Preseason Rankings
Eastern Washington
Big Sky
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.2#259
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace67.6#191
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.7#223
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.5#289
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 6.2% 14.2% 6.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.7 13.6 14.7
.500 or above 23.7% 65.5% 23.4%
.500 or above in Conference 46.6% 71.7% 46.4%
Conference Champion 6.5% 19.6% 6.4%
Last Place in Conference 13.9% 8.9% 13.9%
First Four1.4% 0.9% 1.4%
First Round6.0% 15.1% 5.9%
Second Round0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
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: UCLA (Away) - 0.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 3
Quad 20 - 30 - 6
Quad 32 - 63 - 13
Quad 410 - 612 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 13   @ UCLA L 56-82 1%    
  Nov 05, 2025 135   @ Loyola Marymount L 66-76 18%    
  Nov 08, 2025 84   @ Colorado L 63-78 9%    
  Nov 12, 2025 121   @ Seattle L 62-73 16%    
  Nov 23, 2025 354   @ Central Arkansas W 73-68 68%    
  Nov 25, 2025 88   @ North Texas L 55-69 11%    
  Dec 03, 2025 322   @ Denver W 71-70 55%    
  Dec 06, 2025 300   UMKC W 69-64 68%    
  Dec 12, 2025 174   California Baptist L 69-70 46%    
  Dec 17, 2025 128   Washington St. L 72-79 26%    
  Dec 20, 2025 89   @ Utah L 66-80 12%    
  Dec 22, 2025 9   @ BYU L 61-88 1%    
  Jan 03, 2026 239   @ Idaho L 71-75 36%    
  Jan 08, 2026 147   Montana St. L 68-71 40%    
  Jan 10, 2026 183   Montana L 72-73 48%    
  Jan 15, 2026 281   @ Weber St. L 69-70 45%    
  Jan 17, 2026 287   @ Idaho St. L 69-70 47%    
  Jan 22, 2026 217   Portland St. W 71-70 53%    
  Jan 24, 2026 279   Sacramento St. W 71-67 64%    
  Jan 29, 2026 254   @ Northern Arizona L 70-73 39%    
  Jan 31, 2026 194   @ Northern Colorado L 71-77 31%    
  Feb 05, 2026 183   @ Montana L 69-76 29%    
  Feb 07, 2026 147   @ Montana St. L 65-74 23%    
  Feb 12, 2026 287   Idaho St. W 72-67 66%    
  Feb 14, 2026 281   Weber St. W 72-67 64%    
  Feb 19, 2026 279   @ Sacramento St. L 68-70 45%    
  Feb 21, 2026 217   @ Portland St. L 68-73 33%    
  Feb 26, 2026 194   Northern Colorado L 74-75 49%    
  Feb 28, 2026 254   Northern Arizona W 73-70 59%    
  Mar 02, 2026 239   Idaho W 74-72 56%    
Projected Record 12 - 18 8 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Sky 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 0.1 0.5 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.3 0.1 6.5 1st
2nd 0.2 1.4 2.8 2.8 1.3 0.3 0.1 8.8 2nd
3rd 0.3 1.9 3.8 2.5 0.8 0.1 9.4 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 2.3 4.6 2.7 0.5 0.0 10.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.7 5.3 2.6 0.3 0.0 11.2 5th
6th 0.4 2.5 5.3 2.9 0.3 0.0 11.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.5 2.8 5.2 2.7 0.4 11.6 7th
8th 0.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 2.6 0.3 0.0 11.2 8th
9th 0.0 0.3 1.3 3.3 3.7 1.8 0.2 10.6 9th
10th 0.2 1.0 1.7 2.6 2.3 1.0 0.1 9.0 10th
Total 0.2 1.0 2.0 3.9 6.4 7.8 9.8 10.8 11.3 11.2 9.5 8.3 6.3 5.1 3.2 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.1 Total



Big Sky Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 0.1    0.1
17-1 100.0% 0.3    0.3
16-2 94.5% 1.0    0.9 0.1
15-3 82.5% 1.4    1.1 0.3 0.0
14-4 56.5% 1.8    1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0
13-5 29.1% 1.5    0.6 0.7 0.2 0.0
12-6 8.1% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.6% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 6.5% 6.5 4.0 2.0 0.4 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 0.1% 49.6% 49.6% 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.3% 33.2% 33.2% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
16-2 1.0% 34.6% 34.6% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.7
15-3 1.7% 30.1% 30.1% 13.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.2
14-4 3.2% 27.1% 27.1% 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.3
13-5 5.1% 20.3% 20.3% 15.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 4.1
12-6 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 16.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 5.5
11-7 8.3% 9.7% 9.7% 16.7 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 7.5
10-8 9.5% 7.9% 7.9% 18.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 8.8
9-9 11.2% 4.4% 4.4% 16.9 0.0 0.1 0.4 10.7
8-10 11.3% 2.1% 2.1% 16.8 0.0 0.2 11.0
7-11 10.8% 1.3% 1.3% 17.6 0.2 10.7
6-12 9.8% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 9.7
5-13 7.8% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 7.8
4-14 6.4% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 6.4
3-15 3.9% 3.9
2-16 2.0% 2.0
1-17 1.0% 1.0
0-18 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 6.2% 6.2% 0.0% 15.7 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.5 1.7 2.2 93.8 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 0.1%