Preseason Rankings
Baylor
Big 12
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+18.1#2
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.8#284
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+9.4#6
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+8.7#4
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 8.6% 10.7% 4.3%
#1 Seed 26.2% 32.1% 14.1%
Top 2 Seed 42.5% 50.4% 26.5%
Top 4 Seed 64.2% 72.0% 48.3%
Top 6 Seed 76.6% 83.3% 63.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 90.0% 94.2% 81.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 86.6% 91.9% 77.1%
Average Seed 3.6 3.2 4.5
.500 or above 92.0% 95.7% 84.6%
.500 or above in Conference 89.2% 92.0% 83.5%
Conference Champion 34.0% 38.4% 24.9%
Last Place in Conference 0.8% 0.5% 1.5%
First Four2.4% 1.8% 3.7%
First Round89.0% 93.5% 79.8%
Second Round76.7% 82.4% 65.2%
Sweet Sixteen52.9% 58.8% 40.8%
Elite Eight33.5% 38.3% 23.8%
Final Four20.0% 23.4% 13.2%
Championship Game12.2% 14.5% 7.5%
National Champion6.8% 8.3% 3.8%

Next Game: Arizona St. (Neutral) - 67.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 1 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a5 - 55 - 5
Quad 1b4 - 29 - 7
Quad 26 - 114 - 8
Quad 33 - 017 - 8
Quad 43 - 020 - 8


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 25   Arizona St. W 79-74 67%    
  Nov 29, 2020 44   @ Seton Hall W 75-70 66%    
  Dec 02, 2020 13   Illinois W 70-67 60%    
  Dec 05, 2020 1   Gonzaga L 76-77 46%    
  Dec 08, 2020 234   Nicholls St. W 85-59 99%    
  Dec 13, 2020 15   Texas W 70-64 71%    
  Dec 19, 2020 89   @ Kansas St. W 71-62 78%    
  Dec 21, 2020 338   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 83-47 99.9%   
  Dec 29, 2020 285   Central Arkansas W 91-63 99%    
  Jan 02, 2021 71   @ Iowa St. W 77-70 73%    
  Jan 06, 2021 29   Oklahoma W 76-67 78%    
  Jan 09, 2021 69   @ TCU W 69-62 73%    
  Jan 12, 2021 7   West Virginia W 74-69 68%    
  Jan 16, 2021 14   @ Texas Tech W 69-68 51%    
  Jan 18, 2021 4   Kansas W 71-67 63%    
  Jan 23, 2021 42   @ Oklahoma St. W 73-68 65%    
  Jan 27, 2021 89   Kansas St. W 74-59 89%    
  Jan 30, 2021 60   Auburn W 78-66 84%    
  Feb 02, 2021 15   @ Texas W 67-66 51%    
  Feb 06, 2021 69   TCU W 72-59 86%    
  Feb 10, 2021 29   @ Oklahoma W 73-70 60%    
  Feb 13, 2021 14   Texas Tech W 72-66 70%    
  Feb 15, 2021 7   @ West Virginia L 71-72 48%    
  Feb 20, 2021 42   Oklahoma St. W 76-65 81%    
  Feb 23, 2021 71   Iowa St. W 80-67 86%    
  Feb 27, 2021 4   @ Kansas L 68-70 44%    
Projected Record 19 - 7 12 - 6





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big 12 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 0.0 0.9 3.1 7.0 8.7 7.6 4.8 1.9 34.0 1st
2nd 0.1 1.3 4.4 6.8 5.4 2.2 0.4 20.5 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.5 4.4 5.4 2.8 0.7 0.0 15.0 3rd
4th 0.1 1.3 3.9 3.8 1.5 0.2 10.8 4th
5th 0.1 0.9 2.8 2.8 0.8 0.1 7.5 5th
6th 0.1 0.7 2.2 1.9 0.5 0.0 5.4 6th
7th 0.1 0.6 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.0 3.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.1 2.3 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.1 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 10th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.8 4.3 6.3 8.8 10.4 12.3 12.8 13.1 11.0 7.9 4.8 1.9 Total



Big 12 Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 1.9    1.9
17-1 100.0% 4.8    4.7 0.1
16-2 95.4% 7.6    6.6 1.0 0.0
15-3 79.6% 8.7    6.5 2.1 0.1
14-4 53.6% 7.0    3.7 2.8 0.6 0.0
13-5 23.9% 3.1    0.9 1.4 0.7 0.1
12-6 7.0% 0.9    0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 34.0% 34.0 24.5 7.6 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0



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 1.9% 100.0% 64.9% 35.1% 1.0 1.8 0.1 100.0%
17-1 4.8% 100.0% 61.8% 38.2% 1.1 4.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 100.0%
16-2 7.9% 100.0% 52.4% 47.6% 1.3 6.1 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
15-3 11.0% 100.0% 39.6% 60.4% 1.5 6.7 3.4 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
14-4 13.1% 100.0% 31.8% 68.2% 2.0 4.7 5.0 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 100.0%
13-5 12.8% 100.0% 24.7% 75.3% 2.9 2.0 3.6 3.7 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0%
12-6 12.3% 99.9% 18.4% 81.4% 3.8 0.6 1.7 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.8%
11-7 10.4% 98.9% 14.8% 84.0% 5.2 0.1 0.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 98.7%
10-8 8.8% 94.1% 10.2% 83.9% 6.7 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 93.4%
9-9 6.3% 78.8% 6.6% 72.2% 8.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.3 77.3%
8-10 4.3% 48.8% 4.8% 44.0% 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.2 46.2%
7-11 2.8% 19.5% 2.7% 16.8% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.2 17.3%
6-12 1.9% 6.8% 1.8% 5.0% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 5.1%
5-13 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 12.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0%
4-14 0.4% 0.4
3-15 0.2% 0.2
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 90.0% 25.5% 64.5% 3.6 26.2 16.3 12.6 9.1 7.0 5.4 3.8 2.5 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 10.0 86.6%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.6% 100.0% 1.0 99.7 0.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 100.0% 1.1 88.8 11.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 1.0 100.0