Pre-tourney Rankings
Minnesota
Big Ten
2018-19
Overall
Predictive Rating+10.6#45
Expected Predictive Rating+12.9#31
Pace68.9#169
Improvement+2.0#100

Offense
Total Offense+4.8#52
First Shot+2.8#99
After Offensive Rebound+2.1#42
Layup/Dunks+5.3#23
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.3#186
3 Pt Jumpshots-5.0#324
Freethrows+2.8#17
Improvement+0.5#159

Defense
Total Defense+5.8#40
First Shot+6.5#25
After Offensive Rebounds-0.7#252
Layups/Dunks-3.5#310
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.2#87
3 Pt Jumpshots+5.6#8
Freethrows+3.1#14
Improvement+1.6#99
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 95.3% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 95.3% n/a n/a
Average Seed 8.7 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 Four0.1% n/a n/a
First Round95.3% n/a n/a
Second Round45.3% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen6.5% n/a n/a
Elite Eight2.2% n/a n/a
Final Four0.5% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.1% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 8 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a3.0 - 6.03.0 - 6.0
Quad 1b2.0 - 4.05.0 - 10.0
Quad 27.0 - 2.012.0 - 12.0
Quad 34.0 - 1.016.0 - 13.0
Quad 45.0 - 0.021.0 - 13.0


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2018 162   Nebraska Omaha W 104-76 89%     1 - 0 +25.1 +14.2 +7.8
  Nov 12, 2018 99   Utah W 78-69 79%     2 - 0 +11.1 +2.1 +9.1
  Nov 18, 2018 78   Texas A&M W 69-64 67%     3 - 0 +11.2 +0.8 +10.5
  Nov 20, 2018 180   Santa Clara W 80-66 86%     4 - 0 +12.9 +4.7 +7.6
  Nov 21, 2018 51   Washington W 68-66 54%     5 - 0 +11.6 +4.8 +6.9
  Nov 26, 2018 106   @ Boston College L 56-68 63%     5 - 1 -4.6 -12.7 +7.8
  Nov 30, 2018 79   Oklahoma St. W 83-76 67%     6 - 1 +13.2 +6.3 +6.4
  Dec 02, 2018 46   @ Ohio St. L 59-79 39%     6 - 2 0 - 1 -6.6 -3.5 -4.0
  Dec 05, 2018 38   Nebraska W 85-78 59%     7 - 2 1 - 1 +15.3 +18.2 -2.7
  Dec 08, 2018 248   Arkansas St. W 72-56 95%     8 - 2 +7.9 -0.3 +9.6
  Dec 11, 2018 189   North Florida W 80-71 91%     9 - 2 +4.4 +1.9 +2.2
  Dec 21, 2018 315   N.C. A&T W 86-67 97%     10 - 2 +6.8 +2.9 +2.6
  Dec 30, 2018 327   Mount St. Mary's W 71-53 98%     11 - 2 +3.9 -5.4 +9.8
  Jan 03, 2019 14   @ Wisconsin W 59-52 22%     12 - 2 2 - 1 +25.7 +4.1 +22.2
  Jan 08, 2019 23   Maryland L 67-82 48%     12 - 3 2 - 2 -3.8 +4.2 -8.9
  Jan 12, 2019 74   Rutgers W 88-70 74%     13 - 3 3 - 2 +22.0 +18.6 +3.2
  Jan 16, 2019 75   @ Illinois L 68-95 54%     13 - 4 3 - 3 -17.5 -5.5 -10.0
  Jan 19, 2019 42   Penn St. W 65-64 60%     14 - 4 4 - 3 +9.0 +1.8 +7.3
  Jan 22, 2019 6   @ Michigan L 57-59 13%     14 - 5 4 - 4 +20.7 +2.8 +17.7
  Jan 27, 2019 36   Iowa W 92-87 58%     15 - 5 5 - 4 +13.5 +16.3 -2.9
  Jan 30, 2019 75   Illinois W 86-75 74%     16 - 5 6 - 4 +14.9 +16.1 -1.0
  Feb 03, 2019 10   @ Purdue L 63-73 18%     16 - 6 6 - 5 +10.5 +2.8 +6.9
  Feb 06, 2019 14   Wisconsin L 51-56 40%     16 - 7 6 - 6 +8.2 -0.9 +8.0
  Feb 09, 2019 5   @ Michigan St. L 55-79 11%     16 - 8 6 - 7 +0.2 -3.6 +2.3
  Feb 13, 2019 38   @ Nebraska L 61-62 38%     16 - 9 6 - 8 +12.9 +6.0 +6.7
  Feb 16, 2019 39   Indiana W 84-63 59%     17 - 9 7 - 8 +29.3 +17.6 +12.0
  Feb 21, 2019 6   Michigan L 60-69 27%     17 - 10 7 - 9 +8.1 +0.0 +7.7
  Feb 24, 2019 74   @ Rutgers L 64-68 54%     17 - 11 7 - 10 +5.6 +1.9 +3.4
  Feb 28, 2019 71   @ Northwestern W 62-50 53%     18 - 11 8 - 10 +21.8 +0.7 +21.6
  Mar 05, 2019 10   Purdue W 73-69 34%     19 - 11 9 - 10 +18.9 +3.6 +15.2
  Mar 08, 2019 23   @ Maryland L 60-69 28%     19 - 12 9 - 11 +7.8 +0.0 +7.2
  Mar 14, 2019 42   Penn St. W 77-72 OT 49%     20 - 12 +15.8 +8.2 +7.4
  Mar 15, 2019 10   Purdue W 75-73 25%     21 - 12 +19.7 +13.1 +6.7
  Mar 16, 2019 6   Michigan L 49-76 19%     21 - 13 -7.1 -4.3 -7.0
Projected Record 21.0 - 13.0 9.0 - 11.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big Ten Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 100.0 100.0 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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8
11-9
10-10
9-11 100.0% 95.3% 95.3% 8.7 0.0 5.1 36.5 39.4 13.5 0.9 4.7 95.3%
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 95.3% 0.0% 95.3% 8.7 0.0 5.1 36.5 39.4 13.5 0.9 4.7 95.3%