Pre-tourney Rankings
Purdue
Big Ten
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating+10.3#38
Expected Predictive Rating+10.8#35
Pace67.1#148
Improvement+0.2#165

Offense
Total Offense+5.1#38
Improvement-1.3#249

Defense
Total Defense+5.1#38
Improvement+1.6#97
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 0.8% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 96.6% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 96.6% n/a n/a
Average Seed 8.4 n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 Round96.6% n/a n/a
Second Round45.5% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen7.2% n/a n/a
Elite Eight2.6% n/a n/a
Final Four0.7% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.1% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 8 seed  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 14, 2014 287   Samford W 80-40 96%     1 - 0 +30.4 -4.8 -4.8
  Nov 16, 2014 286   IUPUI W 77-57 96%     2 - 0 +10.4 -4.8 -4.8
  Nov 20, 2014 351   Grambling St. W 82-30 99.7%    3 - 0 +24.0 -14.0 -14.0
  Nov 24, 2014 66   Kansas St. L 79-88 62%     3 - 1 -1.8 +3.6 +3.6
  Nov 25, 2014 166   Missouri W 82-61 84%     4 - 1 +20.8 -0.1 -0.1
  Nov 26, 2014 28   BYU W 87-85 OT 43%     5 - 1 +14.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Dec 02, 2014 32   North Carolina St. W 66-61 58%     6 - 1 +13.2 +4.1 +4.1
  Dec 06, 2014 134   North Florida L 70-73 85%     6 - 2 -3.9 -0.4 -0.4
  Dec 08, 2014 184   Purdue Fort Wayne W 63-43 90%     7 - 2 +15.8 -2.1 -2.1
  Dec 10, 2014 298   Arkansas St. W 87-46 96%     8 - 2 +30.3 -5.3 -5.3
  Dec 13, 2014 45   @ Vanderbilt L 71-81 41%     8 - 3 +2.6 +6.3 +6.3
  Dec 20, 2014 10   Notre Dame L 63-94 27%     8 - 4 -14.4 +8.3 +8.3
  Dec 22, 2014 227   Gardner-Webb L 84-89 93%     8 - 5 -11.3 -3.1 -3.1
  Dec 31, 2014 48   Minnesota W 72-68 65%     9 - 5 1 - 0 +10.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Jan 03, 2015 64   Michigan W 64-51 71%     10 - 5 2 - 0 +17.5 +2.3 +2.3
  Jan 07, 2015 3   @ Wisconsin L 55-62 11%     10 - 6 2 - 1 +16.9 +12.0 +12.0
  Jan 10, 2015 31   Maryland L 60-69 58%     10 - 7 2 - 2 -0.7 +4.1 +4.1
  Jan 17, 2015 76   @ Penn St. W 84-77 OT 54%     11 - 7 3 - 2 +16.1 +4.6 +4.6
  Jan 21, 2015 49   @ Illinois L 57-66 43%     11 - 8 3 - 3 +3.1 +6.1 +6.1
  Jan 24, 2015 22   Iowa W 67-63 50%     12 - 8 4 - 3 +14.1 +5.1 +5.1
  Jan 28, 2015 43   Indiana W 83-67 63%     13 - 8 5 - 3 +22.9 +3.5 +3.5
  Jan 31, 2015 95   @ Northwestern W 68-60 61%     14 - 8 6 - 3 +15.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 04, 2015 15   Ohio St. W 60-58 43%     15 - 8 7 - 3 +14.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Feb 07, 2015 48   @ Minnesota L 58-62 43%     15 - 9 7 - 4 +8.2 +6.1 +6.1
  Feb 12, 2015 177   @ Rutgers W 61-51 78%     16 - 9 8 - 4 +12.0 +1.0 +1.0
  Feb 15, 2015 103   Nebraska W 66-54 80%     17 - 9 9 - 4 +13.2 +0.6 +0.6
  Feb 19, 2015 43   @ Indiana W 67-63 41%     18 - 9 10 - 4 +16.7 +6.4 +6.4
  Feb 26, 2015 177   Rutgers W 92-85 90%     19 - 9 11 - 4 +3.3 -1.9 -1.9
  Mar 01, 2015 15   @ Ohio St. L 61-65 24%     19 - 10 11 - 5 +13.8 +8.9 +8.9
  Mar 04, 2015 17   @ Michigan St. L 66-72 26%     19 - 11 11 - 6 +11.0 +8.5 +8.5
  Mar 07, 2015 49   Illinois W 63-58 65%     20 - 11 12 - 6 +11.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Mar 13, 2015 76   Penn St. W 64-59 65%     21 - 11 +11.2 +3.1 +3.1
  Mar 14, 2015 3   Wisconsin L 51-71 16%     21 - 12 +1.1 +10.5 +10.5
Projected Record 21.0 - 12.0 12.0 - 6.0




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 100.0 100.0 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 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 0.0%
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
12-6 100.0% 96.6% 96.6% 8.4 0.1 0.8 10.8 44.3 34.2 6.2 0.2 3.4 96.6%
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 96.6% 0.0% 96.6% 8.4 0.1 0.8 10.8 44.3 34.2 6.2 0.2 3.4 96.6%