Pre-tourney Rankings
UCLA
Big Ten
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating+15.2#25
Expected Predictive Rating+15.6#27
Pace63.6#298
Improvement+0.2#182

Offense
Total Offense+7.3#36
First Shot+5.2#56
After Offensive Rebound+2.1#67
Layup/Dunks+0.6#159
2 Pt Jumpshots+3.3#29
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.2#180
Freethrows+1.2#106
Improvement+4.0#25

Defense
Total Defense+7.9#19
First Shot+2.2#107
After Offensive Rebounds+5.7#2
Layups/Dunks+3.0#73
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#206
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.9#271
Freethrows+1.1#105
Improvement-3.8#331
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 2.4% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 60.1% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed 6.2 n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 Round100.0% n/a n/a
Second Round63.4% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen25.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight8.7% n/a n/a
Final Four2.6% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.6% n/a n/a
National Champion0.2% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 7 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a4 - 44 - 4
Quad 1b5 - 49 - 8
Quad 25 - 114 - 9
Quad 31 - 115 - 10
Quad 47 - 022 - 10


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 304   Rider W 85-50 98%     1 - 0 +23.9 +12.6 +14.3
  Nov 08, 2024 41   New Mexico L 64-72 60%     1 - 1 +4.5 -5.1 +10.1
  Nov 11, 2024 300   Boston University W 71-40 98%     2 - 1 +20.3 -8.4 +27.6
  Nov 15, 2024 279   Lehigh W 85-45 98%     3 - 1 +30.4 +14.2 +19.0
  Nov 20, 2024 211   Idaho St. W 84-70 96%     4 - 1 +8.4 +17.5 -7.5
  Nov 22, 2024 351   Cal St. Fullerton W 80-47 99%     5 - 1 +17.0 +6.8 +12.2
  Nov 26, 2024 303   Southern Utah W 88-43 98%     6 - 1 +33.9 +10.5 +22.7
  Dec 03, 2024 107   Washington W 69-58 90%     7 - 1 1 - 0 +12.2 +2.5 +10.6
  Dec 08, 2024 34   @ Oregon W 73-71 44%     8 - 1 2 - 0 +18.6 +12.1 +6.6
  Dec 14, 2024 13   Arizona W 57-54 37%     9 - 1 +21.5 -3.3 +25.1
  Dec 17, 2024 360   Prairie View W 111-75 99.5%    10 - 1 +17.0 +21.0 -6.6
  Dec 21, 2024 31   North Carolina L 74-76 54%     10 - 2 +12.1 +4.9 +7.3
  Dec 28, 2024 10   Gonzaga W 65-62 35%     11 - 2 +22.0 +3.9 +18.3
  Jan 04, 2025 57   @ Nebraska L 58-66 59%     11 - 3 2 - 1 +4.8 -8.7 +13.6
  Jan 07, 2025 24   Michigan L 75-94 59%     11 - 4 2 - 2 -6.3 +7.6 -13.4
  Jan 10, 2025 12   @ Maryland L 61-79 26%     11 - 5 2 - 3 +3.7 +3.2 -0.4
  Jan 13, 2025 66   @ Rutgers L 68-75 66%     11 - 6 2 - 4 +4.0 +3.7 -0.1
  Jan 17, 2025 61   Iowa W 94-70 79%     12 - 6 3 - 4 +30.7 +22.9 +8.6
  Jan 21, 2025 14   Wisconsin W 85-83 50%     13 - 6 4 - 4 +17.1 +23.3 -6.0
  Jan 24, 2025 107   @ Washington W 65-60 79%     14 - 6 5 - 4 +11.7 +1.0 +11.1
  Jan 27, 2025 60   @ USC W 82-76 61%     15 - 6 6 - 4 +18.4 +19.2 -0.4
  Jan 30, 2025 34   Oregon W 78-52 65%     16 - 6 7 - 4 +37.1 +23.7 +17.6
  Feb 04, 2025 7   Michigan St. W 63-61 43%     17 - 6 8 - 4 +18.9 +6.4 +12.7
  Feb 08, 2025 58   Penn St. W 78-54 78%     18 - 6 9 - 4 +31.2 +14.9 +18.3
  Feb 11, 2025 20   @ Illinois L 78-83 35%     18 - 7 9 - 5 +14.1 +15.5 -1.7
  Feb 14, 2025 46   @ Indiana W 72-68 54%     19 - 7 10 - 5 +18.2 +13.9 +4.7
  Feb 18, 2025 85   Minnesota L 61-64 86%     19 - 8 10 - 6 +0.7 +1.4 -1.2
  Feb 23, 2025 40   Ohio St. W 69-61 69%     20 - 8 11 - 6 +18.1 +4.8 +13.9
  Feb 28, 2025 17   @ Purdue L 66-76 35%     20 - 9 11 - 7 +9.2 +9.1 -1.4
  Mar 03, 2025 49   @ Northwestern W 73-69 55%     21 - 9 12 - 7 +17.9 +14.3 +3.9
  Mar 08, 2025 60   USC W 90-63 78%     22 - 9 13 - 7 +33.9 +18.9 +15.2
  Mar 14, 2025 14   Wisconsin L 70-86 40%     22 - 10 +1.9 +9.2 -8.4
Projected Record 22 - 10 13 - 7




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 100.0 100.0 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 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 0.0%
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
13-7 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 6.2 0.2 2.2 18.8 38.9 36.8 3.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
12-8
11-9
10-10
9-11
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 6.2 0.2 2.2 18.8 38.9 36.8 3.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%