Preseason Rankings
Indiana St.
Missouri Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.1#173
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace78.9#9
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.3#127
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.4#253
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 3.5% 5.0% 2.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.7 12.4 13.1
.500 or above 38.2% 52.0% 27.9%
.500 or above in Conference 37.0% 45.6% 30.5%
Conference Champion 3.7% 5.5% 2.4%
Last Place in Conference 14.4% 10.3% 17.5%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
First Round3.4% 4.9% 2.4%
Second Round0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
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: Charlotte (Away) - 42.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 21 - 41 - 6
Quad 35 - 86 - 14
Quad 47 - 314 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 192   @ Charlotte L 74-76 43%    
  Nov 10, 2025 240   @ SIU Edwardsville W 75-74 51%    
  Nov 14, 2025 3   @ Duke L 64-90 1%    
  Nov 19, 2025 144   Louisiana Tech W 74-73 54%    
  Nov 22, 2025 247   Ball St. W 81-75 72%    
  Nov 26, 2025 144   @ Louisiana Tech L 71-76 33%    
  Nov 28, 2025 323   Alcorn St. W 78-69 77%    
  Dec 07, 2025 311   Southern Indiana W 83-73 81%    
  Dec 14, 2025 216   @ Wisconsin-Milwaukee L 79-80 46%    
  Dec 18, 2025 107   Bradley L 75-77 42%    
  Dec 21, 2025 105   @ Illinois St. L 74-83 23%    
  Dec 29, 2025 111   Belmont L 83-85 43%    
  Jan 01, 2026 112   @ Northern Iowa L 71-79 25%    
  Jan 04, 2026 113   @ Drake L 63-71 26%    
  Jan 10, 2026 231   Evansville W 78-72 68%    
  Jan 14, 2026 105   Illinois St. L 77-80 42%    
  Jan 17, 2026 129   @ Murray St. L 72-78 30%    
  Jan 21, 2026 107   @ Bradley L 72-80 24%    
  Jan 24, 2026 113   Drake L 66-68 45%    
  Jan 27, 2026 153   @ Illinois-Chicago L 78-82 37%    
  Jan 31, 2026 261   Valparaiso W 83-76 72%    
  Feb 03, 2026 231   @ Evansville L 75-76 49%    
  Feb 09, 2026 138   Southern Illinois W 79-78 51%    
  Feb 12, 2026 129   Murray St. L 74-75 50%    
  Feb 15, 2026 261   @ Valparaiso W 80-79 54%    
  Feb 18, 2026 112   Northern Iowa L 74-76 45%    
  Feb 21, 2026 111   @ Belmont L 80-88 26%    
  Feb 25, 2026 138   @ Southern Illinois L 75-81 31%    
  Mar 01, 2026 153   Illinois-Chicago W 81-79 56%    
Projected Record 13 - 16 8 - 12





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Missouri Valley 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 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 3.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.3 1.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 5.1 2nd
3rd 0.5 2.2 2.3 1.1 0.2 0.0 6.3 3rd
4th 0.0 0.8 2.6 2.6 1.2 0.1 0.0 7.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.9 3.3 3.3 1.1 0.1 0.0 8.7 5th
6th 0.1 1.0 3.5 3.7 1.2 0.1 9.7 6th
7th 0.1 1.3 4.1 4.3 1.5 0.1 11.4 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 1.8 4.7 4.2 1.5 0.1 12.7 8th
9th 0.1 0.8 2.4 4.6 3.5 1.3 0.1 0.0 12.7 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 1.6 3.2 4.1 2.6 0.8 0.0 12.6 10th
11th 0.3 1.2 1.9 2.7 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.0 9.7 11th
Total 0.3 1.2 2.2 4.3 6.2 7.9 9.5 10.3 10.6 10.4 9.3 7.8 6.4 5.1 3.6 2.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 Total



Missouri Valley 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% 0.0    0.0
19-1 100.0% 0.1    0.1
18-2 100.0% 0.4    0.3 0.0
17-3 94.3% 0.7    0.6 0.1
16-4 65.9% 0.9    0.6 0.3 0.0
15-5 42.3% 0.9    0.4 0.4 0.1
14-6 16.6% 0.6    0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
13-7 3.2% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 3.7% 3.7 2.2 1.1 0.3 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
20-0 0.0% 0.0
19-1 0.1% 78.0% 66.1% 11.8% 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.9%
18-2 0.4% 32.0% 25.9% 6.1% 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 8.2%
17-3 0.7% 27.6% 27.6% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5
16-4 1.4% 18.5% 18.5% 11.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1
15-5 2.2% 18.2% 17.9% 0.3% 12.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.8 0.4%
14-6 3.6% 14.5% 14.5% 12.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 3.1
13-7 5.1% 10.3% 10.3% 12.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 4.6
12-8 6.4% 7.0% 7.0% 13.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.0
11-9 7.8% 4.0% 4.0% 13.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 7.4
10-10 9.3% 3.3% 3.3% 13.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 9.0
9-11 10.4% 1.4% 1.4% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 10.3
8-12 10.6% 0.9% 0.9% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5
7-13 10.3% 0.3% 0.3% 18.8 0.0 0.0 10.3
6-14 9.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 9.5
5-15 7.9% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 7.9
4-16 6.2% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 6.2
3-17 4.3% 4.3
2-18 2.2% 2.2
1-19 1.2% 1.2
0-20 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 3.5% 3.5% 0.0% 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 96.5 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 0.0%