Preseason Rankings
Charleston Southern
Big South
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-8.6#313
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace68.4#174
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-5.1#317
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.5#288
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 1.6% 3.5% 1.5%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.6 14.5 15.1
.500 or above 13.6% 40.2% 12.6%
.500 or above in Conference 11.5% 26.3% 10.9%
Conference Champion 0.4% 0.9% 0.3%
Last Place in Conference 33.1% 17.3% 33.7%
First Four0.5% 0.6% 0.5%
First Round1.3% 2.9% 1.3%
Second Round0.0% 0.2% 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: Virginia Tech (Away) - 3.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 30 - 5
Quad 31 - 62 - 11
Quad 47 - 79 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 76   @ Virginia Tech L 59-78 4%    
  Nov 10, 2025 342   @ The Citadel L 67-68 49%    
  Nov 13, 2025 327   @ Alabama A&M L 73-75 43%    
  Nov 14, 2025 326   Lindenwood W 71-70 55%    
  Nov 18, 2025 359   IU Indianapolis W 74-65 80%    
  Nov 21, 2025 158   @ East Carolina L 63-74 15%    
  Nov 28, 2025 71   @ South Carolina L 58-78 4%    
  Dec 02, 2025 325   @ Tennessee Martin L 68-70 44%    
  Dec 18, 2025 330   North Florida W 81-76 66%    
  Dec 21, 2025 142   @ Furman L 63-76 13%    
  Dec 28, 2025 131   @ Richmond L 59-73 12%    
  Jan 03, 2026 198   UNC Asheville L 71-74 39%    
  Jan 07, 2026 164   @ Winthrop L 71-82 17%    
  Jan 10, 2026 109   High Point L 66-76 21%    
  Jan 14, 2026 332   South Carolina Upstate W 79-74 65%    
  Jan 21, 2026 263   @ Presbyterian L 64-70 30%    
  Jan 24, 2026 202   @ Longwood L 68-77 22%    
  Jan 29, 2026 148   Radford L 64-70 30%    
  Feb 04, 2026 109   @ High Point L 63-79 9%    
  Feb 07, 2026 332   @ South Carolina Upstate L 76-77 45%    
  Feb 12, 2026 263   Presbyterian L 67-68 49%    
  Feb 14, 2026 148   @ Radford L 61-73 16%    
  Feb 21, 2026 202   Longwood L 71-74 40%    
  Feb 26, 2026 164   Winthrop L 74-79 35%    
  Feb 28, 2026 198   @ UNC Asheville L 68-77 23%    
Projected Record 8 - 17 4 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big South Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.0 2.7 3rd
4th 0.2 1.5 2.4 1.6 0.2 5.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.2 3.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 9.0 5th
6th 0.1 1.1 4.1 5.9 2.6 0.4 14.2 6th
7th 0.4 2.7 6.7 7.1 2.7 0.3 0.0 19.9 7th
8th 0.1 1.3 5.3 9.0 6.9 2.4 0.2 0.0 25.3 8th
9th 2.9 6.6 6.9 3.7 1.2 0.1 0.0 21.4 9th
Total 3.0 7.9 12.6 15.5 16.0 14.0 11.2 8.3 5.5 3.4 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 Total



Big South Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0
15-1
14-2
13-3 100.0% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0
12-4 41.3% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0
11-5 22.9% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1
10-6 1.9% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
9-7 0.0%
8-8 0.0%
Total 0.4% 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 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
16-0
15-1
14-2
13-3 0.1% 41.4% 41.4% 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-4 0.2% 20.4% 20.4% 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
11-5 0.7% 18.7% 18.7% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
10-6 1.5% 12.0% 12.0% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.3
9-7 3.4% 7.0% 7.0% 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.2
8-8 5.5% 4.0% 4.0% 15.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.3
7-9 8.3% 2.9% 2.9% 16.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 8.1
6-10 11.2% 1.8% 1.8% 16.9 0.0 0.2 11.0
5-11 14.0% 1.3% 1.3% 16.5 0.0 0.2 13.9
4-12 16.0% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.1 15.9
3-13 15.5% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 15.5
2-14 12.6% 12.6
1-15 7.9% 7.9
0-16 3.0% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 3.0
Total 100% 1.6% 1.6% 0.0% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 98.4 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 0.2%