Pre-tourney Rankings
Akron
Mid-American
2023-24
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.9#123
Expected Predictive Rating+3.8#115
Pace64.8#286
Improvement-4.3#329

Offense
Total Offense+0.4#169
First Shot+2.3#114
After Offensive Rebound-2.0#298
Layup/Dunks+0.6#144
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#167
3 Pt Jumpshots+1.8#120
Freethrows-0.1#179
Improvement-3.0#324

Defense
Total Defense+2.5#102
First Shot+2.3#105
After Offensive Rebounds+0.3#154
Layups/Dunks-1.8#256
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.7#124
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.9#150
Freethrows+2.4#36
Improvement-1.3#244
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 100.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier n/a n/a n/a
Average Seed 13.8 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 Round100.0% n/a n/a
Second Round8.4% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen1.7% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.1% 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 14 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 30 - 3
Quad 22 - 32 - 6
Quad 36 - 28 - 8
Quad 414 - 222 - 10


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2023 139   @ South Dakota St. W 81-75 44%     1 - 0 +10.3 +11.2 -0.7
  Nov 10, 2023 230   Southern Miss W 72-54 80%     2 - 0 +11.9 -0.7 +13.0
  Nov 19, 2023 278   Florida International W 77-71 80%     3 - 0 +0.1 -2.4 +2.3
  Nov 20, 2023 52   Utah St. L 62-65 24%     3 - 1 +7.1 -4.3 +11.3
  Nov 21, 2023 53   Drake L 59-79 25%     3 - 2 -10.0 -4.1 -8.1
  Nov 28, 2023 73   @ UNLV L 70-72 25%     3 - 3 +8.1 +1.1 +7.0
  Dec 05, 2023 67   Bradley W 67-52 41%     4 - 3 +20.4 +2.8 +18.9
  Dec 09, 2023 194   @ Northern Kentucky W 77-76 58%     5 - 3 +1.9 +10.8 -8.9
  Dec 21, 2023 212   Gardner-Webb W 94-90 OT 78%     6 - 3 -1.3 +9.1 -10.8
  Dec 30, 2023 102   St. Bonaventure L 61-62 42%     6 - 4 +4.1 -1.0 +4.9
  Jan 02, 2024 306   @ Northern Illinois W 73-51 79%     7 - 4 1 - 0 +16.4 +1.7 +16.3
  Jan 05, 2024 234   Bowling Green W 83-67 81%     8 - 4 2 - 0 +9.7 +13.8 -2.8
  Jan 09, 2024 263   @ Ball St. W 80-76 70%     9 - 4 3 - 0 +1.4 +10.7 -9.1
  Jan 12, 2024 348   Buffalo W 76-59 95%     10 - 4 4 - 0 +0.9 -4.5 +5.4
  Jan 16, 2024 301   Western Michigan W 77-66 89%     11 - 4 5 - 0 +0.7 +5.3 -3.8
  Jan 19, 2024 173   @ Kent St. W 77-71 54%     12 - 4 6 - 0 +8.0 +11.6 -3.1
  Jan 23, 2024 143   Ohio W 67-58 65%     13 - 4 7 - 0 +7.8 -2.8 +11.3
  Jan 27, 2024 256   @ Miami (OH) L 68-70 70%     13 - 5 7 - 1 -4.4 +3.4 -8.0
  Jan 30, 2024 324   @ Eastern Michigan W 77-46 83%     14 - 5 8 - 1 +23.5 +4.2 +20.4
  Feb 02, 2024 140   Toledo W 77-70 64%     15 - 5 9 - 1 +6.1 -0.1 +6.2
  Feb 06, 2024 271   Central Michigan W 68-47 85%     16 - 5 10 - 1 +12.7 +2.6 +12.5
  Feb 10, 2024 64   @ James Madison L 59-73 21%     16 - 6 -2.6 -2.8 -1.3
  Feb 17, 2024 348   @ Buffalo W 73-62 90%     17 - 6 11 - 1 +0.1 -3.2 +3.6
  Feb 20, 2024 140   @ Toledo L 64-72 45%     17 - 7 11 - 2 -3.7 -8.3 +4.3
  Feb 23, 2024 173   Kent St. W 83-70 72%     18 - 7 12 - 2 +9.8 +12.8 -2.3
  Feb 27, 2024 143   @ Ohio L 67-74 46%     18 - 8 12 - 3 -3.0 -0.1 -3.4
  Mar 02, 2024 306   Northern Illinois W 80-73 89%     19 - 8 13 - 3 -3.8 +5.8 -9.1
  Mar 05, 2024 324   Eastern Michigan L 60-61 92%     19 - 9 13 - 4 -13.6 -8.2 -5.6
  Mar 08, 2024 301   @ Western Michigan L 84-90 78%     19 - 10 13 - 5 -11.1 +7.6 -18.7
  Mar 14, 2024 256   Miami (OH) W 75-63 77%     20 - 10 +7.0 -3.5 +9.6
  Mar 15, 2024 143   Ohio W 65-62 56%     21 - 10 +4.4 -9.2 +13.6
  Mar 16, 2024 173   Kent St. W 62-61 63%     22 - 10 +0.4 -5.5 +6.0
  Mar 21, 2024 11   Creighton L 63-77 11%    
Projected Record 22 - 11 13 - 5





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American 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 100.0 100.0 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
Total 100.0 Total



Mid-American 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 0.0%
12-6
11-7
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
13-5 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 13.8 0.2 24.7 69.5 5.6
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 13.8 0.2 24.7 69.5 5.6