colorado	Illinois	Arizona
7	Marquette	Rutgers	Ohio St.	Houston
8	Wisconsin	Arkansas	Michigan	Wichita St.
9	Stanford	BYU	USC	Saint Mary’s
10	Indiana	Florida	Rhode Island	Oklahoma
11	Texas Tech	Memphis	Northern Iowa	VCU	Mississippi St.
12	East Tennessee St.	Yale	Liberty	Virginia	Xavier
13	Stephen F. Austin	Louisiana Tech	Vermont	New Mexico St.
14	Wright St.	UC-Irvine	Colgate	Bowling Green
15	Winthrop	Little Rock	Hofstra	Murray St.
16	South Dakota St.	Eastern Washington	Texas Southern	Monmouth	Robert Morris	North Carolina A&T

 

First Four Out
Purdue	Georgetown	Arizona St.	Tulsa

Next Four Out
Cincinnati	Utah St.	Minnesota	Alabama

 

 

 

Bracket Gurus Accuracy

Our Bracket Gurus had a rather nice day today.   It wasn’t the best year ever, but it beat last year by a few seedings.

We picked 67 of the 68 teams in the field.  This is the second year in a row, we were right on 67 of the 68 teams after picking a perfect 68 for 68 in 2017.

We had 39 of the 68 teams picked exactly where they were seeded.

We had 22 teams off by one seed line.

We had 6 teams off by two seed lines.

The one team we missed just so happened to be the team from the hometown of our Captain, Belmont.  We selected TCU and missed on that one.

Coming tomorrow evening, be sure to check back for our annual Bracketnomics Report.