Montana St.
Big Sky
2019-20 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +0.2 #157
Expected Predictive Rating +0.5 #154
Pace 65.2 #278
Improvement +0.3 #170

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #150 C+ C- C+ D D+
Defense #174 B- C- C- C D+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 31% #341 1.09 #261 -5.4 #340
2 Pt. Jumpers 22% #150 0.92 #25 +2.3 #68
Three Pointers 47% #63 1.08 #87 +4.7 #43
1st FG Attempt 1.05 #131 +1.6 #131
Freethrows 0.25 #324 73% #152 0.18 #306
Second Chance 29.7% #215 1.02 #211 0.30 #209
Turnovers 15.7% #137
Total Offense +0.4 #150

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 45% #23 1.08 #80 -2.2 #251
2 Pt. Jumpers 20% #191 0.78 #212 +0.0 #185
Three Pointers 35% #341 0.91 #57 +5.2 #15
1st FG Attempt 0.96 #84 +3.0 #83
Freethrows 0.28 #113 76% #331 0.21 #151
Second Chance 30.9% #196 1.14 #295 0.35 #267
Turnovers 15.1% #258
Total Defense -0.2 #174

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect -1.4% #283 1.1% #274
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 4.6% #101 -6.9% #64
Possession Length 18.8 #316 17.0 #122
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.14 #245 0.14 #84
Improvement +1.9 #87 -1.6 #280

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
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 20.7% 22.0% 17.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.1 14.0 14.4
.500 or above 89.5% 94.3% 79.5%
.500 or above in Conference 99.7% 100.0% 99.1%
Conference Champion 37.7% 44.3% 23.9%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
First Round20.6% 22.0% 17.8%
Second Round0.6% 0.6% 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: Sacramento St. (Away) - 67.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 3
Quad 20 - 20 - 5
Quad 35 - 45 - 9
Quad 412 - 417 - 13


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 82 @Colorado L 78 - 84 17% -1  0 - 1 +4 +9 A F+ C -5 C+ C C
 Sun, Nov 9 286 Denver L 73 - 75 84% +2  0 - 2 -12 -4 D- B- C -8 F F A+
 Wed, Nov 12 85 @Stanford L 68 - 77 18% -4  0 - 3 +1 -3 B- D+ D +5 A- C C+
 Sat, Nov 15 64 @Boise St. L 58 - 62 14% -2  0 - 4 +8 -2 C F B +10 A+ A+ D
 Fri, Nov 21 251 @Long Beach St. W 78 - 72 58% +3  1 - 4 +4 +5 C- C+ A- -1 C+ C C
 Sat, Nov 29 40 @Utah St. L 81 - 84 OT 8% -3  1 - 5 +13 +7 C+ C- C+ +6 B+ A+ D
 Wed, Dec 3 126 St. Thomas W 82 - 74 55% +1  2 - 5 +7 +11 C+ C- A+ -4 F+ A A
 Sat, Dec 6 332 @Oral Roberts L 68 - 72 77% +6  2 - 6 -12 -2 C+ F+ F -10 B- D C
 Sat, Dec 13 193 @Oregon St. L 57 - 67 47% -4  2 - 7 -9 -11 F B D- +1 A+ F C-
 Tue, Dec 16 289 @Cal Poly W 83 - 80 67% +3  3 - 7 -1 +6 D- A A- -7 A+ F F
 Thu, Jan 1 194 Northern Colorado W 89 - 75 70% +6  4 - 7 1 - 0 +9 +9 B- A+ B -1 A- F B-
 Sat, Jan 3 311 Northern Arizona W 77 - 68 87% +7  5 - 7 2 - 0 -3 +5 B- C B+ -7 D+ C- F+
 Thu, Jan 8 244 @Eastern Washington W 68 - 64 56% -0  6 - 7 3 - 0 +3 -1 C- D+ F +4 A+ C+ D-
 Sat, Jan 10 188 @Idaho L 89 - 92 47% +9  6 - 8 3 - 1 -2 +18 A+ C D -20 F B+ F
 Sat, Jan 17 160 Montana W 76 - 67 62% +0  7 - 8 4 - 1 +6 +1 C D+ C+ +5 B- A+ B
 Mon, Jan 19 194 @Northern Colorado W 73 - 68 48% +4  8 - 8 5 - 1 +6 +4 B F B +3 A F C+
 Thu, Jan 22 225 Idaho St. W 74 - 62 75% +5  9 - 8 6 - 1 +5 +5 C B A+ +2 B+ F+ D
 Sat, Jan 24 216 Weber St. W 91 - 88 73% +2  10 - 8 7 - 1 -3 +13 A+ C C- -16 F B F
 Thu, Jan 29 293 @Sacramento St. W 79 - 74 67%
 Sat, Jan 31 148 @Portland St. L 67 - 71 38%
 Thu, Feb 5 188 Idaho W 74 - 69 69%
 Sat, Feb 7 244 Eastern Washington W 78 - 70 77%
 Sat, Feb 14 160 @Montana L 72 - 75 39%
 Thu, Feb 19 216 @Weber St. W 76 - 75 51%
 Sat, Feb 21 225 @Idaho St. W 72 - 71 54%
 Thu, Feb 26 148 Portland St. W 70 - 68 59%
 Sat, Feb 28 293 Sacramento St. W 82 - 71 84%
 Mon, Mar 2 311 @Northern Arizona W 74 - 68 71%
Totals 16 - 12 13 - 5 +0 +0 C+ C- C+ +0 B- C- C-




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big Sky 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 0.9 5.6 12.3 12.1 5.7 1.1 37.7 1st
2nd 0.1 2.2 10.1 14.8 8.5 1.7 0.1 37.7 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.7 6.0 7.1 2.4 0.2 17.5 3rd
4th 0.0 0.6 2.2 2.1 0.4 5.3 4th
5th 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 1.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.0 0.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.0 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
Total 0.0 0.3 1.5 4.7 10.5 18.6 22.8 21.0 13.8 5.7 1.1 Total



Big Sky 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% 1.1    1.1
16-2 98.8% 5.7    5.3 0.4
15-3 87.7% 12.1    9.2 2.9 0.0
14-4 58.6% 12.3    6.2 5.4 0.7 0.0
13-5 24.5% 5.6    1.6 3.0 1.0 0.1
12-6 5.0% 0.9    0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.2% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 37.7% 37.7 23.4 12.0 2.1 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
18-0
17-1 1.1% 42.5% 42.5% 12.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6
16-2 5.7% 32.6% 32.6% 13.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.0 3.9
15-3 13.8% 30.2% 30.2% 13.7 0.1 1.4 2.3 0.3 9.6
14-4 21.0% 24.1% 24.1% 14.0 0.0 0.9 3.0 1.1 15.9
13-5 22.8% 18.4% 18.4% 14.3 0.0 0.4 2.2 1.5 0.0 18.6
12-6 18.6% 15.7% 15.7% 14.7 0.1 1.0 1.8 0.1 15.7
11-7 10.5% 14.0% 14.0% 15.0 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.2 9.0
10-8 4.7% 8.8% 8.8% 15.4 0.2 0.2 4.3
9-9 1.5% 6.7% 6.7% 16.0 0.0 0.1 1.4
8-10 0.3% 8.3% 8.3% 16.0 0.0 0.3
7-11 0.0% 0.0 0.0
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 20.7% 20.7% 0.0% 14.1 79.3 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
Win Out 0.5% 100.0% 12.5 2.1 52.1 38.3 7.4
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1%
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.4%