Preseason Rankings
Youngstown St.
Horizon
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.7#184
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace72.0#70
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.4#216
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.3#175
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 15.4% 23.3% 14.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.8 13.5 14.3
.500 or above 69.6% 89.0% 66.5%
.500 or above in Conference 77.0% 88.3% 75.3%
Conference Champion 20.6% 32.4% 18.7%
Last Place in Conference 1.7% 0.8% 1.8%
First Four1.5% 1.1% 1.6%
First Round15.6% 23.4% 14.3%
Second Round0.9% 2.0% 0.7%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.2% 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: Pittsburgh (Away) - 13.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 15 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 33 - 54 - 8
Quad 414 - 517 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 80   @ Pittsburgh L 66-77 14%    
  Nov 07, 2025 78   @ Grand Canyon L 70-82 14%    
  Nov 15, 2025 124   @ St. Bonaventure L 64-71 26%    
  Nov 19, 2025 196   @ Toledo L 76-79 41%    
  Nov 23, 2025 232   UNC Greensboro W 69-67 58%    
  Nov 24, 2025 243   Georgia Southern W 77-74 60%    
  Nov 28, 2025 351   Chicago St. W 80-66 89%    
  Dec 03, 2025 206   Wright St. W 76-72 63%    
  Dec 06, 2025 359   @ IU Indianapolis W 76-66 81%    
  Dec 17, 2025 203   @ Robert Morris L 72-74 42%    
  Dec 20, 2025 332   South Carolina Upstate W 85-73 84%    
  Dec 29, 2025 310   Detroit Mercy W 76-66 80%    
  Jan 01, 2026 201   Oakland W 71-67 62%    
  Jan 04, 2026 266   @ Northern Kentucky W 70-69 53%    
  Jan 07, 2026 193   Purdue Fort Wayne W 77-74 61%    
  Jan 15, 2026 206   @ Wright St. L 73-75 42%    
  Jan 17, 2026 223   @ Cleveland St. L 69-70 46%    
  Jan 22, 2026 306   Green Bay W 80-71 79%    
  Jan 24, 2026 216   Wisconsin-Milwaukee W 76-72 64%    
  Jan 30, 2026 359   IU Indianapolis W 79-63 91%    
  Feb 04, 2026 193   @ Purdue Fort Wayne L 74-77 42%    
  Feb 07, 2026 203   Robert Morris W 75-71 62%    
  Feb 12, 2026 201   @ Oakland L 68-70 42%    
  Feb 15, 2026 310   @ Detroit Mercy W 73-69 62%    
  Feb 18, 2026 223   Cleveland St. W 72-67 65%    
  Feb 21, 2026 266   Northern Kentucky W 73-66 72%    
  Feb 25, 2026 216   @ Wisconsin-Milwaukee L 73-75 45%    
  Feb 28, 2026 306   @ Green Bay W 77-74 60%    
Projected Record 16 - 12 12 - 8





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Horizon 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 1.7 4.0 5.0 4.6 2.9 1.6 0.4 20.6 1st
2nd 0.0 0.7 3.0 5.4 4.2 2.3 0.5 0.1 16.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.7 3.2 5.0 3.0 0.9 0.1 12.9 3rd
4th 0.0 0.6 3.2 4.5 2.4 0.4 0.1 11.1 4th
5th 0.0 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.9 0.3 10.2 5th
6th 0.0 0.5 2.9 3.5 1.5 0.2 0.0 8.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.6 2.0 3.0 1.4 0.1 7.1 7th
8th 0.1 0.6 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.1 5.7 8th
9th 0.1 0.6 1.4 1.5 0.6 0.1 4.2 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.0 2.4 10th
11th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.9 11th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.7 4.1 5.5 7.5 8.6 9.8 10.6 10.9 10.5 9.2 7.4 5.1 3.0 1.6 0.4 Total



Horizon 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% 0.4    0.4
19-1 100.0% 1.6    1.5 0.0
18-2 98.1% 2.9    2.8 0.1
17-3 90.1% 4.6    3.9 0.7 0.0
16-4 68.2% 5.0    3.3 1.6 0.2 0.0
15-5 43.4% 4.0    1.7 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.0
14-6 16.6% 1.7    0.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-7 2.7% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.3% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 20.6% 20.6 14.0 5.1 1.2 0.3 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 0.4% 68.4% 68.4% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
19-1 1.6% 49.9% 49.9% 12.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8
18-2 3.0% 47.1% 47.1% 12.8 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.6
17-3 5.1% 42.2% 42.2% 13.2 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 3.0
16-4 7.4% 32.4% 32.4% 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.1 5.0
15-5 9.2% 21.6% 21.6% 14.5 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.1 7.2
14-6 10.5% 20.7% 20.7% 15.5 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.4 8.4
13-7 10.9% 13.5% 13.5% 17.6 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.6 9.4
12-8 10.6% 11.3% 11.3% 17.4 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 9.4
11-9 9.8% 7.0% 7.0% 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 9.1
10-10 8.6% 4.8% 4.8% 17.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 8.2
9-11 7.5% 3.3% 3.3% 18.6 0.0 0.3 7.3
8-12 5.5% 1.5% 1.5% 17.3 0.0 0.1 5.4
7-13 4.1% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 4.1
6-14 2.7% 0.8% 0.8% 16.0 0.0 2.7
5-15 1.6% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 1.5
4-16 1.0% 1.0
3-17 0.5% 0.5
2-18 0.1% 0.1
1-19 0.1% 0.1
0-20 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 15.4% 15.4% 0.0% 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.7 3.1 3.9 3.9 3.0 84.6 0.0%