Pre-tourney Rankings
Minnesota
Big Ten
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating+9.3#48
Expected Predictive Rating+6.9#74
Pace73.6#29
Improvement-2.9#297

Offense
Total Offense+4.6#48
Improvement+1.7#91

Defense
Total Defense+4.6#48
Improvement-4.6#338
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 11.7 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 14, 2014 16   Louisville L 68-81 31%     0 - 1 +1.3 +7.2 +7.2
  Nov 18, 2014 144   Western Kentucky W 76-54 84%     1 - 1 +20.6 -0.7 -0.7
  Nov 22, 2014 342   Maryland Baltimore Co. W 69-51 98%     2 - 1 +1.5 -8.3 -8.3
  Nov 26, 2014 37   St. John's L 61-70 57%     2 - 2 -1.6 +3.7 +3.7
  Nov 28, 2014 35   Georgia W 66-62 45%     3 - 2 +14.6 +5.3 +5.3
  Dec 02, 2014 117   @ Wake Forest W 84-69 62%     4 - 2 +21.1 +3.1 +3.1
  Dec 05, 2014 236   Western Carolina W 84-64 93%     5 - 2 +13.1 -3.4 -3.4
  Dec 08, 2014 318   North Dakota W 92-56 97%     6 - 2 +23.1 -6.4 -6.4
  Dec 10, 2014 284   Southern W 85-57 95%     7 - 2 +18.5 -4.7 -4.7
  Dec 19, 2014 276   Seattle W 92-57 94%     8 - 2 +26.1 -4.5 -4.5
  Dec 22, 2014 304   Furman W 86-76 96%     9 - 2 -1.2 -5.6 -5.6
  Dec 27, 2014 178   UNC Wilmington W 108-82 89%     10 - 2 +22.1 -2.0 -2.0
  Dec 31, 2014 38   @ Purdue L 68-72 35%     10 - 3 0 - 1 +9.1 +6.6 +6.6
  Jan 03, 2015 31   @ Maryland L 58-70 32%     10 - 4 0 - 2 +2.1 +7.0 +7.0
  Jan 06, 2015 15   Ohio St. L 72-74 OT 40%     10 - 5 0 - 3 +10.0 +6.0 +6.0
  Jan 10, 2015 64   @ Michigan L 57-62 46%     10 - 6 0 - 4 +5.3 +5.2 +5.2
  Jan 13, 2015 22   Iowa L 75-77 47%     10 - 7 0 - 5 +8.1 +5.1 +5.1
  Jan 17, 2015 177   Rutgers W 89-80 88%     11 - 7 1 - 5 +5.3 -1.9 -1.9
  Jan 20, 2015 103   @ Nebraska L 49-52 59%     11 - 8 1 - 6 +3.9 +3.5 +3.5
  Jan 24, 2015 49   Illinois W 79-71 61%     12 - 8 2 - 6 +14.4 +3.2 +3.2
  Jan 28, 2015 76   @ Penn St. L 58-63 51%     12 - 9 2 - 7 +4.1 +4.6 +4.6
  Jan 31, 2015 103   Nebraska W 60-42 78%     13 - 9 3 - 7 +19.2 +0.6 +0.6
  Feb 07, 2015 38   Purdue W 62-58 57%     14 - 9 4 - 7 +11.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 12, 2015 22   @ Iowa W 64-59 26%     15 - 9 5 - 7 +20.9 +7.9 +7.9
  Feb 15, 2015 43   @ Indiana L 71-90 37%     15 - 10 5 - 8 -6.3 +6.4 +6.4
  Feb 18, 2015 95   Northwestern L 66-72 77%     15 - 11 5 - 9 -4.4 +0.8 +0.8
  Feb 21, 2015 3   @ Wisconsin L 53-63 9%     15 - 12 5 - 10 +13.9 +12.0 +12.0
  Feb 26, 2015 17   @ Michigan St. W 96-90 OT 23%     16 - 12 6 - 10 +23.0 +8.5 +8.5
  Mar 05, 2015 3   Wisconsin L 63-76 20%     16 - 13 6 - 11 +5.2 +9.1 +9.1
  Mar 08, 2015 76   Penn St. L 76-79 72%     16 - 14 6 - 12 +0.3 +1.7 +1.7
  Mar 11, 2015 177   Rutgers W 80-68 83%     17 - 14 +11.2 -0.4 -0.4
  Mar 12, 2015 15   Ohio St. L 73-79 29%     17 - 15 +8.9 +7.4 +7.4
Projected Record 17.0 - 15.0 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 9th
10th 100.0 100.0 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
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% 0.0% 0.0% 11.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%