Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Carolina
Southern
2016-17
Overall
Predictive Rating-10.4#317
Expected Predictive Rating-7.7#282
Pace65.3#239
Improvement+0.5#149

Offense
Total Offense-9.8#346
First Shot-9.4#341
After Offensive Rebound-0.4#201
Layup/Dunks-6.6#344
2 Pt Jumpshots+3.7#30
3 Pt Jumpshots-2.6#264
Freethrows-4.0#347
Improvement+3.2#34

Defense
Total Defense-0.5#188
First Shot-1.0#198
After Offensive Rebounds+0.5#127
Layups/Dunks-0.3#193
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.6#73
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.9#134
Freethrows-3.2#335
Improvement-2.8#306
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 11, 2016 31   @ Miami (FL) L 43-92 2%     0 - 1 -33.6 -20.8 -11.3
  Nov 16, 2016 182   NC Central L 59-67 25%     0 - 2 -11.4 -10.4 -1.4
  Nov 19, 2016 155   @ Marshall L 63-98 11%     0 - 3 -32.0 -16.4 -13.1
  Nov 21, 2016 71   @ Ohio St. L 38-66 4%     0 - 4 -17.7 -26.4 +5.1
  Nov 26, 2016 329   @ Jackson St. W 58-47 47%     1 - 4 +1.3 -4.8 +8.4
  Nov 30, 2016 28   @ Marquette L 44-90 2%     1 - 5 -30.2 -25.5 -5.8
  Dec 03, 2016 272   @ Appalachian St. W 58-53 28%     2 - 5 +0.8 -10.7 +12.1
  Dec 07, 2016 5   West Virginia L 37-90 1%     2 - 6 -33.3 -28.0 -1.8
  Dec 17, 2016 111   @ UNC Asheville L 57-59 8%     2 - 7 +3.6 -11.4 +15.0
  Dec 19, 2016 269   High Point W 70-65 45%     3 - 7 -4.1 +0.3 -4.0
  Dec 22, 2016 93   College of Charleston L 59-77 12%     3 - 8 -15.7 -2.9 -15.3
  Dec 31, 2016 124   Chattanooga L 48-64 17%     3 - 9 0 - 1 -16.4 -22.1 +5.3
  Jan 02, 2017 162   Samford L 65-70 22%     3 - 10 0 - 2 -7.4 -8.4 +0.8
  Jan 07, 2017 120   @ UNC Greensboro L 57-76 8%     3 - 11 0 - 3 -13.9 -8.5 -7.3
  Jan 12, 2017 324   @ VMI L 78-79 42%     3 - 12 0 - 4 -9.3 +7.8 -17.3
  Jan 14, 2017 69   @ East Tennessee St. L 52-75 4%     3 - 13 0 - 5 -12.6 -14.6 +2.2
  Jan 19, 2017 297   The Citadel W 100-95 53%     4 - 13 1 - 5 -6.2 +12.1 -18.6
  Jan 21, 2017 146   Mercer L 50-70 20%     4 - 14 1 - 6 -21.4 -17.2 -7.6
  Jan 25, 2017 106   @ Furman L 37-85 7%     4 - 15 1 - 7 -41.8 -29.8 -15.9
  Jan 28, 2017 135   Wofford W 68-62 19%     5 - 15 2 - 7 +5.0 -6.5 +11.6
  Jan 30, 2017 146   @ Mercer L 47-62 10%     5 - 16 2 - 8 -11.3 -16.4 +1.9
  Feb 02, 2017 162   @ Samford L 63-82 12%     5 - 17 2 - 9 -16.3 -2.9 -15.7
  Feb 04, 2017 124   @ Chattanooga L 65-77 9%     5 - 18 2 - 10 -7.3 +1.8 -10.2
  Feb 11, 2017 120   UNC Greensboro L 68-76 16%     5 - 19 2 - 11 -7.9 -3.4 -4.8
  Feb 15, 2017 106   Furman L 62-74 14%     5 - 20 2 - 12 -10.8 -2.2 -10.2
  Feb 18, 2017 135   @ Wofford L 56-84 10%     5 - 21 2 - 13 -24.0 -20.1 -2.8
  Feb 22, 2017 297   @ The Citadel W 84-80 34%     6 - 21 3 - 13 -2.2 -7.0 +4.3
  Feb 25, 2017 69   East Tennessee St. L 52-68 8%     6 - 22 3 - 14 -10.6 -16.0 +5.1
  Feb 27, 2017 324   VMI W 81-68 62%     7 - 22 4 - 14 -0.4 +1.5 -1.7
  Mar 03, 2017 297   The Citadel L 72-78 44%     7 - 23 -14.7 -16.0 +1.9
Projected Record 7.0 - 23.0 4.0 - 14.0




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 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 100.0 100.0 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
Total 100.0 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
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total



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
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14 100.0% 100.0
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%