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NCAA Basketball Tournament Participation Probabilities

Will your team receive an invitation to the NCAA tournament? The NCAA Basketball Tournament Participation Probabilities table presents the probability that a team receives a tournament invite depended upon three ways of playing its remaining games. These play methods include winning all remaining games (minus its conference tournament final), current winning probabilites, and losing all remaining games. All other future unplayed games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.

Note the cutline between ranked teams 50 and 51. Teams above this line should receive a NCAA Tournament invitaiton based upon thier rank. Teams below this line will receive a tournament invitation ONLY if they obtain an automatic bid by winning their conference tournament.

Last 6 teams in - La Salle, Boise St., Southern Miss, Belmont, Oklahoma, California
First 6 teams out - Villanova, Iowa, Akron, Massachusetts, Bucknell, Kentucky

Note that this list will not be updated after the individual conference tournaments

So how well did we do in predicting what team made the tournament? This year we had only 1 team that did not make tournament as we predicted, Southern Miss. Southern Miss was replaced by Villanova, the first we had out of the tournament. Southern Miss had a MWP of 1 point greater than the cutline of 80 and Villanova had a MWP of one less than the cutline. Overall we think we did a good job this year but we will be working to make the list more accurate next year.


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NCAA Basketball Tournament Participation Probabilities

Rank Team Conference MWP Record  NCAA Tournament Participation Probabilities
W L Win Out Minus CF Current Lose Out
1 Duke ACC 108 27 5 - 100% -
2 Louisville Big East 108 28 5 - 100% -
3 New Mexico Mountain West 107 29 5 - 100% -
4 Miami ACC 107 27 5 - 100% -
5 Kansas Big 12 105 29 5 - 100% -
6 Indiana Big 10 105 27 6 - 100% -
7 Gonzaga West Coast 103 31 2 - 100% -
8 Ohio St. Big 10 103 26 7 - 100% -
9 Michigan St. Big 10 101 25 8 - 100% -
10 Georgetown Big East 100 25 6 - 100% -
11 Michigan Big 10 100 26 7 - 100% -
12 Memphis Conference USA 98 30 4 - 100% -
13 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 97 27 6 - 100% -
14 Florida SEC 97 26 7 - 100% -
15 Syracuse Big East 96 26 9 - 100% -
16 Kansas St. Big 12 96 27 7 - 100% -
17 Butler Atlantic 10 96 26 8 - 100% -
18 Arizona PAC 12 95 24 7 - 100% -
19 Marquette Big East 95 23 8 - 100% -
20 Wisconsin Big 10 93 23 11 - 100% -
21 UNLV Mountain West 92 25 9 - 100% -
22 Oklahoma St. Big 12 92 24 8 - 100% -
23 Notre Dame Big East 91 25 9 - 100% -
24 VCU Atlantic 10 91 26 8 - 100% -
25 UCLA PAC 12 91 25 9 - 100% -
26 Colorado St. Mountain West 91 25 8 - 100% -
27 North Carolina ACC 91 24 10 - 100% -
28 Creighton Missouri Valley 91 27 7 - 100% -
29 N.C. State ACC 89 24 10 - 100% -
30 Oregon PAC 12 89 26 8 - 100% -
31 Pittsburgh Big East 88 23 8 - 100% -
32 St. Mary's West Coast 87 27 6 - 100% -
33 Minnesota Big 10 87 20 12 - 100% -
34 San Diego St. Mountain West 87 22 9 - 100% -
35 Cincinnati Big East 87 22 11 - 100% -
36 Temple Atlantic 10 86 23 9 - 100% -
37 Illinois Big 10 85 22 12 - 100% -
38 Middle Tenn. St. Sunbelt 85 28 5 - 100% -
39 Missouri SEC 85 23 9 - 100% -
40 Ole Miss SEC 84 25 8 - 100% -
41 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 84 25 8 - 100% -
42 Connecticut Big East 84 20 10 - X -
43 Colorado PAC 12 83 21 11 - 100% -
44 Iowa St. Big 12 81 22 11 - 100% -
45 La Salle Atlantic 10 81 21 9 - 100% -
46 Boise St. Mountain West 81 21 10 - 100% -
47 Southern Miss Conference USA 81 25 9 - 100% -
48 Belmont Ohio Valley 81 25 6 - 100% -
49 Oklahoma Big 12 80 19 11 - 100% -
50 California PAC 12 80 20 11 - > 99% -
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51 Villanova Big East 79 20 13 - X -
52 Iowa Big 10 79 21 12 - X -
53 Akron MAC 79 25 6 - 100% -
54 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 78 21 11 - X -
55 Bucknell Patriot League 78 28 5 - 100% -
56 Kentucky SEC 78 21 11 - X -
57 Tennessee SEC 78 20 12 - X -
58 Maryland ACC 77 22 12 - X -
59 Alabama SEC 76 21 12 - X -
60 Valparaiso Horizon 76 25 7 - 100% -
61 Virginia ACC 75 21 11 - X -
62 Charlotte Atlantic 10 75 21 11 - X -
63 Louisiana Tech WAC 74 26 6 - X -
64 Baylor Big 12 73 18 14 - X -
65 Arizona St. PAC 12 73 21 12 - X -
66 Wyoming Mountain West 72 19 13 - X -
67 Stanford PAC 12 71 18 14 - X -
68 Florida St. ACC 71 18 15 - X -
69 BYU West Coast 71 21 11 - X -
70 LSU SEC 71 19 12 - X -
71 Davidson Southern 71 26 7 - 100% -
72 Arkansas SEC 70 19 13 - X -
73 Providence Big East 70 17 14 - X -
74 New Mexico St. WAC 70 24 10 - 100% -
75 Washington PAC 12 70 18 15 - X -
76 South Dakota St. Summit 70 25 8 - 100% -
77 St. Joseph's Atlantic 10 70 18 13 - X -
78 Stephen F. Austin Southland 69 26 4 - X -
79 Xavier Atlantic 10 69 17 14 - X -
80 Ohio MAC 69 23 9 - X -
81 North Dakota St. Summit 69 24 8 - X -
82 Stony Brook America East 69 25 6 - X -
83 Air Force Mountain West 68 17 13 - X -
84 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 68 18 13 - X -
85 St. John's Big East 68 16 15 - X -
86 Nebraska Big 10 67 15 18 - X -
87 Denver WAC 67 20 9 - X -
88 Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley 66 24 8 - X -
89 Richmond Atlantic 10 66 18 14 - X -
90 Pacific Big West 66 22 11 - 100% -
91 Dayton Atlantic 10 66 17 14 - X -
92 Detroit Horizon 66 20 11 - X -
93 Santa Clara West Coast 66 21 11 - X -
94 Texas A&M SEC 65 18 15 - X -
95 Purdue Big 10 65 15 17 - X -
96 UTEP Conference USA 64 18 14 - X -
97 Boston College ACC 64 16 17 - X -
98 Northwestern St. Southland 64 23 7 - 100% -
99 Rutgers Big East 63 15 16 - X -
100 Montana Big Sky 63 25 6 - 100% -
101 Texas Big 12 63 16 17 - X -
102 UCF Conference USA 63 20 12 - X -
103 USC PAC 12 63 14 18 - X -
104 Illinois St. Missouri Valley 63 18 14 - X -
105 Western Ill. Summit 63 22 7 - X -
106 Fla Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 63 24 10 - 100% -
107 Indiana St. Missouri Valley 63 16 14 - X -
108 Harvard Ivy League 63 19 9 - 100% -
109 Georgia Tech ACC 62 16 15 - X -
110 Vanderbilt SEC 61 16 17 - X -
111 Long Beach St. Big West 61 19 12 - X -
112 Evansville Missouri Valley 61 17 14 - X -
113 Seton Hall Big East 60 15 18 - X -
114 Wright St. Horizon 60 21 11 - X -
115 Lehigh Patriot League 60 21 9 - X -
116 Georgia SEC 60 15 17 - X -
117 Weber St. Big Sky 60 25 6 - X -
118 Iona Metro Atlantic 59 20 12 - 100% -
119 Utah St. WAC 59 20 10 - X -
120 Loyola (MD) Metro Atlantic 59 20 11 - X -
121 Murray St. Ohio Valley 58 20 10 - X -
122 TX Arlington WAC 58 19 12 - X -
123 Robert Morris Northeast 58 22 10 - X -
124 Albany America East 58 24 10 - 100% -
125 Northwestern Big 10 58 13 19 - X -
126 West Virginia Big 12 58 13 18 - X -
127 Mercer Atlantic Sun 58 23 11 - X -
128 South Florida Big East 58 12 19 - X -
129 East Carolina Conference USA 57 18 12 - X -
130 Tulsa Conference USA 57 18 15 - X -
131 St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 57 14 15 - X -
132 Charleston Southern 57 24 10 - X -
133 Kent State MAC 56 19 13 - X -
134 Wake Forest ACC 56 13 18 - X -
135 Tennessee St. Ohio Valley 56 18 13 - X -
136 Western Michigan MAC 56 19 12 - X -
137 Utah PAC 12 56 15 18 - X -
138 Canisius Metro Atlantic 55 18 13 - X -
139 Geo. Washington Atlantic 10 55 13 17 - X -
140 Princeton Ivy League 55 17 11 - X -
141 Northeastern Colonial Athletic 55 20 12 - X -
142 Vermont America East 55 21 11 - X -
143 Virginia Tech ACC 55 13 19 - X -
144 Delaware Colonial Athletic 55 19 13 - X -
145 Green Bay Horizon 54 18 14 - X -
146 Fresno St. Mountain West 54 11 19 - X -
147 Florida Intl. Sunbelt 54 18 14 - X -
148 UC Irvine Big West 54 18 15 - X -
149 Oregon St. PAC 12 54 14 18 - X -
150 Oral Roberts Southland 54 18 13 - X -
151 Ill. Chicago Horizon 54 17 14 - X -
152 Drake Missouri Valley 54 14 17 - X -
153 Bryant Northeast 53 19 11 - X -
154 Wagner Northeast 53 19 12 - X -
155 UAB Conference USA 53 15 17 - X -
156 Nevada Mountain West 53 12 19 - X -
157 Cal Poly Big West 53 18 13 - X -
158 Clemson ACC 53 13 18 - X -
159 Western Kentucky Sunbelt 53 20 15 - 100% -
160 Niagara Metro Atlantic 53 18 13 - X -
161 Tulane Conference USA 53 19 14 - X -
162 N.C. Central Mideastern 53 22 9 - X -
163 Penn St. Big 10 53 10 21 - X -
164 George Mason Colonial Athletic 52 18 14 - X -
165 South Alabama Sunbelt 52 17 12 - X -
166 Arkansas St. Sunbelt 52 19 12 - X -
167 Washington St. PAC 12 52 13 19 - X -
168 Jacksonville St. Ohio Valley 51 16 11 - X -
169 Houston Conference USA 51 19 12 - X -
170 Bradley Missouri Valley 51 15 16 - X -
171 Norfolk St. Mideastern 51 21 11 - X -
172 Mount St. Mary's Northeast 51 18 14 - X -
173 Rider Metro Atlantic 50 17 14 - X -
174 Towson Colonial Athletic 50 18 13 - X -
175 LIU Brooklyn Northeast 50 20 13 - 100% -
176 San Francisco West Coast 50 14 16 - X -
177 Elon Southern 49 21 11 - X -
178 Southern Southwestern 49 24 9 - 100% -
179 Lafayette Patriot League 49 19 15 - X -
180 James Madison Colonial Athletic 49 20 14 - 100% -
181 UALR Sunbelt 49 17 15 - X -
182 San Diego West Coast 49 16 18 - X -
183 Fairfield Metro Atlantic 48 19 15 - X -
184 Hawaii Big West 48 16 13 - X -
185 Oakland Summit 48 15 16 - X -
186 Southern Ill. Missouri Valley 47 12 17 - X -
187 Texas Tech Big 12 47 11 20 - X -
188 DePaul Big East 47 11 21 - X -
189 South Carolina SEC 47 14 18 - X -
190 Savannah St. Mideastern 47 19 14 - X -
191 Youngstown St. Horizon 46 16 15 - X -
192 Boston U. America East 46 17 13 - X -
193 Texas Southern Southwestern 45 17 14 - X -
194 Charleston Southern Big South 45 19 11 - X -
195 Morehead St. Ohio Valley 45 15 17 - X -
196 Gardner-Webb Big South 45 21 12 - X -
197 Eastern Michigan MAC 44 17 16 - X -
198 Toledo MAC 44 14 14 - X -
199 Loyola Chicago Horizon 44 15 15 - X -
200 Marshall Conference USA 43 13 19 - X -
201 SMU Conference USA 43 15 17 - X -
202 Hartford America East 43 16 14 - X -
203 SE Missouri St. Ohio Valley 42 17 15 - X -
204 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 42 8 21 - X -
205 TCU Big 12 42 11 21 - X -
206 Ball State MAC 42 15 15 - X -
207 Mississippi St. SEC 41 10 22 - X -
208 Sam Houston St. Southland 40 17 16 - X -
209 Manhattan Metro Atlantic 40 13 18 - X -
210 CSU Northridge Big West 40 14 16 - X -
211 Pepperdine West Coast 40 12 18 - X -
212 Buffalo MAC 40 14 19 - X -
213 Army Patriot League 40 15 15 - X -
214 Quinnipiac Northeast 40 15 16 - X -
215 Georgia St. Colonial Athletic 40 15 16 - X -
216 AR Pine Bluff Southwestern 40 16 14 - X -
217 Stetson Atlantic Sun 40 15 16 - X -
218 N.C. Asheville Big South 39 16 15 - X -
219 Yale Ivy League 39 14 17 - X -
220 Missouri St. Missouri Valley 39 10 22 - X -
221 N.C. A&T Mideastern 39 19 16 - 100% -
222 Duquesne Atlantic 10 38 8 22 - X -
223 Florida Atlantic Sunbelt 38 14 18 - X -
224 UC Davis Big West 38 13 17 - X -
225 Cleveland St. Horizon 38 13 18 - X -
226 Drexel Colonial Athletic 38 13 18 - X -
227 Central Conn. St. Northeast 38 13 17 - X -
228 Idaho WAC 38 11 18 - X -
229 UCSB Big West 37 11 19 - X -
230 South Carolina Upstate Atlantic Sun 37 16 17 - X -
231 Bowling Green MAC 37 13 17 - X -
232 SE Louisiana Southland 37 13 17 - X -
233 Auburn SEC 37 9 23 - X -
234 LA Lafayette Sunbelt 37 13 20 - X -
235 Portland West Coast 36 10 21 - X -
236 CSU Bakersfield Independent 36 13 16 - X -
237 Fordham Atlantic 10 36 7 24 - X -
238 Brown Ivy League 36 13 15 - X -
239 McNeese St. Southland 36 14 16 - X -
240 North Florida Atlantic Sun 36 13 19 - X -
241 Morgan St. Mideastern 36 17 15 - X -
242 IPFW Summit 36 15 17 - X -
243 High Point Big South 35 17 13 - X -
244 Loyola Marymount West Coast 35 10 23 - X -
245 St. Francis (NY) Northeast 35 12 18 - X -
246 North Dakota Big Sky 34 16 15 - X -
247 Cornell Ivy League 33 13 18 - X -
248 Central Michigan MAC 33 11 19 - X -
249 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun 33 12 18 - X -
250 CSU Fullerton Big West 33 13 18 - X -
251 Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 33 11 17 - X -
252 Jacksonville Atlantic Sun 32 14 18 - X -
253 North Kentucky Atlantic Sun 32 11 15 - X -
254 Appalachian St. Southern 32 15 16 - X -
255 Holy Cross Patriot League 31 12 18 - X -
256 N.J.I.T. Great West 31 15 13 - X -
257 Coastal Carolina Big South 31 14 15 - X -
258 William & Mary Colonial Athletic 31 13 17 - X -
259 Delaware St. Mideastern 30 15 18 - X -
260 North Texas Sunbelt 30 11 20 - X -
261 Western Carolina Southern 30 14 19 - X -
262 Miami OH MAC 30 9 21 - X -
263 Columbia Ivy League 29 11 16 - X -
264 Troy Sunbelt 29 12 21 - X -
265 Wofford Southern 29 13 19 - X -
266 South Dakota Summit 29 9 20 - X -
267 Central Arkansas Southland 29 12 17 - X -
268 TX Pan American Great West 29 16 16 - X -
269 Georgia Southern Southern 29 14 19 - X -
270 Colgate Patriot League 28 11 21 - X -
271 Winthrop Big South 28 13 17 - X -
272 Texas St. WAC 28 11 22 - X -
273 San Jose St. WAC 28 10 20 - X -
274 Bethune-Cookman Mideastern 27 14 20 - X -
275 Northern Colorado Big Sky 27 13 17 - X -
276 American Patriot League 27 10 20 - X -
277 Hampton Mideastern 27 14 17 - X -
278 Maine America East 27 11 19 - X -
279 Monmouth Northeast 26 10 21 - X -
280 Sacred Heart Northeast 26 9 20 - X -
281 E. Tennessee St. Atlantic Sun 26 10 22 - X -
282 Pennsylvania Ivy League 26 9 22 - X -
283 Marist Metro Atlantic 26 9 21 - X -
284 Nicholls Southland 26 9 20 - X -
285 Houston Baptist Great West 26 14 17 - X -
286 Nebraska Omaha Summit 26 10 20 - X -
287 Samford Southern 25 11 20 - X -
288 Chattanooga Southern 25 13 19 - X -
289 SIU Edwardsville Ohio Valley 25 9 17 - X -
290 Northern Arizona Big Sky 25 11 20 - X -
291 Sacramento St. Big Sky 25 13 15 - X -
292 UTSA WAC 25 9 23 - X -
293 Virginia Military Big South 25 14 16 - X -
294 Mo. Kansas City Summit 25 8 23 - X -
295 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley 24 10 21 - X -
296 Utah Valley Great West 24 14 18 - X -
297 Liberty Big South 24 14 20 - 100% -
298 N.C. Wilmington Colonial Athletic 23 10 20 - X -
299 Prairie View A&M Southwestern 23 15 19 - X -
300 Montana St. Big Sky 23 13 16 - X -
301 Campbell Big South 23 13 20 - X -
302 St. Peter's Metro Atlantic 23 9 21 - X -
303 Radford Big South 22 13 18 - X -
304 New Hampshire America East 22 9 20 - X -
305 Dartmouth Ivy League 22 8 19 - X -
306 Wis. Milwaukee Horizon 21 7 24 - X -
307 Jackson St. Southwestern 21 11 18 - X -
308 Seattle WAC 20 8 22 - X -
309 Chicago St. Great West 20 10 21 - < 1% -
310 Tenn-Martin Ohio Valley 20 8 21 - X -
311 Siena Metro Atlantic 19 7 24 - X -
312 UMBC America East 18 8 23 - X -
313 Austin Peay Ohio Valley 18 8 22 - X -
314 IUPUI Summit 17 6 24 - X -
315 Southern Utah Big Sky 17 10 20 - X -
316 Texas A&M C.C. Southland 16 6 22 - X -
317 Alcorn St. Southwestern 16 9 23 - X -
318 Navy Patriot League 16 8 23 - X -
319 Fair. Dickinson Northeast 16 7 24 - X -
320 Coppin St. Mideastern 16 8 24 - X -
321 Alabama A&M Southwestern 16 11 20 - X -
322 LA Monroe Sunbelt 16 4 23 - X -
323 Hofstra Colonial Athletic 15 7 25 - X -
324 Rice Conference USA 15 5 26 - X -
325 N.C. Greensboro Southern 14 9 22 - X -
326 Alabama St. Southwestern 14 10 22 - X -
327 Eastern Wash. Big Sky 14 9 21 - X -
328 UC Riverside Big West 13 6 24 - X -
329 Northern Illinois MAC 13 5 24 - X -
330 New Orleans Independent 12 7 18 - X -
331 Florida A&M Mideastern 12 8 23 - X -
332 Longwood Big South 12 8 24 - X -
333 St. Francis (PA) Northeast 12 5 24 - X -
334 Old Dominion Colonial Athletic 11 5 25 - X -
335 Citadel Southern 11 8 22 - X -
336 Presbyterian Big South 9 8 24 - X -
337 Portland St. Big Sky 9 7 20 - X -
338 Lamar Southland 8 3 27 - X -
339 Howard Mideastern 8 7 24 - X -
340 S. Carolina St. Mideastern 7 6 24 - X -
341 Furman Southern 6 7 24 - X -
342 Idaho St. Big Sky 6 6 23 - X -
343 Miss. Valley St. Southwestern 5 5 24 - X -
344 Binghamton America East 4 4 27 - X -
345 Kennesaw St. Atlantic Sun 4 3 27 - X -
346 MD Eastern Shore Mideastern 0 2 26 - X -
347 Grambling St. Southwestern -15 0 28 - X -
  • Notes
  • X means the team cannot win this spot - ties of future unplayed games are not considered
  • 50% - probability the team will receive a tournament invitation - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will receive a tournament invitation - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot