Pre-tourney Rankings
Louisiana Tech
Conference USA
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating+5.6#84
Expected Predictive Rating+6.6#78
Pace72.7#38
Improvement-0.4#189

Offense
Total Offense+2.8#84
Improvement-4.7#340

Defense
Total Defense+2.8#84
Improvement+4.3#13
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 0.1% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.1% n/a n/a
Average Seed 11.9 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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.1% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 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 Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 14, 2014 284   @ Southern W 85-76 81%     1 - 0 +5.3 -1.9 -1.9
  Nov 17, 2014 68   @ Temple L 75-82 34%     1 - 1 +2.9 +5.0 +5.0
  Nov 21, 2014 153   Morehead St. W 73-64 77%     2 - 1 +6.8 -1.1 -1.1
  Nov 22, 2014 196   American W 63-44 83%     3 - 1 +14.3 -2.3 -2.3
  Nov 23, 2014 327   Presbyterian W 76-48 96%     4 - 1 +13.4 -7.3 -7.3
  Nov 28, 2014 287   Samford W 77-64 92%     5 - 1 +3.4 -4.8 -4.8
  Dec 02, 2014 208   @ Northwestern St. W 99-88 68%     6 - 1 +11.7 +0.3 +0.3
  Dec 06, 2014 313   Jackson St. W 65-52 94%     7 - 1 +0.8 -6.1 -6.1
  Dec 10, 2014 135   @ Louisiana L 86-94 53%     7 - 2 -3.2 +2.4 +2.4
  Dec 14, 2014 56   @ Syracuse L 69-71 28%     7 - 3 +9.7 +5.9 +5.9
  Dec 18, 2014 328   Nicholls St. W 79-54 96%     8 - 3 +10.1 -7.4 -7.4
  Dec 23, 2014 32   @ North Carolina St. L 65-73 21%     8 - 4 +6.0 +7.0 +7.0
  Jan 03, 2015 303   @ Southern Miss W 83-70 85%     9 - 4 1 - 0 +7.6 -2.7 -2.7
  Jan 08, 2015 99   @ UTEP W 58-45 44%     10 - 4 2 - 0 +20.2 +3.6 +3.6
  Jan 10, 2015 205   @ Texas San Antonio W 84-72 68%     11 - 4 3 - 0 +12.7 +0.4 +0.4
  Jan 15, 2015 129   UAB W 74-71 73%     12 - 4 4 - 0 +2.4 -0.3 -0.3
  Jan 17, 2015 150   Middle Tennessee W 75-68 76%     13 - 4 5 - 0 +5.1 -0.9 -0.9
  Jan 22, 2015 232   @ North Texas L 66-73 73%     13 - 5 5 - 1 -7.9 -0.4 -0.4
  Jan 24, 2015 198   @ Rice W 58-45 67%     14 - 5 6 - 1 +14.1 +0.5 +0.5
  Jan 29, 2015 144   Western Kentucky W 69-56 75%     15 - 5 7 - 1 +11.6 -0.7 -0.7
  Jan 31, 2015 271   Marshall W 81-57 90%     16 - 5 8 - 1 +15.4 -4.3 -4.3
  Feb 05, 2015 129   @ UAB L 60-80 52%     16 - 6 8 - 2 -14.8 +2.6 +2.6
  Feb 07, 2015 150   @ Middle Tennessee W 73-62 57%     17 - 6 9 - 2 +14.9 +2.0 +2.0
  Feb 12, 2015 292   Florida Atlantic W 65-54 92%     18 - 6 10 - 2 +1.1 -4.9 -4.9
  Feb 14, 2015 272   Florida International W 75-42 90%     19 - 6 11 - 2 +24.3 -4.4 -4.4
  Feb 19, 2015 147   @ Charlotte W 83-82 OT 55%     20 - 6 12 - 2 +5.3 +2.2 +2.2
  Feb 21, 2015 70   @ Old Dominion L 53-72 35%     20 - 7 12 - 3 -9.5 +4.8 +4.8
  Feb 26, 2015 99   UTEP W 77-60 66%     21 - 7 13 - 3 +18.4 +0.7 +0.7
  Feb 28, 2015 205   Texas San Antonio W 76-66 84%     22 - 7 14 - 3 +5.0 -2.5 -2.5
  Mar 05, 2015 303   Southern Miss W 72-61 93%     23 - 7 15 - 3 -0.1 -5.6 -5.6
  Mar 12, 2015 198   Rice W 70-64 76%     24 - 7 +4.2 -0.9 -0.9
  Mar 13, 2015 129   UAB L 62-72 OT 63%     24 - 8 -7.7 +1.1 +1.1
Projected Record 24.0 - 8.0 15.0 - 3.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA Finish

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



Conference USA Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 100.0% 100.0    100.0
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total 100.0% 100.0 100.0



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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 100.0% 0.1% 0.1% 11.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 99.9 0.1%
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 11.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 99.9 0.1%