Pre-tourney Rankings
West Virginia
Big 12
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating+16.0#11
Expected Predictive Rating+15.0#14
Pace72.2#96
Improvement+0.3#175

Offense
Total Offense+8.0#11
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+2.5#63

Defense
Total Defense+8.0#11
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#280
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.6% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 70.1% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 100.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed 4.1 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 Round100.0% n/a n/a
Second Round84.5% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen51.7% n/a n/a
Elite Eight24.5% n/a n/a
Final Four11.8% n/a n/a
Championship Game5.5% n/a n/a
National Champion2.2% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 4 seed  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 10, 2017 30   Texas A&M L 65-88 65%     0 - 1 -11.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Nov 15, 2017 323   American W 98-64 99%     1 - 1 +20.7 -6.7 -6.7
  Nov 18, 2017 325   Morgan St. W 111-48 99%     2 - 1 +49.4 -6.8 -6.8
  Nov 20, 2017 201   Long Beach St. W 91-62 97%     3 - 1 +23.6 -2.7 -2.7
  Nov 23, 2017 317   Marist W 84-78 98%     4 - 1 -3.6 -4.8 -4.8
  Nov 24, 2017 104   Central Florida W 83-45 85%     5 - 1 +42.7 +2.4 +2.4
  Nov 26, 2017 40   Missouri W 83-79 69%     6 - 1 +14.9 +5.5 +5.5
  Nov 30, 2017 255   NJIT W 102-69 98%     7 - 1 +24.2 -4.4 -4.4
  Dec 05, 2017 3   Virginia W 68-61 43%     8 - 1 +24.7 +8.8 +8.8
  Dec 09, 2017 204   @ Pittsburgh W 69-60 92%     9 - 1 +9.5 +0.3 +0.3
  Dec 20, 2017 347   Coppin St. W 77-38 99.6%    10 - 1 +19.0 -10.0 -10.0
  Dec 23, 2017 278   Fordham W 86-69 98%     11 - 1 +7.1 -4.9 -4.9
  Dec 29, 2017 47   @ Oklahoma St. W 85-79 60%     12 - 1 1 - 0 +19.3 +6.7 +6.7
  Jan 01, 2018 41   @ Kansas St. W 77-69 59%     13 - 1 2 - 0 +21.7 +6.9 +6.9
  Jan 06, 2018 42   Oklahoma W 89-76 79%     14 - 1 3 - 0 +20.6 +3.8 +3.8
  Jan 09, 2018 29   Baylor W 57-54 75%     15 - 1 4 - 0 +12.1 +4.5 +4.5
  Jan 13, 2018 12   @ Texas Tech L 71-72 41%     15 - 2 4 - 1 +17.3 +9.1 +9.1
  Jan 15, 2018 8   Kansas L 66-71 58%     15 - 3 4 - 2 +8.8 +6.9 +6.9
  Jan 20, 2018 37   Texas W 86-51 77%     16 - 3 5 - 2 +43.2 +4.1 +4.1
  Jan 22, 2018 23   @ TCU L 73-82 47%     16 - 4 5 - 3 +7.8 +8.4 +8.4
  Jan 27, 2018 16   Kentucky L 76-83 66%     16 - 5 +4.6 +5.8 +5.8
  Jan 31, 2018 92   @ Iowa St. L 77-93 76%     16 - 6 5 - 4 -7.5 +4.3 +4.3
  Feb 03, 2018 41   Kansas St. W 89-51 78%     17 - 6 6 - 4 +45.7 +3.9 +3.9
  Feb 05, 2018 42   @ Oklahoma W 75-73 59%     18 - 6 7 - 4 +15.7 +6.8 +6.8
  Feb 10, 2018 47   Oklahoma St. L 85-88 79%     18 - 7 7 - 5 +4.3 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 12, 2018 23   TCU W 82-66 69%     19 - 7 8 - 5 +26.8 +5.4 +5.4
  Feb 17, 2018 8   @ Kansas L 69-77 35%     19 - 8 8 - 6 +11.8 +9.9 +9.9
  Feb 20, 2018 29   @ Baylor W 71-60 53%     20 - 8 9 - 6 +26.1 +7.6 +7.6
  Feb 24, 2018 92   Iowa St. W 85-70 89%     21 - 8 10 - 6 +17.5 +1.3 +1.3
  Feb 26, 2018 12   Texas Tech W 84-74 64%     22 - 8 11 - 6 +22.2 +6.1 +6.1
  Mar 03, 2018 37   @ Texas L 79-87 OT 56%     22 - 9 11 - 7 +6.3 +7.1 +7.1
  Mar 08, 2018 29   Baylor W 78-65 65%     23 - 9 +25.1 +6.0 +6.0
  Mar 09, 2018 12   Texas Tech W 66-63 53%     24 - 9 +18.2 +7.6 +7.6
  Mar 10, 2018 8   Kansas L 70-81 47%     24 - 10 +5.8 +8.4 +8.4
Projected Record 24.0 - 10.0 11.0 - 7.0





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big 12 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
Total 100.0 Total



Big 12 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 0.0%
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
11-7 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 4.1 0.6 25.3 44.2 26.8 3.1 0.0 100.0%
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 4.1 0.6 25.3 44.2 26.8 3.1 0.0 100.0%