PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Virginia	St. Bonaventure	2.7
Xavier	Vanderbilt	4.3
Northern Colorado	UNC Wilmington	-1.3
Abilene Christian	Middle Tennessee	-1.3
UTEP	Southern Utah	2.2

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Virginia	Boston College	7.9
Connecticut	Creighton	10.2
Iowa St.	Kansas	-3.7
Maryland	Michigan St.	-4.2
Tennessee	Texas A&M	11.5
Siena	Canisius	3.3
Duquesne	Richmond	-6.8
St. Bonaventure	Davidson	1.5
Western Michigan	Northern Illinois	0.3
Ohio	Ball St.	12.6
Eastern Michigan	Toledo	-11.6
Central Michigan	Bowling Green	-6.4
Miami (O)	Kent St.	0.8
Mississippi St.	South Carolina	7.7
Northwestern	Rutgers	6.5
Louisville	North Carolina	-3.9
Georgetown	Seton Hall	-8.3
Auburn	Alabama	7.1
Texas Tech	Texas	4.6
St. John’s	Providence	0.8
LSU	Mississippi	15.0
Wichita St.	Tulsa	8.4
Utah St.	Air Force	16.5
Michigan	Nebraska	15.0
Stanford	California	5.6
UC Riverside	UC Davis	7.0
UNLV	Nevada	4.2
San Jose St.	Fresno St.	-12.0

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Army	American	8.9
UNC Asheville	North Carolina A&T	5.6
Radford	Hampton	7.1
Florida	Mississippi St.	4.7
Alabama	LSU	0.7
Rhode Island	La Salle	14.9
Saint Joseph’s	George Washington	10.4
Quinnipiac	Rider	6.2
Loyola (MD)	Boston U	-0.8
Bucknell	Colgate	-11.6
Creighton	St. John’s	4.0
Navy	Lehigh	14.6
Gardner-Webb	USC Upstate	10.9
Charleston Southern	High Point	-7.0
Longwood	Campbell	4.0
Louisville	Boston College	7.4
NC St.	Virginia Tech	-4.1
Georgia Tech	Wake Forest	-3.4
NJIT	Vermont	-12.0
Binghamton	Stony Brook	-1.8
Hartford	New Hampshire	-2.9
UMass Lowell	Maine	13.4
Maryland-Baltimore Co.	Albany	5.5
Valparaiso	Northern Iowa	-4.5
Furman	Western Carolina	15.0
East Tennessee St.	Mercer	4.0
Wofford	The Citadel	12.6
Villanova	Marquette	11.1
Oklahoma St.	TCU	5.7
Southern Illinois	Indiana St.	4.8
Missouri St.	Illinois St.	11.7
Drake	Bradley	5.5
Texas A&M	Kentucky	-8.0
Rutgers	Iowa	-5.3
Auburn	Georgia	23.9
DePaul	Xavier	-5.9
Pittsburgh	Virginia	-3.7
Wyoming	San Jose St.	18.2
Colorado St.	New Mexico	15.8

Coming later today: Our fourth annual Top 20 Coaches Ready For Prime Time. You will see some familiar names, but you are going to see some names you may not know, including one coach from the Division 2 ranks.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Xavier	Villanova	0.3
Radford	Longwood	-2.3
Wake Forest	Duke	-5.6
Michigan St.	Minnesota	11.1
Florida	LSU	-2.9
Tulsa	Temple	3.3
Central Florida	Memphis	-1.5
Cincinnati	East Carolina	10.9
Morehead St.	UT Martin	13.9
North Carolina A&T	Hampton	7.7
Gardner-Webb	Presbyterian	9.1
Campbell	Charleston Southern	16.3
Notre Dame	Clemson	0.9
Vermont	Stony Brook	11.1
Albany	UMass Lowell	-2.2
NJIT	UMBC	0.9
Rhode Island	Saint Joseph’s	8.0
Fordham	Duquesne	1.9
Western Carolina	Chattanooga	-13.5
Wofford	Samford	10.7
Furman	East Tennessee St.	8.3
UNC Wilmington	Elon	1.2
Mississippi St.	Georgia	15.0
Norfolk St.	Delaware St.	18.6
USC Upstate	High Point	-1.8
Colorado St.	Utah St.	3.9
Wichita St.	Tulane	9.0
SMU	South Florida	15.2
Missouri St.	Southern Illinois	7.5
Drake	Illinois St.	10.8
Bradley	Evansville	9.4
Connecticut	St. John’s	10.6
Louisville	NC St.	7.3
Virginia	Virginia Tech	-1.8
Boston College	Georgia Tech	0.6
Kansas St.	TCU	2.1
Arkansas	Missouri	12.5
Northwestern	Maryland	4.1
Pacific	Santa Clara	-8.5
Washington	California	-0.8
California Baptist	Dixie St.	8.6
Seattle	Utah Valley	-1.1
Nevada	Boise St.	-1.2

PiRate Picks For September 9-13, 2021

Last week’s opening picks missed, as Virginia Tech made Sam Howell look like Thurston Howell. Duke then failed to show up against Charlotte, and poof, our two picks were destroyed. Such is life when you wager on parlays that return the odds we look for when we place our imaginary wagers.

We have two more picks returning some fat odds this week, and maybe we’ll get lucky and hit on one. We will also tell you a week 1 tip for the NFL. Although we are here just for Money Line Parlays this year, it doesn’t mean we cannot give out a little interesting information.

Here are our two Money Line Parlays for Week two of the college season. We will eventually pick some NFL games, but Week one is not the time and place for that.

Parlay 1

Odds:	+224
Must Win	Opponent
Virginia	Illinois
Rutgers	Syracuse
Michigan	Washington

Parlay 2

Odds:	+180.56
Must Win	Opponent
Mississippi St.	North Carolina St.
TCU	California

Here’s our tip for Week 1 of the NFL season. Underdogs of 1 to 3 points tend to win outright 50% of the time, but they also lose by less than 3 points another 8-10% of the time. That’s 58-60% success for wagering on 3-point Underdogs.

There are seven games as of this writing with a 3-point spread. The Dogs are:

Houston against Jacksonville

Arizona against Tennessee

Philadelphia against Atlanta

Indianapolis against Seattle

Cincinnati against Minnesota

Miami against New England

N.Y. Giants against Denver

Atlantic Coast Conference Preview

The Atlantic Coast Conference benefitted from Covid by gaining an extra playoff team last year.  With Notre Dame choosing to become a full member for the season, and then with the Irish running the table, topping Clemson, while Clemson won all its remaining games, when the Tigers took the rematch in the ACC Championship Game, it opened the door for two ACC teams to make the playoffs.  

Unfortunately for the league, Clemson was bombed by Ohio State and Notre Dame had no chance against Alabama in the semifinal round, as the two teams lost by a combined 38 points.

2021 should be back to normal for the league, but who knows if this will be the last time the 14 teams are together in one league, as of this writing, rumors are running rampant about a possible alliance between the ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12, and other rumors have claimed that Clemson and Florida State would like to become members of the SEC.

At the ACC Preseason Meetings, the media voted their predictions for the 2021-2022 season.

Atlantic Division

(First-place votes in parenthesis)

1. Clemson – 1,028 (146)

2. NC State – 804 (1)

3. Boston College – 638

4. Florida State – 510

5. Wake Forest – 472

6. Louisville – 462

7. Syracuse – 202

Coastal Division

(First-place votes in parenthesis)

1. North Carolina – 979 (109)

2. Miami – 881 (28)

3. Virginia Tech – 582 (3)

4. Pitt – 576 (1)

5. Virginia – 540 (2)

6. Georgia Tech – 340 (4)

7. Duke – 218

Overall Champion

Clemson – 125

North Carolina – 16

Miami – 3

Virginia – 1

Georgia Tech – 1

NC State – 1

Clemson doesn’t rebuild; the Tigers reload with the next round of 4-star and 5-star talent.  Losing once in a generation quarterback Trevor Lawrence is not a reloadable possibility.  D.J. Ulagalelei is a brute force that could play tight end or linebacker.  He just happens to have an accurate arm and the intelligence to know where to throw the ball.  While he won’t put up Lawrence numbers, especially on the ground, he can lead Clemson back to the playoffs again.  Finding capable receivers will be a tougher task, but tight end Braden Galloway gives CU a big target in the middle of the field.

Coach Dabo Swinney has 10 defensive starters coming back this year, and one or two might lose starting status to even better players.  This should be the best defense in all of college football, led by one of the best defensive lines in many years.  Bryan Bresee and Myles Murphy could easily make the 1st team All-American team.

Clemson also rates highly in its kicking games, as punter Will Spiers carried a 44 yard average, and placekicker B.T. Potter nailed a couple of 50-yard plus field goals and hit on 18 of 23 overall.

Clemson gets its toughest task in the regular season right off the bat, when they face Georgia in Charlotte on September 4.  If they get past their old rival, there’s no reason to think they cannot go undefeated until the Playoffs.

The race for second place in the Atlantic Division is wide open.  Five of the remaining six teams in the division could finish in second place.

Wake Forest had an outstanding offense and weak defense last year going 4-4 in the regular season before losing to Wisconsin in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.  An offense that scored 36 points per game and racked up 444 yards per game merely returns every starter this year and welcomes some fine new talent.  Coach Dave Clawson has this team flying under the radar.  Due to unfortunate injuries the last two seasons, there is loads of depth on board, and the Demon Deacons need only a slight improvement on the defensive side to contend for nine or ten wins.

North Carolina State didn’t play Clemson last year due to a Covid cancellation, and the Wolfpack didn’t play Notre Dame.  Their 8-4 record was helped by playing Duke, Syracuse, and Florida State.  This year, the Wolfpack have a better roster on both sides of the ball, and another 8-win season is quite possible, even with Clemson returning to the schedule.

Coach Dave Doeren must hope that quarterback Devin Leary can return from a season-ending leg injury and be the pre-injury passer he was in 2020, when he completed 60% of his passes for an average of 13.5 yards per completion.  Leary has three talented receivers coming back that combined for 118 receptions for 1,744 yards and 17 touchdowns.  Leary will have good protection as four offensive linemen starters are back.

The Wolfpack need to be a little stingier against the pass this year if they are to contend for second place in the Atlantic.  After giving up more than 240 passing yards and 415 total yards in 2020, NC State will have new defensive backs in the starting 11.

Jeff Hafley came to Boston College after producing a couple of outstanding defenses at Ohio State.  He took over a BC program that was falling back in the pack and in one year, he made the Eagles a tough out in the ACC.  While BC went 5-5 in the league and 6-5 overall, they lost to North Carolina by four, Clemson by six, Notre Dame by 14, and Virginia by 11.  

Hafley has a lot of talent returning on both sides of the ball, and in year two in Chestnut Hill, we expect the Eagles to earn a bowl bid and be in the hunt for an eight-win season.  By 2022, this team might be ready to compete for a division title.

Mike Norvell’s first season at Florida State would have been unforgettable if he hadn’t made headlines a couple of times.  A 3-6 included just one impressive win.  After losing to a Georgia Tech team still trying to transition to a pro-style offense from the triple option, the Seminoles were embarrassed by in-state rival Miami by six touchdowns.  Additional lopsided losses to Pittsburgh and Louisville showed the fans just how far this program had fallen since Jimbo Fisher left for Texas A&M.

FSU may have benefitted the most from the Transfer Portal, as Norvell picks up several players that should become starters.  The only thing in the way of a winning season this year may be the schedule, as the Seminoles play Notre Dame and Florida out of conference as well as North Carolina and Miami from the Coastal Division.

Louisville took a step back in Scott Satterfield’s second year after going 8-5 in 2019.  He also antagonized fans and maybe the administration by lobbying for the South Carolina job that he did not get.  This program is one to watch to see if Satterfield still owns the locker room.  If not, UL may be headed for trouble.  The Cardinals have lost some key players to transfer in the past couple of years too, so this may be the do or die season for Satterfield.  If he can work the same magic he worked at Appy State, UL might turn things around, but it’s not a guarantee.

Syracuse went 10-3 in 2018, and Coach Dino Babers appeared to be the second coming of Mike Leach.  Since then, the Orange are 6-17.  Last year, the Air Raid offense never took off.  Scoring just 17.8 points per game and totaling just 265 total yards per game, third weakest in the nation.  The squad is much more experienced this year, but SU doesn’t look like a team capable of coming out of the basement.

The Coastal Division has a clear-cut favorite for the first time in many years, but it isn’t a slam dunk like the Atlantic Division.

North Carolina went 11-1 in 1997 and finished sixth in the polls in Coach Mack Brown’s last season during his first tenure in Chapel Hill.  The Tar Heels have not finished in the top ten since.  However, they made it back to the top ten after starting the 2020 season 3-0.  When a team with a great coach coming off a decent year returns one of the top five quarterbacks in the nation plus the entire offensive line, it is a good bet that this team will light up the scoreboard.  UNC averaged 42 points per game last year.  Is it possible, the Tar Heels could approach 50 points per game this year?  It isn’t impossible, and if they do score 50 points per game, QB Sam Howell will be invited to New York in December.  Only a defense that had some issues with the pass last year could prevent North Carolina from competing for the ACC Championship.  Clemson should be able to outscore them in a potential conference championship game.

Miami of Florida will be there waiting to replace North Carolina in the ACC Championship Game if the Tar Heels’ defense isn’t up to the task.  The Hurricanes’ defense will be strong enough to make Manny Diaz’s third team a big winner in Coral Gables.  With quarterback D’Eriq King returning after proving to be a dual threat in the new spread offense, Miami should score a few more points per game than they did last year.  

The Hurricanes get the optimum test to open the season, as they face defending national champion Alabama in Atlanta.  Nick Saban won’t allow his team to overlook Miami, but even so, Miami might scare the Crimson Tide for a quarter or two.

After the top two in the Coastal, there is a major dropoff to the next tier.  Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Pittsburgh are fairly evenly matched, and they are likely to split the games between them while losing to the two heavyweights.  

Justin Fuente has been at Virginia Tech for five years and owns a 38-26 record in Blacksburg.  He is on a very hot seat after going 5-6 last year.  We will note that legendary coach Frank Beamer was 22-32-1 in his first five years.

Virginia Tech must rebuild on offense, which was the strongpoint of the season last year.  The Hokies lost starting quarterback Hendon Hooker via the Transfer Portal and star running back Khalil Herbert to the NFL.  It looks like 2021 will be the decisive year in Blacksburg for Fuente.  If the Hokies go 6-6 or 7-5, it might not be enough for him to keep this job.

Virginia won the Coastal Division title in a small surprise in 2019, but Covid ruined the Cavaliers’ ability to play consistently last year, and they fell to 4-5 in the league.  Coach Bronco Mendenhall’s Cavs did enjoy a four-game winning streak in late October and November, including wins over North Carolina and Boston College.

Quarterback Brennan Armstrong also led the team in rushing last year; he played behind an inexperienced line and didn’t have a go-to running back last year.  Armstrong will have to wait until November for his best target to be available.  Wideout Lavel Davis Jr. is rehabbing from an ACL injury suffered in Spring practice.  Davis averaged 25.8 yards per catch last year after scoring two touchdowns on four receptions in his college debut against Duke.  A healthy Davis could be the difference in the final two games of the season against the other two teams in this tier in the Coastal Division.

Every year, the PiRate Ratings don’t seem to give Pat Narduzzi’s Pittsburgh Panthers a lot of respect.  While the ratings are based on certain data, there must be something Narduzzi and his coaching staff do to produce a product that is greater than the sum of its parts.  Once again, the Panthers’ are looking at a mediocre start to their season, but this year the first four games are all winnable, and three of the four are basically sure things.  Playing Syracuse from the Atlantic, as well as the expected bottom tier teams in the Coastal gives Pitt a chance to win three or four conference games and make a small bowl.

Pitt plays an old style of football.  Their defense leads the way, while their offense is pedestrian but makes fewer mistakes than a wide open offense.  Last year, Pitt led the ACC in rushing yards allowed and finished second in total yards allowed, but offensively the Panthers finished near the bottom.

Things might be a bit different in 2021 as quarterback Kenny Pickett is a fifth year senior and has gotten better every year.  Having star receiver Jordan Addison return with him means the Panthers should see improved numbers in the passing game.  Unfortunately, Pitt lost their starting defensive ends from last year, two players that combined for 16 ½ sacks and 27 ½ tackles for loss.  The Panthers still have a talented trio of starting linebackers, including Cam Bright, who had 8 ½ sacks last year.

Duke suffered through a miserable 2020 season that saw the Blue Devils go 1-9 in league play and 2-9 overall.  2021 doesn’t look to be very promising, as the Blue Devils lost more experience than any team in the league.  The offense led the nation in turnovers, and even though the former quarterback responsible for 21 of those 39 has transferred out of the program, Duke might commit fewer turnovers this year but gain many fewer yards with a junior who threw 25 passes last year, mostly of the three and four yard variety.  Additionally, the offensive line must be rebuilt, and rather than suffer through fumbles and interceptions, sacks might be the new liability this year.

Coach David Cutcliffe must also rebuild his defense, but there’s nowhere to go but up, after Duke finished last in the league in scoring defense.  The only reason why the Blue Devils didn’t give up the most total yards is that opponents found it easy to run the ball against them.  Duke finished dead last in rushing defense, so opponents didn’t throw the ball as often as they did against other teams.

Here are the preseason PiRate Ratings for the ACC:

Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Clemson	120.9	121.5	124.0	122.2
Wake Forest	108.0	106.7	108.3	107.7
NC State	106.5	105.8	105.9	106.1
Boston College	104.7	105.3	105.7	105.2
Florida St.	103.4	103.6	103.5	103.5
Louisville	101.7	101.4	103.2	102.1
Syracuse	93.7	93.1	92.1	92.9
Coastal Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
North Carolina	116.4	116.7	119.9	117.7
Miami (Fla.)	117.1	116.1	117.7	116.9
Virginia Tech	106.4	104.9	104.7	105.3
Virginia	102.1	104.1	101.8	102.7
Pittsburgh	99.8	100.9	100.1	100.2
Georgia Tech	98.0	98.3	98.3	98.2
Duke	89.7	91.2	88.5	89.8
ACC Averages	104.9	105.0	105.3	105.0

The PiRate Ratings are designed to be effective for the next week’s slate of games and not to be used to look forward.  Nevertheless, we predict the won-loss records just for fun.

Atlantic Coast Atlantic	Conf.	Overall
Clemson	8-0	12-1*
Boston College	5-3	9-3
Wake Forest	5-3	8-4
North Carolina St.	4-4	7-5
Louisville	4-4	6-6
Florida St.	3-5	5-7
Syracuse	0-8	2-10
Atlantic Coast Coastal	Conf.	Overall
North Carolina	7-1	11-2
Miami (Fla.)	7-1	10-2
Virginia Tech	4-4	6-6
Pittsburgh	3-5	6-6
Virginia	3-5	5-7
Georgia Tech	2-6	4-8
Duke	1-7	4-8
* Clemson picked to win ACC Championship Game

PiRate Ratings NCAA Tournament Spreads

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Favorite	Underdog	Spread
Gonzaga	Norfolk St.	29.8
Oklahoma	Missouri	0.9
Creighton	UCSB	6.6
Virginia	Ohio	6.1
USC	Drake	5.1
Kansas	Eastern Washington	9.6
Oregon	VCU	0.7
Iowa	Grand Canyon	15.6
Michigan	Texas Southern	24.9
LSU	St. Bonaventure	0.2
Colorado	Georgetown	4.6
Florida St.	UNCG	10.0
BYU	UCLA	3.9
Texas	Abilene Christian	7.2
Connecticut	Maryland	2.2
Alabama	Iona	19.2

PiRate Ratings College Basketball Spreads

Friday, March 12, 2021

Team 1	Team 2	Spread
Wichita St.	South Florida	8.9
SMU	Cincinnati	5.6
Houston	Tulane	16.8
Memphis	Central Florida	6.2
Virginia (forfeit due to Covid)	Georgia Tech	1.3
Florida St.	North Carolina	1.4
Baylor	Oklahoma St.	8.0
Kansas	Texas	0.3
Seton Hall	Georgetown	2.2
Creighton	Connecticut	1.3
Southern Utah	Montana St.	6.0
Eastern Washington	Montana	5.4
Michigan	Maryland	8.2
Purdue	Ohio St.	-1.6
Illinois	Rutgers	8.0
Iowa	Wisconsin	5.8
UCSB	UC Davis	10.7
UC-Irvine	UC Riverside	-0.9
Western Ky.	UAB	0.1
Louisiana Tech	North Texas	0.4
Iona	Niagara	3.5
Saint Peter’s	Fairfield	5.8
Toledo	Ohio	3.1
Buffalo	Akron	4.2
Coppin St.	Morgan St.	-3.5
North Carolina A&T (forfeit due to Covid)	Norfolk St.	-4.6
San Diego St.	Nevada	7.2
Utah St.	Colorado St.	1.8
Oregon	Oregon St.	7.0
USC	Colorado	0.4
Alabama	Mississippi St.	9.6
Tennessee	Florida	1.4
Arkansas	Missouri	5.5
LSU	Ole Miss	3.4
Nicholls	Northwestern St.	8.2
Abilene Christian	Lamar	14.4
Jackson St.	Texas Southern	-1.5
Prairie View A&M	Grambling	5.8
Grand Canyon	Seattle	6.0
Utah Valley	New Mexico St.	-3.5

Conference Tournaments Update

America East Conference

Championship Game–Saturday, March 13, 11 AM, ESPN2

6 U Mass-Lowell at 4 Hartford

American Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Fort Worth, TX

1 Wichita St. vs. 8 South Florida 

4 SMU vs. 5 Cincinnati Friday

2 Houston vs. 10 Tulane

3 Memphis vs. 6 Central Florida 

Atlantic Coast Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12

1 Virginia vs. 4 Georgia Tech (Georgia Tech wins by forfeit)

2 Florida St. vs. 6 North Carolina

Atlantic 10 Conference

Championship Game–Sunday, March 14, 1PM, CBS @ Dayton, OH

1 Saint Bonaventure vs. 2 Virginia Commonwealth

Big East Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ New York, NY

5 Seton Hall vs. 8 Georgetown

2 Creighton vs. 3 Connecticut

Big Sky Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Boise, ID

1 Southern Utah vs. 5 Montana St.

2 Eastern Washington vs. 6 Montana

Big Ten Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Indianapolis, IN

1 Michigan vs. 8 Maryland

4 Purdue vs. 5 Ohio St.

2 Illinois vs. 7 Rutgers

3 Iowa vs. 6 Wisconsin

Big 12 Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Kansas City, MO

1 Baylor vs. 5 Oklahoma St.

2 Kansas vs. 3 Texas

Big West Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 UCSB vs. 5 UC-Davis

2 UC-Irvine vs. 3 UC-Riverside

Conference USA

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Frisco, TX (Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility)

1E Western Kentucky vs. 2W UAB 

1W Louisiana Tech vs. 3W North Texas

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Atlantic City, NJ

5 Niagara vs. 9 Iona

3 St. Peter’s vs. 7 Fairfield

Mid-American Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Cleveland

1 Toledo vs. 5 Ohio U

2 Buffalo vs. 3 Akron 

Mideastern Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Norfolk, VA

1N Coppin St. vs. 3N Morgan St.

1S North Carolina A&T vs. 2N Norfolk St. (Norfolk St. wins by forfeit)

Mountain West Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 San Diego St. vs. 5 Nevada

2 Utah St. vs. 3 Colorado St.

Pac-12 Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Las Vegas

1 Oregon vs. 5 Oregon St.

2 USC vs. 3 Colorado

Patriot League

Championship Game, Sunday March 14, 12 PM EST, CBSSN

9 Loyola (MD) at 2 Colgate

Southeastern Conference

Quarterfinals–Friday, March 12 @ Nashville, TN

1 Alabama vs. 9 Mississippi St. 

4 Tennessee vs. 5 Florida

2 Arkansas vs. 7 Missouri

3 LSU vs. 6 Ole Miss

Southland Conference

Semifinals–Friday, March 12 @ Katy, TX (Greater Houston)

1 Nicholls vs. 4 Northwestern St.

2 Abilene Christian vs. 6 Lamar

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Semifinals, Friday, March 12 @ Birmingham, AL

1 Prairie View A&M vs. 4 Grambling

2 Jackson St. vs. 3 Texas Southern 

Western Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals–Thursday, March 11 @ Las Vegas

1 Grand Canyon vs. 5 Seattle 

2 Utah Valley vs. 3 New Mexico St.

Automatic Qualifiers

Liberty 23-5

Winthrop 23-1

Loyola (Chi.) 24-4

Morehead St. 23-7

UNC-Greensboro 21-8

Appalachian St. 17-11

Drexel 12-7

Cleveland St. 19-7

Mount St. Mary’s 12-10

Oral Roberts 16-10

Gonzaga 26-0

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.