Nebraska
Big Ten
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +18.6 #13
Expected Predictive Rating +26.2 #5
Pace 68.2 #198
Improvement +3.6 #42

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #26 A C A- D+ B
Defense #11 B+ A B+ A A+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 36% #254 1.47 #1 +4.0 #55
2 Pt. Jumpers 11% #342 0.67 #320 -4.0 #347
Three Pointers 53% #15 1.14 #29 +9.1 #6
1st FG Attempt 1.20 #10 +9.1 #10
Freethrows 0.26 #316 76% #60 0.20 #265
Second Chance 27.9% #257 1.09 #90 0.30 #198
Turnovers 13.2% #13
Total Offense +9.1 #26

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 22% #364 1.21 #256 +9.0 #4
2 Pt. Jumpers 28% #24 0.67 #40 -1.5 #298
Three Pointers 50% #8 0.88 #28 -1.3 #241
1st FG Attempt 0.90 #30 +6.1 #30
Freethrows 0.22 #9 69% #41 0.15 #8
Second Chance 24.8% #19 0.83 #9 0.21 #7
Turnovers 20.1% #33
Total Defense +9.5 #11

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 2.0% #57 -4.1% #5
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 15.5% #11 -8.2% #47
Possession Length 16.1 #69 19.1 #361
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.14 #256 0.07 #3
Improvement +0.3 #164 +3.3 #30

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
#1 Seed 5.8% 6.3% 2.4%
Top 2 Seed 28.9% 30.5% 16.2%
Top 4 Seed 87.9% 89.4% 75.6%
Top 6 Seed 99.4% 99.6% 98.2%
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Seed 3.2 3.1 3.7
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 12.2% 13.3% 3.2%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Second Round94.8% 95.0% 92.8%
Sweet Sixteen57.9% 59.0% 49.8%
Elite Eight25.6% 26.4% 18.9%
Final Four10.2% 10.7% 5.9%
Championship Game4.1% 4.4% 1.7%
National Champion1.6% 1.7% 0.8%

Next Game: Rutgers (Away) - 88.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 3 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a5 - 45 - 4
Quad 1b5 - 110 - 5
Quad 26 - 016 - 5
Quad 35 - 021 - 5
Quad 47 - 027 - 5


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA		 2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 330 West Georgia W 86 - 53 99% +11  1 - 0 +19 +6 D A+ B +13 A+ C+ C
 Sat, Nov 8 182 Florida International W 96 - 66 97% +21  2 - 0 +26 +13 A+ C C+ +10 A+ C+ A+
 Tue, Nov 11 346 Maryland Eastern Shore W 69 - 50 99% +15  3 - 0 +4 -5 F D+ A+ +10 A- A+ C+
 Sat, Nov 15 57 Oklahoma W 105 - 99 81% -3  4 - 0 +15 +32 A+ F A+ -17 F+ C+ C
 Thu, Nov 20 49 New Mexico W 84 - 72 77% +11  5 - 0 +23 +6 A+ F+ D+ +15 B+ A+ A
 Fri, Nov 21 88 Kansas St. W 86 - 85 88% +4  6 - 0 +7 +10 A+ C- B -3 B D+ C+
 Tue, Nov 25 124 Winthrop W 80 - 73 95% +2  7 - 0 +6 +7 C D A+ -0 D+ B+ C+
 Sat, Nov 29 301 South Carolina Upstate W 72 - 63 99% +2  8 - 0 -2 -5 C- D+ D +3 C+ B+ D
 Sun, Dec 7 61 Creighton W 71 - 50 88% +14  9 - 0 +27 +6 B D+ B+ +23 A+ A- A-
 Wed, Dec 10 38 Wisconsin W 90 - 60 78% +14  10 - 0 1 - 0 +41 +21 A+ A- C+ +20 A+ A+ B+
 Sat, Dec 13 5 @Illinois W 83 - 80 27% +6  11 - 0 2 - 0 +28 +29 A+ B+ A- -0 B D- C-
 Sun, Dec 21 281 North Dakota W 78 - 55 99% +3  12 - 0 +13 +2 D+ F A+ +12 C+ A+ B
 Tue, Dec 30 321 New Hampshire W 86 - 55 99% +10  13 - 0 +18 +10 D+ A+ C+ +8 B B+ A
 Fri, Jan 2 10 Michigan St. W 58 - 56 58% +1  14 - 0 3 - 0 +18 +1 C C+ A+ +18 A+ A+ A+
 Mon, Jan 5 36 @Ohio St. W 72 - 69 56% +5  15 - 0 4 - 0 +20 +7 B+ F+ C +13 B A+ D-
 Sat, Jan 10 34 @Indiana W 83 - 77 55% -1  16 - 0 5 - 0 +23 +21 A+ C A+ +2 B D- A+
 Tue, Jan 13 83 Oregon W 90 - 55 91% +14  17 - 0 6 - 0 +39 +27 A+ B+ A+ +15 B A+ A+
 Sat, Jan 17 67 @Northwestern W 77 - 58 76% +7  18 - 0 7 - 0 +30 +22 A+ B A+ +11 B A+ A+
 Wed, Jan 21 45 Washington W 76 - 66 82% +10  19 - 0 8 - 0 +19 +13 A+ D- A- +6 B+ A D
 Sat, Jan 24 66 @Minnesota W 76 - 57 76% +4  20 - 0 9 - 0 +30 +15 A+ D- A+ +17 B A+ B+
 Tue, Jan 27 1 @Michigan L 72 - 75 18% +4  20 - 1 9 - 1 +25 +13 A+ D B +13 A C A+
 Sun, Feb 1 5 Illinois L 69 - 78 48% -2  20 - 2 9 - 2 +10 +10 A+ C C -1 B A+ C-
 Sat, Feb 7 118 @Rutgers W 79 - 66 89%
 Tue, Feb 10 9 Purdue W 75 - 74 51%
 Sat, Feb 14 67 Northwestern W 79 - 66 89%
 Tue, Feb 17 21 @Iowa L 69 - 71 44%
 Sat, Feb 21 114 Penn St. W 86 - 67 96%
 Wed, Feb 25 116 Maryland W 83 - 64 96%
 Sat, Feb 28 46 @USC W 77 - 73 65%
 Tue, Mar 3 33 @UCLA W 72 - 71 54%
 Sun, Mar 8 21 Iowa W 72 - 68 65%
Totals 26 - 5 15 - 5 +19 +9 A C A- +10 B+ A B+




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 0.1 1.8 6.1 4.2 12.2 1st
2nd 0.1 2.8 12.8 10.0 1.1 26.8 2nd
3rd 0.1 3.7 17.0 13.5 1.8 36.1 3rd
4th 0.0 1.2 8.0 5.8 0.4 15.4 4th
5th 0.2 2.6 3.4 0.2 6.3 5th
6th 0.5 1.6 0.2 2.3 6th
7th 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.1 1.3 5.6 15.4 26.0 28.5 17.9 5.3 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 79.6% 4.2    1.9 2.0 0.4
17-3 34.0% 6.1    1.0 3.1 1.9 0.0
16-4 6.4% 1.8    0.1 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.0
15-5 0.3% 0.1    0.0 0.1 0.0
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 12.2% 12.2 2.9 5.6 3.3 0.4 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
20-0
19-1
18-2 5.3% 100.0% 14.6% 85.4% 1.9 1.7 2.8 0.7 0.1 100.0%
17-3 17.9% 100.0% 12.0% 88.0% 2.4 2.3 7.9 6.7 1.0 0.1 100.0%
16-4 28.5% 100.0% 9.5% 90.5% 2.8 1.4 8.0 13.5 5.1 0.4 100.0%
15-5 26.0% 100.0% 7.5% 92.5% 3.3 0.4 3.7 11.0 8.4 2.1 0.3 100.0%
14-6 15.4% 100.0% 4.8% 95.2% 4.0 0.0 0.6 4.0 5.9 3.6 1.0 0.1 100.0%
13-7 5.6% 100.0% 1.6% 98.4% 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 2.2 0.9 0.2 100.0%
12-8 1.3% 100.0% 1.6% 98.4% 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0%
11-9 0.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10-10 0.0% 0.0
9-11
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 100.0% 8.4% 91.6% 3.2 100.0%


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 0.8% 100.0% 1.5 55.8 42.9 1.3
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.9% 100.0% 1.7 38.3 52.1 9.6
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 2.1% 100.0% 1.9 28.6 54.9 16.0 0.5