Preseason Rankings
Louisiana Tech
Conference USA
2018-19
Overall
Predictive Rating+1.7#141
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace67.3#223
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.4#126
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.4#153
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% 0.5% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.3% 0.5% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 4.5% 14.9% 6.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.2% 4.2% 0.7%
Average Seed 22.7 11.4 13.1
.500 or above 70.1% 86.0% 65.2%
.500 or above in Conference 77.9% 76.9% 78.2%
Conference Champion 9.8% 16.0% 7.9%
Last Place in Conference 1.8% 0.8% 2.1%
First Four1.0% 2.0% 0.7%
First Round7.7% 14.0% 5.8%
Second Round1.7% 3.6% 1.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.5% 1.0% 0.3%
Elite Eight0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Final Four0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Wichita St. (Away) - 23.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0.1 - 0.90.1 - 0.9
Quad 1b0.2 - 1.10.3 - 2.0
Quad 21.2 - 2.81.5 - 4.9
Quad 35.3 - 5.06.8 - 9.9
Quad 410.0 - 2.316.8 - 12.2


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2018 81   @ Wichita St. L 71-75 24%    
  Nov 11, 2018 258   Sam Houston St. W 72-65 83%    
  Nov 16, 2018 46   @ LSU L 70-78 15%    
  Nov 24, 2018 86   UNC Greensboro L 65-69 36%    
  Nov 26, 2018 239   @ Delaware W 72-66 61%    
  Dec 01, 2018 312   Houston Baptist W 84-73 88%    
  Dec 04, 2018 297   Prairie View W 79-70 86%    
  Dec 07, 2018 105   @ Stephen F. Austin L 72-74 32%    
  Dec 11, 2018 344   Mississippi Valley W 80-64 95%    
  Dec 15, 2018 100   @ Louisiana L 73-76 31%    
  Dec 22, 2018 309   TX A&M Corpus Christi W 74-64 87%    
  Dec 29, 2018 163   Southern Miss W 71-69 65%    
  Jan 03, 2019 132   @ North Texas L 70-71 38%    
  Jan 05, 2019 323   @ Rice W 76-64 76%    
  Jan 10, 2019 187   UAB W 72-69 69%    
  Jan 12, 2019 157   Middle Tennessee W 69-68 64%    
  Jan 17, 2019 102   @ Old Dominion L 64-66 32%    
  Jan 19, 2019 301   @ Charlotte W 80-70 71%    
  Jan 24, 2019 99   Marshall L 78-81 49%    
  Jan 26, 2019 60   Western Kentucky L 71-78 37%    
  Jan 31, 2019 266   @ Florida Atlantic W 75-67 65%    
  Feb 02, 2019 226   @ Florida International W 74-68 58%    
  Feb 09, 2019 163   @ Southern Miss W 71-69 46%    
  Feb 14, 2019 249   UTEP W 73-66 78%    
  Feb 16, 2019 158   Texas San Antonio W 76-75 64%    
  Feb 23, 2019 132   North Texas L 70-71 57%    
  Feb 28, 2019 99   Marshall L 78-81 51%    
  Mar 03, 2019 226   @ Florida International W 74-68 59%    
  Mar 06, 2019 266   @ Florida Atlantic W 75-67 65%    
Projected Record 16.8 - 12.2 10.4 - 7.6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Conference USA Finish

0-14 1-13 2-12 3-11 4-10 5-9 6-8 7-7 8-6 9-5 10-4 11-3 12-2 13-1 14-0 Total
1st 0.1 0.5 1.7 2.3 1st
2nd 0.1 1.0 3.5 3.9 8.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 1.1 3.9 4.5 1.6 11.1 3rd
4th 0.0 1.0 3.5 4.6 1.4 0.1 10.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.6 3.7 4.6 1.4 0.1 0.0 10.4 5th
6th 0.4 2.6 4.7 1.6 0.2 0.0 9.5 6th
7th 0.2 1.9 4.3 2.3 0.2 0.0 8.9 7th
8th 0.0 1.2 3.6 2.0 0.3 0.0 7.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.7 2.7 2.6 0.5 0.0 6.5 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.0 5.1 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.1 3.8 11th
12th 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.1 2.9 12th
13th 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.8 13th
14th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.9 14th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.8 3.0 5.2 6.9 9.2 10.1 12.1 11.1 11.1 10.0 7.3 Total



Conference USA Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
14-0 22.7% 1.7    0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-1 5.5% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
12-2 0.9% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-3 0.0%
10-4 0.0%
9-5 0.0%
8-6 0.0%
7-7 0.0%
Total 2.3% 2.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 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
14-0 7.3% 15.7% 14.3% 1.4% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 6.1 1.6%
13-1 10.0% 11.0% 10.8% 0.2% 13.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 8.9 0.2%
12-2 11.1% 8.2% 8.0% 0.2% 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 10.2 0.3%
11-3 11.1% 5.3% 5.3% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 10.5
10-4 12.1% 3.2% 3.2% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 11.7
9-5 10.1% 2.1% 2.1% 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 9.9
8-6 9.2% 1.2% 1.2% 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9.1
7-7 6.9% 0.4% 0.4% 15.9 0.0 0.0 6.9
6-8 5.2% 1.1% 1.1% 16.0 0.1 5.2
5-9 3.0% 0.1% 0.1% 15.8 0.0 0.0 3.0
4-10 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 1.8
3-11 1.1% 1.1
2-12 0.5% 0.5
1-13 0.1% 0.1
0-14 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 4.5% 4.4% 0.1% 13.8 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.5 95.5 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 0.0% 100.0% 3.0 1.7 46.6 3.4 48.3