Preseason Rankings
Tennessee Tech
Ohio Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-9.8#324
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace69.0#145
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.8#308
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.0#326
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 3.2% 6.4% 2.7%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.4 15.3 15.5
.500 or above 21.8% 44.4% 18.6%
.500 or above in Conference 31.1% 47.6% 28.7%
Conference Champion 2.5% 5.4% 2.0%
Last Place in Conference 18.4% 10.0% 19.6%
First Four1.2% 1.9% 1.1%
First Round3.0% 6.4% 2.5%
Second Round0.0% 0.1% 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: Western Kentucky (Away) - 12.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 10 - 3
Quad 31 - 51 - 8
Quad 410 - 1010 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 161   @ Western Kentucky L 70-82 13%    
  Nov 07, 2025 192   @ Charlotte L 64-75 15%    
  Nov 17, 2025 355   West Georgia W 76-69 73%    
  Nov 19, 2025 332   @ South Carolina Upstate L 77-79 41%    
  Nov 26, 2025 7   @ Kentucky L 61-93 0.2%   
  Nov 29, 2025 52   @ Georgia L 59-82 2%    
  Dec 03, 2025 188   @ Lipscomb L 64-75 18%    
  Dec 06, 2025 355   @ West Georgia W 73-72 53%    
  Dec 18, 2025 228   Southeast Missouri St. L 70-73 40%    
  Dec 20, 2025 325   Tennessee Martin W 72-69 61%    
  Jan 01, 2026 162   @ Arkansas Little Rock L 64-76 15%    
  Jan 08, 2026 321   @ Eastern Illinois L 66-69 39%    
  Jan 10, 2026 343   @ Western Illinois L 68-69 46%    
  Jan 15, 2026 311   Southern Indiana W 73-71 55%    
  Jan 17, 2026 291   Morehead St. W 67-66 52%    
  Jan 22, 2026 326   @ Lindenwood L 70-73 41%    
  Jan 24, 2026 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 64-72 25%    
  Jan 27, 2026 268   @ Tennessee St. L 71-78 28%    
  Jan 31, 2026 162   Arkansas Little Rock L 67-73 30%    
  Feb 05, 2026 343   Western Illinois W 71-66 64%    
  Feb 07, 2026 321   Eastern Illinois W 69-66 58%    
  Feb 12, 2026 291   @ Morehead St. L 64-69 33%    
  Feb 14, 2026 311   @ Southern Indiana L 70-74 35%    
  Feb 19, 2026 240   SIU Edwardsville L 67-69 42%    
  Feb 21, 2026 326   Lindenwood W 73-70 60%    
  Feb 26, 2026 325   @ Tennessee Martin L 69-72 41%    
  Feb 28, 2026 228   @ Southeast Missouri St. L 67-76 23%    
Projected Record 10 - 17 8 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Ohio 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 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.5 1st
2nd 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.2 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 2.4 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 6.2 3rd
4th 0.1 1.4 2.8 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 7.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 1.5 3.6 2.6 0.7 0.0 8.6 5th
6th 0.2 1.8 4.2 2.9 0.6 0.0 9.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 2.0 4.9 3.1 0.6 0.0 10.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 2.5 4.7 3.7 0.8 0.0 12.1 8th
9th 0.1 0.7 3.1 4.7 3.4 0.8 0.0 12.7 9th
10th 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.5 4.9 2.7 0.6 0.0 13.2 10th
11th 0.3 1.4 2.9 3.5 2.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 12.5 11th
Total 0.3 1.4 3.1 4.9 7.1 9.7 10.4 10.9 11.5 9.7 8.7 7.2 5.8 3.9 2.6 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 Total



Ohio Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
18-2 94.7% 0.1    0.1 0.0
17-3 86.4% 0.3    0.2 0.0
16-4 68.8% 0.5    0.3 0.2 0.0
15-5 49.3% 0.8    0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
14-6 19.7% 0.5    0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-7 4.6% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
12-8 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.5% 2.5 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1



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
19-1 0.0% 0.0
18-2 0.1% 50.0% 50.0% 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
17-3 0.3% 36.4% 36.4% 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
16-4 0.7% 30.4% 30.4% 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5
15-5 1.7% 28.6% 28.6% 16.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.2
14-6 2.6% 24.6% 24.6% 17.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.0
13-7 3.9% 11.6% 11.6% 18.8 0.0 0.2 0.4 3.5
12-8 5.8% 8.4% 8.4% 19.5 0.1 0.5 5.3
11-9 7.2% 4.4% 4.4% 19.0 0.1 0.3 6.8
10-10 8.7% 1.6% 1.6% 17.6 0.0 0.1 8.5
9-11 9.7% 1.3% 1.3% 17.8 0.1 9.6
8-12 11.5% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 11.4
7-13 10.9% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.9
6-14 10.4% 10.4
5-15 9.7% 9.7
4-16 7.1% 7.1
3-17 4.9% 4.9
2-18 3.1% 3.1
1-19 1.4% 1.4
0-20 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 3.2% 3.2% 0.0% 17.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.2 96.8 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%