Preseason Rankings
Louisiana
Sun Belt
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.1#234
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace65.8#242
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-2.1#234
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.0#238
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 3.7% 5.4% 2.5%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 13.9 13.4 13.9
.500 or above 33.9% 49.2% 23.3%
.500 or above in Conference 49.6% 59.7% 42.7%
Conference Champion 4.3% 6.5% 2.8%
Last Place in Conference 6.5% 3.7% 8.4%
First Four0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
First Round3.7% 5.4% 2.5%
Second Round0.2% 0.4% 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: Ball St. (Away) - 40.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 21 - 41 - 5
Quad 33 - 84 - 12
Quad 410 - 514 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 244   @ Ball St. L 68-71 41%    
  Nov 07, 2025 243   SE Louisiana W 70-67 62%    
  Nov 11, 2025 116   Tulane L 68-72 35%    
  Nov 14, 2025 96   @ McNeese St. L 61-73 13%    
  Nov 18, 2025 95   @ Stanford L 62-74 13%    
  Nov 21, 2025 105   @ Santa Clara L 66-78 16%    
  Nov 24, 2025 252   @ UC Davis L 66-68 43%    
  Nov 28, 2025 238   Jackson St. W 72-69 61%    
  Dec 03, 2025 218   @ Lamar L 63-67 38%    
  Dec 06, 2025 118   UNC Wilmington L 67-71 37%    
  Dec 13, 2025 143   @ Louisiana Tech L 61-69 25%    
  Dec 18, 2025 281   @ Southern Miss L 72-73 49%    
  Dec 20, 2025 348   @ Louisiana Monroe W 72-67 66%    
  Dec 28, 2025 251   Norfolk St. W 70-66 62%    
  Dec 31, 2025 163   South Alabama L 63-64 49%    
  Jan 03, 2026 281   Southern Miss W 75-69 68%    
  Jan 08, 2026 348   Louisiana Monroe W 75-64 82%    
  Jan 10, 2026 130   Troy L 66-69 40%    
  Jan 14, 2026 193   @ Texas St. L 66-71 34%    
  Jan 17, 2026 163   @ South Alabama L 61-67 30%    
  Jan 22, 2026 201   @ Appalachian St. L 60-65 35%    
  Jan 24, 2026 200   @ Old Dominion L 66-71 35%    
  Jan 29, 2026 284   Georgia St. W 75-69 70%    
  Jan 31, 2026 249   Georgia Southern W 75-71 62%    
  Feb 04, 2026 129   @ James Madison L 64-73 23%    
  Feb 12, 2026 275   Coastal Carolina W 69-64 66%    
  Feb 19, 2026 140   Arkansas St. L 71-73 42%    
  Feb 21, 2026 193   Texas St. W 69-68 53%    
  Feb 24, 2026 130   @ Troy L 63-72 23%    
  Feb 27, 2026 140   @ Arkansas St. L 68-76 25%    
Projected Record 13 - 17 9 - 9





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 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 4.3 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.0 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 5.2 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 2.6 1.8 0.4 0.0 6.1 3rd
4th 0.0 1.1 3.3 2.4 0.5 0.1 7.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.6 3.0 3.1 0.7 0.0 7.4 5th
6th 0.3 2.8 4.1 1.1 0.1 8.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 2.0 4.7 2.1 0.1 9.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 1.4 4.3 3.0 0.3 9.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.9 3.8 3.9 0.7 0.0 9.3 9th
10th 0.0 0.6 3.3 4.0 1.2 0.1 9.3 10th
11th 0.5 2.4 3.8 1.4 0.1 8.1 11th
12th 0.0 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.6 0.2 7.1 12th
13th 0.0 0.4 1.6 2.3 1.2 0.2 5.6 13th
14th 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 3.4 14th
Total 0.1 0.5 1.5 3.0 5.3 7.2 9.9 11.0 11.8 12.0 10.8 8.9 6.8 4.9 3.3 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 Total



Sun Belt Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-1 98.4% 0.2    0.2 0.0
16-2 91.2% 0.8    0.6 0.1
15-3 67.7% 1.2    0.8 0.3 0.0
14-4 38.8% 1.3    0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
13-5 12.8% 0.6    0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1
12-6 2.0% 0.1    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 4.3% 4.3 2.2 1.4 0.5 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 0.0% 60.1% 60.1% 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.3% 46.6% 46.6% 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
16-2 0.8% 34.8% 34.8% 12.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5
15-3 1.8% 31.9% 31.9% 13.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.2
14-4 3.3% 20.6% 20.6% 13.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.6
13-5 4.9% 15.3% 15.3% 13.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 4.2
12-6 6.8% 8.2% 8.2% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 6.3
11-7 8.9% 4.0% 4.0% 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 8.6
10-8 10.8% 1.5% 1.5% 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 10.6
9-9 12.0% 1.1% 1.1% 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 11.8
8-10 11.8% 0.4% 0.4% 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8
7-11 11.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30.6 0.0 0.0 11.0
6-12 9.9% 9.9
5-13 7.2% 7.2
4-14 5.3% 5.3
3-15 3.0% 3.0
2-16 1.5% 1.5
1-17 0.5% 0.5
0-18 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 3.7% 3.7% 0.0% 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.3 96.3 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 0.0%