Pre-tourney Rankings
Western Kentucky
Conference USA
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.0#160
Expected Predictive Rating+1.1#148
Pace77.9#11
Improvement-6.1#353

Offense
Total Offense-2.2#228
First Shot-1.1#205
After Offensive Rebound-1.1#255
Layup/Dunks-1.1#221
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.5#312
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.2#178
Freethrows+2.3#60
Improvement-1.6#258

Defense
Total Defense+2.2#105
First Shot+2.3#104
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#192
Layups/Dunks+5.5#28
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.4#171
3 Pt Jumpshots-0.4#217
Freethrows-3.3#352
Improvement-4.5#348
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 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b1 - 01 - 2
Quad 20 - 51 - 7
Quad 39 - 510 - 12
Quad 45 - 315 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 125   Wichita St. L 84-91 52%     0 - 1 -7.5 -1.3 -5.1
  Nov 09, 2024 88   @ Grand Canyon L 72-74 20%     0 - 2 +6.8 -1.1 +8.1
  Nov 17, 2024 97   Lipscomb W 66-61 41%     1 - 2 +7.3 -11.0 +18.0
  Nov 20, 2024 260   Jackson St. W 79-62 78%     2 - 2 +8.9 +0.5 +7.6
  Nov 26, 2024 16   @ Kentucky L 68-87 5%     2 - 3 +0.6 -5.2 +7.7
  Nov 30, 2024 171   Marshall W 90-82 63%     3 - 3 +4.7 +5.7 -1.9
  Dec 07, 2024 244   @ Evansville W 79-65 57%     4 - 3 +12.2 +7.3 +4.8
  Dec 10, 2024 261   Tennessee St. W 84-60 78%     5 - 3 +15.9 +1.7 +12.4
  Dec 14, 2024 143   Murray St. W 81-76 OT 57%     6 - 3 +3.2 -4.6 +7.0
  Dec 17, 2024 149   Seattle W 86-73 58%     7 - 3 +10.9 +15.5 -4.5
  Dec 29, 2024 24   @ Michigan L 64-112 6%     7 - 4 -29.8 -9.0 -12.8
  Jan 02, 2025 67   @ Liberty W 71-70 15%     8 - 4 1 - 0 +12.0 +2.0 +10.0
  Jan 04, 2025 252   @ Florida International L 66-85 59%     8 - 5 1 - 1 -21.2 -12.7 -5.8
  Jan 09, 2025 123   Jacksonville St. L 67-73 52%     8 - 6 1 - 2 -6.4 -6.3 -0.1
  Jan 11, 2025 134   Kennesaw St. W 85-69 54%     9 - 6 2 - 2 +15.0 +4.3 +9.2
  Jan 18, 2025 118   @ Middle Tennessee L 57-71 29%     9 - 7 2 - 3 -8.3 -12.5 +4.1
  Jan 23, 2025 120   @ Louisiana Tech L 67-77 30%     9 - 8 2 - 4 -4.6 -2.9 -1.7
  Jan 25, 2025 178   @ Sam Houston St. W 75-66 44%     10 - 8 3 - 4 +10.7 +2.8 +8.2
  Jan 30, 2025 158   UTEP W 78-74 60%     11 - 8 4 - 4 +1.5 -1.1 +2.3
  Feb 01, 2025 129   New Mexico St. W 101-69 53%     12 - 8 5 - 4 +31.2 +30.1 +0.9
  Feb 06, 2025 134   @ Kennesaw St. L 69-76 33%     12 - 9 5 - 5 -2.5 -2.0 -0.4
  Feb 08, 2025 123   @ Jacksonville St. L 83-85 31%     12 - 10 5 - 6 +3.1 +12.0 -8.8
  Feb 15, 2025 118   Middle Tennessee L 77-87 49%     12 - 11 5 - 7 -9.8 +1.0 -10.3
  Feb 20, 2025 178   Sam Houston St. L 62-78 65%     12 - 12 5 - 8 -19.8 -13.4 -6.8
  Feb 22, 2025 120   Louisiana Tech W 64-63 51%     13 - 12 6 - 8 +0.9 -3.3 +4.3
  Feb 27, 2025 158   @ UTEP W 80-73 39%     14 - 12 7 - 8 +10.0 +7.5 +2.3
  Mar 01, 2025 129   @ New Mexico St. L 47-65 32%     14 - 13 7 - 9 -13.3 -18.4 +4.3
  Mar 06, 2025 252   Florida International W 76-67 77%     15 - 13 8 - 9 +1.3 +7.0 -5.2
  Mar 08, 2025 67   Liberty L 61-90 30%     15 - 14 8 - 10 -23.5 -7.7 -16.2
  Mar 11, 2025 252   Florida International L 61-64 68%     15 - 15 -7.9 -8.6 +0.6
Projected Record 15 - 15 8 - 10




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 100.0 100.0 7th
8th 8th
9th 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
8-10 100.0% 100.0
7-11
6-12
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%