Preseason Rankings
VMI
Southern
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-16.0#361
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace85.1#2
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-9.1#360
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-6.9#359
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.6 15.4 15.7
.500 or above 0.3% 1.3% 0.2%
.500 or above in Conference 0.9% 2.3% 0.7%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 75.7% 63.8% 77.6%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
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: Bellarmine (Away) - 13.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 30 - 4
Quad 30 - 80 - 13
Quad 43 - 114 - 24


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 09, 2024 299   @ Bellarmine L 69-81 14%    
  Nov 15, 2024 336   Tennessee Tech L 72-77 32%    
  Nov 18, 2024 52   @ Pittsburgh L 62-90 1%    
  Nov 22, 2024 135   @ Davidson L 64-85 3%    
  Nov 26, 2024 350   @ Loyola Maryland L 71-77 28%    
  Nov 29, 2024 150   @ George Washington L 74-93 4%    
  Dec 07, 2024 289   Queens L 83-89 29%    
  Dec 21, 2024 133   @ Richmond L 65-86 3%    
  Jan 01, 2025 170   @ East Tennessee St. L 67-86 6%    
  Jan 04, 2025 208   Mercer L 70-81 18%    
  Jan 09, 2025 138   @ Samford L 77-97 4%    
  Jan 11, 2025 147   @ Chattanooga L 69-89 5%    
  Jan 15, 2025 238   Western Carolina L 72-81 21%    
  Jan 18, 2025 325   @ The Citadel L 70-80 21%    
  Jan 22, 2025 165   Furman L 74-87 14%    
  Jan 25, 2025 188   UNC Greensboro L 68-80 16%    
  Jan 29, 2025 153   @ Wofford L 68-87 5%    
  Feb 01, 2025 238   @ Western Carolina L 69-84 10%    
  Feb 05, 2025 170   East Tennessee St. L 70-83 15%    
  Feb 08, 2025 325   The Citadel L 73-77 39%    
  Feb 12, 2025 188   @ UNC Greensboro L 65-83 7%    
  Feb 15, 2025 208   @ Mercer L 67-84 9%    
  Feb 19, 2025 153   Wofford L 71-84 14%    
  Feb 22, 2025 165   @ Furman L 71-90 6%    
  Feb 27, 2025 138   Samford L 80-94 12%    
  Mar 01, 2025 147   Chattanooga L 72-86 13%    
Projected Record 3 - 23 2 - 16





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Southern 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6 5th
6th 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 6th
7th 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.0 3.0 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 8th
9th 1.0 4.7 7.1 5.8 2.7 0.6 0.1 21.9 9th
10th 17.6 22.2 15.5 7.5 2.3 0.4 0.0 65.6 10th
Total 17.6 23.2 20.3 14.9 10.0 6.2 3.5 2.1 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total



Southern 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
16-2 100.0% 0.0    0.0
15-3 100.0% 0.0    0.0 0.0
14-4 25.0% 0.0    0.0
13-5 27.5% 0.0    0.0 0.0
12-6 0.0%
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.0% 0.0 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
17-1
16-2 0.0% 0.0
15-3 0.0% 0.0
14-4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 15.0 0.0 0.0
13-5 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 15.0 0.0 0.0
12-6 0.0% 9.8% 9.8% 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 3.3% 3.3% 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.1
10-8 0.2% 1.1% 1.1% 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
9-9 0.5% 2.3% 2.3% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.5
8-10 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 16.0 0.0 1.1
7-11 2.1% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 2.1
6-12 3.5% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 3.5
5-13 6.2% 6.2
4-14 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 10.0
3-15 14.9% 14.9
2-16 20.3% 20.3
1-17 23.2% 23.2
0-18 17.6% 17.6
Total 100% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.9 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 8.6%