Preseason Rankings
Louisiana Tech
Conference USA
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.8#143
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace62.5#325
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.8#191
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+1.7#119
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% 0.1% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 9.2% 13.6% 7.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.6 12.0 12.8
.500 or above 63.3% 81.9% 57.3%
.500 or above in Conference 62.3% 75.5% 58.0%
Conference Champion 11.3% 17.3% 9.4%
Last Place in Conference 6.1% 2.9% 7.2%
First Four0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
First Round9.1% 13.5% 7.8%
Second Round1.2% 2.4% 0.8%
Sweet Sixteen0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.1% 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: Nevada (Away) - 24.3% 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 - 4
Quad 36 - 67 - 11
Quad 49 - 316 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 98   @ Nevada L 59-66 24%    
  Nov 15, 2025 238   Jackson St. W 71-63 77%    
  Nov 19, 2025 170   @ Indiana St. L 73-74 46%    
  Nov 26, 2025 170   Indiana St. W 76-71 67%    
  Nov 29, 2025 326   Alcorn St. W 70-56 89%    
  Dec 03, 2025 249   @ Georgia Southern W 71-68 59%    
  Dec 13, 2025 234   Louisiana W 69-61 75%    
  Dec 17, 2025 116   @ Tulane L 65-70 32%    
  Dec 29, 2025 157   UTEP W 68-64 63%    
  Jan 02, 2026 147   @ Middle Tennessee L 66-69 41%    
  Jan 04, 2026 156   @ Western Kentucky L 70-72 43%    
  Jan 08, 2026 97   Liberty L 64-65 45%    
  Jan 10, 2026 242   Delaware W 75-67 75%    
  Jan 14, 2026 147   Middle Tennessee W 69-66 62%    
  Jan 17, 2026 153   @ Jacksonville St. L 62-64 42%    
  Jan 24, 2026 142   Kennesaw St. W 72-69 60%    
  Jan 28, 2026 157   @ UTEP L 65-67 43%    
  Jan 31, 2026 194   @ Sam Houston St. L 67-68 49%    
  Feb 04, 2026 138   New Mexico St. W 64-62 58%    
  Feb 07, 2026 194   Sam Houston St. W 70-64 69%    
  Feb 12, 2026 162   @ Missouri St. L 61-63 44%    
  Feb 14, 2026 210   @ Florida International W 67-66 53%    
  Feb 18, 2026 153   Jacksonville St. W 65-61 61%    
  Feb 21, 2026 142   @ Kennesaw St. L 69-72 40%    
  Feb 26, 2026 162   Missouri St. W 64-60 64%    
  Feb 28, 2026 210   Florida International W 70-63 71%    
  Mar 05, 2026 97   @ Liberty L 61-68 28%    
  Mar 07, 2026 242   @ Delaware W 72-70 57%    
Projected Record 15 - 13 11 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Conference USA 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 0.3 1.0 2.3 3.0 2.5 1.5 0.6 0.1 11.3 1st
2nd 0.0 0.5 2.1 3.7 3.0 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 11.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 4.0 2.7 0.8 0.1 10.7 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.6 4.1 2.4 0.5 0.1 10.1 4th
5th 0.3 2.3 4.1 2.2 0.3 0.0 9.3 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 2.1 4.1 2.3 0.3 0.0 9.1 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.4 4.0 2.2 0.3 0.0 8.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.5 2.5 0.4 0.0 8.0 8th
9th 0.2 1.3 2.7 2.4 0.4 0.0 7.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.4 1.8 0.5 0.0 6.0 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.4 0.0 5.0 11th
12th 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 3.8 12th
Total 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.5 2.5 3.6 5.3 6.5 8.1 9.4 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.2 7.9 6.2 4.7 2.9 1.5 0.6 0.1 Total



Conference USA Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.1    0.1
19-1 98.7% 0.6    0.6 0.0
18-2 97.6% 1.5    1.4 0.1
17-3 85.8% 2.5    2.0 0.5 0.0
16-4 63.6% 3.0    2.0 0.9 0.1 0.0
15-5 36.5% 2.3    1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0
14-6 12.9% 1.0    0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-7 2.8% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 11.3% 11.3 7.3 3.1 0.8 0.2 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 0.1% 71.6% 53.6% 18.0% 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.8%
19-1 0.6% 62.5% 56.1% 6.4% 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 14.6%
18-2 1.5% 43.3% 41.2% 2.1% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9 3.6%
17-3 2.9% 35.2% 35.1% 0.1% 11.6 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.2%
16-4 4.7% 27.2% 27.1% 0.1% 12.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 3.4 0.1%
15-5 6.2% 20.9% 20.8% 0.1% 12.4 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 4.9 0.1%
14-6 7.9% 16.5% 16.5% 12.7 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 6.6
13-7 9.2% 11.7% 11.7% 13.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 8.1
12-8 9.6% 8.3% 8.3% 13.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 8.8
11-9 9.9% 5.2% 5.2% 13.9 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 9.4
10-10 9.6% 3.2% 3.2% 15.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 9.3
9-11 9.4% 2.4% 2.4% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 9.2
8-12 8.1% 1.6% 1.6% 17.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 7.9
7-13 6.5% 0.6% 0.6% 17.5 0.0 0.0 6.5
6-14 5.3% 0.4% 0.4% 19.2 0.0 5.3
5-15 3.6% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 3.6
4-16 2.5% 2.5
3-17 1.5% 1.5
2-18 0.6% 0.6
1-19 0.2% 0.2
0-20 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 9.2% 9.1% 0.1% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 3.1 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.2 90.8 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
Win Out 0.0% 100.0% 5.0 24.8 24.2 24.8 1.2 24.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 9.0 97.6 2.4
Lose Out 0.0%