Preseason Rankings
Canisius
Metro Atlantic Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-11.8#346
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.9#236
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-6.1#338
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.7#342
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 1.0% 5.8% 1.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 18.1 14.8 15.7
.500 or above 10.3% 38.5% 10.0%
.500 or above in Conference 17.0% 41.5% 16.7%
Conference Champion 0.9% 2.7% 0.8%
Last Place in Conference 31.9% 12.5% 32.2%
First Four0.6% 1.4% 0.6%
First Round0.9% 6.1% 0.8%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 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: Dayton (Away) - 1.2% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 31 - 61 - 9
Quad 49 - 1210 - 21


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 65   @ Dayton L 56-80 1%    
  Nov 08, 2025 120   @ St. Bonaventure L 57-74 6%    
  Nov 12, 2025 361   Mercyhurst W 69-62 74%    
  Nov 17, 2025 108   @ High Point L 61-80 4%    
  Nov 21, 2025 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 70-63 73%    
  Nov 23, 2025 331   Binghamton W 68-67 54%    
  Nov 29, 2025 334   Buffalo W 74-72 55%    
  Dec 05, 2025 297   @ St. Peter's L 59-66 26%    
  Dec 07, 2025 222   @ Siena L 64-75 17%    
  Dec 13, 2025 290   @ Maine L 61-69 26%    
  Dec 16, 2025 146   @ Rhode Island L 65-81 9%    
  Dec 22, 2025 115   @ Duquesne L 57-75 6%    
  Jan 02, 2026 319   Fairfield W 68-67 51%    
  Jan 04, 2026 254   Sacred Heart L 72-76 38%    
  Jan 09, 2026 260   @ Manhattan L 67-77 21%    
  Jan 11, 2026 199   @ Iona L 64-77 15%    
  Jan 14, 2026 335   Niagara W 67-65 55%    
  Jan 17, 2026 269   Mount St. Mary's L 67-70 41%    
  Jan 22, 2026 254   @ Sacred Heart L 69-79 21%    
  Jan 24, 2026 319   @ Fairfield L 65-71 32%    
  Jan 30, 2026 237   Marist L 60-65 35%    
  Feb 01, 2026 222   Siena L 67-72 33%    
  Feb 03, 2026 335   @ Niagara L 64-68 36%    
  Feb 05, 2026 215   @ Quinnipiac L 67-79 17%    
  Feb 13, 2026 199   Iona L 67-74 30%    
  Feb 15, 2026 260   Manhattan L 70-74 39%    
  Feb 20, 2026 313   @ Rider L 64-70 31%    
  Feb 22, 2026 269   @ Mount St. Mary's L 64-73 23%    
  Feb 27, 2026 257   Merrimack L 62-66 38%    
  Mar 01, 2026 215   Quinnipiac L 70-76 32%    
Projected Record 9 - 21 6 - 14





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Metro Atlantic 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 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.0 3rd
4th 0.1 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.5 4th
5th 0.1 0.8 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 3.6 5th
6th 0.0 0.7 2.1 1.4 0.1 0.0 4.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.6 2.5 1.9 0.3 0.0 5.5 7th
8th 0.1 0.6 2.4 2.9 0.7 0.0 6.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.7 2.8 3.7 1.2 0.1 8.6 9th
10th 0.1 1.0 3.5 4.5 1.6 0.2 0.0 10.9 10th
11th 0.0 0.3 1.6 4.4 5.0 2.4 0.3 0.0 14.0 11th
12th 0.1 0.9 2.7 5.2 5.0 2.3 0.4 0.0 16.5 12th
13th 1.4 3.7 6.2 5.8 4.2 1.5 0.3 0.0 23.1 13th
Total 1.4 3.8 7.1 8.8 11.1 11.9 11.8 10.8 8.8 7.6 5.7 4.1 2.9 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 Total



Metro Atlantic Athletic Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
18-2 85.8% 0.0    0.0 0.0
17-3 97.0% 0.1    0.1 0.0
16-4 62.3% 0.2    0.1 0.1 0.0
15-5 38.1% 0.3    0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
14-6 15.4% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-7 2.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.1% 0.0    0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 0.9% 0.9 0.4 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
20-0
19-1 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 14.0 0.0
18-2 0.0% 13.9% 13.9% 13.0 0.0 0.0
17-3 0.1% 21.3% 21.3% 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
16-4 0.3% 14.2% 14.2% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
15-5 0.7% 13.3% 13.3% 16.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6
14-6 1.2% 11.5% 11.5% 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0
13-7 1.9% 6.3% 6.3% 19.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.8
12-8 2.9% 6.0% 6.0% 20.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.8
11-9 4.1% 2.6% 2.6% 18.2 0.0 0.1 4.0
10-10 5.7% 2.1% 2.1% 18.7 0.0 0.1 5.6
9-11 7.6% 1.0% 1.0% 19.4 0.1 7.5
8-12 8.8% 0.6% 0.6% 16.0 0.1 8.7
7-13 10.8% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.8
6-14 11.8% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 11.8
5-15 11.9% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 11.9
4-16 11.1% 11.1
3-17 8.8% 8.8
2-18 7.1% 7.1
1-19 3.8% 3.8
0-20 1.4% 1.4
Total 100% 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 99.0 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 0.2%