Preseason Rankings
High Point
Big South
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+4.0#109
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace66.1#227
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+4.4#66
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.4#180
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 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.4% 0.6% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 36.7% 41.0% 30.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.9 12.5 13.2
.500 or above 95.9% 98.3% 92.4%
.500 or above in Conference 95.3% 97.1% 92.6%
Conference Champion 50.9% 56.5% 42.5%
Last Place in Conference 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
First Four0.6% 0.6% 0.7%
First Round36.9% 41.0% 30.6%
Second Round5.3% 6.6% 3.2%
Sweet Sixteen1.1% 1.4% 0.6%
Elite Eight0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Furman (Neutral) - 59.9% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 14 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 0
Quad 21 - 11 - 1
Quad 35 - 36 - 5
Quad 416 - 222 - 7


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 142   Furman W 73-70 60%    
  Nov 11, 2025 245   Jacksonville W 76-64 86%    
  Nov 14, 2025 103   @ UAB L 74-78 36%    
  Nov 17, 2025 352   Canisius W 81-61 96%    
  Nov 20, 2025 153   Illinois-Chicago W 76-72 63%    
  Nov 29, 2025 262   Western Carolina W 81-69 87%    
  Dec 03, 2025 138   Southern Illinois W 75-70 68%    
  Dec 05, 2025 357   NJIT W 79-58 97%    
  Dec 14, 2025 204   Appalachian St. W 68-61 71%    
  Dec 19, 2025 187   La Salle W 78-69 78%    
  Dec 22, 2025 248   Bryant W 84-72 84%    
  Dec 31, 2025 198   @ UNC Asheville W 76-73 60%    
  Jan 03, 2026 202   Longwood W 79-70 79%    
  Jan 07, 2026 307   Gardner-Webb W 81-66 90%    
  Jan 10, 2026 313   @ Charleston Southern W 76-66 79%    
  Jan 14, 2026 164   @ Winthrop W 80-78 56%    
  Jan 17, 2026 332   South Carolina Upstate W 87-70 93%    
  Jan 24, 2026 148   @ Radford W 69-68 52%    
  Jan 29, 2026 263   Presbyterian W 75-63 85%    
  Jan 31, 2026 202   @ Longwood W 76-73 61%    
  Feb 04, 2026 313   Charleston Southern W 79-63 91%    
  Feb 07, 2026 148   Radford W 71-65 71%    
  Feb 12, 2026 332   @ South Carolina Upstate W 84-73 82%    
  Feb 14, 2026 307   Gardner-Webb W 81-66 90%    
  Feb 19, 2026 198   UNC Asheville W 79-70 78%    
  Feb 21, 2026 164   Winthrop W 83-75 74%    
  Feb 26, 2026 263   @ Presbyterian W 72-66 70%    
Projected Record 20 - 7 12 - 4





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big South Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 0.3 1.7 6.2 12.0 13.9 11.4 5.4 50.9 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 2.4 6.8 7.9 4.2 0.9 22.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 2.2 4.8 4.0 1.2 0.1 12.6 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.5 1.9 0.4 6.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.9 0.1 3.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.0 2.0 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 8th
9th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.3 2.5 3.9 5.9 9.4 12.9 15.3 16.3 14.8 11.4 5.4 Total



Big South Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0 100.0% 5.4    5.4
15-1 100.0% 11.4    11.1 0.4
14-2 93.9% 13.9    11.6 2.3 0.0
13-3 73.6% 12.0    7.7 3.9 0.4 0.0
12-4 40.8% 6.2    2.6 2.7 0.8 0.1
11-5 13.2% 1.7    0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1
10-6 2.7% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
9-7 0.0%
8-8 0.0%
Total 50.9% 50.9 38.8 10.1 1.8 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
16-0 5.4% 70.9% 69.2% 1.7% 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 5.5%
15-1 11.4% 59.6% 59.5% 0.1% 11.9 0.0 0.1 2.2 3.1 1.3 0.1 0.0 4.6 0.3%
14-2 14.8% 49.9% 49.9% 12.4 0.0 0.8 3.5 2.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 7.4
13-3 16.3% 43.9% 43.9% 13.0 0.1 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.3 0.0 9.1
12-4 15.3% 32.5% 32.5% 13.6 0.0 0.6 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 10.3
11-5 12.9% 27.6% 27.6% 14.4 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.3 9.4
10-6 9.4% 17.0% 17.0% 15.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.3 7.8
9-7 5.9% 13.7% 13.7% 16.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 5.1
8-8 3.9% 8.3% 8.3% 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 3.6
7-9 2.5% 6.4% 6.4% 17.6 0.1 0.1 2.4
6-10 1.3% 6.0% 6.0% 20.4 0.1 1.2
5-11 0.5% 1.5% 1.5% 31.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
4-12 0.3% 0.3
3-13 0.1% 0.1
2-14 0.0% 0.0
1-15 0.0% 0.0
0-16
Total 100% 36.7% 36.6% 0.1% 12.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 4.9 10.2 9.4 6.9 3.0 1.4 63.3 0.2%


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 1.0% 100.0% 7.8 0.7 2.9 7.2 11.6 14.6 12.4 6.6 11.6 8.9 21.3 2.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.2% 22.0% 10.7 3.1 3.1 12.7 3.1
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.2% 19.1% 10.8 3.8 15.3