Preseason Rankings
Penn St.
Big Ten
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating+8.3#67
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace73.0#66
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+4.1#72
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+4.2#59
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 1.5% 1.5% 0.1%
Top 4 Seed 5.1% 5.2% 0.4%
Top 6 Seed 11.1% 11.4% 1.9%
NCAA Tourney Bid 31.0% 31.7% 10.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 29.6% 30.2% 10.1%
Average Seed 7.4 7.4 8.4
.500 or above 67.2% 68.3% 31.0%
.500 or above in Conference 36.1% 36.7% 14.8%
Conference Champion 2.5% 2.5% 0.3%
Last Place in Conference 13.7% 13.2% 29.7%
First Four3.5% 3.5% 1.7%
First Round29.3% 29.9% 9.2%
Second Round16.9% 17.3% 4.1%
Sweet Sixteen6.5% 6.7% 1.3%
Elite Eight2.6% 2.7% 0.3%
Final Four1.0% 1.1% 0.1%
Championship Game0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
National Champion0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Next Game: Binghamton (Home) - 97.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 51 - 5
Quad 1b2 - 43 - 9
Quad 24 - 47 - 12
Quad 34 - 111 - 13
Quad 47 - 017 - 14


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 318   Binghamton W 82-62 97%    
  Nov 08, 2024 272   Maryland Baltimore Co. W 91-74 94%    
  Nov 12, 2024 354   St. Francis (PA) W 83-58 99%    
  Nov 15, 2024 74   Virginia Tech W 75-74 53%    
  Nov 20, 2024 180   Purdue Fort Wayne W 83-71 86%    
  Nov 25, 2024 159   Fordham W 78-70 76%    
  Dec 01, 2024 337   Buffalo W 86-64 97%    
  Dec 05, 2024 12   Purdue L 72-76 36%    
  Dec 10, 2024 29   @ Rutgers L 68-74 29%    
  Dec 14, 2024 363   Coppin St. W 84-54 99.5%   
  Dec 21, 2024 154   @ Drexel W 72-67 67%    
  Dec 29, 2024 166   Penn W 79-68 83%    
  Jan 02, 2025 60   Northwestern W 70-68 58%    
  Jan 05, 2025 20   Indiana L 74-75 45%    
  Jan 08, 2025 22   @ Illinois L 74-81 27%    
  Jan 12, 2025 34   Oregon W 74-73 50%    
  Jan 15, 2025 24   @ Michigan St. L 66-73 28%    
  Jan 20, 2025 29   Rutgers L 70-71 48%    
  Jan 24, 2025 45   @ Iowa L 79-84 34%    
  Jan 27, 2025 30   @ Michigan L 72-78 30%    
  Jan 30, 2025 31   Ohio St. L 72-73 48%    
  Feb 04, 2025 76   Minnesota W 75-71 63%    
  Feb 08, 2025 23   @ UCLA L 65-72 28%    
  Feb 11, 2025 46   @ USC L 73-78 35%    
  Feb 15, 2025 62   Washington W 80-77 58%    
  Feb 19, 2025 51   Nebraska W 76-74 56%    
  Feb 22, 2025 76   @ Minnesota L 72-74 43%    
  Feb 26, 2025 20   @ Indiana L 71-78 27%    
  Mar 01, 2025 38   Maryland W 70-69 51%    
  Mar 08, 2025 44   @ Wisconsin L 69-74 34%    
Projected Record 17 - 13 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 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 3.4 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.6 4th
5th 0.0 0.6 2.1 1.2 0.2 0.0 4.1 5th
6th 0.2 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.0 4.4 6th
7th 0.0 1.1 2.7 0.9 0.0 4.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 2.6 1.8 0.2 5.0 8th
9th 0.1 1.6 3.1 0.6 0.0 5.4 9th
10th 0.0 0.7 3.2 1.6 0.1 5.5 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 2.2 3.0 0.4 0.0 5.9 11th
12th 0.1 1.2 3.6 1.4 0.1 6.3 12th
13th 0.0 0.5 2.9 2.8 0.3 6.7 13th
14th 0.0 0.3 2.1 3.5 0.9 0.0 6.9 14th
15th 0.0 0.2 1.6 3.7 2.0 0.2 7.8 15th
16th 0.0 0.2 1.4 3.4 2.6 0.4 0.0 8.0 16th
17th 0.0 0.4 1.7 3.0 2.4 0.7 0.1 8.3 17th
18th 0.3 1.2 2.1 2.6 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 8.6 18th
Total 0.3 1.2 2.6 4.5 6.3 8.3 9.8 10.3 10.6 10.0 9.1 7.9 6.4 4.8 3.4 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
19-1 96.6% 0.1    0.1 0.0
18-2 92.9% 0.3    0.3 0.0
17-3 85.5% 0.5    0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
16-4 57.5% 0.8    0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0
15-5 24.1% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
14-6 7.5% 0.3    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-7 0.5% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.0% 0.0    0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 2.5% 2.5 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 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 0.0% 100.0% 53.1% 46.9% 1.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
19-1 0.1% 100.0% 36.7% 63.3% 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
18-2 0.3% 100.0% 29.5% 70.5% 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
17-3 0.6% 100.0% 19.7% 80.3% 2.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-4 1.3% 100.0% 16.9% 83.1% 3.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-5 2.1% 99.8% 15.1% 84.6% 4.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.7%
14-6 3.4% 99.1% 10.2% 88.9% 5.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.0%
13-7 4.8% 95.5% 5.9% 89.6% 6.7 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 95.2%
12-8 6.4% 87.7% 3.1% 84.6% 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 87.3%
11-9 7.9% 71.4% 2.3% 69.1% 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.0 2.2 70.7%
10-10 9.1% 49.2% 1.0% 48.2% 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.1 4.6 48.7%
9-11 10.0% 21.1% 0.6% 20.5% 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.2 7.9 20.6%
8-12 10.6% 6.4% 0.2% 6.3% 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 9.9 6.3%
7-13 10.3% 0.7% 0.1% 0.6% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 0.6%
6-14 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 9.8
5-15 8.3% 8.3
4-16 6.3% 6.3
3-17 4.5% 4.5
2-18 2.6% 2.6
1-19 1.2% 1.2
0-20 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 31.0% 2.0% 29.0% 7.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.8 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6 0.0 69.0 29.6%