Preseason Rankings
Loyola Chicago
Missouri Valley
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+7.7#76
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.3#306
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+2.6#103
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+5.1#52
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 1.5% 1.5% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 4.7% 4.7% 0.2%
Top 6 Seed 7.6% 7.6% 2.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 35.2% 35.4% 13.5%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 13.0% 13.1% 1.9%
Average Seed 9.7 9.6 11.8
.500 or above 87.7% 87.9% 60.1%
.500 or above in Conference 86.8% 86.9% 69.3%
Conference Champion 33.1% 33.2% 6.7%
Last Place in Conference 1.2% 1.2% 3.3%
First Four3.4% 3.4% 0.0%
First Round33.8% 33.9% 13.5%
Second Round15.5% 15.5% 2.0%
Sweet Sixteen6.4% 6.4% 1.8%
Elite Eight2.6% 2.7% 0.0%
Final Four1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
National Champion0.2% 0.2% 0.0%

Next Game: Chicago St. (Home) - 99.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 22 - 22 - 3
Quad 36 - 29 - 6
Quad 46 - 015 - 6


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Dec 09, 2020 345   Chicago St. W 75-47 99.5%   
  Mar 08, 2021 64   @ Northern Iowa L 65-69 35%    
  Mar 08, 2021 117   Bradley W 70-63 73%    
  Mar 08, 2021 122   Indiana St. W 71-63 74%    
  Mar 08, 2021 135   Missouri St. W 72-63 77%    
  Mar 08, 2021 144   Drake W 72-62 78%    
  Mar 08, 2021 155   Valparaiso W 74-64 80%    
  Mar 08, 2021 168   Southern Illinois W 67-56 82%    
  Mar 08, 2021 188   Illinois St. W 74-61 85%    
  Mar 08, 2021 261   Evansville W 75-58 92%    
  Mar 09, 2021 64   Northern Iowa W 68-66 55%    
  Mar 09, 2021 117   @ Bradley W 67-66 54%    
  Mar 09, 2021 122   @ Indiana St. W 68-66 55%    
  Mar 09, 2021 135   @ Missouri St. W 69-66 58%    
  Mar 09, 2021 144   @ Drake W 69-65 61%    
  Mar 09, 2021 155   @ Valparaiso W 71-67 63%    
  Mar 09, 2021 168   @ Southern Illinois W 64-59 66%    
  Mar 09, 2021 188   @ Illinois St. W 71-64 69%    
  Mar 09, 2021 261   @ Evansville W 72-61 80%    
Projected Record 13 - 6 12 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Missouri Valley 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 0.0 0.3 2.0 5.4 7.9 8.2 6.6 2.7 33.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 1.0 3.6 6.6 6.1 3.2 0.7 21.1 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 4.2 5.3 2.9 0.7 0.0 14.4 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.7 3.3 1.3 0.2 0.0 9.9 4th
5th 0.1 1.2 3.0 2.3 0.7 0.1 7.4 5th
6th 0.1 0.9 2.3 1.7 0.4 0.0 5.4 6th
7th 0.1 0.7 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.0 3.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.6 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.5 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.7 10th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 2.3 3.2 4.8 6.2 7.6 9.4 10.6 11.7 12.1 11.1 8.9 6.6 2.7 Total



Missouri Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 2.7    2.7
17-1 100.0% 6.6    6.5 0.2
16-2 92.4% 8.2    7.0 1.2 0.0
15-3 71.3% 7.9    5.3 2.5 0.2
14-4 44.3% 5.4    2.7 2.2 0.4 0.0
13-5 16.7% 2.0    0.6 0.8 0.5 0.1
12-6 3.1% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 33.1% 33.1 24.8 7.0 1.2 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
18-0 2.7% 99.2% 71.1% 28.1% 3.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 97.2%
17-1 6.6% 97.2% 61.8% 35.4% 6.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 92.6%
16-2 8.9% 83.7% 49.2% 34.5% 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.1 1.5 67.8%
15-3 11.1% 60.7% 40.1% 20.5% 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.0 2.3 0.5 0.0 4.4 34.3%
14-4 12.1% 39.4% 31.0% 8.4% 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 7.3 12.2%
13-5 11.7% 25.5% 23.7% 1.8% 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.0 8.7 2.3%
12-6 10.6% 16.9% 16.7% 0.1% 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 8.8 0.2%
11-7 9.4% 12.2% 12.2% 13.5 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 8.2
10-8 7.6% 7.7% 7.7% 14.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 7.0
9-9 6.2% 7.2% 7.2% 14.7 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 5.8
8-10 4.8% 4.2% 4.2% 15.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 4.6
7-11 3.2% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.0 0.0 3.2
6-12 2.3% 1.5% 1.5% 16.0 0.0 2.3
5-13 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 16.0 0.0 1.3
4-14 0.9% 0.9
3-15 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 0.4
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 35.2% 25.6% 9.7% 9.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.7 2.6 3.0 4.9 7.5 4.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 64.8 13.0%


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 1.9% 100.0% 2.5 22.9 32.4 20.3 19.7 3.2 0.2 1.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.4% 99.3% 4.1 6.9 11.3 18.2 30.5 12.0 11.5 2.2 6.4 0.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.3% 93.8% 4.8 3.0 10.8 11.5 24.9 15.7 4.9 11.8 3.3 5.2 2.6