The following are the ARGH College Basketball Power Ratings for the 2004-2005 season, after games of 3-20-05. Home court advantage is 0.635, or about 4.72 points for an average game.
The following are the ARGH College Basketball Power Ratings for conferences:
1 Atlantic Coast 0.768
2 Big Twelve 0.743
3 Big East 0.730
4 Southeastern 0.725
5 Big Ten 0.710
6 Pacific 10 0.699
7 Missouri Valley 0.653
8 Conference USA 0.631
9 Mountain West 0.624
10 West Coast 0.617
11 Mid-American 0.590
12 Western Athletic 0.553
13 Sun Belt 0.513
14 Atlantic 10 0.503
15 Big West 0.481
16 Horizon 0.476
17 Colonial 0.475
18 Southern 0.474
19 America East 0.440
20 Mid-Continent 0.433
21 Southland 0.420
22 Ivy League 0.416
23 Ohio Valley 0.403
24 Patriot 0.401
25 Metro Atlantic 0.397
26 Atlantic Sun 0.366
27 Big Sky 0.358
28 Big South 0.349
29 Northeast 0.308
30 Mideastern Athletic 0.297
31 Independents 0.266
32 Southwestern Athletic 0.222
Odds against winning the 2005 NCAA Basketball Tournament, based on the ARGH Power Ratings as of 3-21-05 and the bracketed matchups:
(1) Illinois 2.3 to 1
(1) North Carolina 4.6 to 1
(1) Duke 9.6 to 1
(2) Oklahoma St. 13.1 to 1
(4) Louisville 13.3 to 1
(2) Kentucky 15.4 to 1
(1) Washington 17.3 to 1
(5) Michigan St. 28.2 to 1
(6) Wisconsin 32.4 to 1
(5) Villanova 38.4 to 1
(3) Arizona 39.8 to 1
(6) Texas Tech 52.4 to 1
(6) Utah 73.1 to 1
(10)North Carolina St. 116.7 to 1
(7) West Virginia 124.0 to 1
(12)Wisconsin Milwaukee 230.9 to 1