Pre-tourney Rankings
Minnesota
Big Ten
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+9.0#63
Expected Predictive Rating+10.1#56
Pace72.8#90
Improvement-6.9#344

Offense
Total Offense+4.1#81
First Shot+3.2#87
After Offensive Rebound+1.0#106
Layup/Dunks-0.1#165
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.2#172
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#164
Freethrows+3.4#8
Improvement-5.6#344

Defense
Total Defense+4.9#56
First Shot+5.9#34
After Offensive Rebounds-1.1#264
Layups/Dunks+1.0#139
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.1#94
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.3#36
Freethrows+0.5#146
Improvement-1.3#246
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 12.0 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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a3 - 103 - 10
Quad 1b1 - 14 - 11
Quad 23 - 37 - 14
Quad 33 - 110 - 15
Quad 44 - 014 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 251   Green Bay W 99-69 93%     1 - 0 +22.3 -2.1 +17.9
  Nov 28, 2020 107   Loyola Marymount W 88-73 73%     2 - 0 +17.7 +4.3 +11.5
  Nov 30, 2020 107   Loyola Marymount W 67-64 73%     3 - 0 +5.7 -2.7 +8.5
  Dec 04, 2020 280   North Dakota W 76-67 95%     4 - 0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.1
  Dec 08, 2020 147   Boston College W 85-80 OT 83%     5 - 0 +4.0 -1.1 +4.4
  Dec 10, 2020 210   UMKC W 90-61 90%     6 - 0 +23.7 +21.2 +3.6
  Dec 15, 2020 2   @ Illinois L 65-92 11%     6 - 1 0 - 1 -4.3 -6.3 +5.6
  Dec 20, 2020 55   Saint Louis W 90-82 54%     7 - 1 +15.9 +8.7 +6.1
  Dec 25, 2020 5   Iowa W 102-95 OT 21%     8 - 1 1 - 1 +24.5 +24.2 -0.4
  Dec 28, 2020 54   Michigan St. W 81-56 54%     9 - 1 2 - 1 +33.0 +9.5 +22.1
  Dec 31, 2020 18   @ Wisconsin L 59-71 23%     9 - 2 2 - 2 +4.6 +0.4 +3.1
  Jan 03, 2021 8   Ohio St. W 77-60 28%     10 - 2 3 - 2 +31.9 +11.3 +21.7
  Jan 06, 2021 4   @ Michigan L 57-82 12%     10 - 3 3 - 3 -3.3 -4.6 +0.5
  Jan 10, 2021 5   @ Iowa L 71-86 13%     10 - 4 3 - 4 +6.3 +2.1 +4.7
  Jan 16, 2021 4   Michigan W 75-57 20%     11 - 4 4 - 4 +35.9 +8.9 +26.8
  Jan 23, 2021 37   Maryland L 49-63 45%     11 - 5 4 - 5 -3.7 -12.2 +6.9
  Jan 30, 2021 14   @ Purdue L 62-81 23%     11 - 6 4 - 6 -2.2 +4.5 -8.9
  Feb 04, 2021 36   @ Rutgers L 72-76 31%     11 - 7 4 - 7 +10.1 +12.9 -3.0
  Feb 08, 2021 101   Nebraska W 79-61 71%     12 - 7 5 - 7 +21.3 +3.5 +16.2
  Feb 11, 2021 14   Purdue W 71-68 35%     13 - 7 6 - 7 +16.0 +9.8 +6.4
  Feb 14, 2021 37   @ Maryland L 59-72 31%     13 - 8 6 - 8 +1.1 +3.5 -4.5
  Feb 17, 2021 44   @ Indiana L 72-82 36%     13 - 9 6 - 9 +2.6 +8.7 -6.4
  Feb 20, 2021 2   Illinois L 63-94 17%     13 - 10 6 - 10 -12.1 -4.4 -6.2
  Feb 25, 2021 74   Northwestern L 59-67 62%     13 - 11 6 - 11 -2.0 -7.9 +5.8
  Feb 27, 2021 101   @ Nebraska L 74-78 57%     13 - 12 6 - 12 +3.1 +3.8 -0.5
  Mar 03, 2021 39   @ Penn St. L 65-84 33%     13 - 13 6 - 13 -5.6 -0.9 -5.1
  Mar 06, 2021 36   Rutgers L 70-77 OT 45%     13 - 14 6 - 14 +3.3 -2.5 +6.4
  Mar 10, 2021 74   Northwestern W 51-46 54%     14 - 14 +12.9 -14.5 +27.4
  Mar 11, 2021 8   Ohio St. L 75-79 23%     14 - 15 +12.8 -3.3 +16.5
Projected Record 14 - 15 6 - 14




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.

The conference records below are based on games currently on the team's schedule above.



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 100.0 100.0 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
8-12
7-13
6-14 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%