Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
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Home court factor = 2.68 Record vs D-I teams
Season range Schedule strength Overall Conference Home Road Neutral vs 1-50 vs 51-150 vs 151+
Rank Team Rating D-I rank Max Min Rating D-I rank W L W L Streak Last 10 W L W L W L W L W L W L Highest single-game rating Lowest single-game rating
1 Merrimack 66.09 232 69.33 65.59 63.73 349 19 12 13 3 L1 8-2 11 2 7 9 1 1 0 3 0 2 19 7 vs Sacred Heart 75.17 vs Wagner 59.64
2 Central Connecticut 63.07 284 65.37 57.30 62.12 362 18 11 13 3 L1 7-3 9 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 9 at Army 71.56 at Massachusetts 53.41
3 Sacred Heart 62.86 285 68.08 60.51 63.03 358 14 16 10 6 L1 6-4 9 5 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 13 vs LIU Brooklyn 73.41 at LIU Brooklyn 51.26
4 Wagner 62.79 286 62.94 58.90 63.42 352 15 16 7 9 L1 5-5 5 5 9 10 1 1 0 2 0 1 15 13 vs Le Moyne 71.60 vs Boston University 54.07
5 Le Moyne 62.22 295 62.38 52.11 63.35 354 12 17 9 7 L1 6-4 7 3 5 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 15 at Stonehill 74.44 at Georgetown 45.89
6 Fairleigh Dickinson 58.17 329 64.45 57.44 62.94 359 13 17 9 7 L1 5-5 5 7 8 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 15 at Le Moyne 65.81 vs Fairfield 49.45
7 LIU Brooklyn 56.62 343 56.79 48.35 65.47 313 7 22 6 10 L3 3-7 5 4 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 3 7 19 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 66.18 at Sacred Heart 43.07
8 Saint Francis U (PA) 53.79 355 58.18 53.46 64.31 338 6 22 3 13 L6 1-9 4 8 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 18 at Lehigh 62.23 at Le Moyne 42.08
9 Stonehill 53.27 356 56.32 53.11 65.95 303 3 27 2 14 L2 2-8 3 8 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 22 at Rutgers 66.39 vs Le Moyne 41.65
NEC top performances NEC surprise performances NEC upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 Merrimack vs Sacred Heart W 82 - 58  75.17 1 Le Moyne vs Dartmouth W 80 - 54  15.85 1 Central Connecticut at UMass Lowell W 57 - 54  17.74
2 Merrimack vs UMass Lowell W 74 - 68  75.15 2 LIU Brooklyn vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 83 - 68  14.31 2 Saint Francis U (PA) at Lehigh W 62 - 61  15.97
3 Le Moyne at Stonehill W 88 - 57  74.44 3 Central Connecticut at Army W 79 - 51  14.26 3 LIU Brooklyn vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 83 - 68  14.05
4 Le Moyne vs Saint Francis U (PA) W 94 - 57  73.90 4 Le Moyne vs Saint Francis U (PA) W 94 - 57  14.00 4 Le Moyne at Cal State Northridge W 80 - 70  13.27
5 Merrimack at Fairleigh Dickinson W 74 - 55  73.82 5 Le Moyne at Stonehill W 88 - 57  13.95 5 Saint Francis U (PA) at American W 75 - 73  10.44
6 Merrimack at Wagner W 60 - 44  73.55 6 Stonehill at Rutgers L 58 - 59  12.91 6 Wagner at Merrimack W 71 - 65  9.94
7 Sacred Heart vs LIU Brooklyn W 89 - 55  73.41 7 Sacred Heart vs LIU Brooklyn W 89 - 55  12.35 7 Merrimack vs UMass Lowell W 74 - 68  9.67
8 Merrimack vs North Carolina A&T W 96 - 73  73.23 8 Sacred Heart at Stonehill W 79 - 51  11.50 8 Central Connecticut at Fordham W 82 - 80  8.76
9 Sacred Heart at Stonehill W 79 - 51  72.99 9 Le Moyne at Cal State Northridge W 80 - 70  11.49 9 Le Moyne at Central Connecticut W 75 - 73  8.74
10 Sacred Heart vs Binghamton W 89 - 75  72.88 10 LIU Brooklyn vs Sacred Heart W 75 - 58  10.67 10 Wagner at Merrimack W 54 - 47  8.07
NEC projected standings NEC projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Stonehill, Le Moyne ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 Central Connecticut
Rank Team W L W L        
1 Merrimack 13 3 19 12 @ New Britain, CT Central Connecticut
2 Central Connecticut 13 3 18 11          
3 Sacred Heart 10 6 14 16 8 Saint Francis U (PA)    
4 Le Moyne 9 7 12 17  
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 9 7 13 17 @ New Britain, CT Merrimack
6 Wagner 7 9 15 16          
7 LIU Brooklyn 6 10 7 22 4 Le Moyne      
8 Saint Francis U (PA) 3 13 6 22                
9 Stonehill 2 14 3 27 @ Syracuse, NY Wagner    
   
5 Fairleigh Dickinson  
NEC tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized  
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket @ North Andover, MA Wagner
Reaching Reaching Winning   2024 NEC
Seed Team semifinals final tournament 2 Merrimack   Men's Basketball
1 Central Connecticut 86.16% 62.32% 34.28%           Tournament Champion
2 Merrimack 86.78% 65.56% 40.41% @ North Andover, MA Merrimack  
3 Sacred Heart 69.29% 27.05% 12.12%              
4 Le Moyne 65.70% 21.90% 7.05% 7 LIU Brooklyn        
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 34.30% 9.43% 2.53%      
6 Wagner 30.71% 9.63% 2.64% @ North Andover, MA Wagner
7 LIU Brooklyn 13.22% 2.63% 0.68%  
8 Saint Francis U (PA) 13.84% 1.48% 0.30% 3 Sacred Heart  
           
@ Fairfield, CT Le Moyne
 
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