Pre-tourney Rankings
Southern Miss
Conference USA
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.0#229
Expected Predictive Rating-2.0#198
Pace63.6#315
Improvement+1.5#108

Offense
Total Offense-2.0#229
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#1
Layup/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement-0.7#220

Defense
Total Defense-2.0#229
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#1
Layups/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement+2.2#85
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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 16, 2017 10   @ Michigan L 47-61 3%     0 - 1 +5.2 +9.6 +9.6
  Nov 24, 2017 74   South Dakota L 71-84 15%     0 - 2 -5.7 +3.7 +3.7
  Nov 25, 2017 326   Youngstown St. W 71-64 74%     1 - 2 -3.7 -5.3 -5.3
  Nov 26, 2017 117   Northern Colorado L 63-77 24%     1 - 3 -10.6 +1.7 +1.7
  Nov 29, 2017 230   @ South Alabama L 58-69 39%     1 - 4 -12.0 -0.5 -0.5
  Dec 10, 2017 174   Troy W 89-71 48%     2 - 4 +14.4 -1.8 -1.8
  Dec 13, 2017 351   @ Alabama A&M W 69-54 88%     3 - 4 -1.8 -8.4 -8.4
  Dec 21, 2017 33   @ Florida St. L 45-98 5%     3 - 5 -38.2 +7.4 +7.4
  Dec 23, 2017 56   Mississippi St. L 64-70 12%     3 - 6 +3.0 +4.5 +4.5
  Dec 28, 2017 115   @ Marshall L 66-85 16%     3 - 7 0 - 1 -12.4 +3.3 +3.3
  Dec 30, 2017 71   @ Western Kentucky L 66-82 9%     3 - 8 0 - 2 -5.3 +5.4 +5.4
  Jan 04, 2018 249   UTEP W 85-75 66%     4 - 8 1 - 2 +1.8 -4.1 -4.1
  Jan 06, 2018 177   Texas San Antonio W 93-83 50%     5 - 8 2 - 2 +6.1 -1.9 -1.9
  Jan 11, 2018 118   @ UAB L 75-86 17%     5 - 9 2 - 3 -4.6 +3.2 +3.2
  Jan 13, 2018 63   @ Middle Tennessee L 49-69 8%     5 - 10 2 - 4 -8.6 +5.7 +5.7
  Jan 18, 2018 295   Rice W 86-75 75%     6 - 10 3 - 4 +0.1 -5.5 -5.5
  Jan 20, 2018 193   North Texas W 85-78 54%     7 - 10 4 - 4 +1.9 -2.5 -2.5
  Jan 27, 2018 160   @ Louisiana Tech L 66-89 24%     7 - 11 4 - 5 -19.5 +1.8 +1.8
  Feb 01, 2018 239   @ Florida International L 70-76 41%     7 - 12 4 - 6 -7.5 -0.8 -0.8
  Feb 03, 2018 245   @ Florida Atlantic W 77-66 42%     8 - 12 5 - 6 +9.1 -1.0 -1.0
  Feb 08, 2018 77   Old Dominion L 63-68 22%     8 - 13 5 - 7 -0.9 +2.1 +2.1
  Feb 10, 2018 313   Charlotte W 72-54 79%     9 - 13 6 - 7 +5.7 -6.2 -6.2
  Feb 15, 2018 63   Middle Tennessee L 62-72 19%     9 - 14 6 - 8 -4.6 +2.7 +2.7
  Feb 17, 2018 118   UAB L 69-87 34%     9 - 15 6 - 9 -17.7 +0.2 +0.2
  Feb 22, 2018 177   @ Texas San Antonio L 56-64 28%     9 - 16 6 - 10 -5.8 +1.1 +1.1
  Feb 24, 2018 249   @ UTEP L 44-73 43%     9 - 17 6 - 11 -31.2 -1.1 -1.1
  Mar 03, 2018 160   Louisiana Tech W 72-64 44%     10 - 17 7 - 11 +5.5 -1.2 -1.2
  Mar 07, 2018 239   Florida International W 69-68 52%     11 - 17 -3.6 -2.3 -2.3
  Mar 08, 2018 63   Middle Tennessee W 71-68 OT 13%     12 - 17 +11.4 +4.2 +4.2
  Mar 09, 2018 115   Marshall L 75-85 24%     12 - 18 -6.4 +1.8 +1.8
Projected Record 12.0 - 18.0 7.0 - 11.0




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 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 100.0 100.0 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
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
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11 100.0% 100.0
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%