Preseason Rankings
Longwood
Big South
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-2.4#202
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.4#88
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-0.3#173
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.1#243
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 9.9% 13.6% 9.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.6 13.3 14.2
.500 or above 63.6% 84.1% 60.7%
.500 or above in Conference 65.4% 77.9% 63.6%
Conference Champion 11.1% 17.8% 10.2%
Last Place in Conference 4.5% 1.9% 4.8%
First Four1.0% 0.5% 1.1%
First Round9.9% 13.6% 9.3%
Second Round0.5% 1.0% 0.5%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.1% 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: Pittsburgh (Away) - 12.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 20 - 3
Quad 33 - 53 - 8
Quad 413 - 516 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 07, 2025 80   @ Pittsburgh L 67-79 12%    
  Nov 12, 2025 132   James Madison L 71-72 45%    
  Nov 15, 2025 334   Binghamton W 76-65 84%    
  Nov 23, 2025 267   @ Columbia W 80-79 52%    
  Nov 28, 2025 213   Siena W 74-73 52%    
  Nov 29, 2025 285   Maine W 71-66 66%    
  Nov 30, 2025 303   @ American W 70-67 59%    
  Dec 06, 2025 358   @ Morgan St. W 82-73 79%    
  Dec 13, 2025 341   Delaware St. W 83-71 85%    
  Dec 17, 2025 67   @ Wake Forest L 66-80 12%    
  Dec 20, 2025 329   @ NC Central W 76-71 65%    
  Dec 31, 2025 164   Winthrop W 81-80 54%    
  Jan 03, 2026 109   @ High Point L 70-79 21%    
  Jan 07, 2026 198   @ UNC Asheville L 74-77 39%    
  Jan 10, 2026 263   Presbyterian W 73-67 69%    
  Jan 17, 2026 148   @ Radford L 66-72 31%    
  Jan 21, 2026 307   Gardner-Webb W 79-70 77%    
  Jan 24, 2026 313   Charleston Southern W 77-68 78%    
  Jan 29, 2026 332   @ South Carolina Upstate W 82-77 66%    
  Jan 31, 2026 109   High Point L 73-76 39%    
  Feb 04, 2026 307   @ Gardner-Webb W 76-73 59%    
  Feb 07, 2026 164   @ Winthrop L 78-83 35%    
  Feb 12, 2026 198   UNC Asheville W 77-74 59%    
  Feb 14, 2026 332   South Carolina Upstate W 85-74 81%    
  Feb 19, 2026 263   @ Presbyterian W 70-69 50%    
  Feb 21, 2026 313   @ Charleston Southern W 74-71 60%    
  Feb 28, 2026 148   Radford L 69-70 51%    
Projected Record 15 - 12 9 - 7





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 0.1 0.9 2.4 3.4 2.8 1.2 0.4 11.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.4 2.7 5.0 4.6 1.7 0.3 14.6 2nd
3rd 0.0 1.1 4.2 6.5 4.2 1.0 0.0 17.0 3rd
4th 0.1 1.8 5.3 6.3 3.1 0.5 17.0 4th
5th 0.2 2.1 5.6 4.8 1.8 0.1 14.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.4 4.7 3.4 0.9 0.1 11.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 1.7 3.0 1.8 0.3 0.0 7.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.8 0.9 0.1 4.4 8th
9th 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1 2.4 9th
Total 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.4 4.1 6.6 8.8 11.1 12.0 12.7 12.5 10.6 8.0 5.1 3.0 1.2 0.4 Total



Big South Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0 100.0% 0.4    0.4
15-1 100.0% 1.2    1.1 0.0
14-2 91.0% 2.8    2.1 0.7 0.0
13-3 66.2% 3.4    2.0 1.3 0.1 0.0
12-4 30.7% 2.4    0.9 1.0 0.5 0.0
11-5 8.1% 0.9    0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
10-6 0.9% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
8-8 0.0%
Total 11.1% 11.1 6.6 3.4 1.0 0.2 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 0.4% 59.9% 59.9% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2
15-1 1.2% 47.7% 47.1% 0.6% 12.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.1%
14-2 3.0% 36.6% 36.6% 12.8 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 1.9
13-3 5.1% 27.8% 27.8% 13.4 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 3.7
12-4 8.0% 20.5% 20.5% 13.9 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 6.3
11-5 10.6% 15.4% 15.4% 15.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 8.9
10-6 12.5% 9.5% 9.5% 15.5 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 11.3
9-7 12.7% 7.7% 7.7% 16.8 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 11.7
8-8 12.0% 4.7% 4.7% 17.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 11.5
7-9 11.1% 3.2% 3.2% 17.0 0.1 0.3 10.7
6-10 8.8% 1.9% 1.9% 16.0 0.0 0.2 8.6
5-11 6.6% 0.8% 0.8% 18.0 0.1 6.5
4-12 4.1% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 4.1
3-13 2.4% 2.4
2-14 1.2% 1.2
1-15 0.4% 0.4
0-16 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 9.9% 9.9% 0.0% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.2 2.5 2.4 1.8 90.1 0.0%