Preseason Rankings
Lindenwood
Ohio Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-9.9#326
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace72.5#65
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-6.7#349
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.1#279
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 3.0% 19.1% 2.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 17.2 14.2 15.4
.500 or above 19.0% 80.9% 18.9%
.500 or above in Conference 35.5% 80.9% 35.4%
Conference Champion 3.3% 19.4% 3.3%
Last Place in Conference 16.8% 3.8% 16.8%
First Four1.1% 0.0% 1.1%
First Round2.8% 19.1% 2.7%
Second Round0.0% 3.8% 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: Texas Tech (Away) - 0.2% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 3
Quad 20 - 10 - 4
Quad 31 - 41 - 8
Quad 410 - 1111 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 12   @ Texas Tech L 56-87 0.2%   
  Nov 10, 2025 70   @ Saint Louis L 61-82 3%    
  Nov 14, 2025 313   Charleston Southern L 70-71 45%    
  Nov 16, 2025 327   @ Alabama A&M L 73-76 39%    
  Nov 20, 2025 33   @ Indiana L 59-85 1%    
  Nov 24, 2025 300   UMKC W 67-66 52%    
  Dec 02, 2025 314   @ Northern Illinois L 71-75 36%    
  Dec 06, 2025 321   @ Eastern Illinois L 66-69 39%    
  Dec 18, 2025 343   Western Illinois W 70-65 65%    
  Dec 23, 2025 114   @ Missouri St. L 58-74 8%    
  Jan 01, 2026 291   Morehead St. W 67-66 51%    
  Jan 03, 2026 311   Southern Indiana W 73-71 54%    
  Jan 06, 2026 240   @ SIU Edwardsville L 63-72 23%    
  Jan 10, 2026 162   Arkansas Little Rock L 67-73 29%    
  Jan 15, 2026 228   @ Southeast Missouri St. L 67-76 22%    
  Jan 17, 2026 325   @ Tennessee Martin L 69-72 40%    
  Jan 22, 2026 324   Tennessee Tech W 73-70 59%    
  Jan 24, 2026 268   Tennessee St. L 74-75 46%    
  Jan 29, 2026 311   @ Southern Indiana L 70-74 36%    
  Jan 31, 2026 291   @ Morehead St. L 63-69 33%    
  Feb 03, 2026 240   SIU Edwardsville L 66-69 41%    
  Feb 05, 2026 162   @ Arkansas Little Rock L 64-76 15%    
  Feb 12, 2026 325   Tennessee Martin W 72-69 60%    
  Feb 14, 2026 228   Southeast Missouri St. L 70-73 39%    
  Feb 19, 2026 268   @ Tennessee St. L 71-78 27%    
  Feb 21, 2026 324   @ Tennessee Tech L 70-73 40%    
  Feb 26, 2026 321   Eastern Illinois W 69-66 59%    
  Feb 28, 2026 343   @ Western Illinois L 67-68 45%    
Projected Record 10 - 18 8 - 12





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 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 3.3 1st
2nd 0.1 0.6 1.5 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 5.2 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 7.2 3rd
4th 0.2 1.4 3.2 2.6 0.7 0.1 8.2 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 1.7 3.5 2.9 0.7 0.1 9.1 5th
6th 0.2 1.8 4.3 2.9 0.8 0.0 10.0 6th
7th 0.3 1.9 4.5 3.3 0.6 0.0 10.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 2.1 4.6 3.5 0.7 0.0 11.3 8th
9th 0.0 0.7 2.7 4.2 3.3 0.7 0.0 11.6 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 1.4 3.4 4.1 2.5 0.5 0.1 12.1 10th
11th 0.4 1.1 2.4 2.9 2.6 1.4 0.3 0.0 11.1 11th
Total 0.4 1.2 2.6 4.3 6.7 8.5 9.3 10.6 10.7 10.2 8.7 8.0 6.5 4.7 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 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% 0.1    0.1
18-2 100.0% 0.3    0.2 0.0
17-3 85.2% 0.6    0.4 0.1 0.0
16-4 67.2% 0.8    0.5 0.2 0.0
15-5 41.6% 0.9    0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
14-6 17.1% 0.6    0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-7 4.1% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
12-8 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 3.3% 3.3 1.9 1.1 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 0.1% 62.5% 62.5% 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18-2 0.3% 48.6% 48.6% 13.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
17-3 0.7% 37.2% 37.2% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
16-4 1.2% 26.7% 26.7% 16.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.9
15-5 2.2% 23.0% 23.0% 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.7
14-6 3.3% 17.3% 17.3% 18.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.7
13-7 4.7% 9.2% 9.2% 18.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 4.2
12-8 6.5% 4.5% 4.5% 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 6.2
11-9 8.0% 2.7% 2.7% 17.9 0.0 0.2 7.8
10-10 8.7% 1.6% 1.6% 16.7 0.0 0.1 8.6
9-11 10.2% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.2
8-12 10.7% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.7
7-13 10.6% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 10.6
6-14 9.3% 9.3
5-15 8.5% 8.5
4-16 6.7% 6.7
3-17 4.3% 4.3
2-18 2.6% 2.6
1-19 1.2% 1.2
0-20 0.4% 0.4
Total 100% 3.0% 3.0% 0.0% 17.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.8 97.0 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 0.2%