Preseason Rankings
Canisius
Metro Atlantic Athletic
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-12.7#352
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.9#236
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-6.4#340
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-6.3#349
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 0.7% 4.8% 0.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.3 15.0 15.7
.500 or above 7.5% 31.5% 7.2%
.500 or above in Conference 12.9% 32.9% 12.7%
Conference Champion 0.6% 3.4% 0.6%
Last Place in Conference 36.9% 13.7% 37.1%
First Four0.4% 0.7% 0.4%
First Round0.6% 4.1% 0.5%
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) - 1.0% 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 31 - 61 - 9
Quad 48 - 129 - 22


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 65   @ Dayton L 56-81 1%    
  Nov 08, 2025 124   @ St. Bonaventure L 56-74 5%    
  Nov 12, 2025 362   Mercyhurst W 69-61 75%    
  Nov 17, 2025 109   @ High Point L 61-81 4%    
  Nov 21, 2025 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 70-64 70%    
  Nov 23, 2025 334   Binghamton W 68-67 53%    
  Nov 29, 2025 337   Buffalo W 73-72 54%    
  Dec 05, 2025 295   @ St. Peter's L 59-67 24%    
  Dec 07, 2025 213   @ Siena L 63-76 14%    
  Dec 13, 2025 285   @ Maine L 61-70 22%    
  Dec 16, 2025 143   @ Rhode Island L 64-81 8%    
  Dec 22, 2025 116   @ Duquesne L 57-76 5%    
  Jan 02, 2026 320   Fairfield L 67-68 48%    
  Jan 04, 2026 251   Sacred Heart L 72-77 34%    
  Jan 09, 2026 252   @ Manhattan L 67-78 18%    
  Jan 11, 2026 208   @ Iona L 64-77 14%    
  Jan 14, 2026 333   Niagara W 67-66 52%    
  Jan 17, 2026 270   Mount St. Mary's L 66-70 38%    
  Jan 22, 2026 251   @ Sacred Heart L 69-80 18%    
  Jan 24, 2026 320   @ Fairfield L 65-71 28%    
  Jan 30, 2026 237   Marist L 60-65 32%    
  Feb 01, 2026 213   Siena L 66-73 29%    
  Feb 03, 2026 333   @ Niagara L 64-69 33%    
  Feb 05, 2026 221   @ Quinnipiac L 67-79 15%    
  Feb 13, 2026 208   Iona L 67-74 28%    
  Feb 15, 2026 252   Manhattan L 70-75 34%    
  Feb 20, 2026 309   @ Rider L 63-70 28%    
  Feb 22, 2026 270   @ Mount St. Mary's L 63-73 21%    
  Feb 27, 2026 258   Merrimack L 61-66 36%    
  Mar 01, 2026 221   Quinnipiac L 70-76 30%    
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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 1.5 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 2.2 4th
5th 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.1 2.7 5th
6th 0.1 0.8 2.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 3.9 6th
7th 0.1 0.8 2.3 1.3 0.2 0.0 4.7 7th
8th 0.1 0.6 2.7 2.0 0.4 0.0 5.9 8th
9th 0.1 0.7 3.0 3.2 0.9 0.0 7.9 9th
10th 0.2 1.2 3.6 3.9 1.3 0.1 10.3 10th
11th 0.4 2.0 4.4 4.8 1.9 0.2 13.7 11th
12th 0.1 1.2 3.8 6.0 5.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 18.4 12th
13th 2.0 5.3 7.3 7.0 4.0 1.5 0.2 0.0 27.2 13th
Total 2.0 5.4 8.4 11.2 12.1 12.2 11.4 9.8 8.3 6.2 4.8 3.3 2.1 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 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
18-2 100.0% 0.1    0.1
17-3 100.0% 0.1    0.1
16-4 77.2% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0
15-5 35.0% 0.1    0.1 0.1 0.0
14-6 15.2% 0.1    0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-7 6.7% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.3% 0.0    0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 0.6% 0.6 0.3 0.2 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
20-0
19-1
18-2 0.1% 33.3% 33.3% 14.0 0.0 0.0
17-3 0.1% 12.5% 12.5% 14.0 0.0 0.0
16-4 0.2% 22.5% 22.5% 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-5 0.4% 14.7% 14.7% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
14-6 0.8% 13.4% 13.4% 18.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7
13-7 1.4% 5.1% 5.1% 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
12-8 2.1% 5.3% 5.3% 18.9 0.0 0.1 2.0
11-9 3.3% 3.7% 3.7% 18.9 0.0 0.1 3.1
10-10 4.8% 1.5% 1.5% 17.6 0.1 4.7
9-11 6.2% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.1 6.2
8-12 8.3% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.1 8.3
7-13 9.8% 9.8
6-14 11.4% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 11.4
5-15 12.2% 12.2
4-16 12.1% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 12.1
3-17 11.2% 11.2
2-18 8.4% 8.4
1-19 5.4% 5.4
0-20 2.0% 2.0
Total 100% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 17.3 0.1 0.2 0.6 99.3 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 0.3%