Home | Visitor | Spread |
Akron | Miami (O) | 13.8 |
Arkansas | LSU | 12.4 |
Ball St. | Buffalo | 4.6 |
Boise St. | Fresno St. | 13.9 |
Central Michigan | Bowling Green | 0.4 |
Clemson | Georgia Tech | 10.3 |
Drake | Indiana St. | 5.8 |
East Carolina | Tulsa | 4.8 |
Florida St. | Miami (Fla) | -5.2 |
Georgetown | DePaul | -1.9 |
Illinois | Ohio St. | 2.2 |
Iowa St. | Kansas St. | 5.2 |
La Salle | Davidson | -3.5 |
Mississippi | Missouri | 0.4 |
Missouri St. | Illinois Chicago | 11.6 |
North Carolina St. | Notre Dame | 12.4 |
Northern Illinois | Kent St. | -13.0 |
Ohio | Western Michigan | 10.2 |
Rutgers | Penn St. | 6.1 |
San Jose St. | Air Force | 3.1 |
Southern Illinois | Murray St. | 6.1 |
Syracuse | North Carolina | -3.5 |
TCU | Oklahoma | 7.0 |
Texas | Oklahoma St. | 7.5 |
Toledo | Eastern Michigan | 19.1 |
UNLV | Wyoming | 7.8 |
Vanderbilt | Kentucky | -2.5 |
January 24, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 24, 2023
January 16, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Monday, January 16,2023
Monday’s Spreads
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Alabama A&M | Alabama St. | 3.5 |
Bethune-Cookman | Arkansas Pine Bluff | 0.9 |
Cal St. Fullerton | Cal Bakersfield | 8.4 |
Charleston | William & Mary | 14.5 |
Charlotte | UTEP | 8.8 |
Columbia | Cornell | -13.3 |
Eastern Washington | Montana | 3.4 |
Florida A&M | Mississippi Valley St. | 2.7 |
Florida Int’l. | North Texas | -9.6 |
George Mason | George Washington | 7.8 |
Hampton | North Carolina A&T | -4.6 |
Harvard | Dartmouth | 9.0 |
Hawaii | Cal St. Northridge | 14.7 |
Idaho | Montana St. | -9.0 |
La Salle | Saint Joseph’s | 1.4 |
Long Island | St. Francis (NY) | -3.3 |
Loyola (MD) | Lehigh | -0.8 |
Merrimack | Wagner | -0.5 |
Miami (Fla) | Syracuse | 7.7 |
Michigan St. | Purdue | -3.1 |
Middle Tennessee St. | UAB | -4.7 |
Minnesota | Illinois | -10.2 |
Northeastern | Delaware | -0.2 |
Penn | Princeton | -0.7 |
Prairie View | Alcorn St. | 2.0 |
Purdue Ft. Wayne | Cleveland St. | 5.2 |
Sacred Heart | St. Francis (PA) | 2.8 |
Stonehill College | Fairleigh Dickinson | 0.7 |
Texas Southern | Jackson St. | 3.4 |
Towson | Hofstra | 0.1 |
UC Irvine | UC Santa Barbara | 4.3 |
UC Riverside | Cal Poly | 9.9 |
UC San Diego | UC Davis | -4.6 |
UMBC | Hartford | 17.0 |
UNC Wilmington | Elon | 16.4 |
UTSA | Rice | -5.7 |
Villanova | Georgetown | 13.8 |
Western Kentucky | Florida Atlantic | -5.3 |
Yale | Brown | 10.0 |
Monday’s PiRate Ratings
# | Team | PiRate | Conference |
1 | Houston | 120.7 | American Athletic |
2 | Tennessee | 120.4 | Southeastern |
3 | Alabama | 120.0 | Southeastern |
4 | UCLA | 118.8 | Pac-12 |
5 | Connecticut | 117.6 | Big East |
6 | Kansas | 117.3 | Big 12 |
7 | Purdue | 116.8 | Big Ten |
8 | Gonzaga | 116.7 | West Coast |
9 | Texas | 115.9 | Big 12 |
10 | Arizona | 114.6 | Pac-12 |
11 | Xavier | 114.6 | Big East |
12 | Baylor | 114.4 | Big 12 |
13 | Saint Mary’s | 114.3 | West Coast |
14 | Marquette | 114.2 | Big East |
15 | Iowa St. | 114.2 | Big 12 |
16 | Rutgers | 114.2 | Big Ten |
17 | Creighton | 113.8 | Big East |
18 | Arkansas | 113.8 | Southeastern |
19 | Virginia | 113.6 | Atlantic Coast |
20 | North Carolina | 113.6 | Atlantic Coast |
21 | Auburn | 113.5 | Southeastern |
22 | Ohio St. | 113.5 | Big Ten |
23 | Illinois | 113.4 | Big Ten |
24 | TCU | 113.3 | Big 12 |
25 | Indiana | 113.0 | Big Ten |
26 | Iowa | 113.0 | Big Ten |
27 | Duke | 112.3 | Atlantic Coast |
28 | Kansas St. | 112.2 | Big 12 |
29 | West Virginia | 112.1 | Big 12 |
30 | Kentucky | 112.0 | Southeastern |
31 | San Diego St. | 111.9 | Mountain West |
32 | Boise St. | 111.5 | Mountain West |
33 | Providence | 111.5 | Big East |
34 | Florida | 111.4 | Southeastern |
35 | Memphis | 111.4 | American Athletic |
36 | North Carolina St. | 111.2 | Atlantic Coast |
37 | Oklahoma | 111.2 | Big 12 |
38 | Miami (Fla) | 110.9 | Atlantic Coast |
39 | Oklahoma St. | 110.9 | Big 12 |
40 | Texas Tech | 110.9 | Big 12 |
41 | Maryland | 110.9 | Big Ten |
42 | Michigan St. | 110.7 | Big Ten |
43 | Utah St. | 110.5 | Mountain West |
44 | Penn St. | 110.4 | Big Ten |
45 | Texas A&M | 110.4 | Southeastern |
46 | Colorado | 110.2 | Pac-12 |
47 | Virginia Tech | 110.2 | Atlantic Coast |
48 | Arizona St. | 110.2 | Pac-12 |
49 | Michigan | 109.9 | Big Ten |
50 | Missouri | 109.8 | Southeastern |
51 | Dayton | 109.8 | Atlantic 10 |
52 | Seton Hall | 109.8 | Big East |
53 | Northwestern | 109.7 | Big Ten |
54 | Clemson | 109.7 | Atlantic Coast |
55 | St. John’s | 109.6 | Big East |
56 | Florida Atlantic | 109.6 | Conference USA |
57 | USC | 109.6 | Pac-12 |
58 | Central Florida | 109.5 | American Athletic |
59 | New Mexico | 109.4 | Mountain West |
60 | Mississippi St. | 109.3 | Southeastern |
61 | Oregon | 109.2 | Pac-12 |
62 | UAB | 109.1 | Conference USA |
63 | Nevada | 109.0 | Mountain West |
64 | Utah | 109.0 | Pac-12 |
65 | Wisconsin | 108.6 | Big Ten |
66 | Cincinnati | 108.5 | American Athletic |
67 | Washington St. | 108.5 | Pac-12 |
68 | Pittsburgh | 108.2 | Atlantic Coast |
69 | Villanova | 108.2 | Big East |
70 | Kent St. | 107.9 | Mid-American |
71 | North Texas | 107.5 | Conference USA |
72 | Wake Forest | 107.5 | Atlantic Coast |
73 | Marshall | 107.3 | Sun Belt |
74 | Sam Houston St. | 107.3 | Western Athletic |
75 | BYU | 107.2 | West Coast |
76 | Liberty | 107.2 | Atlantic Sun |
77 | Iona | 106.9 | Metro Atlantic |
78 | Tulane | 106.9 | American Athletic |
79 | Butler | 106.8 | Big East |
80 | James Madison | 106.7 | Sun Belt |
81 | Saint Louis | 106.6 | Atlantic 10 |
82 | UNLV | 106.5 | Mountain West |
83 | Bradley | 106.3 | Missouri Valley |
84 | Charleston | 106.2 | Colonial Athletic |
85 | Mississippi | 106.2 | Southeastern |
86 | Oral Roberts | 106.2 | Summit |
87 | Syracuse | 106.2 | Atlantic Coast |
88 | Vanderbilt | 106.2 | Southeastern |
89 | Georgia | 106.0 | Southeastern |
90 | Santa Clara | 105.9 | West Coast |
91 | Drake | 105.8 | Missouri Valley |
92 | VCU | 105.5 | Atlantic 10 |
93 | LSU | 105.4 | Southeastern |
94 | Yale | 105.3 | Ivy League |
95 | UC Irvine | 105.2 | Big West |
96 | Grand Canyon | 105.0 | Western Athletic |
97 | Nebraska | 105.0 | Big Ten |
98 | Stanford | 105.0 | Pac-12 |
99 | Utah Valley | 104.6 | Western Athletic |
100 | Toledo | 104.6 | Mid-American |
101 | Washington | 104.4 | Pac-12 |
102 | Richmond | 104.4 | Atlantic 10 |
103 | Charlotte | 104.2 | Conference USA |
104 | Loyola Marymount | 104.2 | West Coast |
105 | Furman | 104.1 | Southern |
106 | Colorado St. | 104.0 | Mountain West |
107 | Indiana St. | 103.9 | Missouri Valley |
108 | Southern Illinois | 103.8 | Missouri Valley |
109 | Princeton | 103.7 | Ivy League |
110 | San Francisco | 103.7 | West Coast |
111 | George Mason | 103.7 | Atlantic 10 |
112 | Duquesne | 103.6 | Atlantic 10 |
113 | Cornell | 103.6 | Ivy League |
114 | Youngstown St. | 103.4 | Horizon |
115 | Hofstra | 103.4 | Colonial Athletic |
116 | Akron | 103.4 | Mid-American |
117 | Colgate | 103.4 | Patriot League |
118 | UC Santa Barbara | 103.4 | Big West |
119 | UNC Greensboro | 103.0 | Southern |
120 | Southern Utah | 103.0 | Western Athletic |
121 | Wichita St. | 103.0 | American Athletic |
122 | Notre Dame | 103.0 | Atlantic Coast |
123 | Montana St. | 102.9 | Big Sky |
124 | Southern Miss | 102.9 | Sun Belt |
125 | Louisiana | 102.9 | Sun Belt |
126 | Chattanooga | 102.8 | Southern |
127 | Temple | 102.8 | American Athletic |
128 | Georgia Tech | 102.6 | Atlantic Coast |
129 | Hawaii | 102.5 | Big West |
130 | DePaul | 102.5 | Big East |
131 | Belmont | 102.5 | Missouri Valley |
132 | UNC Wilmington | 102.3 | Colonial Athletic |
133 | Seattle | 102.2 | Western Athletic |
134 | Louisiana Tech | 102.2 | Conference USA |
135 | Missouri St. | 102.1 | Missouri Valley |
136 | Troy | 102.0 | Sun Belt |
137 | Middle Tennessee | 101.9 | Conference USA |
138 | Longwood | 101.9 | Big South |
139 | Quinnipiac | 101.8 | Metro Atlantic |
140 | Western Kentucky | 101.8 | Conference USA |
141 | Davidson | 101.7 | Atlantic 10 |
142 | Ball St. | 101.6 | Mid-American |
143 | Stephen F. Austin | 101.6 | Western Athletic |
144 | South Florida | 101.6 | American Athletic |
145 | Massachusetts | 101.5 | Atlantic 10 |
146 | Samford | 101.4 | Southern |
147 | Wyoming | 101.3 | Mountain West |
148 | Florida St. | 101.1 | Atlantic Coast |
149 | Towson | 101.0 | Colonial Athletic |
150 | San Jose St. | 101.0 | Mountain West |
151 | Ohio | 100.9 | Mid-American |
152 | Florida Gulf Coast | 100.8 | Atlantic Sun |
153 | UMass Lowell | 100.8 | America East |
154 | Air Force | 100.8 | Mountain West |
155 | St. Bonaventure | 100.7 | Atlantic 10 |
156 | UC Riverside | 100.7 | Big West |
157 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 100.7 | Horizon |
158 | Eastern Washington | 100.6 | Big Sky |
159 | Penn | 100.5 | Ivy League |
160 | Cal Baptist | 100.5 | Western Athletic |
161 | Drexel | 100.4 | Colonial Athletic |
162 | Northern Iowa | 100.3 | Missouri Valley |
163 | New Mexico St. | 100.2 | Western Athletic |
164 | Minnesota | 100.2 | Big Ten |
165 | Fresno St. | 100.1 | Mountain West |
166 | Vermont | 100.1 | America East |
167 | Murray St. | 100.1 | Missouri Valley |
168 | Tarleton St. | 100.1 | Western Athletic |
169 | Harvard | 100.0 | Ivy League |
170 | Pepperdine | 100.0 | West Coast |
171 | SMU | 100.0 | American Athletic |
172 | Old Dominion | 99.9 | Sun Belt |
173 | Radford | 99.8 | Big South |
174 | Portland | 99.8 | West Coast |
175 | UC Davis | 99.8 | Big West |
176 | Siena | 99.8 | Metro Atlantic |
177 | Montana | 99.7 | Big Sky |
178 | Kennesaw St. | 99.6 | Atlantic Sun |
179 | Bryant | 99.6 | America East |
180 | SIU Edwardsville | 99.6 | Ohio Valley |
181 | Jacksonville | 99.4 | Atlantic Sun |
182 | Appalachian St. | 99.3 | Sun Belt |
183 | Gardner Webb | 99.3 | Big South |
184 | Long Beach St. | 99.3 | Big West |
185 | South Alabama | 99.2 | Sun Belt |
186 | South Dakota St. | 99.1 | Summit |
187 | Stetson | 99.1 | Atlantic Sun |
188 | Rice | 99.1 | Conference USA |
189 | Boston College | 99.1 | Atlantic Coast |
190 | Wofford | 99.0 | Southern |
191 | UNC Asheville | 99.0 | Big South |
192 | Lipscomb | 99.0 | Atlantic Sun |
193 | Cal St. Fullerton | 98.9 | Big West |
194 | Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 | Atlantic Sun |
195 | Fordham | 98.8 | Atlantic 10 |
196 | California | 98.8 | Pac-12 |
197 | Wright St. | 98.5 | Horizon |
198 | George Washington | 98.4 | Atlantic 10 |
199 | UTEP | 98.4 | Conference USA |
200 | Queens | 98.3 | Atlantic Sun |
201 | San Diego | 98.3 | West Coast |
202 | Rider | 98.2 | Metro Atlantic |
203 | Rhode Island | 98.1 | Atlantic 10 |
204 | East Carolina | 98.1 | American Athletic |
205 | Abilene Christian | 98.0 | Western Athletic |
206 | Texas St. | 98.0 | Sun Belt |
207 | Cleveland St. | 98.0 | Horizon |
208 | Norfolk St. | 97.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
209 | Texas A&M CC | 97.8 | Southland |
210 | Buffalo | 97.8 | Mid-American |
211 | North Carolina Central | 97.8 | Mideastern Athletic |
212 | Saint Joseph’s | 97.8 | Atlantic 10 |
213 | Brown | 97.8 | Ivy League |
214 | Georgia Southern | 97.7 | Sun Belt |
215 | Oregon St. | 97.6 | Pac-12 |
216 | Northern Kentucky | 97.6 | Horizon |
217 | Detroit Mercy | 97.5 | Horizon |
218 | Delaware | 97.5 | Colonial Athletic |
219 | American | 97.4 | Patriot League |
220 | UMBC | 97.4 | America East |
221 | Georgetown | 97.4 | Big East |
222 | St. Thomas | 97.3 | Summit |
223 | Southern | 97.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
224 | Sacramento St. | 97.2 | Big Sky |
225 | Milwaukee | 97.1 | Horizon |
226 | Army | 97.1 | Patriot League |
227 | Georgia St. | 97.1 | Sun Belt |
228 | Grambling | 96.8 | Southwestern Athletic |
229 | Portland St. | 96.8 | Big Sky |
230 | Loyola (Chi.) | 96.8 | Atlantic 10 |
231 | Weber St. | 96.8 | Big Sky |
232 | Pacific | 96.6 | West Coast |
233 | Utah Tech | 96.6 | Western Athletic |
234 | Mercer | 96.6 | Southern |
235 | South Carolina | 96.5 | Southeastern |
236 | North Dakota St. | 96.4 | Summit |
237 | Illinois St. | 96.3 | Missouri Valley |
238 | La Salle | 96.2 | Atlantic 10 |
239 | UMKC | 96.1 | Summit |
240 | Navy | 96.1 | Patriot League |
241 | Morgan St. | 96.0 | Mideastern Athletic |
242 | Nicholls St. | 96.0 | Southland |
243 | Southeast Missouri St. | 95.9 | Ohio Valley |
244 | Coastal Carolina | 95.9 | Sun Belt |
245 | Boston University | 95.8 | Patriot League |
246 | Bellarmine | 95.8 | Atlantic Sun |
247 | Western Carolina | 95.8 | Southern |
248 | Northwestern St. | 95.6 | Southland |
249 | Tulsa | 95.6 | American Athletic |
250 | Campbell | 95.6 | Big South |
251 | Niagara | 95.5 | Metro Atlantic |
252 | Florida Int’l | 95.4 | Conference USA |
253 | Fairfield | 95.3 | Metro Atlantic |
254 | East Tennessee St. | 95.2 | Southern |
255 | Bowling Green | 95.0 | Mid-American |
256 | Lafayette | 94.8 | Patriot League |
257 | Northeastern | 94.8 | Colonial Athletic |
258 | Southern Indiana | 94.7 | Ohio Valley |
259 | Winthrop | 94.7 | Big South |
260 | Northern Colorado | 94.7 | Big Sky |
261 | Austin Peay | 94.6 | Atlantic Sun |
262 | Louisville | 94.5 | Atlantic Coast |
263 | Robert Morris | 94.5 | Horizon |
264 | UT Arlington | 94.5 | Western Athletic |
265 | Western Illinois | 94.3 | Summit |
266 | Oakland | 94.3 | Horizon |
267 | Mount St. Mary’s | 94.2 | Metro Atlantic |
268 | Charleston Southern | 94.2 | Big South |
269 | William & Mary | 94.2 | Colonial Athletic |
270 | North Florida | 94.2 | Atlantic Sun |
271 | Alcorn St. | 94.2 | Southwestern Athletic |
272 | North Carolina A&T | 94.1 | Colonial Athletic |
273 | Southeastern Louisiana | 94.1 | Southland |
274 | Idaho St. | 94.0 | Big Sky |
275 | Bucknell | 94.0 | Patriot League |
276 | Canisius | 94.0 | Metro Atlantic |
277 | UT-Martin | 93.7 | Ohio Valley |
278 | Prairie View A&M | 93.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
279 | New Hampshire | 93.6 | America East |
280 | Lehigh | 93.6 | Patriot League |
281 | Northern Arizona | 93.6 | Big Sky |
282 | High Point | 93.5 | Big South |
283 | USC Upstate | 93.5 | Big South |
284 | Dartmouth | 93.5 | Ivy League |
285 | Central Michigan | 93.3 | Mid-American |
286 | Cal Poly | 93.3 | Big West |
287 | Howard | 93.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
288 | Western Michigan | 93.2 | Mid-American |
289 | Illinois Chicago | 93.2 | Missouri Valley |
290 | South Dakota | 93.1 | Summit |
291 | Miami (O) | 93.1 | Mid-American |
292 | Louisiana Monroe | 93.0 | Sun Belt |
293 | Jacksonville St. | 93.0 | Atlantic Sun |
294 | Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.0 | Big West |
295 | Wagner | 92.9 | Northeast |
296 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 92.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
297 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 92.9 | Western Athletic |
298 | Saint Peter’s | 92.9 | Metro Atlantic |
299 | UC San Diego | 92.7 | Big West |
300 | Tennessee Tech | 92.7 | Ohio Valley |
301 | Marist | 92.6 | Metro Atlantic |
302 | Texas Southern | 92.6 | Southwestern Athletic |
303 | Morehead St. | 92.5 | Ohio Valley |
304 | Valparaiso | 92.5 | Missouri Valley |
305 | Stony Brook | 92.3 | Colonial Athletic |
306 | Texas A&M Commerce | 92.3 | Southland |
307 | Tennessee St. | 92.2 | Ohio Valley |
308 | Maine | 92.2 | America East |
309 | Chicago St. | 92.1 | Independents |
310 | Denver | 92.1 | Summit |
311 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 92.0 | Northeast |
312 | Omaha | 91.8 | Summit |
313 | Northern Illinois | 91.8 | Mid-American |
314 | Jackson St. | 91.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
315 | The Citadel | 91.7 | Southern |
316 | Arkansas St. | 91.6 | Sun Belt |
317 | Idaho | 91.4 | Big Sky |
318 | Binghamton | 91.4 | America East |
319 | North Alabama | 91.4 | Atlantic Sun |
320 | NJIT | 91.1 | America East |
321 | Sacred Heart | 91.0 | Northeast |
322 | Manhattan | 91.0 | Metro Atlantic |
323 | Coppin St. | 90.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
324 | UTSA | 90.9 | Conference USA |
325 | Cal St. Northridge | 90.8 | Big West |
326 | St. Francis PA | 90.7 | Northeast |
327 | Presbyterian | 90.5 | Big South |
328 | North Dakota | 90.5 | Summit |
329 | Central Connecticut | 90.4 | Northeast |
330 | Albany | 90.4 | America East |
331 | VMI | 90.3 | Southern |
332 | Loyola (MD) | 90.3 | Patriot League |
333 | Stonehill | 90.2 | Northeast |
334 | Merrimack | 89.9 | Northeast |
335 | Eastern Michigan | 89.8 | Mid-American |
336 | McNeese St. | 89.5 | Southland |
337 | Alabama A&M | 89.5 | Southwestern Athletic |
338 | Lindenwood | 89.3 | Ohio Valley |
339 | Central Arkansas | 89.2 | Atlantic Sun |
340 | Little Rock | 88.8 | Ohio Valley |
341 | New Orleans | 88.7 | Southland |
342 | Arkansas Pine Bluff | 88.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
343 | Evansville | 88.6 | Missouri Valley |
344 | Alabama St. | 88.5 | Southwestern Athletic |
345 | Holy Cross | 88.5 | Patriot League |
346 | Elon | 88.4 | Colonial Athletic |
347 | South Carolina St. | 88.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
348 | Eastern Illinois | 88.0 | Ohio Valley |
349 | Columbia | 87.8 | Ivy League |
350 | St. Francis NY | 87.4 | Northeast |
351 | Bethune Cookman | 87.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
352 | Hampton | 87.0 | Colonial Athletic |
353 | Houston Christian | 86.5 | Southland |
354 | Incarnate Word | 86.3 | Southland |
355 | Monmouth | 85.1 | Colonial Athletic |
356 | Florida A&M | 84.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
357 | Delaware St. | 84.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
358 | Mississippi Valley St. | 84.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
359 | Lamar | 83.6 | Southland |
360 | Green Bay | 83.6 | Horizon |
361 | Hartford | 82.9 | Independents |
362 | Long Island | 81.6 | Northeast |
363 | IUPUI | 81.2 | Horizon |
Alphabetical
# | Team | PiRate | Conference |
205 | Abilene Christian | 98.0 | Western Athletic |
154 | Air Force | 100.8 | Mountain West |
116 | Akron | 103.4 | Mid-American |
3 | Alabama | 120.0 | Southeastern |
337 | Alabama A&M | 89.5 | Southwestern Athletic |
344 | Alabama St. | 88.5 | Southwestern Athletic |
330 | Albany | 90.4 | America East |
271 | Alcorn St. | 94.2 | Southwestern Athletic |
219 | American | 97.4 | Patriot League |
182 | Appalachian St. | 99.3 | Sun Belt |
10 | Arizona | 114.6 | Pac-12 |
48 | Arizona St. | 110.2 | Pac-12 |
18 | Arkansas | 113.8 | Southeastern |
342 | Arkansas Pine Bluff | 88.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
316 | Arkansas St. | 91.6 | Sun Belt |
226 | Army | 97.1 | Patriot League |
21 | Auburn | 113.5 | Southeastern |
261 | Austin Peay | 94.6 | Atlantic Sun |
142 | Ball St. | 101.6 | Mid-American |
12 | Baylor | 114.4 | Big 12 |
246 | Bellarmine | 95.8 | Atlantic Sun |
131 | Belmont | 102.5 | Missouri Valley |
351 | Bethune Cookman | 87.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
318 | Binghamton | 91.4 | America East |
32 | Boise St. | 111.5 | Mountain West |
189 | Boston College | 99.1 | Atlantic Coast |
245 | Boston University | 95.8 | Patriot League |
255 | Bowling Green | 95.0 | Mid-American |
83 | Bradley | 106.3 | Missouri Valley |
213 | Brown | 97.8 | Ivy League |
179 | Bryant | 99.6 | America East |
275 | Bucknell | 94.0 | Patriot League |
210 | Buffalo | 97.8 | Mid-American |
79 | Butler | 106.8 | Big East |
75 | BYU | 107.2 | West Coast |
160 | Cal Baptist | 100.5 | Western Athletic |
286 | Cal Poly | 93.3 | Big West |
294 | Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.0 | Big West |
193 | Cal St. Fullerton | 98.9 | Big West |
325 | Cal St. Northridge | 90.8 | Big West |
196 | California | 98.8 | Pac-12 |
250 | Campbell | 95.6 | Big South |
276 | Canisius | 94.0 | Metro Atlantic |
339 | Central Arkansas | 89.2 | Atlantic Sun |
329 | Central Connecticut | 90.4 | Northeast |
58 | Central Florida | 109.5 | American Athletic |
285 | Central Michigan | 93.3 | Mid-American |
84 | Charleston | 106.2 | Colonial Athletic |
268 | Charleston Southern | 94.2 | Big South |
103 | Charlotte | 104.2 | Conference USA |
126 | Chattanooga | 102.8 | Southern |
309 | Chicago St. | 92.1 | Independents |
66 | Cincinnati | 108.5 | American Athletic |
54 | Clemson | 109.7 | Atlantic Coast |
207 | Cleveland St. | 98.0 | Horizon |
244 | Coastal Carolina | 95.9 | Sun Belt |
117 | Colgate | 103.4 | Patriot League |
46 | Colorado | 110.2 | Pac-12 |
106 | Colorado St. | 104.0 | Mountain West |
349 | Columbia | 87.8 | Ivy League |
5 | Connecticut | 117.6 | Big East |
323 | Coppin St. | 90.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
113 | Cornell | 103.6 | Ivy League |
17 | Creighton | 113.8 | Big East |
284 | Dartmouth | 93.5 | Ivy League |
141 | Davidson | 101.7 | Atlantic 10 |
51 | Dayton | 109.8 | Atlantic 10 |
218 | Delaware | 97.5 | Colonial Athletic |
357 | Delaware St. | 84.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
310 | Denver | 92.1 | Summit |
130 | DePaul | 102.5 | Big East |
217 | Detroit Mercy | 97.5 | Horizon |
91 | Drake | 105.8 | Missouri Valley |
161 | Drexel | 100.4 | Colonial Athletic |
27 | Duke | 112.3 | Atlantic Coast |
112 | Duquesne | 103.6 | Atlantic 10 |
204 | East Carolina | 98.1 | American Athletic |
254 | East Tennessee St. | 95.2 | Southern |
348 | Eastern Illinois | 88.0 | Ohio Valley |
194 | Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 | Atlantic Sun |
335 | Eastern Michigan | 89.8 | Mid-American |
158 | Eastern Washington | 100.6 | Big Sky |
346 | Elon | 88.4 | Colonial Athletic |
343 | Evansville | 88.6 | Missouri Valley |
253 | Fairfield | 95.3 | Metro Atlantic |
311 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 92.0 | Northeast |
34 | Florida | 111.4 | Southeastern |
356 | Florida A&M | 84.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
56 | Florida Atlantic | 109.6 | Conference USA |
152 | Florida Gulf Coast | 100.8 | Atlantic Sun |
252 | Florida Int’l | 95.4 | Conference USA |
148 | Florida St. | 101.1 | Atlantic Coast |
195 | Fordham | 98.8 | Atlantic 10 |
165 | Fresno St. | 100.1 | Mountain West |
105 | Furman | 104.1 | Southern |
183 | Gardner Webb | 99.3 | Big South |
111 | George Mason | 103.7 | Atlantic 10 |
198 | George Washington | 98.4 | Atlantic 10 |
221 | Georgetown | 97.4 | Big East |
89 | Georgia | 106.0 | Southeastern |
214 | Georgia Southern | 97.7 | Sun Belt |
227 | Georgia St. | 97.1 | Sun Belt |
128 | Georgia Tech | 102.6 | Atlantic Coast |
8 | Gonzaga | 116.7 | West Coast |
228 | Grambling | 96.8 | Southwestern Athletic |
96 | Grand Canyon | 105.0 | Western Athletic |
360 | Green Bay | 83.6 | Horizon |
352 | Hampton | 87.0 | Colonial Athletic |
361 | Hartford | 82.9 | Independents |
169 | Harvard | 100.0 | Ivy League |
129 | Hawaii | 102.5 | Big West |
282 | High Point | 93.5 | Big South |
115 | Hofstra | 103.4 | Colonial Athletic |
345 | Holy Cross | 88.5 | Patriot League |
1 | Houston | 120.7 | American Athletic |
353 | Houston Christian | 86.5 | Southland |
287 | Howard | 93.3 | Mideastern Athletic |
317 | Idaho | 91.4 | Big Sky |
274 | Idaho St. | 94.0 | Big Sky |
23 | Illinois | 113.4 | Big Ten |
289 | Illinois Chicago | 93.2 | Missouri Valley |
237 | Illinois St. | 96.3 | Missouri Valley |
354 | Incarnate Word | 86.3 | Southland |
25 | Indiana | 113.0 | Big Ten |
107 | Indiana St. | 103.9 | Missouri Valley |
77 | Iona | 106.9 | Metro Atlantic |
26 | Iowa | 113.0 | Big Ten |
15 | Iowa St. | 114.2 | Big 12 |
363 | IUPUI | 81.2 | Horizon |
314 | Jackson St. | 91.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
181 | Jacksonville | 99.4 | Atlantic Sun |
293 | Jacksonville St. | 93.0 | Atlantic Sun |
80 | James Madison | 106.7 | Sun Belt |
6 | Kansas | 117.3 | Big 12 |
28 | Kansas St. | 112.2 | Big 12 |
178 | Kennesaw St. | 99.6 | Atlantic Sun |
70 | Kent St. | 107.9 | Mid-American |
30 | Kentucky | 112.0 | Southeastern |
238 | La Salle | 96.2 | Atlantic 10 |
256 | Lafayette | 94.8 | Patriot League |
359 | Lamar | 83.6 | Southland |
280 | Lehigh | 93.6 | Patriot League |
76 | Liberty | 107.2 | Atlantic Sun |
338 | Lindenwood | 89.3 | Ohio Valley |
192 | Lipscomb | 99.0 | Atlantic Sun |
340 | Little Rock | 88.8 | Ohio Valley |
184 | Long Beach St. | 99.3 | Big West |
362 | Long Island | 81.6 | Northeast |
138 | Longwood | 101.9 | Big South |
125 | Louisiana | 102.9 | Sun Belt |
292 | Louisiana Monroe | 93.0 | Sun Belt |
134 | Louisiana Tech | 102.2 | Conference USA |
262 | Louisville | 94.5 | Atlantic Coast |
230 | Loyola (Chi.) | 96.8 | Atlantic 10 |
332 | Loyola (MD) | 90.3 | Patriot League |
104 | Loyola Marymount | 104.2 | West Coast |
93 | LSU | 105.4 | Southeastern |
308 | Maine | 92.2 | America East |
322 | Manhattan | 91.0 | Metro Atlantic |
301 | Marist | 92.6 | Metro Atlantic |
14 | Marquette | 114.2 | Big East |
73 | Marshall | 107.3 | Sun Belt |
41 | Maryland | 110.9 | Big Ten |
296 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 92.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
145 | Massachusetts | 101.5 | Atlantic 10 |
336 | McNeese St. | 89.5 | Southland |
35 | Memphis | 111.4 | American Athletic |
234 | Mercer | 96.6 | Southern |
334 | Merrimack | 89.9 | Northeast |
38 | Miami (Fla) | 110.9 | Atlantic Coast |
291 | Miami (O) | 93.1 | Mid-American |
49 | Michigan | 109.9 | Big Ten |
42 | Michigan St. | 110.7 | Big Ten |
137 | Middle Tennessee | 101.9 | Conference USA |
225 | Milwaukee | 97.1 | Horizon |
164 | Minnesota | 100.2 | Big Ten |
85 | Mississippi | 106.2 | Southeastern |
60 | Mississippi St. | 109.3 | Southeastern |
358 | Mississippi Valley St. | 84.1 | Southwestern Athletic |
50 | Missouri | 109.8 | Southeastern |
135 | Missouri St. | 102.1 | Missouri Valley |
355 | Monmouth | 85.1 | Colonial Athletic |
177 | Montana | 99.7 | Big Sky |
123 | Montana St. | 102.9 | Big Sky |
303 | Morehead St. | 92.5 | Ohio Valley |
241 | Morgan St. | 96.0 | Mideastern Athletic |
267 | Mount St. Mary’s | 94.2 | Metro Atlantic |
167 | Murray St. | 100.1 | Missouri Valley |
240 | Navy | 96.1 | Patriot League |
97 | Nebraska | 105.0 | Big Ten |
63 | Nevada | 109.0 | Mountain West |
279 | New Hampshire | 93.6 | America East |
59 | New Mexico | 109.4 | Mountain West |
163 | New Mexico St. | 100.2 | Western Athletic |
341 | New Orleans | 88.7 | Southland |
251 | Niagara | 95.5 | Metro Atlantic |
242 | Nicholls St. | 96.0 | Southland |
320 | NJIT | 91.1 | America East |
208 | Norfolk St. | 97.9 | Mideastern Athletic |
319 | North Alabama | 91.4 | Atlantic Sun |
20 | North Carolina | 113.6 | Atlantic Coast |
272 | North Carolina A&T | 94.1 | Colonial Athletic |
211 | North Carolina Central | 97.8 | Mideastern Athletic |
36 | North Carolina St. | 111.2 | Atlantic Coast |
328 | North Dakota | 90.5 | Summit |
236 | North Dakota St. | 96.4 | Summit |
270 | North Florida | 94.2 | Atlantic Sun |
71 | North Texas | 107.5 | Conference USA |
257 | Northeastern | 94.8 | Colonial Athletic |
281 | Northern Arizona | 93.6 | Big Sky |
260 | Northern Colorado | 94.7 | Big Sky |
313 | Northern Illinois | 91.8 | Mid-American |
162 | Northern Iowa | 100.3 | Missouri Valley |
216 | Northern Kentucky | 97.6 | Horizon |
53 | Northwestern | 109.7 | Big Ten |
248 | Northwestern St. | 95.6 | Southland |
122 | Notre Dame | 103.0 | Atlantic Coast |
266 | Oakland | 94.3 | Horizon |
151 | Ohio | 100.9 | Mid-American |
22 | Ohio St. | 113.5 | Big Ten |
37 | Oklahoma | 111.2 | Big 12 |
39 | Oklahoma St. | 110.9 | Big 12 |
172 | Old Dominion | 99.9 | Sun Belt |
312 | Omaha | 91.8 | Summit |
86 | Oral Roberts | 106.2 | Summit |
61 | Oregon | 109.2 | Pac-12 |
215 | Oregon St. | 97.6 | Pac-12 |
232 | Pacific | 96.6 | West Coast |
159 | Penn | 100.5 | Ivy League |
44 | Penn St. | 110.4 | Big Ten |
170 | Pepperdine | 100.0 | West Coast |
68 | Pittsburgh | 108.2 | Atlantic Coast |
174 | Portland | 99.8 | West Coast |
229 | Portland St. | 96.8 | Big Sky |
278 | Prairie View A&M | 93.7 | Southwestern Athletic |
327 | Presbyterian | 90.5 | Big South |
109 | Princeton | 103.7 | Ivy League |
33 | Providence | 111.5 | Big East |
7 | Purdue | 116.8 | Big Ten |
157 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 100.7 | Horizon |
200 | Queens | 98.3 | Atlantic Sun |
139 | Quinnipiac | 101.8 | Metro Atlantic |
173 | Radford | 99.8 | Big South |
203 | Rhode Island | 98.1 | Atlantic 10 |
188 | Rice | 99.1 | Conference USA |
102 | Richmond | 104.4 | Atlantic 10 |
202 | Rider | 98.2 | Metro Atlantic |
263 | Robert Morris | 94.5 | Horizon |
16 | Rutgers | 114.2 | Big Ten |
224 | Sacramento St. | 97.2 | Big Sky |
321 | Sacred Heart | 91.0 | Northeast |
212 | Saint Joseph’s | 97.8 | Atlantic 10 |
81 | Saint Louis | 106.6 | Atlantic 10 |
13 | Saint Mary’s | 114.3 | West Coast |
298 | Saint Peter’s | 92.9 | Metro Atlantic |
74 | Sam Houston St. | 107.3 | Western Athletic |
146 | Samford | 101.4 | Southern |
201 | San Diego | 98.3 | West Coast |
31 | San Diego St. | 111.9 | Mountain West |
110 | San Francisco | 103.7 | West Coast |
150 | San Jose St. | 101.0 | Mountain West |
90 | Santa Clara | 105.9 | West Coast |
133 | Seattle | 102.2 | Western Athletic |
52 | Seton Hall | 109.8 | Big East |
176 | Siena | 99.8 | Metro Atlantic |
180 | SIU Edwardsville | 99.6 | Ohio Valley |
171 | SMU | 100.0 | American Athletic |
185 | South Alabama | 99.2 | Sun Belt |
235 | South Carolina | 96.5 | Southeastern |
347 | South Carolina St. | 88.1 | Mideastern Athletic |
290 | South Dakota | 93.1 | Summit |
186 | South Dakota St. | 99.1 | Summit |
144 | South Florida | 101.6 | American Athletic |
243 | Southeast Missouri St. | 95.9 | Ohio Valley |
273 | Southeastern Louisiana | 94.1 | Southland |
223 | Southern | 97.3 | Southwestern Athletic |
108 | Southern Illinois | 103.8 | Missouri Valley |
258 | Southern Indiana | 94.7 | Ohio Valley |
124 | Southern Miss | 102.9 | Sun Belt |
120 | Southern Utah | 103.0 | Western Athletic |
155 | St. Bonaventure | 100.7 | Atlantic 10 |
350 | St. Francis NY | 87.4 | Northeast |
326 | St. Francis PA | 90.7 | Northeast |
55 | St. John’s | 109.6 | Big East |
222 | St. Thomas | 97.3 | Summit |
98 | Stanford | 105.0 | Pac-12 |
143 | Stephen F. Austin | 101.6 | Western Athletic |
187 | Stetson | 99.1 | Atlantic Sun |
333 | Stonehill | 90.2 | Northeast |
305 | Stony Brook | 92.3 | Colonial Athletic |
87 | Syracuse | 106.2 | Atlantic Coast |
168 | Tarleton St. | 100.1 | Western Athletic |
24 | TCU | 113.3 | Big 12 |
127 | Temple | 102.8 | American Athletic |
2 | Tennessee | 120.4 | Southeastern |
307 | Tennessee St. | 92.2 | Ohio Valley |
300 | Tennessee Tech | 92.7 | Ohio Valley |
9 | Texas | 115.9 | Big 12 |
45 | Texas A&M | 110.4 | Southeastern |
209 | Texas A&M CC | 97.8 | Southland |
306 | Texas A&M Commerce | 92.3 | Southland |
302 | Texas Southern | 92.6 | Southwestern Athletic |
206 | Texas St. | 98.0 | Sun Belt |
40 | Texas Tech | 110.9 | Big 12 |
315 | The Citadel | 91.7 | Southern |
100 | Toledo | 104.6 | Mid-American |
149 | Towson | 101.0 | Colonial Athletic |
136 | Troy | 102.0 | Sun Belt |
78 | Tulane | 106.9 | American Athletic |
249 | Tulsa | 95.6 | American Athletic |
62 | UAB | 109.1 | Conference USA |
175 | UC Davis | 99.8 | Big West |
95 | UC Irvine | 105.2 | Big West |
156 | UC Riverside | 100.7 | Big West |
299 | UC San Diego | 92.7 | Big West |
118 | UC Santa Barbara | 103.4 | Big West |
4 | UCLA | 118.8 | Pac-12 |
153 | UMass Lowell | 100.8 | America East |
220 | UMBC | 97.4 | America East |
239 | UMKC | 96.1 | Summit |
191 | UNC Asheville | 99.0 | Big South |
119 | UNC Greensboro | 103.0 | Southern |
132 | UNC Wilmington | 102.3 | Colonial Athletic |
82 | UNLV | 106.5 | Mountain West |
57 | USC | 109.6 | Pac-12 |
283 | USC Upstate | 93.5 | Big South |
264 | UT Arlington | 94.5 | Western Athletic |
297 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 92.9 | Western Athletic |
277 | UT-Martin | 93.7 | Ohio Valley |
64 | Utah | 109.0 | Pac-12 |
43 | Utah St. | 110.5 | Mountain West |
233 | Utah Tech | 96.6 | Western Athletic |
99 | Utah Valley | 104.6 | Western Athletic |
199 | UTEP | 98.4 | Conference USA |
324 | UTSA | 90.9 | Conference USA |
304 | Valparaiso | 92.5 | Missouri Valley |
88 | Vanderbilt | 106.2 | Southeastern |
92 | VCU | 105.5 | Atlantic 10 |
166 | Vermont | 100.1 | America East |
69 | Villanova | 108.2 | Big East |
19 | Virginia | 113.6 | Atlantic Coast |
47 | Virginia Tech | 110.2 | Atlantic Coast |
331 | VMI | 90.3 | Southern |
295 | Wagner | 92.9 | Northeast |
72 | Wake Forest | 107.5 | Atlantic Coast |
101 | Washington | 104.4 | Pac-12 |
67 | Washington St. | 108.5 | Pac-12 |
231 | Weber St. | 96.8 | Big Sky |
29 | West Virginia | 112.1 | Big 12 |
247 | Western Carolina | 95.8 | Southern |
265 | Western Illinois | 94.3 | Summit |
140 | Western Kentucky | 101.8 | Conference USA |
288 | Western Michigan | 93.2 | Mid-American |
121 | Wichita St. | 103.0 | American Athletic |
269 | William & Mary | 94.2 | Colonial Athletic |
259 | Winthrop | 94.7 | Big South |
65 | Wisconsin | 108.6 | Big Ten |
190 | Wofford | 99.0 | Southern |
197 | Wright St. | 98.5 | Horizon |
147 | Wyoming | 101.3 | Mountain West |
11 | Xavier | 114.6 | Big East |
94 | Yale | 105.3 | Ivy League |
114 | Youngstown St. | 103.4 | Horizon |
PiRate Ratings By Conference
America East | |
Team | Rating |
UMass Lowell | 100.8 |
Vermont | 100.1 |
Bryant | 99.6 |
UMBC | 97.4 |
New Hampshire | 93.6 |
Maine | 92.2 |
Binghamton | 91.4 |
NJIT | 91.1 |
Albany | 90.4 |
American Athletic | |
Team | Rating |
Houston | 120.7 |
Memphis | 111.4 |
Central Florida | 109.5 |
Cincinnati | 108.5 |
Tulane | 106.9 |
Wichita St. | 103.0 |
Temple | 102.8 |
South Florida | 101.6 |
SMU | 100.0 |
East Carolina | 98.1 |
Tulsa | 95.6 |
Atlantic 10 | |
Team | Rating |
Dayton | 109.8 |
Saint Louis | 106.6 |
VCU | 105.5 |
Richmond | 104.4 |
George Mason | 103.7 |
Duquesne | 103.6 |
Davidson | 101.7 |
Massachusetts | 101.5 |
St. Bonaventure | 100.7 |
Fordham | 98.8 |
George Washington | 98.4 |
Rhode Island | 98.1 |
Saint Joseph’s | 97.8 |
Loyola (Chi.) | 96.8 |
La Salle | 96.2 |
Atlantic Coast | |
Team | Rating |
Virginia | 113.6 |
North Carolina | 113.6 |
Duke | 112.3 |
North Carolina St. | 111.2 |
Miami (Fla) | 110.9 |
Virginia Tech | 110.2 |
Clemson | 109.7 |
Pittsburgh | 108.2 |
Wake Forest | 107.5 |
Syracuse | 106.2 |
Notre Dame | 103.0 |
Georgia Tech | 102.6 |
Florida St. | 101.1 |
Boston College | 99.1 |
Louisville | 94.5 |
Atlantic Sun | |
Team | Rating |
Liberty | 107.2 |
Florida Gulf Coast | 100.8 |
Kennesaw St. | 99.6 |
Jacksonville | 99.4 |
Stetson | 99.1 |
Lipscomb | 99.0 |
Eastern Kentucky | 98.8 |
Queens | 98.3 |
Bellarmine | 95.8 |
Austin Peay | 94.6 |
North Florida | 94.2 |
Jacksonville St. | 93.0 |
North Alabama | 91.4 |
Central Arkansas | 89.2 |
Big 12 | |
Team | Rating |
Kansas | 117.3 |
Texas | 115.9 |
Baylor | 114.4 |
Iowa St. | 114.2 |
TCU | 113.3 |
Kansas St. | 112.2 |
West Virginia | 112.1 |
Oklahoma | 111.2 |
Oklahoma St. | 110.9 |
Texas Tech | 110.9 |
Big East | |
Team | Rating |
Connecticut | 117.6 |
Xavier | 114.6 |
Marquette | 114.2 |
Creighton | 113.8 |
Providence | 111.5 |
Seton Hall | 109.8 |
St. John’s | 109.6 |
Villanova | 108.2 |
Butler | 106.8 |
DePaul | 102.5 |
Georgetown | 97.4 |
Big Sky | |
Team | Rating |
Montana St. | 102.9 |
Eastern Washington | 100.6 |
Montana | 99.7 |
Sacramento St. | 97.2 |
Portland St. | 96.8 |
Weber St. | 96.8 |
Northern Colorado | 94.7 |
Idaho St. | 94.0 |
Northern Arizona | 93.6 |
Idaho | 91.4 |
Big South | |
Team | Rating |
Longwood | 101.9 |
Radford | 99.8 |
Gardner Webb | 99.3 |
UNC Asheville | 99.0 |
Campbell | 95.6 |
Winthrop | 94.7 |
Charleston Southern | 94.2 |
High Point | 93.5 |
USC Upstate | 93.5 |
Presbyterian | 90.5 |
Big Ten | |
Team | Rating |
Purdue | 116.8 |
Rutgers | 114.2 |
Ohio St. | 113.5 |
Illinois | 113.4 |
Indiana | 113.0 |
Iowa | 113.0 |
Maryland | 110.9 |
Michigan St. | 110.7 |
Penn St. | 110.4 |
Michigan | 109.9 |
Northwestern | 109.7 |
Wisconsin | 108.6 |
Nebraska | 105.0 |
Minnesota | 100.2 |
Big West | |
Team | Rating |
UC Irvine | 105.2 |
UC Santa Barbara | 103.4 |
Hawaii | 102.5 |
UC Riverside | 100.7 |
UC Davis | 99.8 |
Long Beach St. | 99.3 |
Cal St. Fullerton | 98.9 |
Cal Poly | 93.3 |
Cal St. Bakersfield | 93.0 |
UC San Diego | 92.7 |
Cal St. Northridge | 90.8 |
Colonial Athletic | |
Team | Rating |
Charleston | 106.2 |
Hofstra | 103.4 |
UNC Wilmington | 102.3 |
Towson | 101.0 |
Drexel | 100.4 |
Delaware | 97.5 |
Northeastern | 94.8 |
William & Mary | 94.2 |
North Carolina A&T | 94.1 |
Stony Brook | 92.3 |
Elon | 88.4 |
Hampton | 87.0 |
Monmouth | 85.1 |
Conference USA | |
Team | Rating |
Florida Atlantic | 109.6 |
UAB | 109.1 |
North Texas | 107.5 |
Charlotte | 104.2 |
Louisiana Tech | 102.2 |
Middle Tennessee | 101.9 |
Western Kentucky | 101.8 |
Rice | 99.1 |
UTEP | 98.4 |
Florida Int’l | 95.4 |
UTSA | 90.9 |
Horizon | |
Team | Rating |
Youngstown St. | 103.4 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | 100.7 |
Wright St. | 98.5 |
Cleveland St. | 98.0 |
Northern Kentucky | 97.6 |
Detroit Mercy | 97.5 |
Milwaukee | 97.1 |
Robert Morris | 94.5 |
Oakland | 94.3 |
Green Bay | 83.6 |
IUPUI | 81.2 |
Independents | |
Team | Rating |
Chicago St. | 92.1 |
Hartford | 82.9 |
Ivy League | |
Team | Rating |
Yale | 105.3 |
Princeton | 103.7 |
Cornell | 103.6 |
Penn | 100.5 |
Harvard | 100.0 |
Brown | 97.8 |
Dartmouth | 93.5 |
Columbia | 87.8 |
Metro Atlantic | |
Team | Rating |
Iona | 106.9 |
Quinnipiac | 101.8 |
Siena | 99.8 |
Rider | 98.2 |
Niagara | 95.5 |
Fairfield | 95.3 |
Mount St. Mary’s | 94.2 |
Canisius | 94.0 |
Saint Peter’s | 92.9 |
Marist | 92.6 |
Manhattan | 91.0 |
Mid-American | |
Team | Rating |
Kent St. | 107.9 |
Toledo | 104.6 |
Akron | 103.4 |
Ball St. | 101.6 |
Ohio | 100.9 |
Buffalo | 97.8 |
Bowling Green | 95.0 |
Central Michigan | 93.3 |
Western Michigan | 93.2 |
Miami (O) | 93.1 |
Northern Illinois | 91.8 |
Eastern Michigan | 89.8 |
Mideastern Athletic | |
Team | Rating |
Norfolk St. | 97.9 |
North Carolina Central | 97.8 |
Morgan St. | 96.0 |
Howard | 93.3 |
Maryland Eastern Shore | 92.9 |
Coppin St. | 90.9 |
South Carolina St. | 88.1 |
Delaware St. | 84.1 |
Missouri Valley | |
Team | Rating |
Bradley | 106.3 |
Drake | 105.8 |
Indiana St. | 103.9 |
Southern Illinois | 103.8 |
Belmont | 102.5 |
Missouri St. | 102.1 |
Northern Iowa | 100.3 |
Murray St. | 100.1 |
Illinois St. | 96.3 |
Illinois Chicago | 93.2 |
Valparaiso | 92.5 |
Evansville | 88.6 |
Mountain West | |
Team | Rating |
San Diego St. | 111.9 |
Boise St. | 111.5 |
Utah St. | 110.5 |
New Mexico | 109.4 |
Nevada | 109.0 |
UNLV | 106.5 |
Colorado St. | 104.0 |
Wyoming | 101.3 |
San Jose St. | 101.0 |
Air Force | 100.8 |
Fresno St. | 100.1 |
Northeast | |
Team | Rating |
Wagner | 92.9 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | 92.0 |
Sacred Heart | 91.0 |
St. Francis PA | 90.7 |
Central Connecticut | 90.4 |
Stonehill | 90.2 |
Merrimack | 89.9 |
St. Francis NY | 87.4 |
Long Island | 81.6 |
Ohio Valley | |
Team | Rating |
SIU Edwardsville | 99.6 |
Southeast Missouri St. | 95.9 |
Southern Indiana | 94.7 |
UT-Martin | 93.7 |
Tennessee Tech | 92.7 |
Morehead St. | 92.5 |
Tennessee St. | 92.2 |
Lindenwood | 89.3 |
Little Rock | 88.8 |
Eastern Illinois | 88.0 |
Pac-12 | |
Team | Rating |
UCLA | 118.8 |
Arizona | 114.6 |
Colorado | 110.2 |
Arizona St. | 110.2 |
USC | 109.6 |
Oregon | 109.2 |
Utah | 109.0 |
Washington St. | 108.5 |
Stanford | 105.0 |
Washington | 104.4 |
California | 98.8 |
Oregon St. | 97.6 |
Patriot League | |
Team | Rating |
Colgate | 103.4 |
American | 97.4 |
Army | 97.1 |
Navy | 96.1 |
Boston University | 95.8 |
Lafayette | 94.8 |
Bucknell | 94.0 |
Lehigh | 93.6 |
Loyola (MD) | 90.3 |
Holy Cross | 88.5 |
Southeastern | |
Team | Rating |
Tennessee | 120.4 |
Alabama | 120.0 |
Arkansas | 113.8 |
Auburn | 113.5 |
Kentucky | 112.0 |
Florida | 111.4 |
Texas A&M | 110.4 |
Missouri | 109.8 |
Mississippi St. | 109.3 |
Mississippi | 106.2 |
Vanderbilt | 106.2 |
Georgia | 106.0 |
LSU | 105.4 |
South Carolina | 96.5 |
Southern | |
Team | Rating |
Furman | 104.1 |
UNC Greensboro | 103.0 |
Chattanooga | 102.8 |
Samford | 101.4 |
Wofford | 99.0 |
Mercer | 96.6 |
Western Carolina | 95.8 |
East Tennessee St. | 95.2 |
The Citadel | 91.7 |
VMI | 90.3 |
Southland | |
Team | Rating |
Texas A&M CC | 97.8 |
Nicholls St. | 96.0 |
Northwestern St. | 95.6 |
Southeastern Louisiana | 94.1 |
Texas A&M Commerce | 92.3 |
McNeese St. | 89.5 |
New Orleans | 88.7 |
Houston Christian | 86.5 |
Incarnate Word | 86.3 |
Lamar | 83.6 |
Southwestern Athletic | |
Team | Rating |
Southern | 97.3 |
Grambling | 96.8 |
Alcorn St. | 94.2 |
Prairie View A&M | 93.7 |
Texas Southern | 92.6 |
Jackson St. | 91.7 |
Alabama A&M | 89.5 |
Arkansas Pine Bluff | 88.7 |
Alabama St. | 88.5 |
Bethune Cookman | 87.1 |
Florida A&M | 84.3 |
Mississippi Valley St. | 84.1 |
Summit | |
Team | Rating |
Oral Roberts | 106.2 |
South Dakota St. | 99.1 |
St. Thomas | 97.3 |
North Dakota St. | 96.4 |
UMKC | 96.1 |
Western Illinois | 94.3 |
South Dakota | 93.1 |
Denver | 92.1 |
Omaha | 91.8 |
North Dakota | 90.5 |
Sun Belt | |
Team | Rating |
Marshall | 107.3 |
James Madison | 106.7 |
Southern Miss | 102.9 |
Louisiana | 102.9 |
Troy | 102.0 |
Old Dominion | 99.9 |
Appalachian St. | 99.3 |
South Alabama | 99.2 |
Texas St. | 98.0 |
Georgia Southern | 97.7 |
Georgia St. | 97.1 |
Coastal Carolina | 95.9 |
Louisiana Monroe | 93.0 |
Arkansas St. | 91.6 |
West Coast | |
Team | Rating |
Gonzaga | 116.7 |
Saint Mary’s | 114.3 |
BYU | 107.2 |
Santa Clara | 105.9 |
Loyola Marymount | 104.2 |
San Francisco | 103.7 |
Pepperdine | 100.0 |
Portland | 99.8 |
San Diego | 98.3 |
Pacific | 96.6 |
Western Athletic | |
Team | Rating |
Sam Houston St. | 107.3 |
Grand Canyon | 105.0 |
Utah Valley | 104.6 |
Southern Utah | 103.0 |
Seattle | 102.2 |
Stephen F. Austin | 101.6 |
Cal Baptist | 100.5 |
New Mexico St. | 100.2 |
Tarleton St. | 100.1 |
Abilene Christian | 98.0 |
Utah Tech | 96.6 |
UT Arlington | 94.5 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 92.9 |
Coming Later Today: Updated Bracketology
January 10, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Arkansas | Alabama | 0.0 |
Army | American | -0.7 |
Bradley | Evansville | 19.5 |
Bryant | Albany | 10.3 |
Bucknell | Loyola (MD) | 7.7 |
Cal Baptist | Utah Valley | -1.9 |
Cal St. Bakersfield | UC Santa Barbara | -7.7 |
Cal St. Northridge | UC Davis | -5.9 |
Central Florida | Memphis | 1.4 |
Charleston Southern | High Point | -0.4 |
Chattanooga | Western Carolina | 8.2 |
Cincinnati | East Carolina | 11.5 |
Clemson | Louisville | 17.9 |
Colgate | Boston U. | 10.3 |
Davidson | Richmond | 0.6 |
Delaware | Towson | -1.9 |
Duke | Pittsburgh | 8.3 |
Elon | North Carolina A&T | -2.8 |
Florida Int’l. | Florida Atlantic | -12.6 |
Georgia | Mississippi St. | -1.7 |
Hofstra | Monmouth | 20.1 |
Houston | South Florida | 24.5 |
Illinois St. | Missouri St. | -4.5 |
Indiana St. | Southern Illinois | 4.2 |
Lehigh | Holy Cross | 5.0 |
Maine | New Hampshire | 2.4 |
Marquette | Connecticut | -2.3 |
Massachusetts | La Salle | 8.6 |
Mercer | Furman | -5.0 |
Miami (Fla) | Boston College | 13.5 |
Navy | Lafayette | 6.1 |
NJIT | Binghamton | 2.8 |
North Texas | Louisiana Tech | 8.5 |
Northwestern | Rutgers | -1.1 |
Penn St. | Indiana | -1.5 |
Presbyterian | Gardner Webb | -6.8 |
Rhode Island | St. Bonaventure | 0.7 |
Rice | Middle Tennessee | 0.0 |
Saint Joseph’s | Duquesne | -3.0 |
Saint Louis | George Mason | 5.9 |
Samford | Wofford | 3.0 |
SMU | Tulane | -3.0 |
Syracuse | Virginia Tech | -1.9 |
Tarleton St. | Chicago St. | 10.4 |
Texas | TCU | 6.9 |
Texas A&M | Missouri | 0.4 |
The Citadel | East Tennessee St. | 0.1 |
UAB | Western Kentucky | 11.1 |
UC Irvine | Cal St. Fullerton | 9.3 |
UC San Diego | UC Riverside | -4.8 |
UMass Lowell | Vermont | 2.5 |
UNC Wilmington | Charleston | -0.4 |
UNLV | Boise St. | 0.8 |
USC Upstate | Campbell | 1.4 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Abilene Christian | -5.0 |
UTEP | UTSA | 9.5 |
VMI | UNC Greensboro | -8.4 |
Wake Forest | Florida St. | 7.9 |
Washington St. | California | 13.0 |
West Virginia | Baylor | 2.1 |
William & Mary | Hampton | 7.9 |
Winthrop | Radford | -1.2 |
Xavier | Creighton | 3.5 |
January 3, 2023
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Home | Visitor | Spread |
Air Force | Utah St. | -9.3 |
Akron | Northern Illinois | 12.7 |
Alabama | Mississippi | 12.1 |
Boise St. | San Jose St. | 10.9 |
Boston College | Notre Dame | -0.9 |
Buffalo | Ohio | 0.2 |
Central Michigan | Miami (O) | 3.7 |
Creighton | Seton Hall | 7.3 |
Eastern Michigan | Bowling Green | 0.9 |
Fresno St. | New Mexico | -5.0 |
Kent St. | Western Michigan | 18.4 |
Kentucky | LSU | 10.3 |
Louisville | Syracuse | -8.2 |
Michigan St. | Nebraska | 6.6 |
Pittsburgh | Virginia | -4.2 |
St. John’s | Marquette | -2.0 |
Tennessee | Mississippi St. | 12.9 |
Texas | Kansas St. | 9.8 |
Texas Tech | Kansas | -1.5 |
Toledo | Ball St. | 7.2 |
Vanderbilt | South Carolina | 10.4 |
Wisconsin | Minnesota | 14.4 |
October 12, 2022
September 22, 2022
PiRate Picks: September 22-24, 2022
After losing most of our imaginary profit made in the first two weeks last week, we happened to be gifted with a week where the numbers seemed to be in our favor. We issued seven selections, including a Money Line Parlay that had eye-popping +204.42 odds. The Wyoming-Air Force rivlary game immediately drew our attention, as the 14 1/2 points were not just a gift, but an outright mistake. It won to start the weekend out on a great note.
We played two short favorites at home, something we rarely like to play. One of them, Maryland over SMU, won. The other was winning until a true freshman quarterback acted like Peyton Manning in the second half of his game, and our own local Vanderbilt Commodores won as a road ‘dog.
We played three totals, and all three won, but two of those were by the skin of our teeth. Oklahoma blew Nebraska off their home field. Thankfully, they ate the last 6 minutes off the clock when any score would have done us in. Notre Dame and Cal covered the 40 1/2 point total by a half point. Once again, we felt the AFA-Wyoming game was a gift with its high total, because the Cowboys historically have slowed down the option and kept this game close and low scoring.
Now to the Money Line Parlay at better than 2-1 odds. Penn State easily clobbered Auburn, as we thought would happen. Texas A&M was in a must-win situation to save Jimbo Fisher’s smoldering seat from becoming inflamed. North Carolina State proved their ranking is valid by topping Texas Tech with little trouble, and voila, we had an outstanding week cashing in six imaginary tickets in seven wagers. The imaginary $700 investment returned $1,294.42 for a fake profit of 85%. For the season to date, our beginning imaginary balance of $1,000 is now worth $1,906.19 a profit gain of 90.6% in four weeks.
That is now in the past. What have we done for you lately? We are about to do a lot by telling you that as wonderful as the numbers looked to us last week, they look that terrible this week. So many spreads are one point away from being plays for us. That one point is where we live. 20-something games were wiped out just because the number needed to be 7 1/2 instead of 6 1/2, 3 1/2 instead of 2 1/2, and 10 1/2 instead of 9 1/2. Buying points or playing teasers are two things we don’t like to do, unless we can play a 3-game, 10-point teaser where we can move spreads from 4 1/2 to 14 1/2, 7 1/2 to 17 1/2, 11 1/2 to 21 1/2 and similar.
Additionally, the totals seem to be a lot more accurate this week. Maybe on Monday, there were some playable totals, but by Wednesday night (when our picks are made), they had moved to unplayable numbers. We found just one game where we live the total this week.
That brings us to the Money Line parlay possibilities. Our philosophy with Money Line parlays is to take no more than three games on a parlay and to get at least +130 odds. Very rarely, we will add a fourth game that we believe has a better than 98% chance that the favorite will win. We could have added fourth games to the two parlays we chose, but that would have only raised the odds from the +130s to the +160s, and we don’t have the 98% confidence rating on either game. So, we are going with just three selections this week, hoping that next week will bring us more selection opportunities.
Selection #1: Southern California and Oregon State Under 70 1/2
It is our belief that this number had to be a little inflated to make it closer to a 50-50 wagering proposition. Still, the public is tending to the Over here. Both teams’ defenses and special teams have contributed to their scoring so far this year. This game figures to have better special teams defense, and both teams’ coaches might be preparing a little more than normal conservative game plans. We think the score could be in the neighborhood of 35-27, 35-31, or 34-28. Even a 38-28 game wins for us. So does a 35-34. It has to get to 38-35, 42-31, and 45-28 before this one loses.
Selection #2: Money Line Parlay at +135.77
Syracuse over Virginia
Georgia Southern over Ball St.
Old Dominion over Arkansas St.
Selection #3: Money Line Parlay at +134.52
Kansas over Duke
Clemson over Wake Forest
Temple over U Mass.
There is nothing special in our parlay picks this week. We simply believe that the chances of winning either one top the odds. We believe each one has a better than 50% chance of winning, and the chance of winning at least one of the two are 90%. Since going 1-1 in these two parlays is a guaranteed profit, we chose to pick these two with very similar odds, even if they are near our minimum odds we like to play.
Remember This: The PiRates never wager real money on these selections. We hope you don’t either. If you do wager real money, please do not use our selections as the main reference for your wagering.
We are not naive. We know there are more than a dozen of you that play our selections. Just because we have begun the 2022 football season with incredible results, there is no guarantee that this will continue. We have enjoyed 17 winning seasons in 22 years with this feature, but a couple of those 5 losing seasons were big losers. Many of our winning seasons returned 8-15% profit, some of those coming in years when the overall stock market returns were better than 15%. You don’t have to deal with the vig when you invest in corporations.
January 25, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Home | Visitors | Spread | |
Rhode Island | Richmond | 2.2 | |
Georgia | Alabama | -15.0 | |
Duke | Clemson | 12.1 | |
Illilnois | Michigan St. | 5.4 | |
Villanova | DePaul | 15.3 | |
Northern Kentucky | Wright St. | -0.7 | |
Charleston | William & Mary | 13.2 | |
Dayton | Fordham | 12.4 | |
Yale | Columbia | 17.6 | |
Iona | Siena | 16.6 | |
Temple | Cincinnati | -3.1 | |
Indiana St. | Missouri St. | -7.6 | |
Ohio | Northern Illinois | 16.5 | |
Bowling Green | Eastern Michigan | 6.8 | |
Central Michigan | Akron | -11.6 | |
Kent St. | Western Michigan | 13.3 | |
Toledo | Buffalo | 5.4 | |
Ball St. | Miami (O) | -2.5 | |
Baylor | Kansas St. | 14.6 | |
North Dakota St. | St. Thomas | 7.6 | |
Pittsburgh | Syracuse | -4.7 | |
Loyola (Chi.) | Southern Illinois | 12.3 | |
Rutgers | Maryland | 1.4 | |
Missouri | Auburn | -15.4 | |
Connecticut | Georgetown | 17.5 | |
Kentucky | Mississippi St. | 11.3 | |
TCU | Texas | -1.5 | |
Colorado St. | Nevada | 11.2 | |
New Mexico | Fresno St. | -4.9 | |
Boise St. | Wyoming | 5.1 | |
Oregon | Colorado | 6.8 | |
Cal St. Northridge | UCSB | -7.3 | |
San Jose St. | Air Force | -0.1 | |
UCLA | Arizona | -3.1 |
January 11, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Home | Visitors | Spread |
Canisius | Quinnipiac | -0.5 |
Fairfield | Iona | -5.3 |
Stanford | USC | -6.6 |
Towson | Hofstra | 3.8 |
Tennessee | South Carolina | 14.3 |
Penn St. | Rutgers | 4.1 |
Baylor | Texas Tech | 10.1 |
Vanderbilt | Kentucky | -8.6 |
Marquette | DePaul | 7.0 |
Syracuse | Pittsburgh | 10.2 |
North Alabama | Eastern Kentucky | -2.3 |
Liberty | North Florida | 13.2 |
Jacksonville St. | Lipscomb | 11.9 |
Jacksonville | Stetson | 5.7 |
Bellarmine | Central Arkansas | 12.1 |
La Salle | St. Bonaventure | -10.7 |
VCU | George Washington | 17.7 |
Dayton | Saint Louis | 1.3 |
Davidson | Massachusetts | 10.7 |
James Madison | Northeastern | 3.9 |
Drexel | Delaware | 2.5 |
Akron | Ball St. | 10.3 |
Ohio | Bowling Green | 8.0 |
Kent St. | Northern Illinois | 13.0 |
Western Michigan | Buffalo | -15.0 |
Miami (O) | Toledo | -2.2 |
Eastern Michigan | Central Michigan | 6.7 |
Stephen F. Austin | UT Rio Grande Valley | 10.9 |
Kansas | Iowa St. | 12.0 |
Florida St. | Miami (Fla.) | 6.8 |
Northern Iowa | Indiana St. | 8.5 |
Texas | Oklahoma | 5.4 |
Nebraska | Illinois | -14.1 |
Texas A&M | Mississippi | 4.7 |
Alabama | Auburn | -0.1 |
Creighton | Providence | 1.2 |
West Virginia | Oklahoma St. | 2.6 |
Loyola (Chi.) | Valparaiso | 17.2 |
Fresno St. | San Jose St. | 16.1 |
UNLV | New Mexico | 7.4 |
January 5, 2022
PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Home | Visitors | Spread |
St. John’s | DePaul | 4.3 |
Michigan St. | Nebraska | 16.4 |
South Florida | Houston | -20.5 |
Florida | Alabama | 0.4 |
Tennessee | Ole Miss | 15.9 |
East Carolina | Tulane | 0.1 |
Central Florida | Temple | 11.4 |
Louisvile | Pittsburgh | 12.6 |
Dayton | VCU | 0.9 |
Saint Joseph’s | Davidson | -4.5 |
Richmond | Massachusetts | 6.9 |
Miami (Fla.) | Syracuse | 1.2 |
Villanova | Creighton | 10.2 |
Iowa St. | Texas Tech | -1.4 |
Notre Dame | North Carolina | -1.9 |
Bradley | Missouri St. | -3.1 |
Northwestern | Penn St. | 6.3 |
March 26, 2021
PiRate Ratings Sweet 16 Spreads
Friday, March 26, 2021
Favorite | Underdog | Spread |
Loyola (Chi.) | Oregon St. | 6.5 |
Baylor | Villanova | 5.2 |
Arkansas | Oral Roberts | 13.3 |
Houston | Syracuse | 7.0 |
Gonzaga | Creighton | 13.3 |
Michigan | Florida St. | 3.4 |
Alabama | UCLA | 5.7 |
USC | Oregon | 3.4 |
Bracketnomics Took A Beating
Like 99% of the public, our brackets are destroyed thanks to all the lower seeded teams winning in the first two rounds. Obviously, the Big Ten was highly overrated, and the Pac-12 was highly underrated. A lack of non-conference games this year made the schedule strengths too biased. There are only four teams in the Sweet 16 with resumes similar to past national champions.
Gonzaga is the only remaining team that meets 90% of the criteria of a national champion. Michigan would also meet the criteria, but their star playmaker is still injured and out. So, the Wolverines have to be discounted somewhat.
Baylor and Houston meet more than 75% of the criteria, but they are missing one key important stat. Connecticut is the only past national champion of the 21st Century to win the national title with this type of criteria.
If Gonzaga wins the title, then the bracketnomics data will have proven itself to be accurate for the year, even if our interpretation of the data was wrong. If Michigan, Houston, or Baylor wins the title, then it will be another Connecticut type of deal, where the criteria was valid but not identifiable enough to be considered a success. If anybody else cuts the nets, then the criteria failed for this year.
What should we make of this data this year? Do we throw this year out due to the highly dysfunctional season? So many games were cancelled this year, while other games were scheduled on as little as 48-72 hours notice. Included in the cancellations was a Gonzaga vs. Baylor game that should have been played, in all places, in Indianapolis in December!
One thing we will note in 2021-2022 is to consider the Big Ten Conference to be a tad overrated and the Pac-12 Conference a tad underrated. Maybe, it is time for “The Conference of Champions” to return to its prominence it enjoyed in the second half of the 20th Century.
What to Make of Gonzaga
Gonzaga’s strength of schedule just barely qualifies for national championship-worthy criteria. However, no team from outside the Power Conferences (AAC, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, or SEC) has won the national championship since 1990, when UNLV cut down the nets. In three decades, Gonzaga came within a made basket, and Butler came within a rimmed out prayer of pulling off the Mid-Major miracle.
Gonzaga has been compared all season to the 1991 UNLV team that ran the table during the regular season with a scoring margin of close to 30 points, only to fall to Duke in the Final Four.
Could Gonzaga meet a power conference blue blood and meet the same fate as UNLV 30 years ago? Creighton would not be considered a blue blood, and we cannot see the Bulldogs losing Saturday. A win in the Sweet 16 would have GU playing a Pac-12 team in the Elite 8, either USC or Oregon. We cannot count either of these teams as a Duke-like blue blood.
In the National Semifinals, Gonzaga would face either Michigan, Florida State, UCLA, or Alabama. With Isaiah Livers able to play, Michigan would definitely be considered blue blood material. Florida State is in the blue blood neighborhood. UCLA and Alabama are both a little too green to be blue these days.
The Championship Game would present a potential opponent in Baylor that would be a true blue blood team this year. Syracuse might be a powder blue blood with their matchup zone so hard to prepare for when teams have not faced it before.
However, we here on the PiRate ship do not see Gonzaga as the UNLV team three decades later. We see this Bulldogs team more like the 1964 UCLA Bruins 57 years later. By this, we do not refer to playing style. The two teams couldn’t be any more different. Coach John Wooden’s first national champions were small in size; no starter was taller than 6 foot 5 inches. Gonzaga has size and muscle inside.
The 1964 Bruins used a devastating 2-2-1, 3/4 court zone press and occasionally a 1-2-1-1 full court zone press to force tempo and turnovers, while Gonzaga uses a standard half-court defense that relies on pressuring the ball and forcing poor shots, where they can control the boards and run the fast break and secondary break for cheap baskets and then hit the offensive glass for additional chances.
Where the two teams are quite similar is their method for winning games. In going 30-0 in 1964, UCLA put every game away with a 2 to 3 minute scoring run. The best example occurred in the national title game, where a favored Duke team, with two 6 foot 10 inch starters towering over the Bruins, fell under pressure in just 2 1/2 minutes, as the Bruins ran off 16 points in a row.
Gonzaga has this same ability to take a three-point lead and make it a 15-point lead in just a couple minutes of playing time. Their game against BYU in the West Coast Conference Championship Game is a testament to this ability. BYU held a 10-point lead and looked like they were going to do what Saint Mary’s had done in the prior WCC Championship Game. Then, in very little clock time, GU went from 10 down to 10 up, and the game was over.
There is another team remaining with the same ability to go on a major game-clinching scoring run, and that is Houston. Funny how comparing Gonzaga to UCLA brings Houston into the conversation, as Houston and UCLA conjure up memories of past titanic rivals like Dempsey-Tunney, Affirmed-Alydar, and New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers.
Houston is most definitely not considered the favorite to make it to the National Championship Game. They still have to solve the Syracuse zone and then possibly beat the most underrated team in the field in Loyola of Chicago or the team that found lightning in a bottle in Oregon State. Then, they most likely have to dismiss Baylor to make it to their third national championship game in the school’s history.
A Houston-Gonzaga national championship tilt would be quite memorable, and it would be one where both teams enjoy scoring runs that make the outcome unpredictable.