Preseason Rankings
NC Central
Mid-Eastern
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-10.2#329
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace67.2#207
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.2#291
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.9#343
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 13.8% 29.9% 13.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.3 15.4 15.8
.500 or above 24.5% 67.1% 24.2%
.500 or above in Conference 65.3% 86.2% 65.2%
Conference Champion 20.9% 40.4% 20.8%
Last Place in Conference 6.4% 2.1% 6.4%
First Four10.7% 13.9% 10.7%
First Round9.2% 23.6% 9.1%
Second Round0.0% 1.1% 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: North Carolina St. (Away) - 0.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 30 - 3
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 5
Quad 20 - 20 - 6
Quad 30 - 20 - 9
Quad 410 - 810 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 31   @ North Carolina St. L 56-83 1%    
  Nov 07, 2025 44   @ Virginia L 52-77 1%    
  Nov 09, 2025 204   @ Appalachian St. L 58-69 16%    
  Nov 14, 2025 23   @ North Carolina L 62-90 1%    
  Nov 22, 2025 65   @ Dayton L 59-81 2%    
  Nov 25, 2025 332   @ South Carolina Upstate L 76-79 40%    
  Dec 03, 2025 132   @ James Madison L 62-77 9%    
  Dec 06, 2025 349   N.C. A&T W 75-70 68%    
  Dec 09, 2025 7   @ Kentucky L 60-92 0.2%   
  Dec 20, 2025 202   Longwood L 71-76 35%    
  Dec 29, 2025 90   @ Penn St. L 64-83 5%    
  Jan 03, 2026 260   Norfolk St. L 69-71 43%    
  Jan 10, 2026 361   @ Coppin St. W 70-67 59%    
  Jan 12, 2026 358   @ Morgan St. W 76-75 55%    
  Jan 17, 2026 328   Howard W 76-73 59%    
  Jan 24, 2026 341   Delaware St. W 76-72 64%    
  Jan 26, 2026 360   Maryland Eastern Shore W 73-64 76%    
  Jan 31, 2026 312   @ South Carolina St. L 69-74 35%    
  Feb 07, 2026 260   @ Norfolk St. L 66-74 26%    
  Feb 14, 2026 361   Coppin St. W 73-64 76%    
  Feb 16, 2026 358   Morgan St. W 79-72 73%    
  Feb 21, 2026 328   @ Howard L 73-76 40%    
  Feb 28, 2026 341   @ Delaware St. L 73-75 44%    
  Mar 02, 2026 360   @ Maryland Eastern Shore W 70-67 58%    
  Mar 05, 2026 312   South Carolina St. W 72-71 55%    
Projected Record 9 - 16 8 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-Eastern Finish

0-14 1-13 2-12 3-11 4-10 5-9 6-8 7-7 8-6 9-5 10-4 11-3 12-2 13-1 14-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.5 2.8 5.1 5.6 4.4 1.9 0.6 20.9 1st
2nd 0.0 1.3 5.7 8.2 5.3 2.3 0.3 23.2 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.6 6.3 6.2 2.1 0.4 0.0 16.7 3rd
4th 0.0 1.2 6.1 4.8 0.9 0.0 13.0 4th
5th 0.0 0.7 4.6 3.9 0.5 9.8 5th
6th 0.0 0.6 3.3 3.3 0.5 0.0 7.7 6th
7th 0.1 0.6 2.1 2.1 0.5 0.0 5.2 7th
8th 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.0 0.2 3.5 8th
Total 0.1 0.7 2.1 3.7 6.3 9.6 12.2 13.0 13.2 13.2 10.8 7.9 4.7 1.9 0.6 Total



Mid-Eastern Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
14-0 100.0% 0.6    0.6
13-1 100.0% 1.9    1.9 0.1
12-2 93.6% 4.4    3.8 0.6
11-3 71.1% 5.6    4.1 1.5 0.1
10-4 47.3% 5.1    2.8 2.0 0.3 0.0
9-5 21.0% 2.8    0.7 1.3 0.7 0.1
8-6 3.4% 0.5    0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
7-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
Total 20.9% 20.9 13.9 5.6 1.2 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
14-0 0.6% 63.0% 63.0% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
13-1 1.9% 47.5% 47.5% 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.0
12-2 4.7% 41.6% 41.6% 18.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.6 2.8
11-3 7.9% 31.3% 31.3% 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.4 5.4
10-4 10.8% 23.2% 23.2% 17.5 0.1 2.6 8.3
9-5 13.2% 16.1% 16.1% 16.7 0.0 2.2 11.1
8-6 13.2% 12.6% 12.6% 16.6 1.7 11.5
7-7 13.0% 6.7% 6.7% 16.1 0.9 12.1
6-8 12.2% 3.9% 3.9% 16.0 0.5 11.7
5-9 9.6% 3.3% 3.3% 16.0 0.3 9.3
4-10 6.3% 1.5% 1.5% 16.0 0.1 6.2
3-11 3.7% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.0 3.7
2-12 2.1% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 2.1
1-13 0.7% 0.7
0-14 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 13.8% 13.8% 0.0% 17.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.7 12.9 86.2 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 0.1%