PiRate Ratings College Basketball–Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Team	Team	Spread
Wright St.	Bryant	0.7
Rutgers	Notre Dame	-1.6
Wake Forest	Towson	7.0
Toledo	Dayton	0.3
Virginia	Mississippi St.	-0.1
SMU	Nicholls St.	14.6
Saint Louis	Northern Iowa	5.1
BYU	Long Beach St.	11.8
Florida	Iona	7.1
Coastal Carolina	Maryland Eastern Shore	12.5
Youngstown St.	Morgan St.	5.5
South Alabama	Southeast Louisiana	10.7
Florida Gulf Coast	Detroit	3.6
Maryland Baltimore Co.	Merrimack	5.5
Southern Utah	Kent St.	1.6

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 9, 2020

Monday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Appalachian St.	Coastal Carolina	3.5
Buffalo	Miami (O)	8.4
BYU	Saint Mary’s	4.3
East Tennessee St.	Wofford	7.0
Georgia Southern	Louisiana	8.9
Gonzaga	San Francisco	13.4
Hofstra	Delaware	3.9
Kent St.	Eastern Michigan	7.9
North Dakota	Purdue Fort Wayne	1.8
North Dakota St.	Oral Roberts	0.1
Northeastern	Elon	8.7
Northern Kentucky	Green Bay	4.1
Ohio	Central Michigan	4.9
Toledo	Western Michigan	9.3
Wright St.	Illinois Chicago	6.7

 

Monday’s Key Games On TV

 

Time (EDT)	Network	Team	Team
6:00 PM	CBSSN	Hofstra	Delaware
6:00 PM	ESPN+	North Dakota St.	Oral Roberts
7:00 PM	ESPN	Appalachian St.	Coastal Carolina
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Buffalo	Miami (O)
7:00 PM	ESPN+	East Tennessee St.	Wofford
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Georgia Southern	Louisiana
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Kent St.	Eastern Michigan
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Ohio	Central Michigan
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Toledo	Western Michigan
7:00 PM	ESPNU	Wright St.	Illinois Chicago
7:30 PM	CBSSN	Northeastern	Elon
8:30 PM	ESPN	Gonzaga	San Francisco
9:00 PM	ESPN+	North Dakota	Purdue Fort Wayne
9:30 PM	ESPN2	Northern Kentucky	Green Bay
11:30 PM	ESPN2	BYU	Saint Mary’s

 

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS UPDATE

 

Color Code

Blue–Tournament Begins Later This Week

Green–Tournament Concluded Yesterday

Red–Conference Tournament Champion Has Earned NCAA Automatic Bid

Purple–Yesterday’s Results of Tournaments Still Underway & Next Round Schedule

Brown–Tournament Action Scheduled Today

 

America East Tournament
Semifinals	March 10	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Vermont (25-7)	4 UMBC (16-16)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
2 Stony Brook (20-12)	3 Hartford (17-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

American Athletic Tournament
1st Round	March 12	Forth Worth, TX (Dickies Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Central Florida (16-14)	9 South Florida (14-17)	1:00 PM	ESPNU
5 Connecticut (19-12)	12 Tulane (12-18)	3:00 PM	ESPNU
7 SMU (19-11)	10 Temple (14-17)	8:00 PM	ESPNU
6 Memphis (21-10)	11 East Carolina (11-20)	10:00 PM	ESPNU

 

 

Atlantic 10 Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Brooklyn (Barclays Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
12 George Mason (16-15)	13 Saint Joseph’s (6-25)	1:00 PM	ESPN+
11 Geo. Washington (12-19)	14 Fordham (8-22)	3:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

Atlantic Coast Tournament
1st Round	March 10	Greensboro, NC (Greensboro Coliseum)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
12 Wake Forest (13-17)	13 Pittsburgh (15-16)	4:30 PM	ACCN
11 Virginia Tech (16-15)	14 North Carolina (13-18)	7:00 PM	ACCN

 

 

 

Atlantic Sun Tournament Results
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Liberty	73	Lipscomb	57

 

 

 

Big 12 Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Kansas City (Sprint Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Oklahoma St. (17-14)	9 Iowa St. (12-19)	7:00 PM	ESPNU
7 TCU (16-15)	10 Kansas St. (10-21)	9:00 PM	ESPNU

 

 

 

Big East Tournament
1st Round	March 11	New York (Madison Square Garden)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Georgetown (15-16)	9 St. John’s (16-15)	7:00 PM	FS1
7 Xavier (19-12)	10 DePaul (15-16)	9:30 PM	FS1

 

 

 

Big Sky Tournament
1st Round	March 9	Boise, ID (Century Link Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Weber St. (12-19)	9 Sacramento St. (15-14)	11:30 AM	watchbigsky.com
7 Southern Utah (16-15)	10 Idaho (8-23)	2:00 PM	watchbigsky.com
6 Northern Arizona (16-13)	11 Idaho St. (7-22)	4:30 PM	watchbigsky.com

The Big Sky Conference Network is also available on Pluto TV Channel 530

 

 

 

Big South Tournament Results
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Winthrop	76	Hampton	68

 

 

 

Big Ten Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
12 Minnesota (14-16)	13 Northwestern (8-22)	6:00 PM	Big Ten Network
11 Indiana (19-12)	14 Nebraska (7-24)	8:30 PM	Big Ten Network

 

 

Big West Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Anaheim, CA (Honda Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
2 Cal St. Northridge (15-17)	7 Cal St. Fullerton (11-20)	3:00 PM	ESPN3
3 UC Santa Barbara (21-10)	6 UC Riverside (17-15)	5:30 PM	ESPN3
1 UC Irvine (21-11)	8 Long Beach St. (11-21)	9:00 PM	ESPN3
4 Hawaii (17-13)	5 UC Davis (14-18)	11:30 PM	ESPN3

 

 

Colonial Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Hofstra	61	Drexel	43
Delaware	79	Charleston	67
Elon	68	William & Mary	63
Northeastern	72	Towson	62

 

Semifinals	March 9	Washington, D.C. (Entertainment & Sports Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Hofstra (24-8)	4 Delaware (22-10)	6:00 PM	CBSSN
2 William & Mary (22-10)	6 Northeastern (16-15)	8:30 PM	CBSSN

 

 

 

Conference USA Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Frisco, TX (Ford Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Old Dominion (13-18)	9 Florida Atlantic (16-15)	7:00 PM Court A	ESPN+
5 Florida Intl. (18-13)	12 Rice (15-16)	7:30 PM Court B	ESPN+
7 UAB (18-13)	10 UTSA (13-18)	9:30 PM Court A	ESPN+
6 Marshall (16-15)	11 UTEP (17-14)	10:00 PM Court B	ESPN+

 

 

 

Ivy League Tournament (Ivy Madness)
Semifinals	March 14	Boston (Lavietes Pavilion–Harvard)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Yale (23-7)	4 Penn (16-11)	11:00 AM	ESPNU
2 Harvard (21-8)	3 Princeton (14-13)	2:00 PM	ESPNU

 

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Tournament
1st Round	March 10	Atlantic City, NJ (Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Fairfield (12-19)	9 Manhattan (12-17)	5:00 PM	ESPN3
7 Iona (11-16)	10 Canisius (12-19)	7:00 PM	ESPN3
6 Niagara (11-20)	11 Marist (7-22)	9:00 PM	ESPN3

 

 

 

Mid-American Tournament (Get Some MACtion)
1st Round	March 9	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Ohio U (16-15)	9 Central Michigan (14-17)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
5 Buffalo (20-11)	12 Miami (O) (12-19)	7:30 PM	ESPN+
7 Toledo (16-15)	10 Western Michigan (13-18)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
6 Kent St. (19-12)	11 Eastern Michigan (16-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

Mid-Eastern Athletic Tournament
1st Round	March 10	Norfolk, VA (Scope Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Delaware St. (5-25)	9 MD Eastern Shore (5-26)	6:00 PM	Flohoops (pay)
7 South Carolina St. (11-17)	10 Howard (3-28)	8:00 PM	Flohoops (pay)

 

 

 

Missouri Valley Tournament (Arch Madness)
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Bradley	80	Valparaiso	66

 

 

 

Northeast Tournament
Championship	March 10	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Robert Morris (19-14)	2 St. Francis (PA) (22-9)	7:00 PM	ESPN2

Pac-12 Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Las Vegas (T-Mobile Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Oregon St. (17-13)	9 Utah (16-14)	3:00 PM	Pac-12 Network
5 Arizona (20-11)	12 Washington (15-16)	5:30 PM	Pac-12 Network
7 Stanford (20-11)	10 California (13-18)	9:00 PM	Pac-12 Network
6 Colorado (21-10)	11 Washington St. (15-16)	11:30 PM	Pac-12 Network

 

 

 

Patriot League Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Boston U	64	Bucknell	61
Colgate	89	Lafayette	64

Championship	March 11	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Colgate (25-8)	3 Boston U (20-13)	7:30 PM	CBSSN

 

 

Southeastern Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Nashville (Bridgestone Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
12 Ole Miss (15-16)	13 Georgia (15-16)	7:00 PM	SEC Network
11 Arkansas (19-12)	14 Vanderbilt (11-20)	9:30 PM	SEC Network

 

 

 

Southern Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
East Tennessee St.	97	Western Carolina	75
Wofford	72	Chattanooga	70

Championship	March 9	Asheville, NC (Harrah’s Cherokee Center)
Team	Team	Time ET	TV
1 East Tennessee St. (29-4)	7 Wofford (19-15)	7:00 PM	ESPN

 

 

Southland Tournament
1st Round	March 11	Katy, TX (Leonard E. Merrell Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
5 Northwestern St. (14-15)	8 Texas A&M-CC (14-17)	6:00 PM	ESPN+
6 Lamar (16-15)	7 McNeese St. (15-16)	8:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

 

Southwestern Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 10	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Prairie View (18-13)	8 Alabama A&M (8-21)	8:30 PM	ESPN3
4 Jackson St. (14-17)	5 Grambling (17-14)	8:30 PM	ESPN3
2 Southern (16-15)	7 Alabama St. (8-23)	8:30 PM	ESPN3
3 Texas Southern (16-14)	6 Alcorn St. (14-14)	9:00 PM	ESPN3

 

 

 

Summit Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Oral Roberts	79	Omaha	52
North Dakota	74	South Dakota	71
North Dakota St.	71	Denver	69
Purdue Fort Wayne	77	South Dakota St.	74

Summit Tournament
Semifinals	March 9	Sioux Falls, SD (Sanford Premier Center)
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 North Dakota St. (23-8)	4 Oral Roberts (17-13)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
7 Purdue Ft. Wayne (14-18)	6 North Dakota (14-17)	9:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

Sun Belt Tournament
2nd Round	March 9	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
5 Georgia Southern (18-13)	8 Louisiana (14-18)	7:00 PM	ESPN+
6 Appalachian St. (17-14)	10 Coastal Carolna (16-16)	7:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

Western Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 New Mexico St. (25-6)	8 Chicago St. (4-25)	3:00 PM	ESPN+
4 Grand Canyon (12-17)	5 Seattle (14-15)	5:30 PM	ESPN+
2 UT RGV (14-16)	7 Utah Valley (11-19)	9:00 PM	ESPN+
3 Kansas City (16-14)	6 Cal St. Bakersfield (12-18)	11:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

West Coast Tournament
Semifinals	March 9	Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Gonzaga (29-2)	5 San Francisco (22-11)	9:00 PM	ESPN
2 BYU (24-7)	3 Saint Mary’s (25-7)	11:30 PM	ESPN2

 

Dance Tickets Punched

Automatic Bids Earned
Team	Conference	Record
Utah St.	Mountain West	26-8
Belmont	Ohio Valley	26-7
Winthrop	Big South	24-10
Bradley	Missouri Valley	23-11
Liberty	Atlantic Sun	29-4

 

Coming Later Today–Updated Bracketology