PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Tuesday’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	Spread
Akron	Ball St.	6.1
American	Bucknell	3.8
Binghamton	UMBC	-1.2
Boise St.	San Diego St.	0.9
Bowling Green	Eastern Michigan	4.4
Butler	Marquette	-7.8
Central Michigan	Toledo	-13.2
Coastal Carolina	Arkansas St.	1.7
Dayton	La Salle	14.1
Detroit	Purdue Ft. Wayne	3.5
Duke	North Carolina St.	4.7
Eastern Kentucky	North Alabama	6.2
Georgia	Florida	-4.7
Indiana	Iowa	5.2
Kansas	Texas Tech	9.6
Kennesaw St.	Queens	6.8
Kent St.	Ohio	8.5
Liberty	Bellarmine	16.4
Louisville	Virginia Tech	-10.2
Loyola (MD)	Holy Cross	5.4
Maine	Bryant	-2.9
Mississippi	Texas A&M	-4.6
Mississippi St.	South Carolina	15.9
Nebraska	Michigan St.	-3.3
New Hampshire	NJIT	5.5
New Mexico	Fresno St.	11.4
Northern Illinois	Buffalo	-0.5
Robert Morris	IUPUI	14.8
San Jose St.	Colorado St.	2.0
Seton Hall	Villanova	2.4
Stetson	Lipscomb	2.3
Syracuse	Georgia Tech	7.7
Tennessee	Arkansas	6.6
Texas St.	Georgia St.	2.9
VCU	Saint Louis	5.7
Vermont	Albany	16.9
Virginia	Clemson	5.5
Wake Forest	Boston College	9.8
Western Michigan	Miami (O)	0.5
Wright St.	Green Bay	19.5

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Tuesday’s Conference Tournament Schedules

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Atlantic Sun

Quarterfinals–All Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#9 Queens (18-14) at #1 Kennesaw St. (23-8)

#5 Lipscomb (19-12) at #4 Stetson (17-12)

#8 Bellarmine (15-17) at #2 Liberty (24-7)

#6 North Alabama (18-13) at #3 Eastern Kentucky (19-12)

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Horizon League

1st Round–All Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#11 IUPUI (5-26) at #6 Robert Morris (15-16)

#10 Green Bay (3-28) at #7 Wright St. (17-14)

#9 Purdue Ft. Wayne (17-14) at #8 Detroit Mercy (13-18)

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Patriot League

1st Round–Both Games Start at 7 PM EST on ESPN+

#9 Holy Cross (10-21) at #8 Loyola (MD) (12-19)

#10 Bucknell (12-19) at #7 American (15-14)

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Sun Belt Conference — Pensacola, FL

1st Round — Both Games on ESPN+

#12 Coastal Carolina (11-19) vs. #13 Arkansas St. (12-19) 6 PM EST

#11 Texas St. (13-18) vs. #14 Georgia St. (10-20) 8:30 PM EST

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Air Force	Fresno St.	2.5
Arkansas	Georgia	14.2
Ball St.	Kent St.	-4.9
Buffalo	Central Michigan	9.8
Creighton	Marquette	3.6
Eastern Michigan	Western Michigan	1.6
Kansas St.	Baylor	0.3
Miami (O)	Bowling Green	1.4
Michigan St.	Indiana	0.5
Missouri	Mississippi St.	1.7
Missouri St.	Murray St.	5.3
Nevada	San Jose St.	10.0
Ohio	Northern Illinois	9.4
Oklahoma	Texas Tech	2.2
Pittsburgh	Georgia Tech	11.8
Richmond	Saint Louis	-1.5
Robert Morris	Youngstown St.	-5.4
Saint Joseph’s	VCU	-5.1
San Diego St.	Colorado St.	11.8
Texas	Iowa St.	5.7
Texas A&M	Tennessee	-3.2
Toledo	Akron	2.7
Tulsa	East Carolina	-2.1
Virginia Tech	Miami (Fla)	-0.4
Wyoming	Utah St.	-6.7
Xavier	Villanova	8.5

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Albany	UMBC	-6.6
Belmont	Evansville	16.6
Binghamton	NJIT	3.6
Bradley	Missouri St.	8.9
Bryant	UMass Lowell	1.3
Cal Baptist	Seattle	0.4
Cal Poly	Cal St. Bakersfield	1.7
Campbell	Charleston Southern	5.2
Clemson	Florida St.	10.2
Colgate	Army	10.8
Colorado St.	Boise St.	-4.8
Duquesne	Saint Joseph’s	6.8
East Carolina	Cincinnati	-8.9
Florida	Mississippi	9.0
Fordham	St. Bonaventure	3.6
Fresno St.	San DIego St.	-9.5
Gardner-Webb	Winthrop	7.5
George Washington	George Mason	-1.4
Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech	-6.7
Grand Canyon	UT-Rio Grande Valley	12.1
Holy Cross	Boston U.	-1.9
Illinois Chicago	Indiana St.	-9.3
Illinois St.	Murray St.	0.5
Iowa St.	TCU	2.8
La Salle	Richmond	-1.3
Lehigh	Navy	-2.6
Louisville	Virginia	-16.8
Loyola (MD)	Lafayette	-1.7
Marquette	Xavier	4.2
Mississippi St.	Kentucky	2.1
Northern Iowa	Drake	-6.3
Northwestern	Indiana	-1.0
Oakland	IUPUI	15.1
Presbyterian	High Point	1.0
Rhode Island	VCU	-6.7
Saint Louis	Davidson	5.6
Sam Houston	UT Arlington	14.5
Samford	UNC Greensboro	-0.1
Stephen F Austin	Tarleton St.	6.1
Stetson	Florida Gulf Coast	2.1
Tennessee	Alabama	1.1
Texas A&M	Arkansas	0.9
The Citadel	Furman	-13.4
Tulsa	South Florida	-4.2
UC Davis	Cal St. Northridge	11.4
UC Riverside	Long Beach St.	1.7
UC San Diego	Cal St. Fullerton	-5.3
UC Santa Barbara	UC Irvine	1.3
USC Upstate	Longwood	-3.9
Vermont	New Hampshire	11.1
VMI	Chattanooga	-8.9
Washington	Oregon	-3.3
Western Carolina	East Tennessee St.	2.4
Wofford	Mercer	3.5

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/13/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Alabama	Houston	Purdue	Kansas
2	Texas	Arizona	UCLA	Baylor
3	Tennessee	Xavier	Virginia	Marquette
4	Kansas St.	Iowa St.	Connecticut	Gonzaga
5	Indiana	Saint Mary’s	TCU	Miami (Fla)
6	San Diego St.	Illinois	Creighton	Rutgers
7	Missouri	Duke	Michigan St.	Iowa
8	Maryland	Providence	North Carolina St.	Auburn
9	West Virginia	Northwestern	Florida Atlantic	Arkansas
10	Boise St.	Oklahoma St.	Nevada	Pittsburgh
11	North Carolina	New Mexico	Memphis	USC	Texas A&M	Mississippi St.
12	Charleston	Oral Roberts	Southern Miss.	Liberty
13	VCU	Toledo	Drake	Utah Valley
14	UCSB	Yale	Furman	Colgate
15	Rider	E. Washington	Vermont	Youngstown St.
16	UNC Asheville	Northwestern St.	Morehead St.	Alcorn St.	Howard	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes: Nevada, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Pittsburgh

Last 4 In: Memphis, USC, Texas A&M, Mississippi St.

First 4 Out: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Utah St., Oregon

Next 4 Out: Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, Arizona St., Wake Forest

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/10/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Purdue	Alabama	Houston	Kansas
2	Arizona	Tennessee	Texas	UCLA
3	Baylor	Xavier	Kansas St.	Iowa St.
4	Marquette	Connecticut	Virginia	Gonzaga
5	TCU	Indiana	Saint Mary’s	Miami (Fla.)
6	San Diego St.	Rutgers	Illinois	Creighton
7	Duke	Providence	Auburn	Iowa
8	West Virginia	Florida Atlanta	Maryland	Arkansas
9	Missouri	Michigan St.	North Carolina St.	Boise St.
10	Nevada	New Mexico	Oklahoma St.	Northwestern
11	Pittsburgh	North Carolina	Memphis	USC	Kentucky	Clemson
12	Charleston	Oral Roberts	Liberty	Southern Miss.
13	VCU	Akron	Drake	Utah Valley
14	UC Santa Barbara	Princeton	Furman	Colgate
15	Rider	E. Washington	Vermont	Youngstown St.
16	UNC Asheville	Texas A&M-CC	MD Eastern Shore	Morehead St.	Alcorn St.	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes: Oklahoma St., Northwestern, Pittsburgh, North Carolina

Last 4 In: Memphis, USC, Kentucky, Clemson

First 4 Out: Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Oregon, Utah St.

Next 4 Out: Mississippi St., Florida, Seton Hall, Arizona St.

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/6/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Houston	Alabama	Purdue	Texas
2	Tennessee	Kansas	Arizona	UCLA
3	Baylor	Xavier	Iowa St.	Marquette
4	Kansas St.	Connecticut	Virginia	Saint Mary’s
5	Gonzaga	TCU	Indiana	Rutgers
6	San Diego St.	Miami (Fla)	Illinois	Duke
7	Creighton	Providence	Auburn	Iowa
8	Florida Atlantic	Maryland	New Mexico	West Virginia
9	Missouri	North Carolina St.	Arkansas	USC
10	Boise St.	Michigan St.	Nevada	Kentucky
11	Oklahoma St.	North Carolina	Northwestern	Memphis	Pittsburgh	Clemson
12	Oral Roberts	Liberty	Southern Miss.	VCU
13	Hofstra	Utah Valley	Drake	Akron
14	UC Santa Barbara	Princeton	Furman	Colgate
15	Rider	E. Washington	Youngstown St.	Vermont
16	Radford	Northwestern St.	Morehead St.	MD Eastern Shore	Southern	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes

Nevada, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, North Carolina

Last 4 In

Northwestern, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Clemson

First 4 Out

Utah St., Seton Hall, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

Next 4 Out

Mississippi St., Florida, Virginia Tech, Oregon

PiRate Ratings Bracketology

Date	2/3/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Purdue	Alabama	Houston	Kansas
2	Tennessee	Arizona	Texas	UCLA
3	Baylor	Xavier	Virginia	Gonzaga
4	Marquette	Kansas St.	TCU	Iowa St.
5	Connecticut	Saint Mary’s	Rutgers	Illinois
6	Indiana	San Diego St.	Duke	Miami (Fla)
7	Auburn	Providence	Creighton	Boise St.
8	New Mexico	Missouri	North Carolina St.	Florida Atlantic
9	Iowa	Memphis	North Carolina	Maryland
10	Arkansas	West Virginia	Michigan St.	USC
11	Nevada	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	Oklahoma St.	Clemson	Northwestern
12	Southern Miss.	Oral Roberts	VCU	Kent St.
13	Liberty	Drake	Utah Valley	Hofstra
14	UCSB	Cornell	Furman	Colgate
15	Siena	Youngstown St.	Eastern Washington	Vermont
16	UNC Asheville	SE Louisiana	MD Eastern Shore	Morehead St.	Southern	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes: Michigan State, USC, Nevada, Kentucky

Last 4 In: Pittsburgh, Oklahoma St., Clemson, Northwestern

First 4 Out: Utah St., Wisconsin, Arizona St., Seton Hall

Next 4 Out: Texas A&M, Penn St., Florida, Mississippi St.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Air Force	Boise St.	-9.0
Alabama	Vanderbilt	16.1
Arkansas	Texas A&M	5.7
Boston College	Clemson	-11.4
Bowling Green	Ball St.	-2.2
Buffalo	Akron	-0.5
Colorado St.	UNLV	0.2
Davidson	VCU	-2.1
Dayton	Loyola (Chi)	15.5
DePaul	Connecticut	-12.2
Duke	Wake Forest	8.6
Eastern Michigan	Ohio	2.1
Fordham	Saint Louis	-3.5
Illinois	Nebraska	12.0
Iowa	Northwestern	5.1
Kansas	Kansas St.	6.2
Kent St.	Central Michigan	18.7
Maryland	Indiana	0.4
Miami (Fla)	Virginia Tech	3.8
Miami (O)	Toledo	-9.9
Mississippi	Kentucky	-3.8
Nevada	San Diego St.	-1.1
Quinnipiac	Marist	13.1
South Carolina	Mississippi St.	-10.4
TCU	West Virginia	4.9
Western Michigan	Northern Illinois	2.6
Wyoming	Fresno St.	3.1

PiRate Ratings Bracketology



Date	1/20/2023
Seed	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
1	Purdue	Houston	Kansas	Alabama
2	UCLA	Tennessee	Kansas St.	Iowa St.
3	Texas	Arizona	Connecticut	Gonzaga
4	Virginia	Xavier	Marquette	Baylor
5	TCU	Auburn	Miami (Fla)	Rutgers
6	San Diego St.	Duke	Saint Mary’s	Providence
7	North Carolina St.	Arkansas	Illinois	Michigan St.
8	New Mexico	North Carolina	Missouri	Iowa
9	Indiana	Boise St.	Arizona St.	Creighton
10	Florida Atlantic	Clemson	Wisconsin	West Virginia
11	Charleston	Pittsburgh	Memphis	Maryland	Northwestern
12	Kent St.	Oral Roberts	Dayton	Ohio St.	Penn St.
13	Seattle	Marshall	Southern Illinois	Iona
14	Liberty	UC Santa Barbara	Cornell	Colgate
15	UMass Lowell	Samford	Youngstown St.	Eastern Washington
16	Longwood	SIU Edwardsville	Southern	Texas A&M-CC	Morgan St.	Fairleigh Dickinson

Last 4 Byes: Wisconsin, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Memphis

Last 4 In: Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio St., Penn St.

First 4 Out: Utah St., Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Texas A&M

Next 4 Out: Nevada, Central Florida, USC, Seton Hall

Note: The last 4 teams in the field this week are all Big Ten teams. These would be First Four teams playing in Dayton, but the NCAA Selection Committee will not put four Big Ten teams in this round.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Home	Visitor	Spread
Texas A&M	Northwestern State	15.9
Notre Dame	Jacksonville	6.4
Texas	Texas A&M-Commerce	27.6
Marquette	Seton Hall	6.9
Texas Tech	South Carolina State	28.2