Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating+4.5#95
Expected Predictive Rating+5.1#92
Pace58.3#336
Improvement+3.2#49

Offense
Total Offense+2.2#95
Improvement+4.6#10

Defense
Total Defense+2.2#95
Improvement-1.4#249
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 14, 2014 316   Houston Baptist W 65-58 94%     1 - 0 -5.8 -6.4 -6.4
  Nov 17, 2014 258   @ Brown W 69-56 75%     2 - 0 +10.6 -1.2 -1.2
  Nov 20, 2014 134   North Florida W 69-67 70%     3 - 0 +1.1 -0.4 -0.4
  Nov 22, 2014 248   Elon W 68-67 OT 87%     4 - 0 -6.8 -3.9 -3.9
  Nov 25, 2014 211   Miami (OH) W 55-46 74%     5 - 0 +6.7 -1.1 -1.1
  Nov 26, 2014 27   Northern Iowa L 42-61 23%     5 - 1 -6.9 +6.0 +6.0
  Dec 03, 2014 85   Georgia Tech L 58-66 57%     5 - 2 -5.3 +1.3 +1.3
  Dec 06, 2014 20   @ Butler L 56-65 14%     5 - 3 +7.0 +8.0 +8.0
  Dec 14, 2014 348   Mississippi Valley W 101-49 98%     6 - 3 +31.2 -10.4 -10.4
  Dec 17, 2014 88   Central Michigan L 67-80 58%     6 - 4 -10.5 +1.2 +1.2
  Dec 20, 2014 140   Western Michigan W 67-61 71%     7 - 4 +4.9 -0.6 -0.6
  Dec 22, 2014 279   Illinois-Chicago W 63-46 89%     8 - 4 +7.9 -4.6 -4.6
  Dec 27, 2014 244   Northern Kentucky W 76-55 87%     9 - 4 +13.4 -3.8 -3.8
  Dec 30, 2014 177   @ Rutgers W 51-47 59%     10 - 4 1 - 0 +6.0 +1.0 +1.0
  Jan 04, 2015 3   Wisconsin L 58-81 11%     10 - 5 1 - 1 -4.8 +9.1 +9.1
  Jan 11, 2015 17   @ Michigan St. L 77-84 OT 12%     10 - 6 1 - 2 +10.0 +8.5 +8.5
  Jan 14, 2015 49   Illinois L 67-72 43%     10 - 7 1 - 3 +1.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Jan 17, 2015 64   @ Michigan L 54-56 29%     10 - 8 1 - 4 +8.3 +5.2 +5.2
  Jan 22, 2015 15   Ohio St. L 67-69 24%     10 - 9 1 - 5 +10.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Jan 25, 2015 31   @ Maryland L 67-68 18%     10 - 10 1 - 6 +13.1 +7.0 +7.0
  Jan 31, 2015 38   Purdue L 60-68 39%     10 - 11 1 - 7 -0.6 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 03, 2015 103   @ Nebraska L 60-76 41%     10 - 12 1 - 8 -9.1 +3.5 +3.5
  Feb 07, 2015 3   @ Wisconsin L 50-65 5%     10 - 13 1 - 9 +8.9 +12.0 +12.0
  Feb 10, 2015 17   Michigan St. L 44-68 26%     10 - 14 1 - 10 -12.7 +5.6 +5.6
  Feb 15, 2015 22   Iowa W 66-61 OT 29%     11 - 14 2 - 10 +15.1 +5.1 +5.1
  Feb 18, 2015 48   @ Minnesota W 72-66 23%     12 - 14 3 - 10 +18.2 +6.1 +6.1
  Feb 21, 2015 76   Penn St. W 60-39 54%     13 - 14 4 - 10 +24.3 +1.7 +1.7
  Feb 25, 2015 43   Indiana W 72-65 41%     14 - 14 5 - 10 +13.9 +3.5 +3.5
  Feb 28, 2015 49   @ Illinois L 60-86 23%     14 - 15 5 - 11 -13.9 +6.1 +6.1
  Mar 03, 2015 64   Michigan W 82-78 2OT 50%     15 - 15 6 - 11 +8.5 +2.3 +2.3
  Mar 07, 2015 22   @ Iowa L 52-69 14%     15 - 16 6 - 12 -1.1 +7.9 +7.9
  Mar 12, 2015 43   Indiana L 56-71 30%     15 - 17 -5.2 +4.9 +4.9
Projected Record 15.0 - 17.0 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
13th 13th
14th 14th
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%