Northwestern
Big Ten
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Predictive Rating +8.8 #63
Expected Predictive Rating +5.2 #91
Pace 65.2 #275
Improvement -1.9 #267

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #63 B- B A- B C
Defense #85 B C+ C+ C+ B-

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 42% #100 1.28 #67 +4.3 #47
2 Pt. Jumpers 23% #132 0.86 #53 +1.9 #79
Three Pointers 36% #290 0.98 #226 -3.2 #294
1st FG Attempt 1.08 #89 +3.0 #90
Freethrows 0.34 #61 74% #112 0.25 #60
Second Chance 30.8% #172 1.29 #3 0.40 #43
Turnovers 12.5% #8
Total Offense +5.6 #63

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 37% #238 1.11 #115 +2.0 #113
2 Pt. Jumpers 24% #70 0.70 #85 -0.7 #241
Three Pointers 39% #237 0.90 #45 +3.1 #62
1st FG Attempt 0.93 #53 +4.4 #53
Freethrows 0.29 #137 70% #66 0.20 #105
Second Chance 31.2% #209 0.93 #56 0.29 #119
Turnovers 17.3% #143
Total Defense +3.2 #85

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect -0.1% #198 -1.2% #82
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 5.9% #78 -7.5% #53
Possession Length 16.6 #107 19.1 #360
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.22 #53 0.14 #91
Improvement -2.0 #301 +0.1 #181

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.4% 2.7% 0.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.4% 2.7% 0.2%
Average Seed 10.6 10.4 10.9
.500 or above 2.6% 13.5% 1.7%
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 10.2% 1.8% 10.8%
First Four0.2% 1.5% 0.1%
First Round0.2% 1.8% 0.1%
Second Round0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Illinois (Away) - 7.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a1 - 91 - 9
Quad 1b1 - 32 - 12
Quad 22 - 54 - 16
Quad 33 - 27 - 18
Quad 46 - 013 - 19


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 304 Mercyhurst W 70 - 47 96% +12  1 - 0 +12 -4 F A+ C +16 A+ A+ C
 Fri, Nov 7 290 Boston University W 76 - 52 95% +18  2 - 0 +14 +7 C+ C- A +11 B+ A+ A
 Mon, Nov 10 306 Cleveland St. W 110 - 63 96% +24  3 - 0 +36 +21 A A+ A+ +12 B+ C B+
 Fri, Nov 14 94 @DePaul W 81 - 79 50% +1  4 - 0 +11 +18 A+ B- A- -7 B+ F B
 Fri, Nov 21 25 Virginia L 78 - 83 24% +1  4 - 1 +11 +11 A- B A+ +1 A+ C+ C+
 Sun, Nov 23 91 South Carolina W 79 - 77 61% +3  5 - 1 +8 +17 A+ D- C -8 B- F D+
 Thu, Nov 27 56 Oklahoma St. L 81 - 86 47% -2  5 - 2 +5 +8 C A+ A -3 A+ F C-
 Wed, Dec 3 37 @Wisconsin L 73 - 85 23% -16  5 - 3 0 - 1 +5 +7 D+ A+ D+ -3 C- A D+
 Sat, Dec 6 36 Ohio St. L 82 - 86 43% -0  5 - 4 0 - 2 +7 +10 C+ A+ D- -3 D B C
 Sat, Dec 13 337 Jackson St. W 93 - 53 97% +18  6 - 4 +26 +10 B- C+ B- +14 A+ A+ C-
 Tue, Dec 16 160 Valparaiso W 86 - 70 87% +12  7 - 4 +13 +15 A+ A A+ -2 C- D- A+
 Sat, Dec 20 66 Butler L 58 - 61 52% -4  7 - 5 +5 -10 F+ D B+ +15 A+ A- A+
 Tue, Dec 30 253 Howard W 80 - 60 94% +5  8 - 5 +12 +15 A+ F A+ -1 C C+ B-
 Sat, Jan 3 76 Minnesota L 78 - 84 66% +2  8 - 6 0 - 3 -1 +13 A- D+ A+ -15 D- D- C+
 Thu, Jan 8 10 @Michigan St. L 66 - 76 10% -0  8 - 7 0 - 4 +13 +10 C- B A+ +2 B+ F A
 Sun, Jan 11 114 @Rutgers L 75 - 77 OT 60% +4  8 - 8 0 - 5 +4 +4 F+ C A+ +0 C A+ F
 Wed, Jan 14 7 Illinois L 68 - 79 19% -5  8 - 9 0 - 6 +7 +13 F+ A+ C+ -8 C+ F+ C+
 Sat, Jan 17 13 Nebraska L 58 - 77 26% -7  8 - 10 0 - 7 -4 +3 B B- B- -10 C+ D- F
 Wed, Jan 21 48 @USC W 74 - 68 30% +1  9 - 10 1 - 7 +20 +12 C C+ A+ +9 A+ B+ F
 Sat, Jan 24 35 @UCLA L 64 - 71 22% -9  9 - 11 1 - 8 +10 +5 C F A+ +4 C- A- C+
 Thu, Jan 29 112 Penn St. W 94 - 73 79% +7  10 - 11 2 - 8 +21 +21 A+ A+ A+ +1 C A+ B-
 Sat, Jan 31 41 Washington L 62 - 76 49% -8  10 - 12 2 - 9 -5 -3 C- C- D -3 C C B-
 Wed, Feb 4 7 @Illinois L 68 - 83 7%
 Sun, Feb 8 21 @Iowa L 64 - 75 15%
 Wed, Feb 11 1 Michigan L 71 - 84 11%
 Sat, Feb 14 13 @Nebraska L 66 - 79 11%
 Wed, Feb 18 107 Maryland W 77 - 69 77%
 Tue, Feb 24 30 @Indiana L 70 - 79 20%
 Sat, Feb 28 82 Oregon W 75 - 70 68%
 Wed, Mar 4 8 Purdue L 69 - 78 20%
 Sat, Mar 7 76 @Minnesota L 67 - 69 43%
Totals 13 - 18 5 - 15 +9 +6 B- B A- +3 B C+ C+




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 0.0 0.0 0.0 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.1 10th
11th 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 11th
12th 0.0 0.4 1.5 0.6 0.1 2.7 12th
13th 0.0 3.7 8.7 4.3 0.6 0.0 17.3 13th
14th 0.0 4.8 16.3 7.4 0.8 0.0 29.4 14th
15th 1.2 14.1 8.6 0.7 0.0 24.6 15th
16th 0.1 5.5 9.0 0.9 0.0 15.4 16th
17th 1.0 5.5 1.2 0.0 7.7 17th
18th 1.2 1.1 0.0 2.4 18th
Total 2.3 13.3 29.2 29.4 17.3 6.7 1.5 0.3 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
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10 0.0%
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 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0
9-11 0.3% 58.9% 58.9% 10.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 58.9%
8-12 1.5% 7.3% 7.3% 11.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4 7.3%
7-13 6.7% 0.7% 0.7% 11.1 0.0 0.0 6.6 0.7%
6-14 17.3% 0.1% 0.1% 11.0 0.0 17.3
5-15 29.4% 29.4
4-16 29.2% 29.2
3-17 13.3% 13.3
2-18 2.3% 2.3
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 10.6 99.6 0.4%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid		Avg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 2.3%