Pre-tourney Rankings
Minnesota
Big Ten
2010-11
Overall
Predictive Rating+8.9#57
Expected Predictive Rating+9.0#56
Pace68.1#166
Improvement-3.1#297

Offense
Total Offense+4.5#57
Improvement-2.8#292

Defense
Total Defense+4.5#57
Improvement-0.4#195
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 2.9% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 2.9% n/a n/a
Average Seed 12.0 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 Four2.4% n/a n/a
First Round1.7% n/a n/a
Second Round0.6% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.2% 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  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 12, 2010 90   Wofford W 69-55 75%     1 - 0 +15.7 +0.6 +1.8
  Nov 15, 2010 208   Siena W 76-69 91%     2 - 0 +1.0 -3.0 -2.7
  Nov 18, 2010 221   Western Kentucky W 95-77 87%     3 - 0 +14.8 -1.1 -1.3
  Nov 19, 2010 13   North Carolina W 72-67 25%     4 - 0 +21.0 +7.8 +8.5
  Nov 21, 2010 17   West Virginia W 74-70 31%     5 - 0 +18.0 +7.4 +6.8
  Nov 24, 2010 171   North Dakota St. W 84-65 88%     6 - 0 +15.4 -1.5 -1.2
  Nov 29, 2010 97   Virginia L 79-87 76%     6 - 1 -6.6 +1.1 +0.0
  Dec 04, 2010 189   Cornell W 71-66 89%     7 - 1 +0.5 -2.3 -2.0
  Dec 08, 2010 183   @ Saint Joseph's W 83-73 74%     8 - 1 +12.1 +1.0 +1.5
  Dec 11, 2010 244   Eastern Kentucky W 71-58 93%     9 - 1 +5.2 -4.0 -3.2
  Dec 15, 2010 120   Akron W 66-58 81%     10 - 1 +7.6 -0.5 +0.5
  Dec 23, 2010 115   South Dakota St. W 85-73 80%     11 - 1 +12.0 +0.0 +0.5
  Dec 28, 2010 9   @ Wisconsin L 60-68 16%     11 - 2 0 - 1 +11.7 +9.5 +9.7
  Dec 31, 2010 42   @ Michigan St. L 62-71 32%     11 - 3 0 - 2 +4.9 +6.6 +6.8
  Jan 04, 2011 81   Indiana W 67-63 72%     12 - 3 1 - 2 +6.9 +1.4 +1.6
  Jan 09, 2011 1   @ Ohio St. L 64-67 8%     12 - 4 1 - 3 +21.6 +11.9 +12.6
  Jan 13, 2011 6   Purdue W 70-67 31%     13 - 4 2 - 3 +17.2 +7.5 +6.8
  Jan 16, 2011 85   Iowa W 69-59 74%     14 - 4 3 - 3 +12.1 +1.3 +1.3
  Jan 22, 2011 36   @ Michigan W 69-64 30%     15 - 4 4 - 3 +19.4 +7.6 +7.1
  Jan 26, 2011 55   Northwestern W 81-70 62%     16 - 4 5 - 3 +16.8 +3.0 +3.2
  Jan 29, 2011 6   @ Purdue L 61-73 14%     16 - 5 5 - 4 +8.5 +10.1 +9.8
  Feb 02, 2011 81   @ Indiana L 57-60 49%     16 - 6 5 - 5 +6.2 +4.3 +4.8
  Feb 06, 2011 1   Ohio St. L 69-82 19%     16 - 7 5 - 6 +5.2 +8.8 +8.8
  Feb 10, 2011 20   Illinois L 62-71 45%     16 - 8 5 - 7 +1.2 +4.4 +5.4
  Feb 13, 2011 85   @ Iowa W 62-45 52%     17 - 8 6 - 7 +25.4 +4.2 +5.1
  Feb 17, 2011 43   @ Penn St. L 63-66 33%     17 - 9 6 - 8 +10.5 +6.8 +6.5
  Feb 22, 2011 42   Michigan St. L 48-53 55%     17 - 10 6 - 9 +2.5 +2.9 +4.4
  Feb 26, 2011 36   Michigan L 63-70 53%     17 - 11 6 - 10 +1.1 +4.1 +3.6
  Mar 02, 2011 55   @ Northwestern L 57-68 38%     17 - 12 6 - 11 +1.1 +5.5 +6.1
  Mar 06, 2011 43   Penn St. L 63-66 57%     17 - 13 6 - 12 +4.2 +3.4 +3.6
  Mar 10, 2011 55   Northwestern L 65-75 50%     17 - 14 -1.1 +4.2 +4.3
Projected Record 17.0 - 14.0 6.0 - 12.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big Ten Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 100.0 100.0 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12 100.0% 2.9% 2.9% 12.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 0.2 97.1 2.9%
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 2.9% 0.0% 2.9% 12.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 0.2 97.1 2.9%