Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2012-13
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.7#125
Expected Predictive Rating+3.7#115
Pace59.3#317
Improvement-5.3#329

Offense
Total Offense+1.5#135
Improvement-1.4#230

Defense
Total Defense+1.2#135
Improvement-3.9#323
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 13, 2012 170   Texas Southern W 79-49 72%     1 - 0 +26.5 +2.0 +24.0
  Nov 15, 2012 342   Mississippi Valley W 81-68 97%     2 - 0 -5.6 +1.3 -6.7
  Nov 18, 2012 335   Fairleigh Dickinson W 80-53 96%     3 - 0 +9.5 -3.3 +12.4
  Nov 20, 2012 283   Delaware St. W 69-50 89%     4 - 0 +8.3 +9.2 +4.2
  Nov 23, 2012 254   TCU W 55-31 78%     5 - 0 +18.6 -6.9 +30.2
  Nov 24, 2012 65   Illinois St. W 72-69 OT 32%     6 - 0 +10.7 -3.0 +13.5
  Nov 27, 2012 53   Maryland L 57-77 37%     6 - 1 -13.8 -7.1 -7.9
  Dec 01, 2012 193   Illinois-Chicago L 44-50 76%     6 - 2 -10.6 -22.3 +10.9
  Dec 04, 2012 37   @ Baylor W 74-70 14%     7 - 2 +18.5 +8.7 +9.9
  Dec 08, 2012 44   Butler L 65-74 34%     7 - 3 -2.0 -1.2 -1.4
  Dec 17, 2012 252   Texas St. W 74-68 85%     8 - 3 -2.6 -7.9 +5.0
  Dec 21, 2012 46   Stanford L 68-70 34%     8 - 4 +4.9 +4.6 +0.0
  Dec 23, 2012 222   Brown W 63-42 81%     9 - 4 +14.3 +0.7 +17.3
  Jan 03, 2013 9   Michigan L 66-94 17%     9 - 5 0 - 1 -15.1 -5.2 -9.7
  Jan 06, 2013 27   @ Minnesota L 51-69 12%     9 - 6 0 - 2 -2.4 -2.6 -3.8
  Jan 10, 2013 143   @ Penn St. W 70-54 42%     10 - 6 1 - 2 +20.8 +8.4 +14.3
  Jan 13, 2013 36   Iowa L 50-70 30%     10 - 7 1 - 3 -11.8 -14.5 +1.7
  Jan 17, 2013 48   @ Illinois W 68-54 16%     11 - 7 2 - 3 +27.2 +9.5 +19.4
  Jan 20, 2013 3   Indiana L 59-67 10%     11 - 8 2 - 4 +8.8 +6.6 +0.1
  Jan 23, 2013 27   Minnesota W 55-48 27%     12 - 8 3 - 4 +16.1 -4.9 +22.2
  Jan 26, 2013 123   @ Nebraska L 49-64 37%     12 - 9 3 - 5 -8.9 -15.1 +4.9
  Jan 30, 2013 9   @ Michigan L 46-68 7%     12 - 10 3 - 6 -2.7 -5.7 -4.5
  Feb 02, 2013 73   Purdue W 75-60 46%     13 - 10 4 - 6 +18.8 +14.4 +6.0
  Feb 09, 2013 36   @ Iowa L 57-71 13%     13 - 11 4 - 7 +0.6 -1.2 +0.5
  Feb 14, 2013 7   @ Ohio St. L 59-69 6%     13 - 12 4 - 8 +9.9 +10.5 -3.1
  Feb 17, 2013 48   Illinois L 41-62 35%     13 - 13 4 - 9 -14.2 -24.0 +7.3
  Feb 20, 2013 14   Wisconsin L 41-69 19%     13 - 14 4 - 10 -16.1 -12.0 -10.9
  Feb 24, 2013 73   @ Purdue L 43-74 24%     13 - 15 4 - 11 -20.7 -20.5 -1.7
  Feb 28, 2013 7   Ohio St. L 53-63 16%     13 - 16 4 - 12 +3.4 -1.5 +2.7
  Mar 07, 2013 143   Penn St. L 59-66 67%     13 - 17 4 - 13 -8.7 -11.6 +2.6
  Mar 10, 2013 10   @ Michigan St. L 61-71 8%     13 - 18 4 - 14 +8.8 +13.5 -7.2
  Mar 14, 2013 36   Iowa L 59-73 20%     13 - 19 -2.6 -3.3 +0.0
Projected Record 13.0 - 19.0 4.0 - 14.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big Ten 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 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 100.0 100.0 11th
12th 12th
Total 100.0 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total



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
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14 100.0% 100.0
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%