Preseason Rankings
Ohio St.
Big Ten
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+14.3#17
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.9#280
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+7.4#19
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+6.9#21
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
#1 Seed 7.0% 7.2% 1.0%
Top 2 Seed 14.6% 15.0% 3.1%
Top 4 Seed 31.6% 32.4% 9.8%
Top 6 Seed 47.3% 48.3% 20.6%
NCAA Tourney Bid 70.8% 71.9% 42.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 67.7% 68.8% 39.0%
Average Seed 5.4 5.3 7.0
.500 or above 81.2% 82.3% 51.7%
.500 or above in Conference 70.2% 71.1% 46.8%
Conference Champion 12.3% 12.6% 4.0%
Last Place in Conference 2.4% 2.2% 6.1%
First Four3.5% 3.5% 4.3%
First Round69.2% 70.3% 40.4%
Second Round51.1% 52.0% 25.8%
Sweet Sixteen29.2% 29.9% 11.9%
Elite Eight15.4% 15.8% 5.3%
Final Four7.9% 8.2% 2.1%
Championship Game3.9% 4.0% 0.7%
National Champion2.0% 2.1% 0.5%

Next Game: Illinois St. (Home) - 96.3% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 5 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a3 - 63 - 6
Quad 1b3 - 27 - 9
Quad 25 - 211 - 10
Quad 33 - 014 - 10
Quad 44 - 018 - 10


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 188   Illinois St. W 79-60 96%    
  Nov 29, 2020 279   Umass Lowell W 87-63 99%    
  Dec 02, 2020 296   Morehead St. W 82-57 99%    
  Dec 05, 2020 343   Alabama A&M W 84-50 99.9%   
  Dec 08, 2020 70   @ Notre Dame W 73-70 61%    
  Dec 16, 2020 28   @ Purdue L 65-66 47%    
  Dec 19, 2020 23   North Carolina W 74-73 52%    
  Dec 23, 2020 33   Rutgers W 71-65 69%    
  Dec 26, 2020 80   @ Northwestern W 70-66 65%    
  Dec 30, 2020 113   Nebraska W 82-69 87%    
  Jan 03, 2021 37   @ Minnesota W 69-68 51%    
  Jan 06, 2021 62   Penn St. W 77-69 76%    
  Jan 09, 2021 33   @ Rutgers L 68-69 49%    
  Jan 13, 2021 80   Northwestern W 73-63 82%    
  Jan 16, 2021 13   @ Illinois L 67-71 38%    
  Jan 23, 2021 8   @ Wisconsin L 63-67 36%    
  Jan 27, 2021 28   Purdue W 68-63 66%    
  Jan 31, 2021 10   Michigan St. W 73-71 56%    
  Feb 04, 2021 9   @ Iowa L 74-78 36%    
  Feb 08, 2021 39   @ Maryland W 70-69 51%    
  Feb 13, 2021 24   Indiana W 71-67 63%    
  Feb 18, 2021 62   @ Penn St. W 74-72 57%    
  Feb 21, 2021 19   Michigan W 73-70 60%    
  Feb 25, 2021 10   @ Michigan St. L 70-74 37%    
  Feb 28, 2021 9   Iowa W 77-75 56%    
  Mar 06, 2021 13   Illinois W 70-68 57%    
Projected Record 16 - 10 11 - 9





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Ten Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 0.1 0.7 2.1 3.2 3.3 1.8 0.8 0.3 12.3 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.8 3.6 2.1 0.7 0.1 10.4 2nd
3rd 0.1 0.9 3.7 3.9 1.6 0.2 0.0 10.4 3rd
4th 0.0 0.8 3.3 3.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 9.5 4th
5th 0.0 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.5 0.2 0.0 8.9 5th
6th 0.2 2.1 4.1 2.0 0.2 8.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 1.4 3.9 2.3 0.4 8.2 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 1.1 3.3 2.8 0.5 0.0 7.8 8th
9th 0.1 0.7 2.6 2.6 0.5 0.0 6.5 9th
10th 0.1 0.4 2.1 2.4 0.8 0.0 5.8 10th
11th 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.9 0.8 0.1 4.4 11th
12th 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.6 12th
13th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.5 13th
14th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.2 14th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.4 3.7 5.7 7.1 8.4 10.0 10.6 10.4 10.3 9.1 7.4 5.5 4.0 1.9 0.8 0.3 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.3    0.3
19-1 100.0% 0.8    0.8 0.0
18-2 95.5% 1.8    1.6 0.2 0.0
17-3 83.0% 3.3    2.4 0.8 0.1
16-4 57.8% 3.2    1.8 1.1 0.2 0.0
15-5 28.5% 2.1    0.7 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0
14-6 7.4% 0.7    0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-7 1.3% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 12.3% 12.3 7.8 3.2 1.0 0.2 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
20-0 0.3% 100.0% 65.8% 34.2% 1.0 0.3 0.0 100.0%
19-1 0.8% 100.0% 48.3% 51.7% 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 100.0%
18-2 1.9% 100.0% 39.1% 60.9% 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.0 100.0%
17-3 4.0% 100.0% 32.1% 67.9% 1.6 2.0 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-4 5.5% 100.0% 24.8% 75.2% 2.1 1.6 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 7.4% 100.0% 21.2% 78.8% 2.9 0.8 2.0 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 100.0%
14-6 9.1% 100.0% 14.7% 85.3% 3.9 0.2 1.0 2.6 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
13-7 10.3% 99.9% 10.9% 89.0% 5.0 0.1 0.2 1.6 2.2 2.6 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.9%
12-8 10.4% 99.3% 7.4% 91.9% 6.2 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.3%
11-9 10.6% 92.6% 3.6% 89.0% 7.7 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 92.3%
10-10 10.0% 73.3% 2.7% 70.6% 9.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 2.7 72.5%
9-11 8.4% 39.0% 1.8% 37.2% 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.1 37.9%
8-12 7.1% 9.9% 0.5% 9.4% 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.4 9.5%
7-13 5.7% 1.4% 0.2% 1.2% 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 1.2%
6-14 3.7% 0.1% 0.1% 12.0 0.0 3.7 0.1%
5-15 2.4% 0.3% 0.3% 14.0 0.0 2.4
4-16 1.4% 1.4
3-17 0.7% 0.7
2-18 0.4% 0.4
1-19 0.1% 0.1
0-20 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 70.8% 9.6% 61.2% 5.4 7.0 7.6 9.2 7.9 8.1 7.6 6.2 4.9 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 29.2 67.7%


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 0.1% 100.0% 1.0 99.2 0.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.0% 100.0% 1.0 100.0