Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Kentucky
Conference USA
2022-23
Overall
Predictive Rating-0.3#170
Expected Predictive Rating+0.6#157
Pace68.2#173
Improvement-0.4#225

Offense
Total Offense+0.1#171
First Shot+1.4#127
After Offensive Rebound-1.3#281
Layup/Dunks-1.5#251
2 Pt Jumpshots+2.4#47
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.5#158
Freethrows-0.1#179
Improvement-0.8#269

Defense
Total Defense-0.4#187
First Shot+0.9#136
After Offensive Rebounds-1.3#313
Layups/Dunks+3.1#58
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.5#137
3 Pt Jumpshots-4.4#344
Freethrows+1.7#52
Improvement+0.3#138
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 40 - 4
Quad 1b1 - 01 - 4
Quad 20 - 41 - 8
Quad 35 - 66 - 14
Quad 49 - 215 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 10, 2022 176   @ Eastern Kentucky W 66-60 40%     1 - 0 +8.4 -5.9 +14.1
  Nov 21, 2022 109   Akron L 53-72 34%     1 - 1 -15.0 -8.7 -10.0
  Nov 22, 2022 267   Illinois St. W 78-66 70%     2 - 1 +6.3 +9.1 -1.8
  Nov 23, 2022 97   Tulane W 71-65 31%     3 - 1 +10.8 +3.2 +8.0
  Nov 26, 2022 351   South Carolina St. W 90-64 92%     4 - 1 +10.1 +6.1 +3.4
  Nov 30, 2022 323   @ Austin Peay W 75-74 72%     5 - 1 -5.2 +4.6 -9.8
  Dec 10, 2022 194   Wright St. W 64-60 65%     6 - 1 -0.2 -11.9 +11.7
  Dec 14, 2022 261   @ Louisville L 83-94 58%     6 - 2 -13.3 +6.8 -19.9
  Dec 22, 2022 199   @ South Carolina L 58-65 43%     6 - 3 -5.5 -13.6 +8.0
  Dec 29, 2022 216   Rice L 78-81 68%     6 - 4 0 - 1 -8.1 -8.3 +0.4
  Dec 31, 2022 122   @ Middle Tennessee L 60-65 28%     6 - 5 0 - 2 +0.7 -6.6 +7.1
  Jan 05, 2023 65   North Texas L 66-70 29%     6 - 6 0 - 3 +1.5 +6.7 -5.7
  Jan 07, 2023 293   @ Texas San Antonio W 74-64 64%     7 - 6 1 - 3 +6.1 -1.7 +7.8
  Jan 11, 2023 64   @ UAB W 80-78 14%     8 - 6 2 - 3 +13.6 +9.2 +4.4
  Jan 14, 2023 219   Florida International W 70-59 69%     9 - 6 3 - 3 +5.6 -2.3 +8.3
  Jan 16, 2023 33   Florida Atlantic L 62-76 20%     9 - 7 3 - 4 -5.4 -7.1 +1.8
  Jan 19, 2023 163   @ Louisiana Tech L 74-85 OT 37%     9 - 8 3 - 5 -7.9 +0.5 -8.1
  Jan 21, 2023 118   Charlotte L 71-75 49%     9 - 9 3 - 6 -4.0 +8.2 -12.7
  Jan 26, 2023 219   @ Florida International L 69-78 47%     9 - 10 3 - 7 -8.5 -1.3 -7.5
  Jan 28, 2023 33   @ Florida Atlantic L 63-70 9%     9 - 11 3 - 8 +7.6 -4.0 +11.7
  Feb 02, 2023 293   Texas San Antonio W 81-74 82%     10 - 11 4 - 8 -2.9 -2.6 -0.6
  Feb 04, 2023 188   UTEP W 74-69 64%     11 - 11 5 - 8 +1.1 +5.5 -4.3
  Feb 09, 2023 122   Middle Tennessee W 93-89 50%     12 - 11 6 - 8 +3.8 +19.2 -15.4
  Feb 16, 2023 118   @ Charlotte L 64-68 OT 27%     12 - 12 6 - 9 +2.0 -5.1 +7.0
  Feb 18, 2023 216   @ Rice L 77-83 46%     12 - 13 6 - 10 -5.2 -2.3 -2.6
  Feb 23, 2023 163   Louisiana Tech W 76-66 60%     13 - 13 7 - 10 +7.1 +6.9 +0.9
  Feb 25, 2023 64   UAB L 60-72 28%     13 - 14 7 - 11 -6.4 -5.7 -1.7
  Mar 02, 2023 188   @ UTEP W 73-68 41%     14 - 14 8 - 11 +7.0 +5.8 +1.3
  Mar 04, 2023 65   @ North Texas L 33-67 14%     14 - 15 8 - 12 -22.5 -25.7 -3.8
  Mar 08, 2023 188   UTEP W 73-67 53%     15 - 15 +5.1 +6.2 -0.9
  Mar 09, 2023 33   Florida Atlantic L 51-75 14%     15 - 16 -12.4 -18.9 +7.7
Projected Record 15 - 16 8 - 12




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Conference USA 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 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 100.0 100.0 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
9-11
8-12 100.0% 100.0
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%