Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2013-14
Overall
Predictive Rating+3.6#116
Expected Predictive Rating+5.4#93
Pace59.4#338
Improvement+1.1#128

Offense
Total Offense-4.8#286
Improvement-1.3#249

Defense
Total Defense+8.4#13
Improvement+2.4#66
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 09, 2013 299   Eastern Illinois W 72-55 92%     1 - 0 +5.2 -2.6 +8.9
  Nov 14, 2013 34   @ Stanford L 58-71 16%     1 - 1 +1.3 -4.5 +5.0
  Nov 17, 2013 150   Illinois St. L 64-68 69%     1 - 2 -5.4 -6.4 +0.9
  Nov 20, 2013 266   @ Illinois-Chicago W 93-58 74%     2 - 2 +32.1 +17.7 +13.7
  Nov 22, 2013 327   IUPUI W 63-61 95%     3 - 2 -12.9 -7.6 -5.0
  Nov 25, 2013 261   Gardner-Webb W 72-59 87%     4 - 2 +4.7 -2.4 +7.2
  Nov 28, 2013 65   Missouri L 67-78 33%     4 - 3 -3.0 -0.2 -3.5
  Nov 29, 2013 11   UCLA L 79-95 13%     4 - 4 +0.0 +11.9 -11.8
  Dec 04, 2013 66   @ North Carolina St. L 48-69 25%     4 - 5 -10.4 -15.1 +1.9
  Dec 07, 2013 119   Western Michigan W 51-35 62%     5 - 5 +16.5 -15.7 +34.1
  Dec 16, 2013 348   Mississippi Valley W 86-64 97%     6 - 5 +2.6 +5.7 -2.7
  Dec 22, 2013 162   Brown W 58-52 72%     7 - 5 +3.5 -12.7 +16.3
  Dec 27, 2013 154   DePaul L 56-57 70%     7 - 6 -2.9 -22.6 +19.8
  Jan 02, 2014 12   Wisconsin L 49-76 19%     7 - 7 0 - 1 -14.2 -11.3 -7.9
  Jan 05, 2014 13   @ Michigan L 51-74 9%     7 - 8 0 - 2 -4.9 -10.1 +1.6
  Jan 09, 2014 20   @ Iowa L 67-93 11%     7 - 9 0 - 3 -9.0 -5.1 -2.3
  Jan 12, 2014 59   Illinois W 49-43 41%     8 - 9 1 - 3 +12.0 -8.7 +21.7
  Jan 15, 2014 10   Michigan St. L 40-54 18%     8 - 10 1 - 4 -0.5 -17.2 +13.2
  Jan 18, 2014 58   @ Indiana W 54-47 22%     9 - 10 2 - 4 +18.6 -5.7 +25.0
  Jan 21, 2014 84   Purdue W 63-60 2OT 51%     10 - 10 3 - 4 +6.4 -12.8 +18.9
  Jan 25, 2014 20   Iowa L 50-76 23%     10 - 11 3 - 5 -14.6 -18.5 +2.8
  Jan 29, 2014 12   @ Wisconsin W 65-56 9%     11 - 11 4 - 5 +27.4 -0.9 +28.5
  Feb 01, 2014 53   @ Minnesota W 55-54 21%     12 - 11 5 - 5 +13.2 +1.0 +12.5
  Feb 08, 2014 49   Nebraska L 49-53 37%     12 - 12 5 - 6 +3.0 -11.7 +14.1
  Feb 13, 2014 10   @ Michigan St. L 70-85 8%     12 - 13 5 - 7 +4.1 +15.9 -13.9
  Feb 16, 2014 53   Minnesota L 48-54 38%     12 - 14 5 - 8 +0.6 -14.3 +13.9
  Feb 19, 2014 18   @ Ohio St. L 60-76 11%     12 - 15 5 - 9 +1.2 +4.6 -4.7
  Feb 22, 2014 58   Indiana L 56-61 41%     12 - 16 5 - 10 +1.0 +2.9 -3.2
  Mar 01, 2014 49   @ Nebraska L 47-54 20%     12 - 17 5 - 11 +5.6 -8.5 +12.7
  Mar 06, 2014 76   Penn St. L 32-59 48%     12 - 18 5 - 12 -23.0 -32.7 +4.2
  Mar 09, 2014 84   @ Purdue W 74-65 30%     13 - 18 6 - 12 +18.0 +7.0 +11.1
  Mar 13, 2014 20   Iowa W 67-62 16%     14 - 18 +19.2 +6.3 +13.5
  Mar 14, 2014 10   Michigan St. L 51-67 12%     14 - 19 +0.3 -4.4 +1.5
Projected Record 14.0 - 19.0 6.0 - 12.0




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