PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Saturday, January 7, 2023

Home	Visitor	Spread
Abilene Christian	Southern Utah	0.3
Alabama	Kentucky	6.8
Alcorn St.	Alabama A&M	5.6
Arizona	Washington St.	13.1
Arkansas Pine Bluff	Texas Southern	-5.3
Auburn	Arkansas	-0.7
Austin Peay	Central Arkansas	8.6
Baylor	Kansas St.	5.0
Belmont	Missouri St.	0.6
Boise St.	Utah St.	-0.4
Boston College	Duke	-10.3
Bowling Green	Ohio	-3.4
Bradley	Valparaiso	16.0
Brown	Dartmouth	8.2
Buffalo	Northern Illinois	9.7
Cal Poly	UC Santa Barbara	-7.1
Cal St. Fullerton	Hawaii	-2.0
Charleston	Delaware	11.6
Chattanooga	VMI	14.4
Cleveland St.	Green Bay	15.1
Colorado	Oregon St.	16.0
Colorado St.	Fresno St.	4.6
Columbia	Penn	-8.7
Connecticut	Creighton	7.9
Coppin St.	South Carolina St.	6.5
Cornell	Princeton	2.1
Drake	Murray St.	7.3
Drexel	Monmouth	15.4
East Tennessee St.	Furman	-5.9
Eastern Michigan	Central Michigan	-1.2
Eastern Washington	Sacramento St.	5.5
Evansville	Illinois St.	-2.8
Fairleigh Dickinson	Long Island	11.4
Florida	Georgia	8.7
Florida Atlantic	Charlotte	9.1
Florida Gulf Coast	North Florida	8.8
Florida Int’l.	UAB	-13.8
Florida St.	Georgia Tech	0.6
Fordham	Saint Joseph’s	4.2
Gardner Webb	Radford	4.6
George Mason	Loyola (Chi.)	7.1
George Washington	Massachusetts	-1.6
Georgia Southern	Old Dominion	0.3
Grambling	Bethune Cookman	12.7
Hampton	Northeastern	-4.2
Howard	Delaware St.	11.6
Idaho	Portland St.	-1.3
Illinois	Wisconsin	5.2
Incarnate Word	Texas A&M CC	-8.9
Indiana St.	Illinois Chicago	12.5
Jackson St.	Alabama St.	5.7
Jacksonville	Lipscomb	4.1
Jacksonville St.	Bellarmine	0.9
James Madison	Appalachian St.	12.7
La Salle	Rhode Island	0.5
Lindenwood	Tennessee St.	-1.0
Little Rock	Southeast Missouri St.	-2.7
Longwood	Winthrop	9.4
Louisiana	Georgia St.	8.5
Louisiana Monroe	Southern Miss.	-7.1
Louisiana Tech	UTEP	6.6
Louisville	Wake Forest	-8.8
Loyola Marymount	San Francisco	2.1
Marquette	Georgetown	18.5
Marshall	Coastal Carolina	11.7
McNeese St.	Texas A&M-Commerce	0.2
Memphis	East Carolina	15.2
Merrimack	St. Francis NY	3.4
Miami (O)	Kent St.	-13.2
Michigan St.	Michigan	3.6
Middle Tennessee	North Texas	-3.6
Minnesota	Nebraska	-4.1
Mississippi St.	Mississippi	4.9
Mississippi Valley St.	Prairie View	-7.9
Missouri	Vanderbilt	9.5
Morehead St.	Eastern Illinois	8.2
Morgan St.	North Carolina Central	-0.9
New Mexico	UNLV	4.9
New Mexico St.	Cal Baptist	4.5
New Orleans	Houston Christian	4.2
Norfolk St.	Maryland Eastern Shore	7.5
Norhtern Iowa	Southern Illinois	-1.9
North Alabama	Stetson	-2.2
North Carolina	Notre Dame	13.5
North Carolina A&T	UNC Wilmington	-7.0
North Dakota	South Dakota St.	-5.4
North Dakota St.	South Dakota	2.5
Northern Arizona	Montana St.	-5.9
Northern Colorado	Montana	-1.4
Northwestern St.	Nicholls St.	-0.7
Oklahoma St.	Texas	-0.6
Oral Roberts	UMKC	14.2
Pepperdine	Pacific	6.6
Pittsburgh	Clemson	1.4
Presbyterian	Charleston Southern	1.5
Providence	St. John’s	7.0
Purdue Ft. Wayne	Milwaukee	7.6
Queens	Kennesaw St.	3.5
Richmond	Duquesne	4.5
Sacred Heart	Hartford	11.5
Saint Louis	St. Bonaventure	8.1
Saint Mary’s	Portland	15.3
Sam Houston St.	Tarleton St.	10.2
San Diego	BYU	-4.7
San Jose St.	Nevada	-2.2
Santa Clara	Gonzaga	-8.0
Seton Hall	Butler	3.8
South Alabama	Texas St.	4.7
South Carolina	Tennessee	-20.4
Southeastern Louisiana	Lamar	13.6
Southern	Florida A&M	14.4
Southern Indiana	SIU Edwardsville	-1.2
St. Thomas	Omaha	8.2
Stephen F. Austin	Grand Canyon	-1.4
Stonehill	Central Connecticut St.	3.2
Stony Brook	Towson	-6.7
TCU	Iowa St.	3.9
Temple	Tulane	0.7
Texas A&M	LSU	3.4
Texas Tech	Oklahoma	-16.8
Troy	Arkansas St.	12.4
UC Davis	Cal St. Bakersfield	7.4
UC Irvine	Long Beach St.	8.3
UC Riverside	Cal St. Northridge	10.4
UNC Asheville	Campbell	5.7
UNC Greensboro	Samford	4.9
USC Upstate	High Point	-0.9
UT Arlington	Seattle	-3.7
UT Martin	Tennessee Tech	5.6
UT Rio Grande Valley	Utah Valley	-10.2
Utah	Oregon	5.5
UTSA	Western Kentucky	-7.0
VCU	Davidson	4.1
Villanova	Xavier	-1.5
Virginia	Syracuse	11.5
Virginia Tech	North Carolina St.	3.1
Wagner	St. Francis PA	6.0
Weber St.	Idaho St.	6.0
West Virginia	Kansas	-1.4
Western Carolina	Mercer	-0.6
Western Illinois	Denver	1.6
William & Mary	Hofstra	-6.5
Wofford	The Citadel	9.0
Wyoming	San Diego St	-7.7
Yale	Harvard	10.6
Youngstown St.	IUPUI	23.0

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

PiRate Picks–October 20, 2022

A Fool’s Folly

As we always forewarn every week on this particular feature, do not use this entry as real money wagering reference material. This is purely for entertainment purposes, and this season has been a lot more entertaining to those that like comedies of errors. Last week’s picks went 3-3, which resulted in a minor loss. This week, we go with five selections, all against the spread, and a couple swimming against our normal current. Normally, we are more interested in the numbers than the names on our selections. This week, we are choosing five games where we think our pick has been undervalued. It is not our forte, but then our forte needs reinforcing.

Selection #1: Ball St. -2 1/2 over Eastern Michigan

This goes against everything we look for in making a selection. EMU has been playing hot and cold all season, and they are actually due to be hot this week. However, we think that Ball State is 7 to 10 points better, so we are taking the Cardinals as a short favorite. We considered bringing out the big 10-point teaser play with this game included to make it BSU +7 1/2, but there just weren’t two other games to combine it with to our liking.

Selection #2: Ohio +3 vs. Northern Illinois

We’d like this a lot more at +3 1/2, but we didn’t make the selection when it briefly was that number. Ohio has improved by 10 points since the start of the year, while NIU has been mediocre, and the Huskies are not playing up to their talent level. The MAC East is definitely up for grabs, and the Bobcats are in the mix. We believe Ohio will win this game outright.

Selection #3: Ole Miss + 1 1/2 vs. LSU

The Rebels have not had a lot of success in Baton Rouge, last winning there in 2008. Ole Miss has a chance to win the SEC West with Alabama coming to the Grove in November. LSU is coming off an impressive road win at Florida, and we believe the odds have been moved too many points in the Tigers’ favor based on these perceptions. Ole Miss has lapses in most of their games, but then they find their mark and go on big scoring runs, almost like a basketball team. Our belief here is that LSU might have the lead in the second half, before the Rebels score two or three times to win the game.

Selection #4: Purdue + 2 1/2 vs. Wisconsin

This was the game that had us wait to put our picks out, and it never went to 3 points during the time we isolated on it. This game may be a must-win game for the Badgers’ bowl hopes this year. Losing at Michigan State left UW with a thin margin in the hunt for a 6-6 record. On the other hand, Purdue is now squarely in the Big Ten West race with Illinois and can become bowl eligible with a win. As we said above, this game and pointspread goes against all we normally play, but maybe that’s a good thing in this strange year.

Selection #5: Penn St. -4 vs. Minnesota

Again, this is another against the current play. Normally, we would not consider a 4-point favorite coming off a deflating loss as a playable game. However, in this case, we believe the Nittany Lions might win this game by double digits. They had the third quarter lead at Michigan, and then the Wolverines proved too strong. Minnesota has not yet righted the ship after losing Tanner Morgan for the Purdue game. Morgan’s return didn’t propel the Gophers against surprising Illinois last week. Additionally, Morgan exited last week’s game with a blow to the head, and while we expect him to play this week, he won’t be 100% healthy. This looks like the perfect setting for a James Franklin-coached team to rebound with an impressive win to make next week’s very big game meaningful. Jimmy Frank will not led his team look ahead to the Buckeyes.

Big Ten Conference Preview

Will the Big Ten Conference become the Big Billion? Rumors from multiple sources indicate that this league is on the precipice of signing a TV and media rights package that will be north of a billion dollars. This deal does not include Notre Dame. Should the Irish end up in this league, the Big Ten will dwarf even the SEC in money paid out per school.

USC and UCLA are set to join the league in two years. Whether other teams join as well is anybody’s guess.

Both divisions this year figure to have competitive races. Ohio State is the odds-on favorite to win the East and the league overall, but there are multiple teams capable of upsetting the Buckeyes. Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State are strong once again, and it isn’t beyond the realm of possibility that at least one of these contenders upsets the Buckeyes.

Maryland has an easy out of conference schedule and has a good chance to gain bowl eligibility. Rutgers and Indiana will bring up the rear.

In the West, five different teams could contend for the division title. Purdue has the benefit of avoiding Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State from the East. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa are all about equal in talent this year, while Nebraska could finally return to the plus side of .500. Illinois and Northwestern are one or more excellent recruiting classes away from being contenders.

Big Ten Preseason PiRate Ratings

East Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Ohio St.	128.6	126.6	129.5	128.2
Michigan	123.6	121.8	123.4	122.9
Michigan St.	118.9	117.3	116.7	117.6
Penn St.	115.0	114.5	114.0	114.5
Maryland	110.2	110.0	109.7	109.9
Indiana	102.0	101.4	99.0	100.8
Rutgers	101.3	100.4	98.2	100.0
West Division
Team	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Average
Wisconsin	118.0	117.3	117.0	117.5
Iowa	117.4	115.9	115.4	116.2
Purdue	116.7	115.6	114.9	115.8
Minnesota	113.6	113.0	114.0	113.5
Nebraska	110.1	110.1	109.0	109.7
Illinois	103.0	103.6	101.1	102.5
Northwestern	99.7	100.8	97.7	99.4
Big Ten	112.7	112.0	111.4	112.0

Preseason Official Big Ten Media Poll

		Votes
#	East	1st Place	Overall
1	Ohio St.	36	252
2	Michigan	0	203
3	Penn St.	0	169
4	Michigan St.	0	162
5	Maryland	0	104
6	Rutgers	0	60
7	Indiana	0	58
#	West	1st Place	Overall
1	Wisconsin	31	246
2	Iowa	3	198
3	Minnesota	2	162
4	Purdue	0	153
5	Nebraska	0	123
6	Illinois	0	65
7	Northwestern	0	61
	Championship	Overall
	Ohio St.	36

The PiRate Ratings are designed to look at just the next week’s schedule of games and not to use to look forward. Nevertheless, here are the predicted won-loss records for the league.

Predicted Won-Loss Records

East	Conf.	Overall
Ohio St.	9-0	13-0
Michigan	8-1	11-1
Penn St.	6-3	8-4
Michigan St.	6-3	9-3
Maryland	3-6	6-6
Rutgers	1-8	3-9
Indiana	1-8	3-9
West	Conf.	Overall
Purdue	7-2	10-3
Wisconsin	6-3	9-3
Minnesota	6-3	9-3
Iowa	5-4	8-4
Nebraska	4-5	6-6
Northwestern	1-8	4-8
Illinois	0-9	3-9

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Our debut college game is the 1960-1979 Best of the Big Ten Conference. Here are the teams included in this set.

1963 Illinois–The greatest linebacker of all time, Dick Butkus, played center as well and made All-American with a powerful team

1967 Indiana–One of the most exciting teams of all time, the “Cardiac Kids” kept pulling out late victories week after week until they won a trip to the Rose Bowl

1960 Iowa–Some computer formulas say the Hawkeyes were the best team in the nation, as they beat 7 ranked teams and finished 8-1

1973 Michigan–Bo Schembechler’s Wolverines went 10-0-1 but had to stay home for the Holidays thanks to the archaic Big Ten rules of the time

1966 Michigan St.–Duffy Daugherty stockpiled some of the best talent ever to appear on a Big Ten campus at the same time. Bubba Smith anchored a stellar defense, while Gene Washington stretched defenses with his quickness and deceptive moves

1960 Minnesota–Coach Murray Warmath played for General Robert Neyland at Tennessee and continued to follow the General’s philosophy of playing conservative football and waiting for the other team to make the mistakes. He had a great squad in 1960, featuring the multi-tooled Sandy Stephens, who was the starting quarterback, a starting defensive back, the team’s punter, and the top punt returner. Future All-Pro Bobby Bell led the defensive charge and also opened up running lanes as an offensive lineman

1962 Northwestern–Before he became a multiple national championship winning coach at Notre Dame, Ara Parseghian took the Wildcat to Number 1 in the polls for a couple weeks in 1962

1973 Ohio State–Woody Hayes had no trouble stockpiling talent, and he had it on both sides of the ball in 1973, as the Buckeyes went 10-0-1 with a 21-point win in the Rose Bowl

1967 Purdue–The Boilermakers split the conference championship, as Leroy Keyes may have deserved the Heisman Trophy with his ability to catch passes out of the backfield, run the sweep and off-tackle as competently as anybody in the game, and to pull up and throw a halfback option pass like a pro. Having future pro quarterback Mike Phipps made the offense click

1962 Wisconsin-The Badgers came within one close incomplete pass of coming back from a 42-14 deficit to win the Rose Bowl

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, March 20, 2022

Sunday’s Games

Sunday, March 20, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Illinois	Houston	-3.3
Villanova	Ohio St.	4.4
Duke	Michigan St.	6.5
Wisconsin	Iowa St.	3.8
Texas Tech	Notre Dame	7.3
Auburn	Miami (Fla.)	8.9
Purdue	Texas	2.6
Arizona	TCU	10.3
Xavier	Florida	2.6
SMU	Washington St.	2.7
Vanderbilt	Dayton	2.3
North Texas	Virginia	3.2
Oklahoma	St. Bonaventure	6.7
VMI	UNC Wilmington	0.7
Florida Atlantic	Northern Colorado	5.7
UNC Greensboro	Boston	1.3
Abilene Christian	Troy	3.9

Sunday’s Bracketnomics Data

Team	O-Eff	D-Eff	SOS	37+ 3pt	OReb%	-45% vs. 2pt	FT Rate 37	R + T New Rate	R+T Old Rate
Illinois	23	30	60.7	36.7	33.4	45.4	31.7	7.7	12.8
Houston	10	11	56.0	34.1	37.8	43.5	28.7	14.3	22.2
Villanova	8	28	61.0	35.9	30.9	48.2	30.5	4.8	11.5
Ohio St.	13	131	60.0	37.3	28.8	46.2	33.5	-1.0	6.0
Duke	7	44	57.6	36.8	31.8	46.9	28.6	4.1	12.7
Michigan St.	38	53	60.8	37.8	30.7	47.9	30.4	3.0	8.5
Wisconsin	49	38	60.1	31.2	25.9	49.9	32.3	3.4	7.3
Iowa St.	151	10	59.7	36.8	28.2	50.7	28.1	1.2	3.8
Texas Tech	65	1	60.8	31.4	33.3	44.3	36.1	9.6	17.5
Notre Dame	29	84	56.8	38.0	22.5	49.3	27.0	-2.5	3.8
Auburn	24	8	59.2	32.0	33.1	42.6	31.6	5.9	12.5
Miami (Fla.)	17	157	57.0	35.3	23.4	53.9	28.8	-5.0	1.3
Purdue	3	100	60.0	39.1	35.2	49.2	36.3	12.1	19.2
Texas	32	13	60.2	32.3	31.8	46.1	32.3	7.2	10.1
Arizona	5	20	58.2	35.4	34.5	41.9	35.1	7.0	17.9
TCU	80	24	60.3	30.4	37.8	47.9	31.2	12.5	16.9

Sunday’s Bracketnomics Game Analysis

Illinois vs. Houston

This is a close matchup. Both teams have areas where they can exploit the other. I have looked at this game different ways, and in most ways Illinois is a little better. However, overall, Houston has a Final Four resume, while Illinois has a Sweet 16/Elite 8 resume. Only for that reason, do I slightly favor Houston. The feeling is that the Cougars’ interior defense will be just strong enough to limit Kofi Cockburn inside (not stop him but maybe make him miss a couple shots he normally would make).

Villanova vs. Ohio St.

This is a game where the Bracketnomics cannot properly analyze the game. Ohio State’s statistical resume does not reflect the current team. Numerous injuries greatly affected their resume, so the key thing to do is to look at the Buckeyes’ numbers when they were healthy, as they are now.

This game could go down to the final minute as so many others in this incredible tournament have done so far. I have to go to the minor extras to come up with a decisive winner, and Villanova gets the edge due to Jay Wright’s experience on the bench.

Duke vs. Michigan St.

Duke has two added bonuses in their favor in this game. They receive a minor home court advantage as their fans have bought a lot of losing teams’ tickets. And, of course, the players know what happens if Duke loses. They don’t want to make history as the team that sent Coach K out on an early loss.

The teams are fairly evenly matched, which is becoming a theme in this tournament. If Coach Izzo were to announce his retirement before the tip, this would be an epic game for the ages. Instead, it will just be a really good game. We’ll go with Duke to win by beating the Spartans as their own game–on the offensive glass.

Wisconsin vs. Iowa St.

This game is just what the Badgers wanted. Iowa State has issues stopping a quick-penetrating offense, and the Cyclones like to force bad outside shots and then rebound the ball with players that have sunk into the lane. Wisconsin has a quick-penetrating offense, and the Badgers rarely take a bad shot. Playing in their backyard just 80 miles away from Madison, UW receives bonus points as a quasi-home team. Look for Wisconsin to pull away in the second half and win by 7 to 12 points.

Texas Tech vs. Notre Dame

If you have followed the Bracketnomics reports, you know that one team usually makes the Final Four without having the perfect Bracketnomic resume that a Final Four team possesses. It usually happens when a team has four (or five) dream matchups, where the team keeps getting opponents that are weak where they are strong. Texas Tech had an easy opponent in their first game with Montana State. Notre Dame is better than the Bobcats, but the Irish are going to get drilled in Spurtability points. The Red Raiders should enjoy at least two big runs if not more in this game, and once this team has a lead of eight points, their nation’s best defense can tighten the screws and close games out. Tech will win, and they have a chance to make this game a second laugher if they simply play their average game.

Auburn vs. Miami (Fla.)

Auburn should win this game, and it shouldn’t be close. The Tigers enjoy a huge R+T advantage, and Miami’s is low enough that they almost qualify for automatic Bracketnomics loss with their R+T rating. Auburn has a huge advantage inside the paint in this game, and Miami doesn’t have a fantastic three-point shooting presence.

Purdue vs. Texas

This one should be interesting. Purdue’s exceptional offensive efficiency faces Texas’s exceptional defensive efficiency, making it a wash. Purdue has a better three-point shooting game and has the tendency to get their opponents’ key players in foul trouble. Texas has enough inside muscle to limit the Boilermakers’ double-headed inside monster. In the end, Purdue gets the slight advantage due to superior R+T rating.

Arizona vs. TCU

One number one seed fell yesterday. This could be the second one, because it is a tossup game. TCU has enough talent to make this a 50-50 game. The Pac-12 schedule strength is just a tad off the other Power Conferences, and the Wildcats’ numbers have been slightly skewed. UA is still strong enough to go to the Final Four, but it isn’t going to come easy, and TCU has just enough of a Bracketnomics positive resume to make this game a 40-minute challenge. Arizona is still the pick here, but I expect this game to be much closer and for Wildcat fans to chew their nails before the final horn.

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, March 6, 2022

Sunday’s Conference Tournaments
America East Conference–Quarterfinals
Higher Seed at Home
Home Team	Lower Seed	Spread
Vermont	NJIT	21.5
Maryland Baltimore Co.	UMass Lowell	2.5
New Hampshire	Binghamton	6.6
Hartford	Albany	3.7
Big South Conference–CHAMPIONSHIP
Charlotte
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Longwood	Winthrop	-1.2
Colonial Athletic Association–Quarterfinals
Charlotte
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Towson	Northeastern	11.9
Drexel	Delaware	0.9
UNC Wilmington	Elon	3.4
Hofstra	Charleston	2.6
Missouri Valley Conference CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Louis (Arch Madness)
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Drake	Loyola (Chi.)	4.2
Patriot League–Semifinals
Higher Seed at Home
Home	Visitor	Spread
Colgate	Lehigh	11.7
Navy
Southern Conference–Semifinals
Asheville, NC
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Chattanooga	Wofford	2.4
Furman	Samford	8.5
Summit League–Quarterfinals Continue
Sioux Falls, SD
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Kansas City	South Dakota	0.1
Oral Roberts	Western Illinois	6.0
Sun Belt Conference–Semifinals
Pensacola, FL
Higher Seed	Lower Seed	Spread
Troy	Louisiana	-0.3
Appalachian St.	Georgia St.	-0.4

Sunday’s Regularly Scheduled Games
Home Team	Visitor	Spread
Memphis	Houston	-3.7
Rutgers	Penn St.	4.2
Ohio St.	Michigan	3.7
Wisconsin	Nebraska	13.1
Tulsa	Central Florida	-2.5
Temple	South Florida	9.1
SMU	Tulane	7.4
Michigan St.	Maryland	5.9
Illinois	Iowa	2.0
Northwestern	Minnesota	5.8

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PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, February 20, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Butler	Providence	-3.7
Wichita St.	Houston	-8.3
Wisconsin	Michigan	1.8
Maine	NJIT	-3.0
Detroit	Wright St.	0.6
Iona	Fairfield	11.2
Cincinnati	Temple	7.4
Central Florida	East Carolina	10.1
Milwaukee	Purdue Fort Wayne	-2.8
Northern Iowa	Missouri St.	-1.4
Marist	Quinnipiac	6.6
Siena	Saint Peter’s	-2.4
Manhattan	Rider	3.0
Fordham	George Mason	-3.2
SMU	Memphis	-0.1
Creighton	Marquette	0.2
Oakland	Northern Kentucky	6.9
Green Bay	Cleveland St.	-8.4
San Jose St.	New Mexico	-6.0
Hartford	Stony Brook	0.5
Loyola (MD)	Lehigh	5.0
Purdue	Rutgers	12.6
Bellarmine	Jacksonville St.	0.8
USC	Washington St.	5.0
Missouri	Mississippi St.	-5.9

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Missouri	Florida	-7.5
Abilene Christian	Chicago St.	18.3
UNC Asheville	Longwood	0.1
Radford	Charleston Southern	10.4
Minnesota	Purdue	-10.1
Kentucky	Vanderbilt	17.3
Xavier	Butler	14.3
Lafayette	American	4.5
Loyola (MD)	Army	3.3
Colgate	Bucknell	17.0
East Carolina	Temple	0.2
Lehigh	Navy	-7.3
Hampton	USC Upstate	-2.6
High Point	Gardner-Webb	-2.2
Presbyterian	Campbell	-2.3
Miami (Fla.)	Notre Dame	3.1
Wake Forest	Pittsburgh	13.8
Clemson	Florida St.	3.7
Vermont	NJIT	19.1
Maine	UMass Lowell	-7.8
Albany	UMBC	1.2
New Hampshire	Hartford	5.2
Stony Brook	Binghamton	7.6
Indiana St.	Drake	-3.9
George Washington	La Salle	1.1
George Mason	Saint Louis	-2.1
Fordham	Rhode Island	-4.4
Western Carolina	East Tennessee St.	-4.8
UNC Greensboro	VMI	1.8
Furman	The Citadel	16.1
Georgia	Arkansas	-10.2
Delaware St.	Coppin St.	-11.1
Houston	Tulane	18.8
UT Rio Grande Valley	Lamar	6.8
Northern Iowa	Bradley	2.3
Loyola (Chi.)	Illinois St.	14.9
Samford	Chattanooga	-9.3
Illinois	Wisconsin	6.8
NC St.	Syracuse	0.5
Virginia Tech	Georgia Tech	11.7
Kansas St.	Oklahoma St.	0.6
Southern Illinois	Missouri St.	-3.6
VCU	Dayton	4.2
Marquette	Villanova	-3.6

Conference Tournament Action Just Four Weeks Away

The Atlantic Sun, Horizon League, and Patriot League Conference Tournaments begin play in four weeks with 29 additional conference tournament to follow. Here’s a look at each conference with the start dates and dates of their championship.

Conference Tournaments 2022		Begins	Ends	Teams in
Conference	Site	March	March	Bracket
America East	Higher Seed Home	5	12	8
American Athletic	Fort Worth, TX	10	13	11
Atlantic 10	Washington, DC	9	13	14
Atlantic Coast	Brooklyn	8	12	15
Atlantic Sun	Higher Seed Home	1	8	12
Big 12	Kansas City	9	12	10
Big East	New York	9	12	11
Big Sky	Boise, ID	9	12	11
Big South	Charlotte	2	6	12
Big Ten	Indianapolis	9	13	14
Big West	Henderson, NV	8	12	10
Colonial Athletic	Washington, DC	5	8	9
Conference USA	Frisco, TX	9	12	14
Horizon	See Footnote	1	8	12
Ivy League	Boston	12	13	4
Metro Atlantic	Atlantic City, NJ	8	12	11
Mid-American	Cleveland	10	12	8
Mideastern Athletic	Norfolk, VA	9	12	8
Missouri Valley	St. Louis	3	6	10
Mountain West	Las Vegas	6	9	11
Northeast	Higher Seed Home	2	8	9
Ohio Valley	Evansville, IN	2	5	8
Pac-12	Las Vegas	9	12	12
Patriot	Higher Seed Home	1	9	10
Southeastern	Tampa	9	13	14
Southern	Asheville, NC	4	7	10
Southland	Katy, TX	9	13	8
Southwestern Athletic	Birmingham	9	12	8
Summit	Sioux Falls, SD	5	8	8
Sun Belt	Pensacola, FL	3	7	12
West Coast	Las Vegas	3	8	10
Western Athletic	Las Vegas	8	12	9
Footnote : The opening two rounds played on higher seed home. Final 2 rounds will be played in Indianapolis

PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Sunday, January 30, 2022

Home	Visitors	Spread
Brown	Cornell	4.5
Purdue	Ohio St.	9.2
East Carolina	Cincinnati	-5.9
Wright St.	Purdue Fort Wayne	4.4
Northern Kentucky	Cleveland St.	-1.4
George Washington	Fordham	-1.5
Providence	Marquette	1.1
Wisconsin	Minnesota	9.2
Fairleigh Dickinson	Central Connecticut	1.3
Bryant	Long Island	5.1
Iona	Saint Peter’s	11.1
Morgan St.	Delaware St.	14.1
St. Francis (NY)	Wagner	-11.8
Drake	Loyola (Chi.)	-3.2
Bradley	Indiana St.	7.9
Massachusetts	George Mason	8.7
Siena	Quinnipiac	0.4
Manhattan	Marist	-2.0
Monmouth	Niagara	8.5
Rider	Canisius	1.9
Boston College	Pittsburgh	4.0
Southern Illinois	Valparaiso	5.8
Bucknell	Loyola (MD)	-3.9
McNeese St.	New Orleans	0.7
Washington St.	Colorado	5.8