AEI Men's Basketball Rankings (3/2/26)
#1: Duke
Biggest Riser: UConn (+8)
New Teams: #20 South Florida, #22 VCU, #23 Miami, #25 Akron
Dropped Out: Utah State, Tennessee, Louisville, Arkansas
Best Mid-Major: #14 Saint Louis
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/7/26
Yesterday's Picks: 21/37 (56.7%)
Week to date: 124/194 (63.9%)
Conference Tournaments: 38/66 (57.6%, t-22nd, 4 games behind)
Season to Date: 3480/5122 (68.0%)
Today's Games:
CHAMPIONSHIPS
OVC: Tennessee State (57.7%) vs Morehead State
AMERICA EAST
UMass Lowell (57.4%) vs UAlbany
UMBC (82.0%) vs New Hampshire
Vermont (76.1%) vs Bryant
NJIT (56.3%) vs Maine
ASUN
Central Arkansas (68.6%) vs FGCU
Austin Peay (53.7%) vs Queens
BIg Sky
Idaho St (53.9%) vs Northern Arizona
Idaho (63.1%) vs Sacramento St
Big South
High Point (78.9%) vs UNC Asheville
Winthrop (68.8%) vs Presbyterian
CAA
Campbell (55.0%) vs Stony Brook
Drexel (69.2%) vs Northeastern
Towson (63.3%) vs Hampton
William & Mary (67.6%) vs Elon
MAAC
Marist (50.2%) vs Quinnipiac
Siena (54.1%) vs Mount Saint Mary's
MVC
UIC (59.5%) vs Drake
Northern Iowa (53.8%) vs Bradley
NEC
Mercyhurst (60.3%) vs Stonehill
Long Island (63.5%) vs Wagner
Southern
ETSU (74.0%) vs The Citadel
Wofford (53.6%) vs UNC Greensboro
Samford (60.1%) vs Furman
Mercer (51.3%) vs Western Carolina
Summit
North Dakota St (72.3%) vs Omaha
St Thomas MN (73.7%) vs North Dakota
Sun Belt
Southern Miss (51.4%) vs App State
Coastal Carolina (52.8%) vs Georgia Southern
WCC
San Francisco (57.3%) vs Portland
Seattle (56.8%) vs Pacific
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/7/26
Yesterday's Picks: 27/36 (75.0%)
Week to date: 142/193 (73.6%)
Conference Tournaments: 85/115 (73.9%, t-5th, 3 games behind)
Season to Date: 3739/5016 (74.5%)
Today's Games:
ACC
Duke (55.9%) vs Notre Dame
Louisville (50.8%) vs North Carolina
Big 12
TCU (75.0%) vs Kansas St
West Virginia (64.4%) vs Colorado
Big 10
UCLA (69.4%) vs Ohio State
Michigan (54.0%) vs Iowa
SEC
South Carolina (56.4%) vs LSU
Texas (72.8%) vs Ole Miss
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/6/26
Yesterday's Picks: 27/46 (58.7%)
Week to date: 103/157 (68.5%)
Conference Tournaments: 29/41 (70.7%, t-4th, 1 game behind)
Season to Date: 3459/5085 (68.0%)
Today's Games:
Big South
High Point (94.2%) vs Gardner-Webb
Longwood (54.6%) vs UNC Asheville
Winthrop (66.2%) vs Charleston Southern
Radford (58.2%) vs Presbyterian
ASUN
Central Arkansas (68.9%) vs Bellarmine
Lipscomb (61.3%) vs FGCU
Austin Peay (68.0%) vs Stetson
Queens (62.1%) vs West Georgia
MVC
Belmont (77.0%) vs Drake
UIC (55.4%) vs Murray State
Bradley (54.5%) vs Valparaiso
Illinois State (50.2%) vs Northern Iowa
CAA
NC A&T (61.2%) vs Northeastern
SoCon
Chattanooga (60.7%) vs The Citadel
UNC Greensboro (77.6%) vs VMI
Sun Belt
Texas State (52.2%) vs Southern Miss
South Alabama (56.3%) vs Georgia Southern
MAAC
Merrimack (66.7%) vs Sacred Heart
St Peter's (50.3%) vs Fairfield
Summit
South Dakota (50.3%) vs Omaha
Denver (54.7%) vs North Dakota
OVC
Tennessee State (58.2%) vs UT Martin
SEMO (53.5%) vs Morehead St
WCC
Washington State (57.2%) vs Portland
Seattle (68.7%) vs San Diego
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/6/26
Yesterday's Picks: 61/84 (72.6%)
Week to date: 115/157 (73.2%)
Conference Tournaments: 58/80 (72.5%, t-4th, 2 games behind)
Season to Date: 3712/4980 (74.6%)
Today's Games:
ACC
Duke (65.0%) vs Clemson
Notre Dame (51.4%) vs NC State
Louisville (64.0%) vs Syracuse
North Carolina (61.8%) vs Virginia Tech
Big 10
UCLA (79.6%) vs Washington
Ohio State (54.5%) vs Minnesota
Iowa (61.4%) vs Michigan State
Michigan (67.6%) vs Oregon
Big 12
Oklahoma State (63.4%) vs Kansas State
TCU (70.0%) vs BYU
West Virginia (70.1%) vs Arizona State
Baylor (54.9%) vs Colorado
SEC
South Carolina (71.7%) vs Kentucky
LSU (61.8%) vs Oklahoma
Vanderbilt (68.6%) vs Ole Miss
Texas (74.5%) vs Alabama
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/5/26
Yesterday's Picks: 28/40 (70.0%)
Week of 2/23: 76/111 (68.5%)
Conference Tournaments: 16/24 (66.7%, t-11th)
Season to Date: 3432/5039 (68.1%)
Today's Games:
MVC
Southern Illinois (68.3%) vs Drake
Valparaiso (63.2%) vs Indiana St
Northern Iowa (80.2%) vs Evansville
Sun Belt
James Madison (54.6%) vs Southern Miss
Arkansas St (66.0%) vs Georgia Southern
MAAC
Iona (54.4%) vs Sacred Heart
Fairfield (67.9%) vs Manhattan
Summit
North Dakota St (76.8%) vs Oral Roberts
St Thomas MN (73.0%) vs South Dakota St
Patriot
Lehigh (63.3%) vs Holy Cross
Colgate (57.2%) vs Loyola MD
Boston U (58.3%) vs American
Navy (84.8%) vs Bucknell
OVC
UT Martin (65.7%) vs Eastern Illinois
SE Missouri St (63.2%) vs Lindenwood
WCC
Portland (55.0%) vs Pepperdine
Loyola Marymount (63.0%) vs San Diego
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/5/26
Yesterday's Picks: 31/41 (75.6%)
Week to date: 54/73 (74.0%)
Conference Tournaments: 25/34 (73.5%, t-2nd)
Season to Date: 3651/4896 (74.6%)
Today's Games:
SEC
Kentucky (58.5%) vs Georgia
Oklahoma (70.2%) vs Florida
Ole Miss (74.0%) vs Auburn
Alabama (55.2%) vs Tennessee
ACC
Virginia (52.2%) vs Clemson
Notre Dame (68.5%) vs Miami
Syracuse (54.2%) vs Cal
Virginia Tech (63.9%) vs Georgia Tech
Big 12
Texas Tech (63.8%) vs Kansas St
BYU (55.2%) vs Utah
Iowa St (58.1%) vs Arizona St
Kansas (52.6%) vs Colorado
Big 10
USC (51.1%) vs Washington
Ohio St (70.7%) vs Indiana
Michigan St (54.3%) vs Illinois
Maryland (63.9%) vs Oregon
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/4/26
Yesterday's Picks: 36/53 (67.9%)
Week of 2/23: 48/71 (67.6%)
Conference Tournaments: 4/6 (66.7%, t-15th)
Season to Date: 3404/4999 (68.0%)
Today's Games:
ASUN
Bellarmine (55.5%) vs Jacksonville
FGCU (62.4%) vs North Alabama
Eastern Kentucky (50.1%) vs Stetson
NEC
Long Island (75.4%) vs Chicago St
Le Moyne (57.7%) vs Stonehill
Central Connecticut (52.5%) vs Wagner
Mercyhurst (62.6%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson
SUN BELT
James Madison (62.8%) vs Louisiana
Old Dominion (51.3%) vs Georgia Southern
Horizon
Wright State (72.1%) vs Cleveland St
Robert Morris (68.2%) vs Youngstown St
Detroit Mercy (61.4%) vs Milwaukee
Northern Kentucky (51.5%) vs Oakland
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/4/26
Yesterday's Picks: 15/21 (71.4%)
Week to date: 23/32 (71.8%)
Conference Tournaments: 5/7 (71.4%, t-5th)
Season to Date: 3620/4855 (74.6%)
Today's Games:
BIG 10
Nebraska (56.5%) vs Indiana
Illinois (76.9%) vs Wisconsin
Oregon (67.9%) vs Purdue
SEC
Mississippi St (50.2%) vs Florida
Texas A&M (71.1%) vs Auburn
Alabama (72.4%) vs Missouri
BIG 12
BYU (85.8%) vs Houston
Arizona St (71.1%) vs Arizona
Kansas (78.0%) vs UCF
ACC
Cal (73.2%) vs Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (67.4%) vs Florida State
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Conference Report 3/3/2026
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HORIZON
Robert Morris - 33.4%
Wright State - 23.6%
Green Bay - 15.5%
Detroit Mercy - 8%
Northern Kentucky - 4.3%
Oakland - 3.3%
Youngstown State - 5.1%
Purdue Fort Wayne - 3%
Milwaukee - 2.5%
Cleveland State - 1.2%
PATRIOT
Navy - 56.2%
Boston U - 11.2%
Colgate - 8.9%
Lehigh - 8.7%
American - 5.3%
Loyola MD - 4.5%
Lafayette - 2.5%
Holy Cross - 1%
Army - 0.9%
Bucknell - 0.8%
SUN BELT
Arkansas State - 9.5%
Texas State - 7%
Troy - 26.1%
South Alabama - 7.2%
Coastal Carolina - 14.2%
App State - 12.3%
James Madison - 2%
Southern Miss - 2.1%
Marshall - 18.6%
Old Dominion - 0.4%
Georgia Southern - 0.5%
Louisiana - 0.1%
Georgia State - 0.1%
UL Monroe - 0.1%
AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/3/26
Yesterday's Picks: 12/18 (66.7%)
Week of 2/23: 12/18 (66.7%)
Conference Tournaments: 1/1 (100%, t-1st)
Season to Date: 3368/4946 (68.1%)
Today's Games:
PATRIOT
Army (50.8%) vs Bucknell
Lafayette (58.7%) vs Holy Cross
SUN BELT
Louisiana (55.1%) vs Georgia St
Old Dominion (77.4%) vs UL Monroe
HORIZON
Green Bay (58.8%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne
NON-TOURNEY
North Carolina (55.6%) vs Clemson
VCU (71.0%) vs George Mason
Kentucky (58.0%) vs Texas A&M
Cincinnati (53.5%) vs BYU
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Conference Report 3/3/2026
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ASUN
Eastern Kentucky - 25.6%
Central Arkansas - 21.9%
Jacksonville - 20.4%
Stetson - 12.3%
FGCU - 8.3%
North Alabama - 4.1%
Austin Peay - 3.4%
West Georgia - 2.3%
Lipscomb - 1%
North Florida - 0.4%
Queens - 0.2%
Bellarmine - 0.001%
SUN BELT
James Madison - 21.8%
Georgia Southern - 31.1%
Troy - 25.3%
Arkansas State - 14.2%
Marshall - 5%
Old Dominion - 1.7%
UL Monroe - 0.3%
Coastal Carolina - 0.2%
Southern Miss - 0.3%
South Alabama - 0.04%
App State - 0.01%
Texas State - 0.03%
Georgia State - 0.01%
Louisiana - 0.01%
AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/3/26
Yesterday's Picks: 8/11 (72.7%)
Week to date: 261/337 (72.7%)
Conference Tournaments: 0/1 (0%, t-8th)
Season to Date: 3605/4834 (74.6%)
Today's Games:
SUN BELT
South Alabama (56.9%) vs App State
Georgia State (66.8%) vs Louisiana
ASUN
Austin Peay (60.2%) vs Lipscomb
West Georgia (63.4%) vs North Florida
North Alabama (72.3%) vs Queens
FGCU (94.0%) vs Bellarmine
NON-TOURNEY
Jackson St (50.3%) vs Arkansas Pine Bluff
Nicholls (52.3%) vs East Texas A&M
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Report 3/2/26
Yesterday's Picks: 13/23 (56.5%)
Week of 2/23: 223/343 (65.0%)
Season to Date: 3356/4928 (68.1%)
Today's Games:
HORIZON:
#10 Cleveland State (53.7%) vs #11 IU Indy
NON-TOURNEY
Arizona (64.1%) vs Iowa State
Duke (76.7%) vs NC State
Idaho State (53.4%) vs Sacramento State
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Report 3/2/26
Yesterday's Picks: 25/40 (65.0%)
Week of 2/23: 261/337 (77.5%)
Season to Date: 3597/4823 (74.6%)
Today's Games:
HORIZON:
#10 Milwaukee (50.04%) vs #11 Detroit Mercy
NON-TOURNEY
McNeese (64.2%) vs Stephen F Austin
Weber St (57.9%) vs Portland State
Belmont (75.3%) vs Southern Illinois
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AEI Ratings Men's Basketball Weekly Report 3/2/26
Last Week's Performance: 65.01% (223/343, up 0.92% from last week)
Total Season Performance: 68.10% (3356/4928, down 0.23% from last week)
Kenpom: 65.89%
Massey: 65.60%
AEI: 65.01%
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AEI Ratings Women's Basketball Weekly Report 3/2/26
Last Week's Performance: 77.45% (261/337, up 7.10%)
Total Season Performance: 74.58% (3597/4823, up 0.22%)
Massey: 79.53%
AEI: 77.45%
Torvik T-Rank: 76.26%
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