Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2010-11
Overall
Predictive Rating+8.9#55
Expected Predictive Rating+9.5#51
Pace64.4#260
Improvement-0.6#206

Offense
Total Offense+4.7#52
Improvement-2.1#277

Defense
Total Defense+4.3#60
Improvement+1.5#91
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 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 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  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 12, 2010 270   @ Northern Illinois W 97-78 88%     1 - 0 +15.5 -0.9 -1.8
  Nov 17, 2010 335   @ UT Rio Grande Valley W 77-71 96%     2 - 0 -6.1 -5.5 -6.3
  Nov 19, 2010 337   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 71-45 99%     3 - 0 +6.9 -9.3 -8.6
  Nov 28, 2010 119   Creighton W 65-52 81%     4 - 0 +12.8 -0.3 +0.7
  Nov 30, 2010 95   Georgia Tech W 91-71 76%     5 - 0 +21.5 +1.6 +0.8
  Dec 13, 2010 104   LIU Brooklyn W 81-65 78%     6 - 0 +16.7 +0.5 +0.9
  Dec 16, 2010 174   American W 78-62 88%     7 - 0 +12.3 -1.4 -1.5
  Dec 20, 2010 204   St. Francis Brooklyn W 92-61 86%     8 - 0 +28.4 -0.7 -0.6
  Dec 21, 2010 32   St. John's L 69-85 38%     8 - 1 -4.0 +5.9 +5.4
  Dec 23, 2010 252   Mount St. Mary's W 70-47 94%     9 - 1 +14.2 -4.2 -3.5
  Dec 31, 2010 6   @ Purdue L 69-82 14%     9 - 2 0 - 1 +7.5 +10.2 +9.7
  Jan 03, 2011 42   Michigan St. L 62-65 56%     9 - 3 0 - 2 +4.5 +3.3 +4.0
  Jan 06, 2011 20   @ Illinois L 63-88 23%     9 - 4 0 - 3 -8.4 +7.6 +7.9
  Jan 09, 2011 81   Indiana W 93-81 72%     10 - 4 1 - 3 +14.9 +2.1 +1.3
  Jan 12, 2011 85   @ Iowa W 90-71 52%     11 - 4 2 - 3 +27.4 +5.0 +4.2
  Jan 15, 2011 42   @ Michigan St. L 67-71 OT 32%     11 - 5 2 - 4 +9.9 +6.6 +7.1
  Jan 18, 2011 36   Michigan W 74-60 53%     12 - 5 3 - 4 +22.1 +4.6 +4.2
  Jan 20, 2011 341   SIU Edwardsville W 98-55 99%     13 - 5 +21.2 -9.5 -10.3
  Jan 23, 2011 9   Wisconsin L 46-78 34%     13 - 6 3 - 5 -18.7 +6.0 +5.3
  Jan 26, 2011 57   @ Minnesota L 70-81 38%     13 - 7 3 - 6 +1.1 +5.9 +5.7
  Jan 29, 2011 1   Ohio St. L 57-58 19%     13 - 8 3 - 7 +17.2 +9.2 +9.0
  Feb 05, 2011 20   Illinois W 71-70 45%     14 - 8 4 - 7 +11.2 +5.3 +5.0
  Feb 09, 2011 36   @ Michigan L 66-75 30%     14 - 9 4 - 8 +5.4 +7.1 +6.8
  Feb 13, 2011 43   @ Penn St. L 41-65 33%     14 - 10 4 - 9 -10.5 +5.6 +6.6
  Feb 17, 2011 85   Iowa W 73-70 75%     15 - 10 5 - 9 +5.1 +1.4 +0.8
  Feb 19, 2011 81   @ Indiana W 70-64 49%     16 - 10 6 - 9 +15.2 +4.9 +4.6
  Feb 24, 2011 43   Penn St. L 52-66 57%     16 - 11 6 - 10 -6.8 +3.0 +3.4
  Feb 27, 2011 9   @ Wisconsin L 63-78 16%     16 - 12 6 - 11 +4.7 +9.8 +9.0
  Mar 02, 2011 57   Minnesota W 68-57 62%     17 - 12 7 - 11 +16.8 +3.0 +3.3
  Mar 10, 2011 57   Minnesota W 75-65 50%     18 - 12 +18.9 +4.8 +4.6
  Mar 11, 2011 1   Ohio St. L 61-67 OT 12%     18 - 13 +15.4 +10.4 +10.7
Projected Record 18.0 - 13.0 7.0 - 11.0




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 100.0 100.0 8th
9th 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
7-11 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%