Pre-tourney Rankings
Rutgers
Big Ten
2016-17
Overall
Predictive Rating+2.8#116
Expected Predictive Rating+4.4#103
Pace65.5#235
Improvement-1.7#261

Offense
Total Offense-2.0#220
First Shot-6.9#326
After Offensive Rebound+4.9#2
Layup/Dunks+4.4#31
2 Pt Jumpshots-2.5#301
3 Pt Jumpshots-7.2#345
Freethrows-1.7#277
Improvement-3.4#328

Defense
Total Defense+4.8#61
First Shot+3.9#64
After Offensive Rebounds+0.9#76
Layups/Dunks+1.4#117
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.9#116
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.3#166
Freethrows+1.3#98
Improvement+1.6#86
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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, 2016 258   Drexel W 87-66 85%     1 - 0 +12.9 +2.8 +8.6
  Nov 17, 2016 152   @ DePaul W 66-59 49%     2 - 0 +10.1 +4.5 +6.6
  Nov 20, 2016 266   Niagara W 78-65 86%     3 - 0 +4.0 +1.7 +2.3
  Nov 23, 2016 315   North Texas W 66-53 92%     4 - 0 +0.1 -6.8 +8.0
  Nov 25, 2016 333   Hartford W 77-75 95%     5 - 0 -13.6 +2.6 -16.2
  Nov 30, 2016 31   @ Miami (FL) L 61-73 12%     5 - 1 +3.4 -1.2 +4.6
  Dec 03, 2016 326   Morgan St. W 72-58 93%     6 - 1 +0.2 -3.8 +4.0
  Dec 06, 2016 338   Central Connecticut St. W 79-37 96%     7 - 1 +24.7 -1.2 +26.1
  Dec 10, 2016 208   @ Stony Brook W 71-66 62%     8 - 1 +4.6 +2.6 +2.3
  Dec 14, 2016 277   Fairleigh Dickinson W 82-69 87%     9 - 1 +3.4 +12.1 -7.2
  Dec 18, 2016 192   Fordham W 68-53 66%     10 - 1 +13.4 +5.2 +9.6
  Dec 23, 2016 42   @ Seton Hall L 61-72 15%     10 - 2 +2.9 -6.1 +9.4
  Dec 27, 2016 23   @ Wisconsin L 52-72 8%     10 - 3 0 - 1 -1.7 -6.1 +2.8
  Jan 01, 2017 79   Penn St. L 47-60 46%     10 - 4 0 - 2 -9.2 -22.1 +13.3
  Jan 04, 2017 44   @ Michigan St. L 65-93 15%     10 - 5 0 - 3 -14.1 +2.5 -18.0
  Jan 08, 2017 65   @ Iowa L 62-68 22%     10 - 6 0 - 4 +5.0 -9.0 +14.2
  Jan 12, 2017 40   Northwestern L 60-69 28%     10 - 7 0 - 5 -0.1 -2.3 +1.5
  Jan 15, 2017 38   @ Indiana L 57-76 14%     10 - 8 0 - 6 -4.8 -12.0 +7.2
  Jan 21, 2017 99   Nebraska W 65-64 53%     11 - 8 1 - 6 +2.9 -3.0 +6.0
  Jan 24, 2017 43   @ Maryland L 55-67 15%     11 - 9 1 - 7 +1.9 -8.5 +9.7
  Jan 28, 2017 23   Wisconsin L 54-61 OT 12%     11 - 10 1 - 8 +8.7 -9.9 +18.7
  Jan 31, 2017 65   Iowa L 63-83 38%     11 - 11 1 - 9 -14.1 -9.1 -4.9
  Feb 04, 2017 79   @ Penn St. W 70-68 28%     12 - 11 2 - 9 +10.9 +11.1 -0.1
  Feb 08, 2017 71   @ Ohio St. L 64-70 23%     12 - 12 2 - 10 +4.3 -1.8 +5.8
  Feb 11, 2017 32   Minnesota L 63-72 24%     12 - 13 2 - 11 +1.1 +3.6 -3.3
  Feb 14, 2017 16   @ Purdue L 55-74 6%     12 - 14 2 - 12 +1.1 -5.8 +6.4
  Feb 18, 2017 40   @ Northwestern L 65-69 15%     12 - 15 2 - 13 +10.0 +14.3 -5.1
  Feb 22, 2017 21   Michigan L 64-68 15%     12 - 16 2 - 14 +9.9 +2.6 +6.7
  Feb 28, 2017 43   Maryland L 59-79 28%     12 - 17 2 - 15 -11.2 +0.2 -15.0
  Mar 04, 2017 64   Illinois W 62-59 38%     13 - 17 3 - 15 +9.0 +3.3 +6.1
  Mar 08, 2017 71   Ohio St. W 66-57 31%     14 - 17 +16.8 +4.4 +13.6
  Mar 09, 2017 40   Northwestern L 61-83 21%     14 - 18 -10.6 +5.1 -19.2
Projected Record 14.0 - 18.0 3.0 - 15.0




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