Preseason Rankings
Longwood
Big South
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.5#204
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.4#88
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.4#174
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.1#246
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 9.6% 15.3% 8.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.6 13.5 14.2
.500 or above 64.4% 86.0% 61.5%
.500 or above in Conference 65.2% 79.1% 63.3%
Conference Champion 10.7% 19.9% 9.4%
Last Place in Conference 4.4% 1.7% 4.8%
First Four0.8% 0.5% 0.8%
First Round9.6% 15.3% 8.9%
Second Round0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
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: Pittsburgh (Away) - 12.0% 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 33 - 53 - 8
Quad 413 - 516 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 07, 2025 77   @ Pittsburgh L 66-79 12%    
  Nov 12, 2025 129   James Madison L 71-72 45%    
  Nov 15, 2025 331   Binghamton W 76-65 83%    
  Nov 18, 2025 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 78-62 93%    
  Nov 23, 2025 265   @ Columbia L 79-80 50%    
  Nov 28, 2025 222   Siena W 74-73 54%    
  Nov 29, 2025 290   Maine W 71-66 66%    
  Nov 30, 2025 303   @ American W 69-66 59%    
  Dec 06, 2025 355   @ Morgan St. W 82-74 75%    
  Dec 13, 2025 338   Delaware St. W 82-71 83%    
  Dec 17, 2025 67   @ Wake Forest L 66-80 11%    
  Dec 20, 2025 329   @ NC Central W 76-72 65%    
  Dec 31, 2025 161   Winthrop W 81-80 53%    
  Jan 03, 2026 108   @ High Point L 69-79 21%    
  Jan 07, 2026 184   @ UNC Asheville L 74-78 37%    
  Jan 10, 2026 267   Presbyterian W 73-67 70%    
  Jan 17, 2026 150   @ Radford L 66-72 31%    
  Jan 21, 2026 307   Gardner-Webb W 79-70 76%    
  Jan 24, 2026 318   Charleston Southern W 77-68 78%    
  Jan 29, 2026 336   @ South Carolina Upstate W 83-78 66%    
  Jan 31, 2026 108   High Point L 72-76 38%    
  Feb 04, 2026 307   @ Gardner-Webb W 76-73 59%    
  Feb 07, 2026 161   @ Winthrop L 78-83 34%    
  Feb 12, 2026 184   UNC Asheville W 77-75 57%    
  Feb 14, 2026 336   South Carolina Upstate W 86-75 82%    
  Feb 19, 2026 267   @ Presbyterian W 70-69 51%    
  Feb 21, 2026 318   @ Charleston Southern W 74-71 61%    
  Feb 28, 2026 150   Radford W 70-69 50%    
Projected Record 16 - 12 9 - 7





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big South Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.3 3.3 2.8 1.1 0.3 10.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.5 2.5 4.9 4.6 1.8 0.3 14.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 1.0 4.3 6.1 4.1 0.9 0.1 16.5 3rd
4th 0.1 1.6 5.2 6.4 3.0 0.5 0.0 16.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 2.3 5.6 5.4 1.9 0.2 15.7 5th
6th 0.4 2.3 4.6 3.4 0.7 0.1 0.0 11.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 1.8 3.1 1.7 0.3 0.0 7.3 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 4.4 8th
9th 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.0 2.3 9th
Total 0.1 0.4 1.3 2.3 4.2 6.6 9.0 11.0 12.3 13.2 11.9 10.5 7.8 5.1 3.0 1.1 0.3 Total



Big South Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0 100.0% 0.3    0.3
15-1 100.0% 1.1    1.0 0.1
14-2 91.5% 2.8    2.1 0.7 0.0
13-3 64.0% 3.3    2.0 1.1 0.2
12-4 29.1% 2.3    0.8 1.0 0.4 0.0
11-5 8.6% 0.9    0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1
10-6 0.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9-7 0.0% 0.0    0.0
8-8 0.0%
Total 10.7% 10.7 6.4 3.3 0.8 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
16-0 0.3% 51.5% 51.5% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-1 1.1% 43.7% 43.7% 12.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6
14-2 3.0% 37.8% 37.8% 12.8 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.9
13-3 5.1% 30.5% 30.5% 13.5 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 3.5
12-4 7.8% 20.6% 20.6% 14.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 6.2
11-5 10.5% 14.4% 14.4% 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 9.0
10-6 11.9% 10.7% 10.7% 16.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 10.6
9-7 13.2% 7.0% 7.0% 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 12.3
8-8 12.3% 4.2% 4.2% 17.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 11.8
7-9 11.0% 2.2% 2.2% 17.5 0.1 0.2 10.8
6-10 9.0% 1.4% 1.4% 18.0 0.0 0.1 8.9
5-11 6.6% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.0 6.6
4-12 4.2% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 4.2
3-13 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 2.3
2-14 1.3% 1.3
1-15 0.4% 0.4
0-16 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 9.6% 9.6% 0.0% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.0 2.7 2.3 1.7 90.4 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
Win Out 0.0% 100.0% 10.0 33.1 33.1 33.9
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0%
Lose Out 0.0%