Pre-tourney Rankings
Mercer
Southern
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.0#150
Expected Predictive Rating-0.6#178
Pace60.8#341
Improvement-2.1#267

Offense
Total Offense+0.5#150
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#1
Layup/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement-2.6#292

Defense
Total Defense+0.5#150
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#1
Layups/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement+0.5#154
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 10, 2017 104   @ Central Florida L 79-88 26%     0 - 1 -1.3 +3.9 +3.9
  Nov 14, 2017 336   Jackson St. W 86-58 94%     1 - 1 +11.2 -8.4 -8.4
  Nov 17, 2017 183   @ Liberty W 63-48 47%     2 - 1 +16.8 +0.9 +0.9
  Nov 18, 2017 243   Drexel W 78-59 71%     3 - 1 +14.2 -2.4 -2.4
  Nov 19, 2017 107   Colorado L 70-79 37%     3 - 2 -4.5 +2.2 +2.2
  Nov 29, 2017 14   @ Tennessee L 60-84 7%     3 - 3 -6.1 +9.0 +9.0
  Dec 02, 2017 135   @ Memphis L 81-83 2OT 36%     3 - 4 +2.8 +2.4 +2.4
  Dec 09, 2017 342   Florida A&M W 82-64 95%     4 - 4 +0.1 -9.0 -9.0
  Dec 17, 2017 151   @ La Salle L 85-95 38%     4 - 5 -6.0 +2.0 +2.0
  Dec 19, 2017 46   Alabama L 79-80 19%     4 - 6 +9.4 +5.2 +5.2
  Dec 28, 2017 307   Kennesaw St. W 89-56 88%     5 - 6 +21.1 -5.9 -5.9
  Dec 31, 2017 99   East Tennessee St. L 55-74 46%     5 - 7 0 - 1 -17.0 +1.0 +1.0
  Jan 06, 2018 95   @ Furman L 71-74 24%     5 - 8 0 - 2 +5.2 +4.1 +4.1
  Jan 10, 2018 292   @ Western Carolina L 56-58 71%     5 - 9 0 - 3 -6.8 -2.4 -2.4
  Jan 13, 2018 287   Samford W 81-50 86%     6 - 9 1 - 3 +20.5 -5.3 -5.3
  Jan 15, 2018 297   Chattanooga W 75-71 OT 87%     7 - 9 2 - 3 -7.1 -5.6 -5.6
  Jan 18, 2018 333   @ VMI W 62-56 83%     8 - 9 3 - 3 -3.1 -4.5 -4.5
  Jan 20, 2018 88   @ UNC Greensboro L 66-70 OT 23%     8 - 10 3 - 4 +4.9 +4.4 +4.4
  Jan 24, 2018 99   @ East Tennessee St. L 75-84 25%     8 - 11 3 - 5 -1.0 +4.0 +4.0
  Jan 27, 2018 318   The Citadel L 74-76 89%     8 - 12 3 - 6 -14.7 -6.3 -6.3
  Feb 01, 2018 95   Furman L 73-85 45%     8 - 13 3 - 7 -9.8 +1.1 +1.1
  Feb 03, 2018 146   Wofford W 73-65 61%     9 - 13 4 - 7 +6.1 -1.0 -1.0
  Feb 10, 2018 297   @ Chattanooga W 84-75 72%     10 - 13 5 - 7 +3.9 -2.5 -2.5
  Feb 12, 2018 287   @ Samford W 74-69 70%     11 - 13 6 - 7 +0.5 -2.2 -2.2
  Feb 15, 2018 333   VMI W 82-58 93%     12 - 13 7 - 7 +8.9 -7.6 -7.6
  Feb 17, 2018 88   UNC Greensboro W 77-74 43%     13 - 13 8 - 7 +5.8 +1.4 +1.4
  Feb 20, 2018 292   Western Carolina W 81-64 86%     14 - 13 9 - 7 +6.2 -5.4 -5.4
  Feb 23, 2018 318   @ The Citadel W 83-70 77%     15 - 13 10 - 7 +6.4 -3.3 -3.3
  Feb 25, 2018 146   @ Wofford W 69-68 38%     16 - 13 11 - 7 +5.1 +2.1 +2.1
  Mar 03, 2018 146   Wofford L 53-73 50%     16 - 14 -18.9 +0.6 +0.6
Projected Record 16.0 - 14.0 11.0 - 7.0




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 100.0 100.0 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 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 0.0%
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
11-7 100.0% 100.0
10-8
9-9
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%