Preseason Rankings
Louisiana Monroe
Sun Belt
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-11.9#348
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace69.1#143
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-6.7#350
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.2#328
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 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.8 14.4 15.3
.500 or above 2.9% 6.7% 1.4%
.500 or above in Conference 7.1% 11.6% 5.3%
Conference Champion 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Last Place in Conference 46.5% 36.7% 50.4%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
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: Northern Illinois (Away) - 28.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 30 - 5
Quad 31 - 81 - 13
Quad 46 - 97 - 22


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 316   @ Northern Illinois L 69-75 28%    
  Nov 07, 2025 30   @ Mississippi L 57-86 0.3%   
  Nov 13, 2025 289   @ Houston Christian L 63-71 24%    
  Nov 17, 2025 218   Lamar L 63-69 30%    
  Nov 22, 2025 293   Morehead St. L 63-68 34%    
  Nov 23, 2025 152   @ East Tennessee St. L 60-75 9%    
  Dec 03, 2025 365   Mississippi Valley W 74-58 92%    
  Dec 07, 2025 212   @ Stephen F. Austin L 62-74 15%    
  Dec 13, 2025 56   @ Miami (FL) L 60-85 2%    
  Dec 17, 2025 163   South Alabama L 61-69 24%    
  Dec 20, 2025 234   Louisiana L 67-72 34%    
  Dec 28, 2025 57   @ Kansas St. L 57-82 2%    
  Jan 01, 2026 281   Southern Miss L 72-74 43%    
  Jan 03, 2026 193   Texas St. L 66-73 28%    
  Jan 08, 2026 234   @ Louisiana L 64-75 18%    
  Jan 10, 2026 281   @ Southern Miss L 69-77 25%    
  Jan 17, 2026 284   Georgia St. L 72-74 43%    
  Jan 22, 2026 187   @ Marshall L 65-78 14%    
  Jan 24, 2026 201   @ Appalachian St. L 57-70 15%    
  Jan 29, 2026 249   Georgia Southern L 72-76 36%    
  Jan 31, 2026 275   Coastal Carolina L 66-69 41%    
  Feb 04, 2026 200   @ Old Dominion L 63-76 15%    
  Feb 11, 2026 140   @ Arkansas St. L 65-81 9%    
  Feb 14, 2026 193   @ Texas St. L 63-76 15%    
  Feb 18, 2026 130   Troy L 63-74 19%    
  Feb 21, 2026 140   Arkansas St. L 68-78 20%    
  Feb 25, 2026 163   @ South Alabama L 58-72 12%    
  Feb 27, 2026 130   @ Troy L 60-77 9%    
Projected Record 7 - 21 4 - 14





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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.2 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.8 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 2.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.5 8th
9th 0.1 0.8 2.2 1.4 0.1 4.6 9th
10th 0.0 0.8 3.0 2.5 0.4 0.0 6.7 10th
11th 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.5 3.8 0.9 0.1 9.2 11th
12th 0.2 1.5 4.7 5.4 1.5 0.1 13.5 12th
13th 0.7 3.5 7.2 6.6 2.5 0.2 0.0 20.8 13th
14th 4.7 9.8 10.7 6.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 34.6 14th
Total 4.7 10.5 14.4 15.7 14.4 12.4 9.3 6.8 4.6 3.2 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 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
17-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
16-2 100.0% 0.0    0.0 0.0
15-3 62.6% 0.0    0.0 0.0
14-4 31.9% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
13-5 17.7% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 2.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.1% 0.1 0.0 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
17-1 0.0% 0.0
16-2 0.0% 0.0
15-3 0.0% 12.6% 12.6% 14.0 0.0 0.0
14-4 0.1% 13.6% 13.6% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
13-5 0.3% 10.3% 10.3% 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
12-6 0.6% 7.1% 7.1% 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
11-7 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 14.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
10-8 1.8% 1.1% 1.1% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
9-9 3.2% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 3.2
8-10 4.6% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 4.6
7-11 6.8% 6.8
6-12 9.3% 9.3
5-13 12.4% 12.4
4-14 14.4% 14.4
3-15 15.7% 15.7
2-16 14.4% 14.4
1-17 10.5% 10.5
0-18 4.7% 4.7
Total 100% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 99.9 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 0.6%