Pre-tourney Rankings
Rutgers
Big Ten
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating+8.3#66
Expected Predictive Rating+8.4#69
Pace70.5#109
Improvement+1.3#137

Offense
Total Offense+6.0#54
First Shot+4.1#73
After Offensive Rebound+1.9#74
Layup/Dunks+3.2#71
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.6#78
3 Pt Jumpshots-2.5#259
Freethrows+1.7#82
Improvement+0.5#168

Defense
Total Defense+2.3#102
First Shot+3.2#74
After Offensive Rebounds-0.8#254
Layups/Dunks-0.6#197
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.4#167
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.1#198
Freethrows+3.3#11
Improvement+0.8#147
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 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 70 - 7
Quad 1b4 - 64 - 13
Quad 23 - 27 - 15
Quad 32 - 29 - 17
Quad 46 - 015 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2024 345   Wagner W 75-52 98%     1 - 0 +7.8 -0.2 +8.5
  Nov 11, 2024 287   St. Peter's W 75-65 95%     2 - 0 -0.2 +7.1 -6.5
  Nov 15, 2024 251   Monmouth W 98-81 92%     3 - 0 +9.4 +20.1 -10.8
  Nov 20, 2024 196   Merrimack W 74-63 88%     4 - 0 +6.3 +5.6 +1.1
  Nov 24, 2024 134   @ Kennesaw St. L 77-79 64%     4 - 1 +2.5 -1.4 +4.2
  Nov 26, 2024 95   Notre Dame W 85-84 OT 62%     5 - 1 +6.2 +10.0 -3.9
  Nov 27, 2024 5   Alabama L 90-95 11%     5 - 2 +16.4 +14.4 +2.5
  Nov 30, 2024 22   Texas A&M L 77-81 23%     5 - 3 +12.1 +6.8 +5.7
  Dec 07, 2024 40   @ Ohio St. L 66-80 24%     5 - 4 0 - 1 +1.6 +3.9 -3.2
  Dec 10, 2024 58   Penn St. W 80-76 54%     6 - 4 1 - 1 +11.2 +6.8 +4.2
  Dec 14, 2024 169   Seton Hall W 66-63 86%     7 - 4 -0.3 +0.6 -0.7
  Dec 21, 2024 181   Princeton L 82-83 82%     7 - 5 -2.3 +5.4 -7.6
  Dec 30, 2024 294   Columbia W 91-64 95%     8 - 5 +16.5 +7.3 +8.4
  Jan 02, 2025 46   @ Indiana L 74-84 29%     8 - 6 1 - 2 +4.2 +4.5 +0.4
  Jan 06, 2025 14   Wisconsin L 63-75 26%     8 - 7 1 - 3 +3.1 -3.2 +6.3
  Jan 09, 2025 17   Purdue L 50-68 30%     8 - 8 1 - 4 -4.3 -14.7 +8.6
  Jan 13, 2025 25   UCLA W 75-68 34%     9 - 8 2 - 4 +19.4 +13.9 +6.0
  Jan 16, 2025 57   @ Nebraska W 85-82 33%     10 - 8 3 - 4 +15.8 +27.5 -11.3
  Jan 20, 2025 58   @ Penn St. L 72-80 34%     10 - 9 3 - 5 +4.7 +5.7 -1.1
  Jan 25, 2025 7   Michigan St. L 74-81 21%     10 - 10 3 - 6 +9.9 +9.3 +0.7
  Jan 29, 2025 49   @ Northwestern W 79-72 30%     11 - 10 4 - 6 +20.9 +19.4 +2.0
  Feb 01, 2025 24   Michigan L 63-66 33%     11 - 11 4 - 7 +9.7 -1.4 +11.1
  Feb 05, 2025 20   Illinois W 82-73 31%     12 - 11 5 - 7 +22.6 +15.4 +7.4
  Feb 09, 2025 12   @ Maryland L 81-90 11%     12 - 12 5 - 8 +12.7 +13.0 +0.5
  Feb 12, 2025 61   Iowa L 73-84 56%     12 - 13 5 - 9 -4.3 -1.0 -3.3
  Feb 16, 2025 34   @ Oregon L 57-75 21%     12 - 14 5 - 10 -1.4 +0.1 -3.8
  Feb 19, 2025 107   @ Washington W 89-85 OT 56%     13 - 14 6 - 10 +10.7 +13.0 -2.6
  Feb 23, 2025 60   USC W 95-85 56%     14 - 14 7 - 10 +16.9 +22.5 -5.7
  Feb 27, 2025 24   @ Michigan L 82-84 18%     14 - 15 7 - 11 +16.2 +14.7 +1.6
  Mar 04, 2025 17   @ Purdue L 71-100 15%     14 - 16 7 - 12 -9.8 +9.7 -21.9
  Mar 09, 2025 85   Minnesota W 75-67 OT 67%     15 - 16 8 - 12 +11.7 -0.7 +11.8
  Mar 12, 2025 60   USC L 89-97 2OT 45%     15 - 17 +1.6 +2.7 +0.3
Projected Record 15 - 17 8 - 12




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 10th
11th 100.0 100.0 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
8-12 100.0% 100.0
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%