Preseason Rankings
Houston
American Athletic
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+14.2#18
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.2#295
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+7.2#21
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+7.0#15
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 1.3% 1.3% 0.8%
#1 Seed 6.9% 7.1% 1.6%
Top 2 Seed 14.2% 14.4% 4.0%
Top 4 Seed 28.8% 29.2% 7.8%
Top 6 Seed 41.4% 42.0% 12.9%
NCAA Tourney Bid 77.9% 78.4% 51.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 66.6% 67.3% 38.0%
Average Seed 6.2 6.2 8.4
.500 or above 97.2% 97.4% 85.3%
.500 or above in Conference 96.1% 96.3% 87.1%
Conference Champion 46.2% 46.7% 23.6%
Last Place in Conference 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
First Four3.4% 3.4% 6.0%
First Round76.3% 76.8% 48.7%
Second Round52.7% 53.3% 26.1%
Sweet Sixteen27.7% 28.1% 11.2%
Elite Eight14.1% 14.3% 5.4%
Final Four7.4% 7.5% 2.1%
Championship Game3.6% 3.7% 0.5%
National Champion1.9% 1.9% 0.4%

Next Game: Lamar (Home) - 98.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 8 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 21 - 2
Quad 1b2 - 23 - 4
Quad 26 - 29 - 6
Quad 38 - 117 - 7
Quad 45 - 022 - 7


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 236   Lamar W 81-59 98%    
  Nov 27, 2020 86   Boise St. W 77-66 84%    
  Nov 29, 2020 14   Texas Tech L 68-69 47%    
  Dec 05, 2020 59   South Carolina W 78-70 76%    
  Dec 09, 2020 246   Sam Houston St. W 84-62 98%    
  Dec 12, 2020 265   Rice W 84-61 98%    
  Dec 15, 2020 111   Central Florida W 74-61 88%    
  Dec 19, 2020 32   @ Alabama L 77-78 48%    
  Dec 22, 2020 145   Temple W 78-62 92%    
  Dec 29, 2020 98   @ Tulsa W 68-62 70%    
  Jan 03, 2021 65   @ SMU W 69-67 58%    
  Jan 06, 2021 77   Wichita St. W 75-65 80%    
  Jan 09, 2021 210   Tulane W 79-59 96%    
  Jan 14, 2021 97   @ South Florida W 67-61 68%    
  Jan 17, 2021 111   @ Central Florida W 71-64 72%    
  Jan 20, 2021 98   Tulsa W 71-59 84%    
  Jan 23, 2021 55   Cincinnati W 73-65 74%    
  Jan 27, 2021 210   @ Tulane W 76-62 88%    
  Jan 31, 2021 65   SMU W 72-64 76%    
  Feb 03, 2021 151   @ East Carolina W 77-67 81%    
  Feb 10, 2021 145   @ Temple W 75-65 80%    
  Feb 14, 2021 40   Memphis W 76-70 70%    
  Feb 17, 2021 151   East Carolina W 80-64 91%    
  Feb 21, 2021 55   @ Cincinnati W 70-68 54%    
  Feb 25, 2021 77   @ Wichita St. W 72-68 63%    
  Feb 28, 2021 97   South Florida W 70-58 83%    
  Mar 06, 2021 40   @ Memphis W 73-72 50%    
Projected Record 21 - 6 15 - 5





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected American Athletic 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 0.0 0.1 1.0 3.7 8.3 10.7 11.2 7.9 3.1 46.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 1.7 4.7 6.7 5.6 2.6 0.5 22.0 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 1.8 3.8 4.2 2.2 0.4 0.0 12.7 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.8 2.4 1.0 0.1 7.7 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 1.1 1.9 1.5 0.4 0.0 5.1 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.1 3.1 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.6 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.8 2.9 4.3 6.5 8.4 10.9 12.7 14.3 13.3 11.8 7.9 3.1 Total



American Athletic Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 3.1    3.1
19-1 100.0% 7.9    7.8 0.2
18-2 95.4% 11.2    10.2 1.0 0.0
17-3 80.6% 10.7    8.2 2.4 0.2
16-4 57.8% 8.3    4.9 2.9 0.5 0.0
15-5 29.4% 3.7    1.4 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.0
14-6 9.4% 1.0    0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0
13-7 1.7% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 46.2% 46.2 35.8 8.6 1.6 0.2 0.0



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
20-0 3.1% 100.0% 72.3% 27.7% 1.5 1.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
19-1 7.9% 100.0% 62.6% 37.4% 2.1 3.0 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
18-2 11.8% 99.7% 51.1% 48.6% 3.3 1.7 2.6 2.8 2.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.4%
17-3 13.3% 99.4% 45.0% 54.4% 5.0 0.3 1.0 1.9 3.0 2.4 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 98.9%
16-4 14.3% 97.4% 37.5% 59.9% 6.8 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 95.9%
15-5 12.7% 90.8% 30.7% 60.1% 8.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.0 1.2 86.7%
14-6 10.9% 76.4% 21.6% 54.8% 9.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.1 2.6 69.9%
13-7 8.4% 55.7% 17.7% 38.0% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.1 0.0 3.7 46.2%
12-8 6.5% 34.0% 11.3% 22.8% 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 4.3 25.6%
11-9 4.3% 18.8% 9.7% 9.1% 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.5 10.1%
10-10 2.9% 7.1% 4.8% 2.3% 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.4%
9-11 1.8% 3.1% 2.5% 0.6% 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.6%
8-12 1.0% 4.5% 4.5% 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
7-13 0.6% 3.0% 3.0% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
6-14 0.3% 3.1% 3.1% 16.0 0.0 0.3
5-15 0.1% 0.1
4-16 0.1% 0.1
3-17 0.0% 0.0
2-18 0.0% 0.0
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 77.9% 33.8% 44.1% 6.2 6.9 7.3 6.8 7.7 6.5 6.1 6.5 6.3 7.1 6.8 5.5 3.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.1 66.6%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 1.0% 100.0% 1.2 76.7 22.5 0.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 100.0% 1.2 84.2 15.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.1% 100.0% 1.4 66.7 30.4 2.9