Pre-tourney Rankings
James Madison
Sun Belt
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-0.4#165
Expected Predictive Rating+1.4#141
Pace63.5#301
Improvement-4.2#329

Offense
Total Offense+2.3#107
First Shot+0.6#151
After Offensive Rebound+1.7#81
Layup/Dunks+0.2#172
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.1#246
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.9#66
Freethrows-2.4#315
Improvement-0.8#226

Defense
Total Defense-2.7#252
First Shot-3.5#291
After Offensive Rebounds+0.8#111
Layups/Dunks-3.0#290
2 Pt Jumpshots-1.9#319
3 Pt Jumpshots+1.6#118
Freethrows-0.2#192
Improvement-3.4#321
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 2
Quad 20 - 30 - 5
Quad 36 - 66 - 11
Quad 412 - 118 - 12


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 190   Ohio W 88-78 66%     1 - 0 +5.5 +10.6 -5.3
  Nov 09, 2024 191   @ Norfolk St. L 69-83 45%     1 - 1 -13.0 -3.2 -10.0
  Nov 16, 2024 152   @ Towson L 63-67 36%     1 - 2 -0.7 -2.8 +1.8
  Nov 21, 2024 172   Illinois-Chicago W 99-81 51%     2 - 2 +17.3 +18.0 -2.0
  Nov 22, 2024 42   UC San Diego L 67-73 12%     2 - 3 +6.2 +10.3 -4.9
  Nov 23, 2024 123   Jacksonville St. W 71-65 39%     3 - 3 +8.4 +7.1 +1.9
  Nov 29, 2024 82   George Mason L 61-66 34%     3 - 4 -1.0 -0.4 -1.1
  Dec 03, 2024 156   East Tennessee St. W 71-61 58%     4 - 4 +7.6 +2.5 +5.7
  Dec 07, 2024 111   Utah Valley W 78-61 45%     5 - 4 +17.9 +13.5 +5.8
  Dec 17, 2024 63   @ Wake Forest L 58-75 13%     5 - 5 -5.2 +3.6 -11.7
  Dec 21, 2024 132   @ South Alabama L 49-77 31%     5 - 6 0 - 1 -23.4 -15.4 -10.9
  Jan 02, 2025 295   Southern Miss W 83-72 83%     6 - 6 1 - 1 +0.5 +10.6 -9.7
  Jan 04, 2025 98   Arkansas St. W 67-62 40%     7 - 6 2 - 1 +7.2 -2.1 +9.5
  Jan 09, 2025 171   @ Marshall L 78-80 40%     7 - 7 2 - 2 +0.2 +5.4 -5.3
  Jan 11, 2025 180   @ Appalachian St. L 66-86 42%     7 - 8 2 - 3 -18.4 -4.0 -13.9
  Jan 16, 2025 171   Marshall W 67-64 61%     8 - 8 3 - 3 -0.3 -8.0 +7.6
  Jan 18, 2025 180   Appalachian St. L 50-58 63%     8 - 9 3 - 4 -11.9 -13.6 +0.5
  Jan 22, 2025 278   @ Old Dominion W 74-60 63%     9 - 9 4 - 4 +10.1 +9.1 +2.7
  Jan 25, 2025 257   @ Georgia St. W 86-79 57%     10 - 9 5 - 4 +4.7 +12.9 -7.9
  Jan 30, 2025 317   Coastal Carolina W 73-64 86%     11 - 9 6 - 4 -3.2 +6.5 -8.1
  Feb 01, 2025 278   Old Dominion W 68-54 80%     12 - 9 7 - 4 +4.6 +0.2 +6.2
  Feb 05, 2025 101   Troy W 64-61 42%     13 - 9 8 - 4 +4.6 +5.4 -0.3
  Feb 08, 2025 247   @ Toledo L 69-72 56%     13 - 10 -4.8 +1.6 -7.0
  Feb 13, 2025 255   @ Georgia Southern W 77-72 57%     14 - 10 9 - 4 +2.8 +9.4 -6.2
  Feb 15, 2025 317   @ Coastal Carolina W 74-73 73%     15 - 10 10 - 4 -5.7 +5.9 -11.5
  Feb 20, 2025 257   Georgia St. W 83-63 76%     16 - 10 11 - 4 +12.2 +10.5 +3.4
  Feb 22, 2025 255   Georgia Southern W 78-73 76%     17 - 10 12 - 4 -2.7 +5.2 -7.6
  Feb 25, 2025 344   @ Louisiana Monroe W 85-79 81%     18 - 10 13 - 4 -3.7 +10.8 -14.3
  Feb 28, 2025 203   @ Texas St. L 93-102 2OT 47%     18 - 11 13 - 5 -8.7 +11.0 -19.1
  Mar 09, 2025 101   Troy L 60-79 32%     18 - 12 -14.7 -4.8 -11.2
Projected Record 18 - 12 13 - 5




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Sun Belt 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 100.0 100.0 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
Total 100.0 Total



Sun Belt 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
13-5 100.0% 100.0    100.0
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total 100.0% 100.0 100.0



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
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5 100.0% 100.0
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% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%