Pre-tourney Rankings
Louisiana Tech
Conference USA
2016-17
Overall
Predictive Rating+4.3#101
Expected Predictive Rating+1.9#132
Pace69.0#137
Improvement-2.0#271

Offense
Total Offense+2.2#109
First Shot+2.3#112
After Offensive Rebound-0.1#179
Layup/Dunks+2.2#88
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.2#233
3 Pt Jumpshots+1.9#118
Freethrows-0.5#207
Improvement-0.5#206

Defense
Total Defense+2.0#106
First Shot+0.8#143
After Offensive Rebounds+1.2#55
Layups/Dunks+1.1#127
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.7#281
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.3#253
Freethrows+2.7#36
Improvement-1.5#261
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 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a 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 Four0.0% 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 11, 2016 33   @ South Carolina L 76-85 16%     0 - 1 +6.0 +14.6 -8.6
  Nov 16, 2016 342   Alabama St. W 87-56 97%     1 - 1 +12.8 +2.9 +8.6
  Nov 19, 2016 99   @ Nebraska L 54-65 40%     1 - 2 -4.0 -9.9 +5.1
  Nov 27, 2016 325   Maryland Eastern Shore W 74-53 94%     2 - 2 +7.5 -0.4 +9.5
  Nov 30, 2016 57   @ California L 59-68 OT 23%     2 - 3 +3.0 -6.5 +9.9
  Dec 03, 2016 249   SE Louisiana W 88-59 87%     3 - 3 +21.2 +14.5 +6.7
  Dec 05, 2016 290   Alcorn St. W 98-65 91%     4 - 3 +22.3 +13.4 +5.7
  Dec 10, 2016 151   @ Louisiana L 83-91 54%     4 - 4 -4.8 -1.9 -2.0
  Dec 13, 2016 321   Prairie View W 65-52 94%     5 - 4 -0.3 -8.2 +9.1
  Dec 17, 2016 331   Grambling St. W 89-55 93%     6 - 4 +21.7 +13.1 +9.8
  Dec 20, 2016 117   Florida Gulf Coast L 78-79 65%     6 - 5 -0.8 +7.4 -8.2
  Jan 01, 2017 316   @ Southern Miss W 79-55 87%     7 - 5 1 - 0 +16.2 +4.2 +11.6
  Jan 05, 2017 195   UTEP W 64-44 79%     8 - 5 2 - 0 +15.8 -5.6 +22.5
  Jan 07, 2017 257   Texas San Antonio L 68-69 87%     8 - 6 2 - 1 -9.1 -1.3 -7.8
  Jan 12, 2017 237   @ Charlotte W 79-73 73%     9 - 6 3 - 1 +3.8 +6.9 -2.8
  Jan 14, 2017 131   @ Old Dominion W 75-63 50%     10 - 6 4 - 1 +16.2 +14.8 +2.5
  Jan 19, 2017 158   Rice W 74-64 73%     11 - 6 5 - 1 +7.9 -3.3 +11.0
  Jan 21, 2017 315   North Texas W 81-57 94%     12 - 6 6 - 1 +11.1 +5.4 +6.6
  Jan 26, 2017 193   @ UAB L 70-79 63%     12 - 7 6 - 2 -8.1 -2.2 -5.9
  Jan 28, 2017 56   @ Middle Tennessee L 61-71 23%     12 - 8 6 - 3 +2.1 +1.0 +0.0
  Feb 02, 2017 229   Western Kentucky W 76-67 85%     13 - 8 7 - 3 +2.2 +5.8 -2.8
  Feb 04, 2017 155   Marshall W 94-90 73%     14 - 8 8 - 3 +2.0 +4.5 -3.1
  Feb 09, 2017 195   @ UTEP W 62-61 63%     15 - 8 9 - 3 +1.9 +9.3 -7.2
  Feb 11, 2017 257   @ Texas San Antonio W 72-66 76%     16 - 8 10 - 3 +3.0 +7.3 -3.8
  Feb 16, 2017 271   Florida Atlantic W 95-69 89%     17 - 8 11 - 3 +16.8 +16.3 +0.0
  Feb 18, 2017 276   Florida International W 77-61 89%     18 - 8 12 - 3 +6.6 +1.3 +6.0
  Feb 23, 2017 315   @ North Texas W 85-67 87%     19 - 8 13 - 3 +10.2 +0.5 +7.9
  Feb 25, 2017 158   @ Rice L 81-88 55%     19 - 9 13 - 4 -4.0 +2.6 -6.2
  Mar 04, 2017 316   Southern Miss W 93-65 94%     20 - 9 14 - 4 +15.1 +18.8 -3.2
  Mar 09, 2017 193   UAB W 69-57 72%     21 - 9 +10.4 +3.0 +8.7
  Mar 10, 2017 155   Marshall L 77-93 64%     21 - 10 -15.5 +0.7 -16.1
Projected Record 21.0 - 10.0 14.0 - 4.0




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 1st
2nd 100.0 100.0 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
14-4 0.0%
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4 100.0% 100.0
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% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%