Preseason Rankings
Furman
Southern
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+6.8#83
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace68.6#187
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+3.4#87
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+3.4#83
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 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 1.4% 1.5% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 3.0% 3.1% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 36.2% 36.9% 20.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 7.8% 8.1% 1.7%
Average Seed 11.2 11.1 13.0
.500 or above 92.1% 93.0% 70.4%
.500 or above in Conference 95.4% 95.8% 85.2%
Conference Champion 41.5% 42.4% 20.8%
Last Place in Conference 0.2% 0.2% 1.1%
First Four2.0% 2.0% 1.3%
First Round35.2% 35.9% 19.4%
Second Round11.4% 11.8% 3.3%
Sweet Sixteen3.9% 4.0% 0.6%
Elite Eight1.2% 1.3% 0.0%
Final Four0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
Championship Game0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
National Champion0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Next Game: South Carolina Upstate (Home) - 95.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 12 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 11 - 2
Quad 22 - 22 - 4
Quad 36 - 38 - 7
Quad 410 - 118 - 8


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 28, 2020 307   South Carolina Upstate W 83-65 96%    
  Dec 05, 2020 53   @ Richmond L 71-77 30%    
  Dec 09, 2020 55   @ Cincinnati L 68-74 30%    
  Dec 15, 2020 32   @ Alabama L 77-85 24%    
  Dec 19, 2020 124   @ Winthrop W 78-77 55%    
  Dec 21, 2020 347   South Carolina St. W 86-57 99%    
  Dec 30, 2020 158   @ Chattanooga W 75-71 62%    
  Jan 02, 2021 183   Mercer W 77-66 83%    
  Jan 06, 2021 182   @ Western Carolina W 81-76 67%    
  Jan 09, 2021 276   VMI W 81-65 91%    
  Jan 13, 2021 317   @ The Citadel W 88-74 89%    
  Jan 16, 2021 142   East Tennessee St. W 73-64 77%    
  Jan 20, 2021 276   @ VMI W 78-68 81%    
  Jan 23, 2021 142   @ East Tennessee St. W 70-67 58%    
  Jan 27, 2021 84   UNC Greensboro W 72-69 60%    
  Jan 30, 2021 158   Chattanooga W 78-68 79%    
  Feb 03, 2021 301   @ Samford W 85-73 84%    
  Feb 06, 2021 148   Wofford W 74-65 77%    
  Feb 10, 2021 84   @ UNC Greensboro L 69-72 42%    
  Feb 13, 2021 182   Western Carolina W 84-73 82%    
  Feb 17, 2021 301   Samford W 88-70 93%    
  Feb 20, 2021 183   @ Mercer W 74-69 66%    
  Feb 24, 2021 317   The Citadel W 91-71 95%    
  Feb 27, 2021 148   @ Wofford W 71-68 58%    
Projected Record 17 - 7 13 - 5





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 0.0 0.3 2.0 5.7 10.0 11.4 8.6 3.5 41.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.1 7.1 7.9 4.1 1.1 24.1 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.8 3.0 5.2 4.1 1.1 0.1 14.4 3rd
4th 0.1 0.6 2.4 3.4 1.9 0.3 0.0 8.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.1 5.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.5 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.0 3.2 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 9th
10th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 10th
Total 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.8 5.8 8.1 10.6 13.6 14.7 14.1 12.5 8.6 3.5 Total



Southern Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 3.5    3.5
17-1 100.0% 8.6    8.3 0.4
16-2 90.8% 11.4    9.5 1.9 0.0
15-3 70.9% 10.0    6.5 3.3 0.3
14-4 38.5% 5.7    2.5 2.4 0.7 0.0
13-5 15.1% 2.0    0.5 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0
12-6 2.6% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 41.5% 41.5 30.7 8.9 1.6 0.2 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
18-0 3.5% 92.9% 68.9% 24.0% 6.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 77.2%
17-1 8.6% 80.4% 60.8% 19.6% 9.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.7 49.9%
16-2 12.5% 63.3% 49.1% 14.2% 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.9 2.5 1.1 0.2 0.0 4.6 27.8%
15-3 14.1% 44.8% 39.2% 5.6% 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.4 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 7.8 9.2%
14-4 14.7% 31.3% 29.7% 1.6% 12.7 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.1 10.1 2.3%
13-5 13.6% 24.7% 24.5% 0.3% 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 10.2 0.4%
12-6 10.6% 18.9% 18.8% 0.1% 13.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 8.6 0.1%
11-7 8.1% 11.2% 11.2% 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 7.2
10-8 5.8% 10.2% 10.2% 14.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 5.2
9-9 3.8% 6.3% 6.3% 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 3.6
8-10 2.0% 5.5% 5.5% 15.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.9
7-11 1.4% 1.7% 1.7% 16.0 0.0 1.4
6-12 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 0.6
5-13 0.3% 0.3
4-14 0.2% 4.7% 4.7% 16.0 0.0 0.2
3-15 0.0% 0.0
2-16 0.0% 0.0
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 36.2% 30.9% 5.4% 11.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.2 2.1 3.1 4.7 8.5 7.0 3.8 1.6 0.3 63.8 7.8%


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% 2.3 24.2 42.0 15.9 13.5 4.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0% 100.0% 4.8 5.4 27.0 43.2 24.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 5.4 78.0 22.0