Pre-tourney Rankings
Sam Houston St.
Conference USA
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.1#178
Expected Predictive Rating-1.9#190
Pace68.5#167
Improvement+0.0#196

Offense
Total Offense+1.9#118
First Shot+2.6#101
After Offensive Rebound-0.7#234
Layup/Dunks-0.3#191
2 Pt Jumpshots+2.3#52
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.8#152
Freethrows-0.2#187
Improvement-1.8#268

Defense
Total Defense-3.0#265
First Shot-0.5#196
After Offensive Rebounds-2.4#337
Layups/Dunks+0.9#140
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.3#180
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.8#269
Freethrows+0.1#175
Improvement+1.8#92
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 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 30 - 4
Quad 20 - 60 - 10
Quad 36 - 86 - 18
Quad 44 - 110 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 83   @ Nevada L 75-91 16%     0 - 1 -6.6 +7.8 -14.7
  Nov 09, 2024 273   @ Tarleton St. W 91-62 60%     1 - 1 +25.5 +15.1 +8.1
  Nov 12, 2024 26   @ Baylor L 67-104 5%     1 - 2 -19.1 -1.9 -15.6
  Nov 17, 2024 173   @ Lamar W 85-72 39%     2 - 2 +14.8 +20.1 -4.7
  Nov 27, 2024 180   Appalachian St. L 63-66 51%     2 - 3 -4.2 -2.3 -2.1
  Nov 29, 2024 113   @ UNC Wilmington L 60-69 24%     2 - 4 -2.8 -6.6 +2.9
  Nov 30, 2024 258   Colgate W 82-78 66%     3 - 4 -1.3 +10.6 -11.6
  Dec 03, 2024 46   @ Indiana L 71-97 9%     3 - 5 -11.8 -0.3 -9.2
  Dec 07, 2024 282   Texas Southern W 87-71 80%     4 - 5 +6.2 +17.6 -10.6
  Dec 21, 2024 62   @ Pittsburgh L 78-110 11%     4 - 6 -19.8 +7.0 -25.6
  Jan 02, 2025 129   @ New Mexico St. L 71-75 29%     4 - 7 0 - 1 +0.7 +8.5 -8.1
  Jan 04, 2025 158   @ UTEP L 72-81 35%     4 - 8 0 - 2 -6.0 +4.2 -10.5
  Jan 09, 2025 67   Liberty L 68-76 26%     4 - 9 0 - 3 -2.5 -1.2 -1.3
  Jan 11, 2025 252   Florida International W 81-74 74%     5 - 9 1 - 3 -0.7 +6.0 -6.9
  Jan 16, 2025 134   @ Kennesaw St. L 69-75 OT 29%     5 - 10 1 - 4 -1.5 -9.7 +9.0
  Jan 18, 2025 123   @ Jacksonville St. L 62-70 28%     5 - 11 1 - 5 -2.9 -1.3 -2.5
  Jan 23, 2025 118   Middle Tennessee L 75-77 45%     5 - 12 1 - 6 -1.8 +12.0 -14.0
  Jan 25, 2025 160   Western Kentucky L 66-75 56%     5 - 13 1 - 7 -11.7 -4.1 -7.9
  Feb 01, 2025 120   @ Louisiana Tech L 61-66 OT 27%     5 - 14 1 - 8 +0.4 -11.1 +11.6
  Feb 06, 2025 252   @ Florida International L 82-85 OT 54%     5 - 15 1 - 9 -5.2 +1.8 -6.6
  Feb 08, 2025 67   @ Liberty L 61-64 13%     5 - 16 1 - 10 +8.0 -0.8 +8.6
  Feb 13, 2025 123   Jacksonville St. W 66-61 47%     6 - 16 2 - 10 +4.6 -4.1 +8.9
  Feb 15, 2025 134   Kennesaw St. W 78-76 50%     7 - 16 3 - 10 +1.0 +4.1 -3.1
  Feb 20, 2025 160   @ Western Kentucky W 78-62 35%     8 - 16 4 - 10 +18.8 +11.0 +8.3
  Feb 22, 2025 118   @ Middle Tennessee L 70-74 26%     8 - 17 4 - 11 +1.7 +9.1 -7.9
  Mar 01, 2025 120   Louisiana Tech L 66-90 46%     8 - 18 4 - 12 -24.1 -2.3 -23.4
  Mar 06, 2025 158   UTEP W 89-87 56%     9 - 18 5 - 12 -0.5 +8.9 -9.6
  Mar 08, 2025 129   New Mexico St. W 76-69 49%     10 - 18 6 - 12 +6.2 +17.5 -10.2
  Mar 11, 2025 158   UTEP L 65-79 45%     10 - 19 -13.8 -3.6 -10.8
Projected Record 10 - 19 6 - 12




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



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