Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Kentucky
Sun Belt
2012-13
Overall
Predictive Rating-0.9#183
Expected Predictive Rating-0.2#175
Pace66.5#193
Improvement-1.8#250

Offense
Total Offense+0.1#172
Improvement+2.6#63

Defense
Total Defense-1.1#201
Improvement-4.4#331
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier n/a n/a n/a
Average Seed 16.0 n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four4.7% n/a n/a
First Round97.7% n/a n/a
Second Round3.4% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.4% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 16 seed  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 10, 2012 59   @ Southern Miss L 64-67 OT 13%     0 - 1 +8.5 -17.9 +27.0
  Nov 13, 2012 314   Austin Peay W 74-54 87%     1 - 1 +6.8 -14.4 +19.5
  Nov 17, 2012 256   Western Carolina W 92-81 77%     2 - 1 +2.3 +5.9 -4.4
  Nov 20, 2012 36   Iowa L 55-63 13%     2 - 2 +3.4 -8.1 +11.2
  Nov 21, 2012 165   DePaul W 70-61 46%     3 - 2 +9.0 -11.2 +19.4
  Nov 29, 2012 326   @ Louisiana Monroe W 65-54 77%     4 - 2 1 - 0 +2.2 -10.4 +12.9
  Dec 01, 2012 272   @ Troy W 75-71 60%     5 - 2 2 - 0 +0.5 +5.9 -5.0
  Dec 05, 2012 161   Southern Illinois W 58-57 58%     6 - 2 -2.0 -11.5 +9.6
  Dec 08, 2012 332   IUPUI W 77-57 92%     7 - 2 +3.1 -3.9 +8.0
  Dec 16, 2012 139   @ Murray St. L 70-75 29%     7 - 3 -0.1 +3.0 -3.4
  Dec 18, 2012 20   @ Virginia Commonwealth L 44-76 6%     7 - 4 -15.3 -22.6 +7.8
  Dec 22, 2012 1   Louisville L 55-78 3%     7 - 5 -2.0 -2.8 -0.2
  Dec 27, 2012 187   Florida International W 76-63 63%     8 - 5 3 - 0 +8.6 +13.0 -2.4
  Dec 29, 2012 261   North Texas W 70-64 78%     9 - 5 4 - 0 -3.0 -0.4 -2.2
  Jan 03, 2013 223   @ Arkansas Little Rock L 67-75 47%     9 - 6 4 - 1 -8.2 -7.1 -0.7
  Jan 05, 2013 150   @ Arkansas St. L 61-75 32%     9 - 7 4 - 2 -10.0 -0.1 -11.4
  Jan 12, 2013 234   Florida Atlantic L 62-65 73%     9 - 8 4 - 3 -10.4 -15.4 +5.0
  Jan 17, 2013 233   Louisiana W 72-49 73%     10 - 8 5 - 3 +15.7 -2.9 +19.3
  Jan 19, 2013 223   Arkansas Little Rock L 54-59 71%     10 - 9 5 - 4 -11.7 -14.5 +2.3
  Jan 24, 2013 202   @ South Alabama L 57-65 41%     10 - 10 5 - 5 -6.6 -9.7 +2.7
  Jan 26, 2013 52   @ Middle Tennessee L 53-72 10%     10 - 11 5 - 6 -5.9 -6.2 -1.7
  Jan 31, 2013 272   Troy W 65-61 80%     11 - 11 6 - 6 -5.9 +0.9 -5.9
  Feb 07, 2013 261   @ North Texas W 70-59 56%     12 - 11 7 - 6 +8.5 -1.8 +10.5
  Feb 09, 2013 150   Arkansas St. L 49-67 56%     12 - 12 7 - 7 -20.5 -17.3 -4.7
  Feb 14, 2013 234   @ Florida Atlantic L 78-84 50%     12 - 13 7 - 8 -7.0 +1.3 -8.0
  Feb 16, 2013 187   @ Florida International L 82-87 38%     12 - 14 7 - 9 -2.9 +8.9 -11.6
  Feb 21, 2013 326   Louisiana Monroe W 75-57 90%     13 - 14 8 - 9 +2.7 +2.4 +2.2
  Feb 23, 2013 233   @ Louisiana W 88-77 50%     14 - 14 9 - 9 +10.2 +12.9 -2.9
  Feb 28, 2013 202   South Alabama W 79-73 66%     15 - 14 10 - 9 +0.9 +5.1 -4.2
  Mar 02, 2013 52   Middle Tennessee L 62-70 24%     15 - 15 10 - 10 -1.4 -0.2 -1.9
  Mar 08, 2013 326   Louisiana Monroe W 74-60 85%     16 - 15 +2.0 -0.3 +3.1
  Mar 09, 2013 202   South Alabama W 62-59 54%     17 - 15 +1.2 -4.6 +6.0
  Mar 10, 2013 150   Arkansas St. W 58-56 43%     18 - 15 +2.8 -10.4 +13.2
  Mar 11, 2013 187   Florida International W 65-63 51%     19 - 15 +0.9 -5.1 +6.0
Projected Record 19.0 - 15.0 10.0 - 10.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Sun Belt Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 100.0 100.0 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
Total 100.0 Total



Sun Belt Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10 0.0%
Total



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid		AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 16.0 0.0 3.0 97.0
9-11
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 3.0 97.0