Preseason Rankings
Western Michigan
Mid-American
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-8.0#311
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace70.3#121
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.6#287
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-4.4#324
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 1.3% 2.0% 0.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.1 14.8 15.3
.500 or above 15.0% 25.8% 9.4%
.500 or above in Conference 26.3% 35.6% 21.5%
Conference Champion 1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
Last Place in Conference 19.3% 12.7% 22.7%
First Four0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
First Round1.1% 1.9% 0.7%
Second Round0.1% 0.1% 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: Coastal Carolina (Away) - 34.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 20 - 5
Quad 31 - 61 - 11
Quad 49 - 910 - 20


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 291   @ Coastal Carolina L 73-77 34%    
  Nov 11, 2024 72   @ Butler L 65-84 4%    
  Nov 15, 2024 316   SIU Edwardsville W 72-69 62%    
  Nov 17, 2024 297   Canisius W 72-70 57%    
  Nov 20, 2024 274   South Dakota W 77-76 51%    
  Nov 27, 2024 198   @ Youngstown St. L 69-78 21%    
  Dec 03, 2024 59   @ Dayton L 59-79 4%    
  Dec 13, 2024 201   @ St. Thomas L 64-73 22%    
  Dec 15, 2024 234   @ North Dakota St. L 67-75 25%    
  Dec 20, 2024 242   Valparaiso L 73-74 47%    
  Dec 30, 2024 24   @ Michigan St. L 58-81 2%    
  Jan 04, 2025 168   Toledo L 75-80 34%    
  Jan 07, 2025 265   Bowling Green L 72-73 50%    
  Jan 11, 2025 233   @ Miami (OH) L 68-76 26%    
  Jan 14, 2025 118   @ Kent St. L 64-78 12%    
  Jan 18, 2025 337   Buffalo W 77-71 69%    
  Jan 21, 2025 306   Northern Illinois W 75-73 58%    
  Jan 25, 2025 277   @ Central Michigan L 65-71 32%    
  Jan 28, 2025 240   @ Ball St. L 68-75 28%    
  Feb 01, 2025 287   Eastern Michigan W 70-69 54%    
  Feb 04, 2025 121   @ Ohio L 67-81 13%    
  Feb 11, 2025 131   @ Akron L 63-76 14%    
  Feb 15, 2025 233   Miami (OH) L 71-73 45%    
  Feb 18, 2025 337   @ Buffalo L 74-75 50%    
  Feb 22, 2025 277   Central Michigan W 69-68 52%    
  Feb 25, 2025 121   Ohio L 70-78 26%    
  Mar 01, 2025 306   @ Northern Illinois L 72-76 39%    
  Mar 04, 2025 118   Kent St. L 67-75 26%    
  Mar 07, 2025 265   @ Bowling Green L 70-76 31%    
Projected Record 10 - 19 7 - 11





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 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.3 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.7 3rd
4th 0.3 1.7 2.1 0.8 0.1 0.0 4.9 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 6.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.2 3.7 1.6 0.2 0.0 8.0 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 2.3 4.5 2.1 0.2 9.4 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 2.4 5.2 2.9 0.4 0.0 11.2 8th
9th 0.0 0.4 2.7 5.8 3.5 0.5 0.0 12.8 9th
10th 0.0 0.7 3.2 5.7 3.7 0.6 0.0 13.8 10th
11th 0.1 1.2 3.8 5.2 2.8 0.6 0.0 13.8 11th
12th 0.8 2.5 3.8 3.5 1.6 0.3 0.0 12.6 12th
Total 0.8 2.7 5.1 7.9 10.3 11.8 12.7 11.9 10.4 8.5 6.5 4.7 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 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% 0.0    0.0
16-2 91.9% 0.2    0.1 0.0
15-3 70.0% 0.3    0.2 0.1 0.0
14-4 39.5% 0.4    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-5 11.2% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-6 2.0% 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 1.2% 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 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% 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.0% 44.9% 44.9% 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16-2 0.2% 22.7% 22.7% 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-3 0.4% 19.6% 19.6% 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
14-4 1.0% 13.0% 13.0% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
13-5 1.8% 7.1% 7.1% 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.7
12-6 3.0% 6.9% 6.9% 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.8
11-7 4.7% 4.1% 4.1% 15.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 4.5
10-8 6.5% 2.6% 2.6% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 6.4
9-9 8.5% 1.8% 1.8% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 8.4
8-10 10.4% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 0.1 10.3
7-11 11.9% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 11.9
6-12 12.7% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 12.7
5-13 11.8% 11.8
4-14 10.3% 10.3
3-15 7.9% 7.9
2-16 5.1% 5.1
1-17 2.7% 2.7
0-18 0.8% 0.8
Total 100% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 98.7 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 0.2%