Preseason Rankings
Southern Miss
Sun Belt
2022-23
Overall
Predictive Rating-8.1#299
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace67.9#193
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.0#292
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.2#300
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 1.2% 4.8% 1.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.8 13.6 15.0
.500 or above 14.2% 47.8% 12.8%
.500 or above in Conference 18.8% 45.4% 17.8%
Conference Champion 1.0% 5.1% 0.8%
Last Place in Conference 31.7% 10.0% 32.6%
First Four0.4% 0.6% 0.4%
First Round1.0% 4.5% 0.9%
Second Round0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Vanderbilt (Away) - 3.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 30 - 4
Quad 32 - 72 - 11
Quad 47 - 79 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 11, 2022 72   @ Vanderbilt L 61-80 4%    
  Nov 18, 2022 100   @ Liberty L 60-76 7%    
  Nov 22, 2022 174   Winthrop L 69-77 25%    
  Nov 29, 2022 170   Montana L 66-71 33%    
  Dec 04, 2022 338   @ Northwestern St. W 77-76 52%    
  Dec 10, 2022 301   Lamar W 71-68 61%    
  Dec 13, 2022 301   @ Lamar L 68-71 41%    
  Dec 18, 2022 331   McNeese St. W 78-72 68%    
  Dec 22, 2022 105   @ UNLV L 61-77 10%    
  Dec 29, 2022 235   Troy L 68-70 43%    
  Dec 31, 2022 183   Appalachian St. L 64-69 35%    
  Jan 05, 2023 158   @ Louisiana L 60-72 18%    
  Jan 07, 2023 259   @ Louisiana Monroe L 70-76 31%    
  Jan 12, 2023 159   @ Marshall L 72-84 18%    
  Jan 14, 2023 230   @ Arkansas St. L 67-75 26%    
  Jan 19, 2023 205   South Alabama L 67-71 39%    
  Jan 21, 2023 162   James Madison L 72-77 34%    
  Jan 26, 2023 230   Arkansas St. L 70-72 43%    
  Jan 28, 2023 168   Texas St. L 64-69 34%    
  Feb 02, 2023 235   @ Troy L 65-73 26%    
  Feb 04, 2023 169   @ Georgia St. L 65-76 19%    
  Feb 09, 2023 158   Louisiana L 63-69 33%    
  Feb 11, 2023 259   Louisiana Monroe L 72-73 50%    
  Feb 16, 2023 205   @ South Alabama L 64-74 22%    
  Feb 18, 2023 251   Georgia Southern L 68-69 46%    
  Feb 22, 2023 186   @ Old Dominion L 61-72 20%    
  Feb 24, 2023 168   @ Texas St. L 61-72 19%    
Projected Record 9 - 18 6 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Sun Belt 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 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1st
2nd 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.0 3rd
4th 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.0 3.2 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 1.6 1.7 0.4 0.0 3.9 6th
7th 0.1 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.0 4.7 7th
8th 0.1 1.2 3.0 1.4 0.1 5.8 8th
9th 0.0 1.0 3.1 2.2 0.3 0.0 6.7 9th
10th 0.0 0.7 3.2 3.4 0.6 0.0 7.9 10th
11th 0.0 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.4 0.1 10.0 11th
12th 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.8 5.0 2.0 0.2 0.0 12.2 12th
13th 0.0 0.4 2.2 5.0 5.4 2.5 0.3 0.0 15.7 13th
14th 2.8 5.9 7.3 4.6 1.9 0.3 0.0 22.8 14th
Total 2.8 6.3 9.6 10.8 12.0 11.9 10.7 9.4 7.7 6.1 4.6 3.3 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 Total



Sun Belt 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% 0.0    0.0
17-1 94.7% 0.0    0.0 0.0
16-2 88.9% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0
15-3 69.1% 0.3    0.2 0.1 0.0
14-4 33.0% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-5 14.1% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.0% 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 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 0.0% 0.0
17-1 0.0% 52.6% 47.4% 5.3% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0%
16-2 0.2% 21.0% 21.0% 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-3 0.4% 19.3% 19.3% 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
14-4 0.7% 16.8% 16.8% 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
13-5 1.3% 8.1% 8.1% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
12-6 2.1% 6.1% 6.1% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.0
11-7 3.3% 4.0% 4.0% 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.2
10-8 4.6% 2.8% 2.8% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 4.4
9-9 6.1% 2.5% 2.5% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 6.0
8-10 7.7% 1.6% 1.6% 15.9 0.0 0.1 7.6
7-11 9.4% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.1 9.4
6-12 10.7% 0.6% 0.6% 16.0 0.1 10.6
5-13 11.9% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 11.9
4-14 12.0% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 11.9
3-15 10.8% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 10.8
2-16 9.6% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 9.6
1-17 6.3% 6.3
0-18 2.8% 2.8
Total 100% 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 98.8 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 0.7%