Preseason Rankings
Furman
Southern
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.3#142
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.9#269
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.9#116
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.5#185
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 21.0% 26.2% 17.6%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.4 12.8 13.5
.500 or above 81.1% 90.7% 74.7%
.500 or above in Conference 85.1% 90.2% 81.7%
Conference Champion 30.1% 37.7% 25.0%
Last Place in Conference 1.3% 0.7% 1.7%
First Four0.7% 0.3% 0.9%
First Round21.1% 26.4% 17.6%
Second Round2.3% 3.5% 1.5%
Sweet Sixteen0.5% 0.9% 0.2%
Elite Eight0.1% 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: High Point (Neutral) - 40.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 0
Quad 21 - 21 - 2
Quad 35 - 56 - 7
Quad 413 - 318 - 11


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 109   High Point L 70-73 40%    
  Nov 07, 2025 130   Troy W 69-67 58%    
  Nov 14, 2025 112   @ Northern Iowa L 65-70 31%    
  Nov 23, 2025 242   Queens W 78-69 79%    
  Nov 27, 2025 131   Richmond L 66-67 48%    
  Dec 03, 2025 224   @ Elon W 69-67 57%    
  Dec 06, 2025 178   Harvard W 71-65 68%    
  Dec 18, 2025 252   @ Manhattan W 74-71 61%    
  Dec 21, 2025 313   Charleston Southern W 76-63 87%    
  Dec 31, 2025 246   Mercer W 77-68 78%    
  Jan 03, 2026 262   Western Carolina W 78-68 80%    
  Jan 07, 2026 134   @ Chattanooga L 70-73 39%    
  Jan 10, 2026 293   VMI W 77-65 84%    
  Jan 14, 2026 171   @ Samford L 75-76 47%    
  Jan 17, 2026 205   Wofford W 71-64 72%    
  Jan 21, 2026 342   @ The Citadel W 72-62 79%    
  Jan 24, 2026 232   @ UNC Greensboro W 67-65 57%    
  Jan 29, 2026 171   Samford W 78-73 67%    
  Jan 31, 2026 134   Chattanooga W 73-70 58%    
  Feb 04, 2026 156   @ East Tennessee St. L 67-69 45%    
  Feb 07, 2026 232   UNC Greensboro W 70-62 75%    
  Feb 11, 2026 246   @ Mercer W 74-71 59%    
  Feb 14, 2026 293   @ VMI W 74-68 68%    
  Feb 18, 2026 156   East Tennessee St. W 70-66 64%    
  Feb 21, 2026 205   @ Wofford W 68-67 53%    
  Feb 25, 2026 342   The Citadel W 75-59 90%    
  Feb 28, 2026 262   @ Western Carolina W 75-71 62%    
Projected Record 17 - 10 12 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Southern 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 0.2 1.1 4.0 6.4 7.5 6.1 3.7 1.1 30.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 2.1 5.4 6.7 4.1 1.6 0.3 20.4 2nd
3rd 0.2 2.3 5.7 4.6 1.9 0.3 0.0 15.0 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 2.2 4.7 3.3 0.7 0.0 11.1 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.7 2.3 0.4 0.0 8.0 5th
6th 0.2 1.4 2.5 1.8 0.3 0.0 6.1 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.9 1.1 0.2 4.3 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.6 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 10th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.8 4.1 5.3 8.0 9.9 11.6 11.9 12.7 10.8 9.0 6.4 3.7 1.1 Total



Southern 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% 1.1    1.1
17-1 100.0% 3.7    3.7 0.0
16-2 96.0% 6.1    5.6 0.5
15-3 82.5% 7.5    5.7 1.7 0.0
14-4 59.6% 6.4    3.9 2.3 0.3 0.0
13-5 31.5% 4.0    1.5 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.0
12-6 9.5% 1.1    0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
11-7 1.4% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.1% 0.0    0.0
9-9 0.0%
Total 30.1% 30.1 21.7 6.7 1.4 0.3 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 1.1% 67.6% 65.1% 2.6% 10.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 7.3%
17-1 3.7% 58.0% 57.9% 0.0% 11.6 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.5 0.0%
16-2 6.4% 47.1% 47.1% 12.2 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 3.4
15-3 9.0% 38.3% 38.3% 12.7 0.2 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 5.6
14-4 10.8% 30.2% 30.2% 13.2 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 7.5
13-5 12.7% 23.0% 23.0% 13.7 0.3 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.0 9.8
12-6 11.9% 18.2% 18.2% 14.6 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 9.7
11-7 11.6% 12.7% 12.7% 15.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 10.1
10-8 9.9% 9.2% 9.2% 16.4 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 9.0
9-9 8.0% 7.0% 7.0% 17.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 7.4
8-10 5.3% 4.7% 4.7% 18.4 0.1 0.2 5.1
7-11 4.1% 3.1% 3.1% 16.7 0.0 0.1 3.9
6-12 2.8% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 2.7
5-13 1.4% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 1.4
4-14 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 16.0 0.0 0.8
3-15 0.4% 0.4
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 21.0% 21.0% 0.0% 13.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9 5.0 5.7 4.3 2.7 1.4 79.0 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 0.1% 100.0% 7.4 50.3 7.1 14.2 14.2 7.1 7.1
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0% 100.0% 11.0 100.0
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 48.3% 10.0 48.3