Preseason Rankings
Buffalo
Mid-American
2023-24
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.5#216
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace78.5#13
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.2#183
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.4#245
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 4.9% 5.5% 2.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.0 14.0 14.8
.500 or above 41.1% 46.4% 19.5%
.500 or above in Conference 53.4% 57.0% 38.8%
Conference Champion 5.2% 5.8% 2.4%
Last Place in Conference 6.2% 5.1% 10.6%
First Four0.7% 0.7% 0.8%
First Round4.6% 5.2% 2.1%
Second Round0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 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: Fairleigh Dickinson (Home) - 80.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 21 - 31 - 5
Quad 33 - 64 - 10
Quad 49 - 413 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2023 314   Fairleigh Dickinson W 86-77 80%    
  Nov 11, 2023 177   South Alabama W 75-74 53%    
  Nov 20, 2023 112   Hofstra L 75-81 29%    
  Nov 29, 2023 121   @ James Madison L 78-86 23%    
  Dec 02, 2023 78   St. Bonaventure L 71-77 28%    
  Dec 05, 2023 88   @ Butler L 68-79 16%    
  Dec 09, 2023 172   Western Kentucky W 77-76 52%    
  Dec 21, 2023 129   @ Richmond L 70-78 24%    
  Dec 29, 2023 258   Niagara W 73-67 68%    
  Jan 02, 2024 323   @ Central Michigan W 78-74 62%    
  Jan 06, 2024 319   Western Michigan W 80-71 78%    
  Jan 09, 2024 260   Miami (OH) W 81-75 68%    
  Jan 13, 2024 114   @ Akron L 70-79 22%    
  Jan 16, 2024 132   @ Toledo L 80-88 26%    
  Jan 23, 2024 234   Ball St. W 80-76 64%    
  Jan 27, 2024 315   @ Eastern Michigan W 82-79 59%    
  Jan 30, 2024 127   @ Ohio L 76-84 26%    
  Feb 03, 2024 107   Kent St. L 75-79 38%    
  Feb 06, 2024 235   @ Bowling Green L 81-83 44%    
  Feb 13, 2024 240   @ Northern Illinois L 79-80 45%    
  Feb 17, 2024 114   Akron L 73-76 40%    
  Feb 20, 2024 315   Eastern Michigan W 85-76 77%    
  Feb 24, 2024 319   @ Western Michigan W 77-74 60%    
  Feb 27, 2024 107   @ Kent St. L 72-82 21%    
  Mar 02, 2024 132   Toledo L 83-85 44%    
  Mar 05, 2024 127   Ohio L 79-81 43%    
  Mar 08, 2024 240   Northern Illinois W 82-77 65%    
Projected Record 13 - 14 9 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American 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 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 5.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.4 1.7 2.8 1.9 0.7 0.1 7.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 2.4 3.8 2.0 0.4 0.0 8.9 3rd
4th 0.5 3.0 4.6 2.0 0.3 0.0 10.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 2.9 4.5 2.3 0.2 0.0 10.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.8 4.9 2.5 0.3 0.0 10.9 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 2.3 5.1 2.9 0.4 0.0 11.0 7th
8th 0.2 1.9 4.7 2.9 0.5 0.0 10.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 1.7 4.3 2.8 0.5 0.0 9.4 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 1.3 3.2 2.2 0.5 0.0 7.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.3 1.3 2.1 1.3 0.4 0.0 5.4 11th
12th 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.5 12th
Total 0.1 0.5 1.3 2.6 4.3 6.5 9.0 10.6 11.7 11.7 10.9 9.9 7.7 5.8 3.7 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.1 Total



Mid-American 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% 0.1    0.1
17-1 100.0% 0.4    0.4 0.0
16-2 92.2% 0.9    0.8 0.1 0.0
15-3 67.1% 1.5    0.9 0.5 0.0
14-4 39.6% 1.5    0.5 0.7 0.2 0.0
13-5 12.0% 0.7    0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
12-6 1.4% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0% 0.0    0.0
9-9 0.0%
Total 5.2% 5.2 2.9 1.7 0.4 0.1 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 0.1% 64.8% 51.7% 13.1% 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.1%
17-1 0.4% 57.0% 48.7% 8.3% 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 16.2%
16-2 1.0% 36.7% 35.0% 1.7% 12.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.6%
15-3 2.2% 24.6% 24.2% 0.4% 12.9 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.5%
14-4 3.7% 16.1% 16.1% 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.1
13-5 5.8% 11.8% 11.8% 13.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 5.1
12-6 7.7% 9.2% 9.2% 14.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 7.0
11-7 9.9% 5.7% 5.7% 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 9.3
10-8 10.9% 4.3% 4.3% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 10.5
9-9 11.7% 2.4% 2.4% 15.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 11.4
8-10 11.7% 1.7% 1.7% 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 11.5
7-11 10.6% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.1 10.5
6-12 9.0% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 9.0
5-13 6.5% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 6.5
4-14 4.3% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 4.3
3-15 2.6% 2.6
2-16 1.3% 1.3
1-17 0.5% 0.5
0-18 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 4.9% 4.8% 0.1% 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 95.1 0.1%


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 0.0%