Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2018-19
Overall
Predictive Rating+7.0#71
Expected Predictive Rating+4.8#105
Pace65.5#273
Improvement-4.3#327

Offense
Total Offense-0.6#193
First Shot-0.5#191
After Offensive Rebound-0.2#190
Layup/Dunks-1.2#220
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.3#190
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.6#157
Freethrows+0.5#143
Improvement-5.0#337

Defense
Total Defense+7.7#19
First Shot+5.5#37
After Offensive Rebounds+2.2#14
Layups/Dunks-2.8#295
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.2#89
3 Pt Jumpshots+7.2#3
Freethrows+0.0#180
Improvement+0.7#142
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0.0 - 6.00.0 - 6.0
Quad 1b0.0 - 5.00.0 - 11.0
Quad 23.0 - 6.03.0 - 17.0
Quad 34.0 - 2.07.0 - 19.0
Quad 46.0 - 0.013.0 - 19.0


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 08, 2018 253   New Orleans W 82-52 92%     1 - 0 +21.8 +13.8 +10.4
  Nov 12, 2018 204   American W 63-51 87%     2 - 0 +6.6 -8.0 +15.4
  Nov 16, 2018 321   Binghamton W 82-54 96%     3 - 0 +14.5 -2.9 +15.7
  Nov 22, 2018 72   Fresno St. L 59-78 50%     3 - 1 -12.0 -9.4 -2.7
  Nov 23, 2018 216   La Salle W 91-74 83%     4 - 1 +14.0 +11.2 +1.5
  Nov 25, 2018 99   Utah W 79-57 58%     5 - 1 +26.9 +10.8 +18.0
  Nov 28, 2018 100   Georgia Tech W 67-61 69%     6 - 1 +8.0 -0.3 +8.5
  Dec 01, 2018 39   @ Indiana L 66-68 26%     6 - 2 0 - 1 +11.9 +3.4 +8.4
  Dec 04, 2018 6   Michigan L 60-62 17%     6 - 3 0 - 2 +15.1 +6.4 +8.4
  Dec 08, 2018 91   DePaul W 75-68 67%     7 - 3 +9.6 +2.0 +7.7
  Dec 17, 2018 351   Chicago St. W 88-46 99%     8 - 3 +19.5 +9.3 +12.6
  Dec 21, 2018 34   Oklahoma L 69-76 OT 44%     8 - 4 +1.7 -0.7 +2.7
  Dec 30, 2018 211   Columbia W 75-54 88%     9 - 4 +15.5 +1.1 +14.8
  Jan 02, 2019 5   @ Michigan St. L 55-81 6%     9 - 5 0 - 3 -1.8 -7.5 +5.8
  Jan 06, 2019 75   Illinois W 68-66 62%     10 - 5 1 - 3 +5.9 -3.8 +9.7
  Jan 09, 2019 36   Iowa L 63-73 44%     10 - 6 1 - 4 -1.5 -5.3 +3.2
  Jan 13, 2019 6   @ Michigan L 60-80 8%     10 - 7 1 - 5 +2.7 +5.9 -5.0
  Jan 18, 2019 74   @ Rutgers W 65-57 40%     11 - 7 2 - 5 +17.6 +1.8 +16.1
  Jan 22, 2019 39   Indiana W 73-66 45%     12 - 7 3 - 5 +15.3 +7.8 +7.7
  Jan 26, 2019 14   @ Wisconsin L 46-62 14%     12 - 8 3 - 6 +2.7 -8.8 +9.7
  Jan 29, 2019 23   @ Maryland L 52-70 18%     12 - 9 3 - 7 -1.2 -7.6 +4.9
  Feb 04, 2019 42   Penn St. L 52-59 46%     12 - 10 3 - 8 +1.0 -12.4 +13.1
  Feb 10, 2019 36   @ Iowa L 79-80 25%     12 - 11 3 - 9 +13.1 +8.8 +4.3
  Feb 13, 2019 74   Rutgers L 56-59 61%     12 - 12 3 - 10 +1.0 -10.5 +11.4
  Feb 16, 2019 38   @ Nebraska L 50-59 26%     12 - 13 3 - 11 +4.9 -12.7 +16.9
  Feb 20, 2019 46   @ Ohio St. L 49-63 27%     12 - 14 3 - 12 -0.6 -8.3 +5.5
  Feb 23, 2019 14   Wisconsin L 64-69 28%     12 - 15 3 - 13 +8.2 +8.9 -1.3
  Feb 28, 2019 45   Minnesota L 50-62 47%     12 - 16 3 - 14 -4.1 -16.4 +11.8
  Mar 03, 2019 75   @ Illinois L 76-81 41%     12 - 17 3 - 15 +4.5 +3.2 +1.6
  Mar 06, 2019 46   Ohio St. W 68-50 47%     13 - 17 4 - 15 +25.8 +8.5 +19.5
  Mar 09, 2019 10   Purdue L 57-70 23%     13 - 18 4 - 16 +1.9 -4.5 +5.0
  Mar 13, 2019 75   Illinois L 69-74 OT 51%     13 - 19 +1.7 -5.1 +7.1
Projected Record 13.0 - 19.0 4.0 - 16.0




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 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 100.0 100.0 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
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16 100.0% 100.0
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%