Pre-tourney Rankings
Ohio St.
Big Ten
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating+12.9#40
Expected Predictive Rating+11.3#51
Pace67.6#194
Improvement-5.7#347

Offense
Total Offense+7.6#30
First Shot+6.9#33
After Offensive Rebound+0.6#141
Layup/Dunks+1.8#116
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.6#137
3 Pt Jumpshots+2.5#97
Freethrows+2.1#67
Improvement-1.8#271

Defense
Total Defense+5.3#51
First Shot+9.5#7
After Offensive Rebounds-4.2#362
Layups/Dunks+6.8#16
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.6#143
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.1#56
Freethrows-1.1#262
Improvement-3.8#335
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 45.1% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 45.1% n/a n/a
Average Seed 11.4 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 Four42.9% n/a n/a
First Round25.7% n/a n/a
Second Round9.7% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen3.4% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.8% n/a n/a
Final Four0.2% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.1% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a3 - 73 - 7
Quad 1b3 - 46 - 11
Quad 23 - 49 - 15
Quad 32 - 011 - 15
Quad 46 - 017 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 43   Texas W 80-72 53%     1 - 0 +20.1 +11.7 +8.4
  Nov 11, 2024 199   Youngstown St. W 81-47 94%     2 - 0 +29.0 +7.5 +21.7
  Nov 15, 2024 22   @ Texas A&M L 64-78 28%     2 - 1 +4.8 +4.8 -0.5
  Nov 19, 2024 244   Evansville W 80-30 96%     3 - 1 +42.7 +9.6 +34.9
  Nov 22, 2024 221   Campbell W 104-60 95%     4 - 1 +38.0 +25.9 +10.3
  Nov 25, 2024 334   Green Bay W 102-69 99%     5 - 1 +19.0 +17.0 +0.7
  Nov 29, 2024 62   Pittsburgh L 90-91 OT 72%     5 - 2 +5.7 +12.5 -6.8
  Dec 04, 2024 12   @ Maryland L 59-83 20%     5 - 3 0 - 1 -2.3 -5.2 +4.4
  Dec 07, 2024 66   Rutgers W 80-66 76%     6 - 3 1 - 1 +19.5 +13.1 +7.3
  Dec 14, 2024 3   Auburn L 53-91 15%     6 - 4 -14.2 -6.7 -10.2
  Dec 17, 2024 206   Valparaiso W 95-73 95%     7 - 4 +16.7 +12.6 +2.6
  Dec 21, 2024 16   Kentucky W 85-65 35%     8 - 4 +36.8 +20.4 +17.1
  Dec 29, 2024 197   Indiana St. W 103-83 94%     9 - 4 +15.3 +13.6 -0.6
  Jan 03, 2025 7   Michigan St. L 62-69 35%     9 - 5 1 - 2 +9.9 +0.4 +9.4
  Jan 06, 2025 85   @ Minnesota W 89-88 2OT 64%     10 - 5 2 - 2 +10.2 +10.6 -0.5
  Jan 09, 2025 34   Oregon L 71-73 57%     10 - 6 2 - 3 +9.1 +2.8 +6.3
  Jan 14, 2025 14   @ Wisconsin L 68-70 23%     10 - 7 2 - 4 +18.6 +6.4 +12.2
  Jan 17, 2025 46   Indiana L 76-77 OT 66%     10 - 8 2 - 5 +7.7 +7.4 +0.2
  Jan 21, 2025 17   @ Purdue W 73-70 27%     11 - 8 3 - 5 +22.2 +11.7 +10.8
  Jan 27, 2025 61   Iowa W 82-65 72%     12 - 8 4 - 5 +23.7 +7.7 +16.0
  Jan 30, 2025 58   @ Penn St. W 83-64 51%     13 - 8 5 - 5 +31.7 +19.2 +13.2
  Feb 02, 2025 20   @ Illinois L 79-87 28%     13 - 9 5 - 6 +11.1 +10.8 +0.6
  Feb 06, 2025 12   Maryland W 73-70 37%     14 - 9 6 - 6 +19.2 +10.2 +9.0
  Feb 09, 2025 57   @ Nebraska L 71-79 50%     14 - 10 6 - 7 +4.8 +8.8 -4.4
  Feb 12, 2025 107   Washington W 93-69 86%     15 - 10 7 - 7 +25.2 +20.9 +4.4
  Feb 16, 2025 24   Michigan L 83-86 51%     15 - 11 7 - 8 +9.7 +17.8 -8.1
  Feb 20, 2025 49   Northwestern L 49-70 67%     15 - 12 7 - 9 -12.6 -13.3 -1.8
  Feb 23, 2025 25   @ UCLA L 61-69 31%     15 - 13 7 - 10 +9.9 +1.6 +7.8
  Feb 26, 2025 60   @ USC W 87-82 52%     16 - 13 8 - 10 +17.4 +21.3 -3.7
  Mar 04, 2025 57   Nebraska W 116-114 2OT 70%     17 - 13 9 - 10 +9.3 +23.5 -14.6
  Mar 08, 2025 46   @ Indiana L 60-66 45%     17 - 14 9 - 11 +8.2 +1.0 +6.6
  Mar 12, 2025 61   Iowa L 70-77 63%     17 - 15 +2.4 +2.9 -1.1
Projected Record 17 - 15 9 - 11




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 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
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
9-11 100.0% 45.1% 45.1% 11.4 0.1 1.1 23.6 20.4 54.9 45.1%
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 45.1% 0.0% 45.1% 11.4 0.1 1.1 23.6 20.4 54.9 45.1%