Preseason Rankings
Akron
Mid-American
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.4#126
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.0#117
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.2#135
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+1.2#135
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.7% 1.0% 0.2%
NCAA Tourney Bid 15.4% 18.0% 10.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 2.2% 3.0% 0.8%
Average Seed 12.2 11.9 13.0
.500 or above 68.1% 76.4% 52.0%
.500 or above in Conference 69.8% 75.1% 59.5%
Conference Champion 16.4% 19.5% 10.4%
Last Place in Conference 4.0% 2.7% 6.5%
First Four1.3% 1.5% 0.8%
First Round14.7% 17.2% 10.0%
Second Round3.2% 4.0% 1.7%
Sweet Sixteen0.9% 1.2% 0.4%
Elite Eight0.2% 0.3% 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: Middle Tennessee (Neutral) - 66.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 21 - 31 - 3
Quad 36 - 58 - 9
Quad 46 - 214 - 10


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 193   Middle Tennessee W 78-73 66%    
  Dec 05, 2020 110   Marshall W 82-81 55%    
  Dec 19, 2020 172   @ Kent St. W 75-74 51%    
  Jan 02, 2021 116   Buffalo W 82-80 57%    
  Jan 05, 2021 207   Central Michigan W 86-77 78%    
  Jan 09, 2021 160   @ Eastern Michigan L 68-69 48%    
  Jan 12, 2021 189   @ Northern Illinois W 69-68 55%    
  Jan 16, 2021 137   Toledo W 77-73 63%    
  Jan 19, 2021 146   @ Bowling Green L 76-78 45%    
  Jan 23, 2021 238   @ Western Michigan W 74-70 64%    
  Jan 26, 2021 160   Eastern Michigan W 71-66 68%    
  Jan 30, 2021 130   Ball St. W 72-69 62%    
  Feb 02, 2021 137   @ Toledo L 74-76 43%    
  Feb 06, 2021 172   Kent St. W 77-71 69%    
  Feb 09, 2021 134   @ Ohio L 72-74 42%    
  Feb 13, 2021 179   @ Miami (OH) W 73-72 51%    
  Feb 16, 2021 189   Northern Illinois W 72-65 72%    
  Feb 20, 2021 130   @ Ball St. L 69-72 42%    
  Feb 23, 2021 134   Ohio W 75-71 62%    
  Feb 27, 2021 146   Bowling Green W 79-75 64%    
  Mar 02, 2021 116   @ Buffalo L 79-83 37%    
  Mar 05, 2021 179   Miami (OH) W 75-69 70%    
Projected Record 13 - 9 11 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.3 1.4 3.0 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.1 0.4 16.4 1st
2nd 0.0 0.5 2.4 4.3 3.5 1.9 0.4 0.0 13.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.6 2.7 4.5 2.9 0.8 0.1 11.7 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.4 4.1 2.5 0.6 0.1 10.0 4th
5th 0.3 2.1 4.3 2.2 0.4 0.0 9.3 5th
6th 0.2 1.7 3.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 8.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.2 2.3 0.4 0.0 7.5 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.7 2.2 0.5 0.0 6.6 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 5.8 9th
10th 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.8 1.8 0.5 0.0 5.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 3.8 11th
12th 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.4 12th
Total 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.7 2.7 4.1 5.6 6.6 7.9 9.1 9.9 9.9 10.2 9.3 7.3 6.0 4.1 2.6 1.1 0.4 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.4    0.4
19-1 100.0% 1.1    1.1 0.0
18-2 98.7% 2.6    2.4 0.2
17-3 90.4% 3.7    2.9 0.8 0.0
16-4 67.2% 4.0    2.7 1.2 0.2 0.0
15-5 40.6% 3.0    1.4 1.2 0.4 0.1
14-6 14.9% 1.4    0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-7 3.1% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 16.4% 16.4 11.1 4.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 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
20-0 0.4% 97.1% 75.4% 21.7% 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.4%
19-1 1.1% 92.3% 56.8% 35.6% 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 82.2%
18-2 2.6% 70.9% 49.4% 21.5% 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.8 42.6%
17-3 4.1% 54.0% 42.5% 11.5% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.9 20.0%
16-4 6.0% 36.0% 30.4% 5.6% 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.0 3.8 8.0%
15-5 7.3% 28.6% 27.4% 1.3% 12.8 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 5.2 1.7%
14-6 9.3% 20.2% 20.1% 0.1% 13.2 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.1 7.4 0.1%
13-7 10.2% 15.3% 15.2% 0.0% 13.6 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 8.6 0.0%
12-8 9.9% 9.7% 9.7% 14.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 8.9
11-9 9.9% 5.5% 5.5% 14.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 9.4
10-10 9.1% 3.7% 3.7% 14.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 8.8
9-11 7.9% 3.0% 3.0% 15.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 7.7
8-12 6.6% 1.4% 1.4% 15.8 0.0 0.1 6.5
7-13 5.6% 1.4% 1.4% 16.0 0.1 5.5
6-14 4.1% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 4.1
5-15 2.7% 1.5% 1.5% 16.0 0.0 2.7
4-16 1.7% 1.7
3-17 0.8% 0.8
2-18 0.5% 0.5
1-19 0.2% 0.2
0-20 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 15.4% 13.4% 1.9% 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.3 3.3 4.1 2.5 1.1 0.4 84.6 2.2%


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 0.2% 100.0% 3.7 11.8 16.8 16.4 21.4 18.6 11.4 3.6
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 73.3% 5.1 33.3 3.3 33.3 3.3
Lose Out 0.0%