Preseason Rankings
Kansas
Big 12
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+17.0#4
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace67.4#225
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+7.9#14
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+9.1#2
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 5.9% 9.5% 3.3%
#1 Seed 20.1% 29.9% 13.1%
Top 2 Seed 35.5% 49.1% 25.7%
Top 4 Seed 56.2% 71.1% 45.5%
Top 6 Seed 70.0% 83.0% 60.6%
NCAA Tourney Bid 86.0% 94.2% 80.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 82.4% 92.2% 76.0%
Average Seed 4.0 3.3 4.6
.500 or above 88.5% 95.8% 83.2%
.500 or above in Conference 84.9% 90.6% 80.7%
Conference Champion 25.9% 32.7% 21.0%
Last Place in Conference 1.4% 0.4% 2.1%
First Four3.0% 1.9% 3.8%
First Round84.8% 93.5% 78.5%
Second Round71.2% 82.0% 63.4%
Sweet Sixteen46.6% 56.8% 39.3%
Elite Eight27.5% 35.2% 22.0%
Final Four15.8% 21.4% 11.7%
Championship Game8.6% 12.3% 5.9%
National Champion4.7% 6.9% 3.1%

Next Game: Gonzaga (Neutral) - 42.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 1 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a4 - 64 - 6
Quad 1b4 - 28 - 8
Quad 25 - 113 - 9
Quad 33 - 016 - 9
Quad 43 - 019 - 9


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 26, 2020 1   Gonzaga L 76-78 42%    
  Nov 27, 2020 174   Saint Joseph's W 85-67 95%    
  Dec 01, 2020 11   Kentucky W 72-70 56%    
  Dec 05, 2020 165   North Dakota St. W 79-59 97%    
  Dec 08, 2020 12   Creighton W 76-71 66%    
  Dec 11, 2020 196   Nebraska Omaha W 85-63 97%    
  Dec 13, 2020 340   Tarleton St. W 89-54 99.9%   
  Dec 17, 2020 14   @ Texas Tech L 69-70 47%    
  Dec 22, 2020 7   West Virginia W 74-70 65%    
  Jan 02, 2021 15   Texas W 70-65 68%    
  Jan 05, 2021 69   @ TCU W 69-63 69%    
  Jan 09, 2021 29   Oklahoma W 76-68 75%    
  Jan 12, 2021 42   @ Oklahoma St. W 72-69 61%    
  Jan 16, 2021 71   Iowa St. W 81-69 85%    
  Jan 18, 2021 2   @ Baylor L 67-71 37%    
  Jan 23, 2021 29   @ Oklahoma W 73-71 57%    
  Jan 26, 2021 69   TCU W 72-60 84%    
  Jan 30, 2021 20   @ Tennessee L 67-68 50%    
  Feb 02, 2021 89   Kansas St. W 74-60 88%    
  Feb 06, 2021 7   @ West Virginia L 71-73 44%    
  Feb 08, 2021 42   Oklahoma St. W 75-66 79%    
  Feb 13, 2021 71   @ Iowa St. W 78-72 70%    
  Feb 16, 2021 89   @ Kansas St. W 71-63 74%    
  Feb 20, 2021 14   Texas Tech W 72-67 67%    
  Feb 22, 2021 15   @ Texas L 67-68 48%    
  Feb 27, 2021 2   Baylor W 70-68 56%    
Projected Record 18 - 8 12 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big 12 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 0.0 0.6 2.9 5.4 7.1 6.0 3.0 0.8 25.9 1st
2nd 0.1 1.3 4.6 6.5 5.2 2.0 0.3 20.0 2nd
3rd 0.2 1.6 4.9 5.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 15.8 3rd
4th 0.2 1.7 4.7 4.4 1.7 0.1 0.0 12.7 4th
5th 0.2 1.3 3.7 3.1 0.7 0.1 9.1 5th
6th 0.1 1.0 2.7 2.2 0.5 0.0 6.4 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.2 2.9 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.7 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 10th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.4 4.1 5.7 7.9 10.0 11.3 12.8 12.3 11.2 9.2 6.3 3.0 0.8 Total



Big 12 Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 0.8    0.8
17-1 100.0% 3.0    3.0 0.0
16-2 95.1% 6.0    5.3 0.7 0.0
15-3 77.5% 7.1    5.3 1.7 0.1
14-4 48.6% 5.4    2.6 2.3 0.5 0.0
13-5 23.3% 2.9    0.9 1.3 0.6 0.1
12-6 5.0% 0.6    0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.3% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 25.9% 25.9 17.9 6.3 1.5 0.1 0.0



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 0.8% 100.0% 66.9% 33.1% 1.1 0.7 0.1 100.0%
17-1 3.0% 100.0% 55.4% 44.6% 1.1 2.6 0.4 0.0 100.0%
16-2 6.3% 100.0% 47.1% 52.9% 1.3 4.8 1.4 0.1 0.0 100.0%
15-3 9.2% 100.0% 37.7% 62.3% 1.5 5.5 2.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
14-4 11.2% 100.0% 29.8% 70.2% 2.0 3.9 4.4 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
13-5 12.3% 100.0% 25.0% 75.0% 2.8 2.0 3.9 3.3 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
12-6 12.8% 99.8% 16.4% 83.4% 4.0 0.6 1.8 3.4 2.7 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 99.8%
11-7 11.3% 99.5% 12.0% 87.5% 5.2 0.1 0.5 1.6 2.3 2.5 1.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 99.5%
10-8 10.0% 94.1% 9.8% 84.3% 6.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6 93.5%
9-9 7.9% 78.5% 6.8% 71.7% 8.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 76.9%
8-10 5.7% 47.7% 4.1% 43.6% 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 3.0 45.4%
7-11 4.1% 17.9% 2.7% 15.3% 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 15.7%
6-12 2.4% 2.6% 0.6% 1.9% 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.0%
5-13 1.6% 0.5% 0.5% 15.0 0.0 1.6
4-14 0.8% 0.8
3-15 0.4% 0.4
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 21.6% 21.6% 16.0 0.0 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 86.0% 20.4% 65.6% 4.0 20.1 15.4 11.7 9.0 7.9 5.9 4.2 3.1 2.3 1.8 1.7 1.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 14.0 82.4%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.3% 100.0% 1.1 92.8 7.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 100.0% 1.1 86.2 13.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 1.0 100.0