Preseason Rankings
Central Michigan
Mid-American
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.5#277
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.2#304
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-4.7#312
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-0.8#195
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 3.0% 4.7% 2.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.6 14.3 14.8
.500 or above 19.8% 34.7% 13.5%
.500 or above in Conference 45.1% 57.2% 39.9%
Conference Champion 3.4% 5.5% 2.4%
Last Place in Conference 9.9% 5.6% 11.7%
First Four0.6% 0.4% 0.6%
First Round2.8% 4.4% 2.1%
Second Round0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: South Alabama (Away) - 30.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 3
Quad 20 - 30 - 6
Quad 32 - 52 - 11
Quad 48 - 610 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 223   @ South Alabama L 65-70 30%    
  Nov 07, 2024 260   Stony Brook W 68-66 59%    
  Nov 11, 2024 26   @ Marquette L 58-79 3%    
  Nov 13, 2024 96   @ George Mason L 56-70 10%    
  Nov 25, 2024 76   @ Minnesota L 59-75 8%    
  Dec 14, 2024 242   @ Valparaiso L 65-70 35%    
  Dec 17, 2024 33   Mississippi St. L 58-75 7%    
  Dec 21, 2024 11   @ Arizona L 60-85 2%    
  Jan 04, 2025 121   Ohio L 66-71 33%    
  Jan 07, 2025 131   @ Akron L 59-70 18%    
  Jan 11, 2025 168   @ Toledo L 67-75 24%    
  Jan 14, 2025 287   Eastern Michigan W 67-63 62%    
  Jan 18, 2025 306   @ Northern Illinois L 67-68 47%    
  Jan 21, 2025 240   Ball St. W 67-66 54%    
  Jan 25, 2025 311   Western Michigan W 71-65 68%    
  Jan 28, 2025 337   @ Buffalo W 70-68 58%    
  Feb 01, 2025 265   Bowling Green W 69-66 58%    
  Feb 04, 2025 233   Miami (OH) W 67-66 53%    
  Feb 11, 2025 118   @ Kent St. L 61-72 17%    
  Feb 15, 2025 131   Akron L 62-67 36%    
  Feb 18, 2025 121   @ Ohio L 63-74 18%    
  Feb 22, 2025 311   @ Western Michigan L 68-69 48%    
  Feb 25, 2025 337   Buffalo W 73-65 75%    
  Mar 01, 2025 287   @ Eastern Michigan L 64-66 42%    
  Mar 04, 2025 240   @ Ball St. L 64-69 35%    
  Mar 07, 2025 306   Northern Illinois W 70-65 66%    
Projected Record 10 - 16 8 - 10





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 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 3.4 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 1.2 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 5.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 1.9 2.9 1.6 0.3 0.0 7.1 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.6 3.8 1.8 0.2 0.0 8.8 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.6 4.4 1.9 0.2 0.0 9.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.6 4.8 2.5 0.3 0.0 10.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 2.2 5.1 2.9 0.4 0.0 10.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 2.1 5.0 3.3 0.4 0.0 11.0 8th
9th 0.2 1.8 4.9 3.0 0.6 0.0 10.4 9th
10th 0.0 0.2 1.8 4.0 2.8 0.5 0.0 9.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.4 1.9 2.9 2.0 0.4 0.0 7.8 11th
12th 0.2 1.0 1.7 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.0 6.0 12th
Total 0.2 1.0 2.2 4.1 5.9 8.2 10.4 11.0 12.0 11.1 10.2 8.2 6.2 4.4 2.7 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2 0.0
16-2 91.2% 0.5    0.4 0.1 0.0
15-3 68.5% 1.0    0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0
14-4 38.3% 1.0    0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0
13-5 10.9% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
12-6 1.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 3.4% 3.4 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0



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 0.0% 87.5% 87.5% 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.2% 38.7% 38.7% 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.6% 21.8% 21.8% 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
15-3 1.4% 22.1% 22.1% 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1
14-4 2.7% 14.4% 14.4% 13.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.3
13-5 4.4% 10.2% 10.2% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 4.0
12-6 6.2% 7.1% 7.1% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 5.7
11-7 8.2% 5.6% 5.6% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 7.8
10-8 10.2% 3.5% 3.5% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 9.9
9-9 11.1% 2.1% 2.1% 15.9 0.0 0.2 10.9
8-10 12.0% 1.1% 1.1% 16.0 0.1 11.9
7-11 11.0% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 10.9
6-12 10.4% 10.4
5-13 8.2% 8.2
4-14 5.9% 5.9
3-15 4.1% 4.1
2-16 2.2% 2.2
1-17 1.0% 1.0
0-18 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 3.0% 3.0% 0.0% 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 97.0 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 0.1%