Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating+6.9#79
Expected Predictive Rating+5.8#89
Pace62.0#333
Improvement-0.4#206

Offense
Total Offense+3.5#79
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#1
Layup/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement-1.4#249

Defense
Total Defense+3.5#79
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#1
Layups/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement+1.0#132
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 10, 2017 312   Loyola Maryland W 79-75 95%     1 - 0 -8.2 -6.1 -6.1
  Nov 13, 2017 215   St. Peter's W 75-66 88%     2 - 0 +2.9 -3.1 -3.1
  Nov 15, 2017 26   Creighton L 88-92 41%     2 - 1 +5.2 +4.6 +4.6
  Nov 18, 2017 151   La Salle W 82-74 72%     3 - 1 +9.0 +0.5 +0.5
  Nov 19, 2017 12   Texas Tech L 49-85 21%     3 - 2 -20.8 +7.6 +7.6
  Nov 24, 2017 305   Sacred Heart W 81-50 95%     4 - 2 +19.4 -5.8 -5.8
  Nov 28, 2017 108   @ Georgia Tech L 51-52 48%     4 - 3 +6.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Dec 01, 2017 94   Illinois W 72-68 OT 68%     5 - 3 1 - 0 +6.2 +1.1 +1.1
  Dec 03, 2017 4   @ Purdue L 69-74 10%     5 - 4 1 - 1 +16.1 +10.6 +10.6
  Dec 11, 2017 346   Chicago St. W 96-31 99%     6 - 4 +45.0 -10.0 -10.0
  Dec 14, 2017 155   Valparaiso W 84-50 80%     7 - 4 +31.9 -1.1 -1.1
  Dec 16, 2017 101   @ DePaul W 62-60 46%     8 - 4 +9.9 +4.0 +4.0
  Dec 22, 2017 42   @ Oklahoma L 78-104 26%     8 - 5 -12.3 +6.8 +6.8
  Dec 30, 2017 263   Brown W 95-73 92%     9 - 5 +12.9 -4.5 -4.5
  Jan 02, 2018 51   Nebraska L 55-70 51%     9 - 6 1 - 2 -8.3 +3.3 +3.3
  Jan 05, 2018 28   @ Penn St. L 63-78 22%     9 - 7 1 - 3 +0.2 +7.6 +7.6
  Jan 10, 2018 109   Minnesota W 83-60 70%     10 - 7 2 - 3 +24.4 +0.7 +0.7
  Jan 14, 2018 66   @ Indiana L 46-66 35%     10 - 8 2 - 4 -9.0 +5.5 +5.5
  Jan 17, 2018 17   Ohio St. L 65-71 34%     10 - 9 2 - 5 +5.2 +5.6 +5.6
  Jan 20, 2018 28   Penn St. W 70-61 42%     11 - 9 3 - 5 +18.1 +4.6 +4.6
  Jan 23, 2018 109   @ Minnesota W 77-69 48%     12 - 9 4 - 5 +15.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Jan 29, 2018 10   @ Michigan L 47-58 13%     12 - 10 4 - 6 +8.2 +9.6 +9.6
  Feb 01, 2018 64   @ Wisconsin W 60-52 34%     13 - 10 5 - 6 +19.3 +5.7 +5.7
  Feb 06, 2018 10   Michigan W 61-52 27%     14 - 10 6 - 6 +22.2 +6.6 +6.6
  Feb 10, 2018 45   @ Maryland L 57-73 26%     14 - 11 6 - 7 -2.5 +6.7 +6.7
  Feb 13, 2018 121   @ Rutgers L 58-67 OT 54%     14 - 12 6 - 8 -3.0 +3.0 +3.0
  Feb 17, 2018 6   Michigan St. L 60-65 22%     14 - 13 6 - 9 +9.9 +7.4 +7.4
  Feb 19, 2018 45   Maryland L 64-71 48%     14 - 14 6 - 10 +0.4 +3.7 +3.7
  Feb 22, 2018 64   Wisconsin L 64-70 56%     14 - 15 6 - 11 -0.7 +2.6 +2.6
  Feb 25, 2018 86   @ Iowa L 70-77 41%     14 - 16 6 - 12 +2.3 +4.7 +4.7
  Mar 01, 2018 28   Penn St. L 57-65 31%     14 - 17 +4.1 +6.1 +6.1
Projected Record 14.0 - 17.0 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% 100.0
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%