Pre-tourney Rankings
Butler
Big East
2013-14
Overall
Predictive Rating+6.4#82
Expected Predictive Rating+4.7#104
Pace62.6#297
Improvement-0.2#185

Offense
Total Offense+1.5#136
Improvement-1.5#261

Defense
Total Defense+4.9#56
Improvement+1.4#105
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 n/a 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 09, 2013 342   Lamar W 89-58 98%     1 - 0 +13.8 +6.1 +6.8
  Nov 16, 2013 103   Princeton W 70-67 68%     2 - 0 +4.4 +3.2 +1.4
  Nov 19, 2013 105   Vanderbilt W 85-77 OT 69%     3 - 0 +9.3 +6.4 +2.0
  Nov 23, 2013 287   @ Ball St. W 59-58 86%     4 - 0 -4.3 -6.7 +2.6
  Nov 28, 2013 158   Washington St. W 76-69 71%     5 - 0 +7.5 +9.3 -1.3
  Nov 29, 2013 15   Oklahoma St. L 67-69 21%     5 - 1 +12.8 +7.6 +5.0
  Dec 01, 2013 63   LSU L 68-70 OT 43%     5 - 2 +6.2 -2.4 +8.6
  Dec 07, 2013 255   North Dakota W 79-64 90%     6 - 2 +7.3 -8.2 +13.9
  Dec 14, 2013 84   Purdue W 76-70 51%     7 - 2 +12.2 +2.3 +9.5
  Dec 21, 2013 204   @ Evansville W 68-59 72%     8 - 2 +9.4 -4.4 +13.8
  Dec 28, 2013 311   NJIT W 66-48 95%     9 - 2 +5.4 -2.3 +10.3
  Dec 31, 2013 5   Villanova L 73-76 OT 22%     9 - 3 0 - 1 +11.7 +2.5 +9.4
  Jan 04, 2014 40   @ Xavier L 68-79 25%     9 - 4 0 - 2 +2.5 +2.2 +0.0
  Jan 09, 2014 154   DePaul L 94-99 2OT 78%     9 - 5 0 - 3 -6.9 +3.4 -9.4
  Jan 11, 2014 56   Georgetown L 67-70 OT 50%     9 - 6 0 - 4 +3.5 -3.8 +7.4
  Jan 14, 2014 9   @ Creighton L 60-88 11%     9 - 7 0 - 5 -8.5 -4.4 -6.5
  Jan 18, 2014 61   Marquette W 69-57 OT 52%     10 - 7 1 - 5 +17.8 -7.5 +24.2
  Jan 21, 2014 44   @ Providence L 56-65 26%     10 - 8 1 - 6 +4.2 +0.6 +1.6
  Jan 25, 2014 35   St. John's L 52-69 42%     10 - 9 1 - 7 -8.7 -5.1 -6.4
  Jan 29, 2014 70   @ Seton Hall W 64-57 36%     11 - 9 2 - 7 +17.0 +2.9 +14.9
  Feb 04, 2014 61   @ Marquette L 62-69 31%     11 - 10 2 - 8 +4.4 -5.2 +9.6
  Feb 08, 2014 56   @ Georgetown L 63-71 29%     11 - 11 2 - 9 +4.1 +5.4 -2.6
  Feb 11, 2014 40   Xavier L 50-64 44%     11 - 12 2 - 10 -6.1 -8.2 -1.2
  Feb 13, 2014 9   Creighton L 63-68 24%     11 - 13 2 - 11 +8.9 +3.8 +4.0
  Feb 18, 2014 35   @ St. John's L 52-77 24%     11 - 14 2 - 12 -11.1 -12.1 +1.6
  Feb 23, 2014 44   Providence L 81-87 45%     11 - 15 2 - 13 +1.6 +17.1 -16.0
  Feb 26, 2014 5   @ Villanova L 48-67 10%     11 - 16 2 - 14 +1.2 -5.0 +2.4
  Mar 06, 2014 154   @ DePaul W 79-46 60%     12 - 16 3 - 14 +36.7 +10.7 +27.4
  Mar 08, 2014 70   Seton Hall W 71-54 57%     13 - 16 4 - 14 +21.5 +8.0 +15.3
  Mar 12, 2014 70   Seton Hall L 50-51 47%     13 - 17 +6.2 -12.2 +18.3
Projected Record 13.0 - 17.0 4.0 - 14.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big East 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
Total 100.0 Total



Big East 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
5-13
4-14 100.0% 100.0
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%