Preseason Rankings
UNC Asheville
Big South
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-1.7#184
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace69.1#144
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+1.0#132
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.7#268
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 11.9% 17.4% 10.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.2 13.3 14.1
.500 or above 58.1% 77.3% 51.5%
.500 or above in Conference 71.4% 81.8% 67.9%
Conference Champion 13.5% 20.5% 11.0%
Last Place in Conference 3.2% 1.4% 3.8%
First Four0.9% 0.6% 1.0%
First Round11.9% 17.4% 10.0%
Second Round0.8% 1.5% 0.5%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
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: Wichita St. (Away) - 25.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 21 - 4
Quad 33 - 64 - 9
Quad 411 - 515 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2025 122   @ Wichita St. L 71-78 26%    
  Nov 08, 2025 249   @ Georgia Southern W 77-76 50%    
  Nov 11, 2025 188   Lipscomb W 73-70 62%    
  Nov 19, 2025 273   @ Western Carolina W 76-75 55%    
  Nov 25, 2025 259   Tennessee St. W 80-73 72%    
  Nov 30, 2025 201   Appalachian St. W 66-65 53%    
  Dec 02, 2025 225   UNC Greensboro W 69-67 57%    
  Dec 06, 2025 31   @ North Carolina St. L 62-81 5%    
  Dec 10, 2025 128   Miami (OH) L 75-76 47%    
  Dec 13, 2025 148   St. Thomas W 76-75 53%    
  Dec 21, 2025 102   @ UAB L 72-82 21%    
  Dec 31, 2025 108   High Point L 73-76 41%    
  Jan 03, 2026 318   @ Charleston Southern W 75-71 64%    
  Jan 07, 2026 204   Longwood W 78-74 63%    
  Jan 10, 2026 150   @ Radford L 67-72 34%    
  Jan 14, 2026 267   @ Presbyterian W 70-69 54%    
  Jan 17, 2026 161   Winthrop W 81-79 56%    
  Jan 21, 2026 336   @ South Carolina Upstate W 83-77 69%    
  Jan 29, 2026 307   Gardner-Webb W 79-70 78%    
  Jan 31, 2026 161   @ Winthrop L 78-82 36%    
  Feb 04, 2026 336   South Carolina Upstate W 86-74 84%    
  Feb 12, 2026 204   @ Longwood L 75-77 43%    
  Feb 14, 2026 267   Presbyterian W 73-66 73%    
  Feb 19, 2026 108   @ High Point L 70-79 24%    
  Feb 21, 2026 150   Radford W 70-69 53%    
  Feb 26, 2026 307   @ Gardner-Webb W 76-73 61%    
  Feb 28, 2026 318   Charleston Southern W 78-68 80%    
Projected Record 14 - 13 9 - 7





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big South Finish

0-16 1-15 2-14 3-13 4-12 5-11 6-10 7-9 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-5 12-4 13-3 14-2 15-1 16-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.2 0.8 2.8 4.2 3.3 1.7 0.4 13.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.5 2.7 5.7 5.6 2.3 0.4 17.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 1.0 4.2 6.7 4.5 1.1 0.1 17.6 3rd
4th 0.1 1.6 5.2 6.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 17.0 4th
5th 0.2 1.9 4.9 5.0 1.9 0.1 0.0 14.0 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 1.7 3.9 2.8 0.8 0.0 9.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 1.4 2.5 1.4 0.3 5.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 3.5 8th
9th 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.7 9th
Total 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.8 3.3 5.3 7.5 9.6 12.2 13.1 12.7 11.5 9.5 6.6 3.7 1.7 0.4 Total



Big South Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
16-0 100.0% 0.4    0.4
15-1 100.0% 1.7    1.6 0.1
14-2 88.6% 3.3    2.6 0.7 0.0
13-3 64.1% 4.2    2.5 1.5 0.2
12-4 29.7% 2.8    0.9 1.4 0.5 0.0
11-5 7.3% 0.8    0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
10-6 1.3% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
9-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
8-8 0.0%
Total 13.5% 13.5 8.2 4.1 1.0 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
16-0 0.4% 60.4% 58.4% 2.0% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.8%
15-1 1.7% 43.7% 43.7% 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9
14-2 3.7% 42.2% 42.2% 12.6 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 2.2
13-3 6.6% 29.7% 29.7% 13.2 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 4.7
12-4 9.5% 24.1% 24.1% 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.1 7.2
11-5 11.5% 15.3% 15.3% 14.4 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 9.8
10-6 12.7% 11.5% 11.5% 15.4 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 11.2
9-7 13.1% 6.9% 6.9% 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.3 12.2
8-8 12.2% 4.4% 4.4% 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 11.6
7-9 9.6% 2.7% 2.7% 18.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 9.3
6-10 7.5% 1.6% 1.6% 16.5 0.0 0.1 7.4
5-11 5.3% 1.2% 1.2% 17.0 0.1 5.2
4-12 3.3% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 3.3
3-13 1.8% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 1.8
2-14 0.7% 0.7
1-15 0.2% 0.2
0-16 0.1% 0.1
Total 100% 11.9% 11.9% 0.0% 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 2.9 3.2 2.4 1.5 88.1 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%