Pre-tourney Rankings
Northwestern
Big Ten
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+7.9#74
Expected Predictive Rating+7.7#76
Pace69.5#169
Improvement-2.4#282

Offense
Total Offense+1.6#123
First Shot+4.5#62
After Offensive Rebound-2.8#324
Layup/Dunks+0.0#162
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.3#152
3 Pt Jumpshots+4.2#48
Freethrows+0.0#173
Improvement-4.6#337

Defense
Total Defense+6.2#31
First Shot+4.2#56
After Offensive Rebounds+2.1#39
Layups/Dunks+5.0#19
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.6#240
3 Pt Jumpshots-1.2#235
Freethrows+1.0#101
Improvement+2.2#65
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% n/a n/a
Conference Champion 0.0% n/a n/a
Last Place in Conference 0.0% n/a n/a
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 1a1 - 101 - 10
Quad 1b1 - 12 - 11
Quad 23 - 35 - 14
Quad 31 - 16 - 15
Quad 42 - 08 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Dec 02, 2020 342   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 92-49 98%     1 - 0 +24.1 +4.7 +17.0
  Dec 05, 2020 346   Chicago St. W 111-66 99%     2 - 0 +19.4 +11.8 +0.4
  Dec 09, 2020 86   Pittsburgh L 70-71 62%     2 - 1 +3.8 -7.9 +11.7
  Dec 20, 2020 54   Michigan St. W 79-65 50%     3 - 1 1 - 0 +22.0 +13.3 +9.0
  Dec 23, 2020 44   @ Indiana W 74-67 32%     4 - 1 2 - 0 +19.6 +11.5 +8.5
  Dec 26, 2020 8   Ohio St. W 71-70 25%     5 - 1 3 - 0 +15.9 +4.4 +11.6
  Dec 29, 2020 5   @ Iowa L 72-87 11%     5 - 2 3 - 1 +6.3 +7.1 -1.2
  Jan 03, 2021 4   @ Michigan L 66-85 10%     5 - 3 3 - 2 +2.7 +1.7 +1.4
  Jan 07, 2021 2   Illinois L 56-81 15%     5 - 4 3 - 3 -6.1 -8.1 +1.9
  Jan 13, 2021 8   @ Ohio St. L 71-81 16%     5 - 5 3 - 4 +8.7 +2.0 +6.8
  Jan 17, 2021 5   Iowa L 73-96 18%     5 - 6 3 - 5 -5.5 +2.9 -7.9
  Jan 20, 2021 18   @ Wisconsin L 52-68 20%     5 - 7 3 - 6 +0.6 -4.5 +2.8
  Jan 23, 2021 39   @ Penn St. L 78-81 30%     5 - 8 3 - 7 +10.4 +8.7 +1.8
  Jan 31, 2021 36   Rutgers L 56-64 41%     5 - 9 3 - 8 +2.3 -10.2 +12.6
  Feb 06, 2021 14   @ Purdue L 70-75 20%     5 - 10 3 - 9 +11.8 +5.1 +6.7
  Feb 10, 2021 44   Indiana L 76-79 2OT 46%     5 - 11 3 - 10 +5.8 -0.4 +6.6
  Feb 13, 2021 36   @ Rutgers L 50-64 27%     5 - 12 3 - 11 +0.1 -10.0 +8.9
  Feb 16, 2021 2   @ Illinois L 66-73 9%     5 - 13 3 - 12 +15.7 +2.6 +13.3
  Feb 21, 2021 18   Wisconsin L 51-68 32%     5 - 14 3 - 13 -4.2 -9.5 +3.6
  Feb 25, 2021 63   @ Minnesota W 67-59 38%     6 - 14 4 - 13 +18.9 +0.7 +18.3
  Mar 03, 2021 37   Maryland W 60-55 41%     7 - 14 5 - 13 +15.3 -0.9 +16.7
  Mar 07, 2021 101   Nebraska W 79-78 67%     8 - 14 6 - 13 +4.3 +10.5 -6.2
  Mar 10, 2021 63   Minnesota L 46-51 46%     8 - 15 +4.0 -21.0 +24.8
Projected Record 8 - 15 6 - 13




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

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