Preseason Rankings
Buffalo
Mid-American
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-10.9#337
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.5#90
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-5.1#322
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-5.7#348
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 0.5% 1.1% 0.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.3 14.9 15.5
.500 or above 3.3% 10.0% 2.1%
.500 or above in Conference 11.5% 21.0% 9.7%
Conference Champion 0.4% 1.1% 0.2%
Last Place in Conference 40.1% 27.0% 42.5%
First Four0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
First Round0.4% 1.0% 0.2%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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: Old Dominion (Away) - 15.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 30 - 5
Quad 31 - 71 - 12
Quad 46 - 97 - 22


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 227   @ Old Dominion L 70-81 16%    
  Nov 11, 2024 66   @ Notre Dame L 57-79 2%    
  Nov 14, 2024 169   Bryant L 75-83 25%    
  Nov 19, 2024 111   @ Vermont L 58-76 6%    
  Nov 22, 2024 320   Morgan St. W 77-76 53%    
  Nov 25, 2024 312   N.C. A&T W 74-73 51%    
  Dec 01, 2024 67   @ Penn St. L 64-86 3%    
  Dec 07, 2024 120   @ St. Bonaventure L 62-79 8%    
  Dec 19, 2024 61   @ Georgia L 62-85 3%    
  Dec 29, 2024 130   @ Temple L 64-80 9%    
  Jan 04, 2025 233   @ Miami (OH) L 67-77 18%    
  Jan 07, 2025 121   Ohio L 69-79 18%    
  Jan 11, 2025 118   Kent St. L 66-77 18%    
  Jan 14, 2025 265   @ Bowling Green L 69-78 23%    
  Jan 18, 2025 311   @ Western Michigan L 71-77 31%    
  Jan 21, 2025 131   Akron L 65-75 20%    
  Jan 25, 2025 287   @ Eastern Michigan L 66-74 26%    
  Jan 28, 2025 277   Central Michigan L 68-70 42%    
  Feb 01, 2025 240   Ball St. L 70-74 37%    
  Feb 04, 2025 168   @ Toledo L 71-85 13%    
  Feb 11, 2025 306   @ Northern Illinois L 71-77 30%    
  Feb 15, 2025 265   Bowling Green L 72-75 41%    
  Feb 18, 2025 311   Western Michigan W 75-74 50%    
  Feb 22, 2025 240   @ Ball St. L 67-77 21%    
  Feb 25, 2025 277   @ Central Michigan L 65-73 25%    
  Mar 01, 2025 168   Toledo L 74-82 27%    
  Mar 04, 2025 233   Miami (OH) L 70-74 36%    
  Mar 07, 2025 131   @ Akron L 62-78 10%    
Projected Record 7 - 21 5 - 13




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 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.3 3rd
4th 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 2.1 4th
5th 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.0 3.1 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 1.6 2.0 0.6 0.1 4.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.7 2.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 6.0 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 2.0 3.7 1.7 0.2 0.0 7.7 8th
9th 0.0 0.4 2.5 4.8 2.3 0.3 0.0 10.3 9th
10th 0.0 0.8 3.9 6.0 3.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 14.2 10th
11th 0.3 2.3 6.1 7.2 3.7 0.7 0.0 20.2 11th
12th 3.2 7.5 8.9 6.6 2.6 0.5 0.0 29.4 12th
Total 3.2 7.8 11.2 13.5 14.2 12.9 10.7 8.5 6.6 4.6 3.0 1.9 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 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
17-1 100.0% 0.0    0.0
16-2 99.1% 0.1    0.1 0.0
15-3 77.7% 0.1    0.1 0.0 0.0
14-4 34.7% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-5 11.7% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 2.7% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.4% 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 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
17-1 0.0% 39.1% 39.1% 14.0 0.0 0.0
16-2 0.1% 27.7% 27.7% 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-3 0.1% 9.9% 9.9% 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
14-4 0.3% 20.0% 20.0% 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
13-5 0.6% 7.7% 7.7% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
12-6 1.0% 3.1% 3.1% 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
11-7 1.9% 4.2% 4.2% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
10-8 3.0% 1.9% 1.9% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9
9-9 4.6% 1.7% 1.7% 15.8 0.0 0.1 4.5
8-10 6.6% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 0.1 6.5
7-11 8.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 8.5
6-12 10.7% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 10.7
5-13 12.9% 12.9
4-14 14.2% 14.2
3-15 13.5% 13.5
2-16 11.2% 11.2
1-17 7.8% 7.8
0-18 3.2% 3.2
Total 100% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 15.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 99.5 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 1.3%