Pre-tourney Rankings
Iowa
Big Ten
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating+13.0#22
Expected Predictive Rating+12.0#29
Pace65.4#190
Improvement+1.5#115

Offense
Total Offense+6.5#22
Improvement+2.4#62

Defense
Total Defense+6.5#22
Improvement-0.9#229
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 0.6% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 24.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 99.2% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 99.2% n/a n/a
Average Seed 7.1 n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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 Round99.2% n/a n/a
Second Round62.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen19.2% n/a n/a
Elite Eight7.6% n/a n/a
Final Four2.5% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.7% n/a n/a
National Champion0.2% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 7 seed  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 14, 2014 265   Hampton W 90-56 97%     1 - 0 +25.6 -4.2 -4.2
  Nov 17, 2014 165   North Dakota St. W 87-56 92%     2 - 0 +28.0 -1.5 -1.5
  Nov 20, 2014 18   Texas L 57-71 48%     2 - 1 -0.6 +6.7 +6.7
  Nov 21, 2014 56   Syracuse L 63-66 66%     2 - 2 +5.8 +4.4 +4.4
  Nov 24, 2014 98   Pepperdine W 72-61 86%     3 - 2 +12.5 +0.7 +0.7
  Nov 26, 2014 171   Northern Illinois W 70-49 93%     4 - 2 +17.6 -1.7 -1.7
  Nov 29, 2014 315   Longwood W 77-44 98%     5 - 2 +20.5 -6.2 -6.2
  Dec 03, 2014 9   @ North Carolina W 60-55 26%     6 - 2 +24.8 +9.9 +9.9
  Dec 06, 2014 342   Maryland Baltimore Co. W 77-47 99%     7 - 2 +13.5 -8.3 -8.3
  Dec 09, 2014 347   Alcorn St. W 67-44 99%     8 - 2 +3.6 -9.7 -9.7
  Dec 12, 2014 13   Iowa St. L 75-90 49%     8 - 3 -1.8 +6.6 +6.6
  Dec 20, 2014 27   @ Northern Iowa L 44-56 42%     8 - 4 +3.0 +7.5 +7.5
  Dec 22, 2014 134   North Florida W 80-70 90%     9 - 4 +9.1 -0.4 -0.4
  Dec 30, 2014 15   @ Ohio St. W 71-65 32%     10 - 4 1 - 0 +23.8 +8.9 +8.9
  Jan 05, 2015 103   Nebraska W 70-59 86%     11 - 4 2 - 0 +12.2 +0.6 +0.6
  Jan 08, 2015 17   Michigan St. L 61-75 57%     11 - 5 2 - 1 -2.7 +5.6 +5.6
  Jan 13, 2015 48   @ Minnesota W 77-75 53%     12 - 5 3 - 1 +14.2 +6.1 +6.1
  Jan 17, 2015 15   Ohio St. W 76-67 54%     13 - 5 4 - 1 +21.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Jan 20, 2015 3   @ Wisconsin L 50-82 15%     13 - 6 4 - 2 -8.1 +12.0 +12.0
  Jan 24, 2015 38   @ Purdue L 63-67 50%     13 - 7 4 - 3 +9.1 +6.6 +6.6
  Jan 31, 2015 3   Wisconsin L 63-74 31%     13 - 8 4 - 4 +7.2 +9.1 +9.1
  Feb 05, 2015 64   @ Michigan W 72-54 60%     14 - 8 5 - 4 +28.3 +5.2 +5.2
  Feb 08, 2015 31   Maryland W 71-55 68%     15 - 8 6 - 4 +24.3 +4.1 +4.1
  Feb 12, 2015 48   Minnesota L 59-64 74%     15 - 9 6 - 5 +1.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Feb 15, 2015 95   @ Northwestern L 61-66 OT 71%     15 - 10 6 - 6 +2.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 19, 2015 177   Rutgers W 81-47 93%     16 - 10 7 - 6 +30.3 -1.9 -1.9
  Feb 22, 2015 103   @ Nebraska W 74-46 72%     17 - 10 8 - 6 +34.9 +3.5 +3.5
  Feb 25, 2015 49   Illinois W 68-60 74%     18 - 10 9 - 6 +14.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Feb 28, 2015 76   @ Penn St. W 81-77 OT 65%     19 - 10 10 - 6 +13.1 +4.6 +4.6
  Mar 03, 2015 43   @ Indiana W 77-63 51%     20 - 10 11 - 6 +26.7 +6.4 +6.4
  Mar 07, 2015 95   Northwestern W 69-52 86%     21 - 10 12 - 6 +18.6 +0.8 +0.8
  Mar 12, 2015 76   Penn St. L 58-67 74%     21 - 11 -2.8 +3.1 +3.1
Projected Record 21.0 - 11.0 12.0 - 6.0





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 100.0 100.0 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
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 0.0%
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
12-6 100.0% 99.2% 99.2% 7.1 0.0 0.6 6.7 16.7 42.2 27.1 5.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 99.2%
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 99.2% 0.0% 99.2% 7.1 0.0 0.6 6.7 16.7 42.2 27.1 5.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 99.2%