Preseason Rankings
The Citadel
Southern
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-11.4#342
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace62.8#316
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-5.8#329
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.6#337
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 0.6% 2.6% 0.5%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 16.3 14.9 15.4
.500 or above 4.0% 16.4% 3.5%
.500 or above in Conference 7.8% 16.9% 7.5%
Conference Champion 0.4% 1.4% 0.4%
Last Place in Conference 51.5% 31.2% 52.2%
First Four0.3% 0.8% 0.2%
First Round0.5% 2.6% 0.4%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 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: Boston College (Away) - 3.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 40 - 5
Quad 31 - 81 - 13
Quad 46 - 97 - 22


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2025 96   @ Boston College L 58-78 3%    
  Nov 10, 2025 313   Charleston Southern W 68-67 51%    
  Nov 14, 2025 355   @ West Georgia L 68-69 48%    
  Nov 24, 2025 319   Bellarmine W 70-69 53%    
  Nov 26, 2025 288   Houston Christian L 64-65 46%    
  Nov 30, 2025 263   Presbyterian L 62-68 30%    
  Dec 04, 2025 145   @ Davidson L 59-74 9%    
  Dec 13, 2025 71   @ South Carolina L 54-77 3%    
  Dec 17, 2025 123   @ College of Charleston L 63-80 8%    
  Dec 20, 2025 131   @ Richmond L 56-72 8%    
  Dec 31, 2025 156   East Tennessee St. L 61-69 23%    
  Jan 03, 2026 205   Wofford L 62-68 31%    
  Jan 07, 2026 246   @ Mercer L 65-75 20%    
  Jan 10, 2026 262   Western Carolina L 69-72 40%    
  Jan 15, 2026 232   @ UNC Greensboro L 58-69 18%    
  Jan 17, 2026 293   @ VMI L 65-72 28%    
  Jan 21, 2026 142   Furman L 62-72 21%    
  Jan 24, 2026 156   @ East Tennessee St. L 58-72 12%    
  Jan 29, 2026 293   VMI L 68-69 47%    
  Jan 31, 2026 232   UNC Greensboro L 61-66 35%    
  Feb 05, 2026 171   @ Samford L 66-80 13%    
  Feb 07, 2026 134   @ Chattanooga L 61-77 9%    
  Feb 11, 2026 262   @ Western Carolina L 66-75 23%    
  Feb 14, 2026 246   Mercer L 68-72 37%    
  Feb 19, 2026 171   Samford L 69-77 27%    
  Feb 21, 2026 134   Chattanooga L 64-74 20%    
  Feb 25, 2026 142   @ Furman L 59-75 10%    
  Feb 28, 2026 205   @ Wofford L 59-71 17%    
Projected Record 7 - 21 4 - 14





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Southern Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1st
2nd 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.5 3rd
4th 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 2.5 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 1.5 1.6 0.5 0.0 4.0 5th
6th 0.0 0.7 2.3 2.3 0.6 0.0 6.1 6th
7th 0.1 1.3 3.5 3.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 8.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.5 2.1 5.2 4.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 13.6 8th
9th 0.2 2.0 5.7 7.7 5.1 1.3 0.1 22.1 9th
10th 4.7 10.0 11.5 8.9 3.9 0.9 0.0 40.1 10th
Total 4.7 10.2 13.5 15.1 13.9 12.6 10.2 6.9 5.0 3.4 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total



Southern Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
16-2 100.0% 0.0    0.0
15-3 100.0% 0.0    0.0 0.0
14-4 87.6% 0.1    0.1 0.0
13-5 34.3% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 14.1% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 1.8% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.4% 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 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
18-0
17-1 0.0% 0.0
16-2 0.0% 0.0
15-3 0.0% 0.0
14-4 0.2% 24.8% 24.8% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
13-5 0.4% 14.4% 14.4% 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
12-6 0.5% 10.3% 10.3% 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
11-7 1.2% 7.8% 7.8% 18.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1
10-8 2.1% 3.1% 3.1% 18.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
9-9 3.4% 3.3% 3.3% 15.7 0.0 0.1 3.3
8-10 5.0% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 5.0
7-11 6.9% 0.5% 0.5% 15.8 0.0 0.0 6.9
6-12 10.2% 0.5% 0.5% 18.3 0.1 10.2
5-13 12.6% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 12.5
4-14 13.9% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 13.9
3-15 15.1% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 15.1
2-16 13.5% 13.5
1-17 10.2% 10.2
0-18 4.7% 4.7
Total 100% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 99.4 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 0.9%