Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Kentucky
Conference USA
2016-17
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.3#229
Expected Predictive Rating-2.9#213
Pace63.6#274
Improvement+4.2#37

Offense
Total Offense-1.1#196
First Shot-0.3#176
After Offensive Rebound-0.8#228
Layup/Dunks-2.4#271
2 Pt Jumpshots+2.9#52
3 Pt Jumpshots-0.6#192
Freethrows-0.2#184
Improvement+4.6#12

Defense
Total Defense-3.2#261
First Shot-3.7#286
After Offensive Rebounds+0.5#130
Layups/Dunks-0.7#207
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.3#262
3 Pt Jumpshots-4.7#332
Freethrows+3.0#29
Improvement-0.4#211
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 12, 2016 342   Alabama St. W 79-66 90%     1 - 0 -5.2 -7.2 +1.0
  Nov 16, 2016 176   Jacksonville St. W 74-67 46%     2 - 0 +3.9 +4.9 -0.6
  Nov 19, 2016 97   @ Belmont L 69-90 14%     2 - 1 -13.8 -3.7 -9.5
  Nov 22, 2016 349   N.C. A&T W 77-56 94%     3 - 1 -1.0 -4.5 +5.0
  Nov 25, 2016 156   Washington L 47-86 32%     3 - 2 -38.5 -30.4 -5.3
  Nov 26, 2016 231   @ UNLV L 61-71 41%     3 - 3 -11.9 -4.4 -8.5
  Nov 30, 2016 273   @ Eastern Kentucky L 59-78 50%     3 - 4 -23.2 -7.3 -18.5
  Dec 03, 2016 137   @ Missouri L 56-59 22%     3 - 5 +0.9 -12.0 +12.9
  Dec 11, 2016 191   @ Indiana St. W 77-59 30%     4 - 5 +19.0 +13.1 +7.3
  Dec 14, 2016 22   @ St. Mary's L 51-73 3%     4 - 6 -3.3 -4.0 -2.9
  Dec 17, 2016 295   @ Detroit Mercy L 79-85 57%     4 - 7 -12.1 +1.8 -14.1
  Dec 21, 2016 103   Ohio W 67-66 29%     5 - 7 +2.4 -5.5 +7.9
  Dec 28, 2016 288   Austin Peay W 97-92 73%     6 - 7 -5.5 +17.5 -22.8
  Dec 31, 2016 271   @ Florida Atlantic W 69-54 50%     7 - 7 1 - 0 +10.8 +3.4 +9.3
  Jan 02, 2017 276   @ Florida International W 69-66 50%     8 - 7 2 - 0 -1.4 +2.8 -3.7
  Jan 05, 2017 237   Charlotte W 82-80 61%     9 - 7 3 - 0 -5.2 +5.9 -11.1
  Jan 07, 2017 131   Old Dominion L 67-79 37%     9 - 8 3 - 1 -12.8 +1.8 -15.4
  Jan 12, 2017 193   @ UAB L 54-72 31%     9 - 9 3 - 2 -17.1 -9.7 -10.3
  Jan 14, 2017 56   @ Middle Tennessee L 76-91 7%     9 - 10 3 - 3 -2.9 +18.2 -22.8
  Jan 21, 2017 155   @ Marshall L 80-94 24%     9 - 11 3 - 4 -11.0 +0.8 -10.9
  Jan 26, 2017 195   UTEP W 65-62 50%     10 - 11 4 - 4 -1.2 -3.5 +2.5
  Jan 28, 2017 257   Texas San Antonio W 81-66 64%     11 - 11 5 - 4 +6.9 +12.4 -4.6
  Feb 02, 2017 101   @ Louisiana Tech L 67-76 15%     11 - 12 5 - 5 -2.2 +3.8 -6.8
  Feb 04, 2017 316   @ Southern Miss W 64-47 64%     12 - 12 6 - 5 +9.2 -1.5 +12.8
  Feb 11, 2017 155   Marshall L 79-84 41%     12 - 13 6 - 6 -7.0 -2.6 -4.2
  Feb 16, 2017 56   Middle Tennessee L 52-78 15%     12 - 14 6 - 7 -18.9 -5.6 -19.1
  Feb 19, 2017 193   UAB W 76-64 50%     13 - 14 7 - 7 +7.8 +17.9 -7.4
  Feb 23, 2017 237   @ Charlotte L 77-83 42%     13 - 15 7 - 8 -8.2 +1.4 -9.5
  Feb 25, 2017 131   @ Old Dominion L 53-67 21%     13 - 16 7 - 9 -9.8 -4.6 -7.6
  Mar 02, 2017 315   North Texas W 74-63 79%     14 - 16 8 - 9 -1.9 -3.4 +1.7
  Mar 04, 2017 158   Rice W 79-72 42%     15 - 16 9 - 9 +4.9 +10.6 -5.0
  Mar 08, 2017 257   Texas San Antonio L 52-56 55%     15 - 17 -9.5 -11.0 +0.7
Projected Record 15.0 - 17.0 9.0 - 9.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA 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 100.0 100.0 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
Total 100.0 Total



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