Omni Rankings™ 2023-2024 Men's college basketball ratings through 4/8/24 games
Southland
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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 McNeese State 76.36 88 77.63 69.07 64.67 329 26 4 17 1 L1 9-1 14 0 11 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 24 1 at UAB 87.29 at Southeastern Louisiana 69.31
2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 68.25 192 69.23 61.80 64.73 328 17 12 14 4 L2 7-3 9 2 8 7 0 3 0 3 1 2 16 7 at Lamar 75.31 vs LIU Brooklyn 51.61
3 Nicholls State 66.29 228 70.10 62.56 67.17 257 17 14 13 5 L1 7-3 7 2 8 10 2 2 0 2 1 7 16 5 at Southeastern Louisiana 77.62 vs McNeese State 55.60
4 Lamar 65.78 236 66.31 61.13 63.26 356 17 14 12 6 L1 6-4 9 3 5 11 3 0 0 0 0 6 17 8 vs Louisiana Monroe 73.79 at Sam Houston State 58.25
5 Southeastern Louisiana 60.67 313 65.89 60.67 65.39 314 12 17 10 8 L2 6-4 6 4 6 10 0 3 0 2 1 4 11 11 at Santa Clara 70.84 vs Nicholls State 49.69
6 Northwestern State 59.79 322 62.17 53.41 65.38 315 7 23 7 11 L4 3-7 4 7 3 13 0 3 0 2 0 4 7 17 at New Orleans 71.55 vs Rice 47.55
7 Texas A&M-Commerce 57.02 337 61.53 57.02 66.69 274 10 20 6 12 L1 5-5 5 7 4 12 1 1 0 4 1 3 9 13 at Saint Joseph's 70.70 vs Nicholls State 51.44
8 New Orleans 56.13 347 61.31 54.40 65.71 309 6 23 4 14 L1 2-8 3 6 2 15 1 2 0 1 0 6 6 16 vs Houston Christian 66.06 vs Northwestern State 44.59
9 Incarnate Word 54.81 351 60.33 54.81 63.27 355 6 23 3 15 L7 1-9 3 8 3 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 20 at UIC 67.62 at Northwestern State 44.67
10 Houston Christian 53.16 357 55.88 52.03 67.36 251 4 23 4 14 L7 1-9 3 8 1 15 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 15 at Texas A&M-Commerce 60.00 at New Orleans 43.49
Southland top performances Southland surprise performances Southland upset wins
Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating Rank Team Opponent Result Rating
1 McNeese State at UAB W 81 - 60  87.29 1 Northwestern State at New Orleans W 92 - 67  15.22 1 Incarnate Word at UIC W 67 - 66  20.46
2 McNeese State at Michigan W 87 - 76  85.07 2 Nicholls State at Southeastern Louisiana W 80 - 54  14.06 2 Texas A&M-Commerce at Saint Joseph's W 57 - 54  20.25
3 McNeese State at Nicholls State W 74 - 47  84.50 3 McNeese State at UAB W 81 - 60  13.32 3 Nicholls State at LSU W 68 - 66  12.23
4 McNeese State at Houston Christian W 105 - 54  83.20 4 Northwestern State vs Incarnate Word W 97 - 71  12.90 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UTEP W 67 - 63  11.12
5 McNeese State vs New Orleans W 102 - 65  82.13 5 Texas A&M-Commerce at Saint Joseph's W 57 - 54  11.58 5 Southeastern Louisiana vs McNeese State W 77 - 74  10.79
6 McNeese State vs Lamar W 76 - 57  79.19 6 Incarnate Word at Arkansas Pine Bluff W 100 - 81  11.49 6 Southeastern Louisiana at Murray State W 61 - 55  9.40
7 McNeese State vs Southern Miss W 67 - 48  78.95 7 Texas A&M-Commerce at Southeastern Louisiana W 68 - 52  11.32 7 Houston Christian at Texas A&M-Commerce W 69 - 65  8.51
8 McNeese State vs Nicholls State W 83 - 62  78.82 8 Lamar vs Louisiana Monroe W 97 - 73  11.30 8 Nicholls State at South Alabama W 102 - 97 3OT 8.11
9 McNeese State at New Orleans W 81 - 57  78.81 9 New Orleans vs Houston Christian W 84 - 58  11.21 9 McNeese State at Michigan W 87 - 76  7.66
10 McNeese State vs Texas A&M-Commerce W 77 - 51  78.15 10 Incarnate Word at UIC W 67 - 66  10.72 10 Incarnate Word vs Lamar W 76 - 67  7.23
Southland projected standings Southland projected tournament bracket (projections in italics)
(Texas A&M-Commerce ineligible for NCAA tournament)
Conference Overall 1 McNeese State
Rank Team W L W L  
1 McNeese State 17 1 26 4 4 Lamar @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese State
2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 14 4 17 12      
3 Nicholls State 13 5 17 14 5 Southeastern Louisiana @ Lake Charles, LA Lamar  
4 Lamar 12 6 17 14      
5 Southeastern Louisiana 10 8 12 17 @ Lake Charles, LA New Orleans @ Lake Charles, LA McNeese State
6 Northwestern State 7 11 7 23     2024 Southland
7 Texas A&M-Commerce 6 12 10 20 8 New Orleans 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi   Men's Basketball
8 New Orleans 4 14 6 23     Tournament Champion
9 Houston Christian 4 14 4 23 3 Nicholls State @ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls State  
10 Incarnate Word 3 15 6 23    
6 Northwestern State @ Lake Charles, LA Nicholls State
   
Southland tournament probabilities Outcome realized Outcome unrealized @ Lake Charles, LA Texas A&M-Commerce
Probabilities based on pre-tournament ratings and projected bracket  
Reaching Reaching Winning 7 Texas A&M-Commerce
Seed Team semifinals final tournament
1 McNeese State 100.00% 87.57% 71.88%
2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 100.00% 66.93% 17.36%
3 Nicholls State 69.85% 26.61% 4.91%
4 Lamar 68.18% 9.87% 4.41%
5 Southeastern Louisiana 26.23% 2.35% 0.76%
6 Northwestern State 19.98% 4.72% 0.51%
7 Texas A&M-Commerce 10.17% 1.75% 0.14%
8 New Orleans 5.59% 0.21% 0.04% © Omni Rankings