Iowa
Big Ten
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Predictive Rating +16.4 #23
Expected Predictive Rating +15.2 #31
Pace 62.2 #342
Improvement -0.9 #230

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #36 A B- C+ B- B-
Defense #16 B- B+ A+ C- C

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 43% #65 1.32 #28 +6.1 #20
2 Pt. Jumpers 17% #241 1.03 #4 +1.2 #111
Three Pointers 40% #210 1.17 #21 +2.3 #106
1st FG Attempt 1.21 #6 +9.6 #6
Freethrows 0.33 #116 76% #60 0.25 #81
Second Chance 33.9% #88 1.08 #136 0.36 #84
Turnovers 15.3% #107
Total Offense +7.9 #36

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 40% #160 1.19 #229 -1.3 #225
2 Pt. Jumpers 20% #189 0.66 #49 +1.1 #114
Three Pointers 40% #205 0.90 #42 +2.8 #76
1st FG Attempt 0.97 #95 +2.6 #95
Freethrows 0.32 #260 71% #103 0.23 #235
Second Chance 26.9% #60 0.89 #22 0.24 #23
Turnovers 21.9% #6
Total Defense +8.5 #16

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 1.5% #84 0.3% #191
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 17.0% #6 -5.3% #79
Possession Length 18.7 #308 18.0 #278
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.15 #220 0.10 #22
Improvement -2.2 #299 +1.3 #104

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
Top 2 Seed 1.0% 1.2% 0.2%
Top 4 Seed 9.6% 11.2% 4.0%
Top 6 Seed 36.3% 40.3% 22.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 91.6% 93.8% 84.2%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 91.4% 93.6% 83.9%
Average Seed 7.1 6.9 7.8
.500 or above 99.9% 100.0% 99.7%
.500 or above in Conference 83.4% 88.2% 66.5%
Conference Champion 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four5.2% 4.1% 8.8%
First Round89.6% 92.3% 80.4%
Second Round61.0% 64.2% 49.7%
Sweet Sixteen23.9% 26.0% 16.9%
Elite Eight10.0% 10.9% 7.0%
Final Four3.8% 4.1% 2.6%
Championship Game1.3% 1.4% 0.8%
National Champion0.4% 0.4% 0.3%

Next Game: USC (Home) - 77.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 7 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a3 - 73 - 7
Quad 1b2 - 15 - 9
Quad 27 - 212 - 11
Quad 33 - 015 - 11
Quad 47 - 022 - 11


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
 Tue, Nov 4 208 Robert Morris W 101 - 69 97% +21  1 - 0 +26 +26 A+ A+ C +1 F F A+
 Fri, Nov 7 360 Western Illinois W 77 - 58 100% +10  2 - 0 +1 +6 A+ F B+ -3 C- B- A+
 Fri, Nov 14 79 Xavier W 81 - 62 87% +10  3 - 0 +23 +10 A+ D D +13 A+ B- A+
 Tue, Nov 18 245 Southeast Missouri St. W 99 - 70 98% +19  4 - 0 +21 +27 A+ A+ B- -5 D F A+
 Thu, Nov 20 358 Chicago St. W 93 - 54 100% +18  5 - 0 +21 +26 B- A+ A+ +1 B B- B-
 Tue, Nov 25 64 Mississippi W 74 - 69 77% +2  6 - 0 +14 +12 C- A+ A+ +2 B- F+ A+
 Wed, Nov 26 71 Grand Canyon W 59 - 46 79% +6  7 - 0 +21 +3 C+ B D +20 C A+ A+
 Tue, Dec 2 6 @Michigan St. L 52 - 71 25% -12  7 - 1 0 - 1 +5 +4 B C C- -3 A+ F A+
 Sat, Dec 6 105 Maryland W 83 - 64 91% +15  8 - 1 1 - 1 +20 +11 A- C+ B+ +9 A- C- A+
 Thu, Dec 11 7 @Iowa St. L 62 - 66 25% +1  8 - 2 +19 +10 A+ B D- +9 A A+ C
 Sun, Dec 14 272 Western Michigan W 91 - 51 98% +30  9 - 2 +31 +20 A+ C- A- +14 A+ D+ B
 Sat, Dec 20 322 Bucknell W 94 - 39 98% +23  10 - 2 +45 +26 A+ A+ B+ +23 D+ A+ A+
 Mon, Dec 29 317 Umass Lowell W 90 - 62 99% +19  11 - 2 +16 +17 A C- B+ +0 D B+ A
 Sat, Jan 3 37 UCLA W 74 - 61 72% +10  12 - 2 2 - 1 +23 +15 A+ F+ D +10 B A+ A
 Tue, Jan 6 76 @Minnesota L 67 - 70 71% -6  12 - 3 2 - 2 +8 +2 C+ C D- +6 C A+ C-
 Sun, Jan 11 5 Illinois L 69 - 75 45% -10  12 - 4 2 - 3 +12 +6 B C C +5 C+ A+ A
 Wed, Jan 14 8 @Purdue L 72 - 79 25% +1  12 - 5 2 - 4 +16 +14 A+ B+ D- +2 C A+ B-
 Sat, Jan 17 31 @Indiana W 74 - 57 46% +9  13 - 5 3 - 4 +35 +24 A+ C- B+ +14 B+ A+ B-
 Tue, Jan 20 120 Rutgers W 68 - 62 93% +1  14 - 5 4 - 4 +6 +0 C+ F D+ +6 D+ A+ A+
 Wed, Jan 28 48 USC W 75 - 67 78%
 Sun, Feb 1 72 @Oregon W 72 - 66 70%
 Wed, Feb 4 47 @Washington W 72 - 70 57%
 Sun, Feb 8 61 Northwestern W 74 - 64 83%
 Wed, Feb 11 105 @Maryland W 75 - 66 80%
 Sat, Feb 14 8 Purdue L 70 - 71 46%
 Tue, Feb 17 13 Nebraska W 70 - 69 51%
 Sun, Feb 22 38 @Wisconsin W 74 - 73 50%
 Wed, Feb 25 35 Ohio St. W 74 - 69 69%
 Sat, Feb 28 112 @Penn St. W 77 - 67 82%
 Thu, Mar 5 1 Michigan L 71 - 76 31%
 Sun, Mar 8 13 @Nebraska L 67 - 73 30%
Totals 21 - 10 11 - 9 +16 +8 A B- C+ +9 B- B+ A+




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 0.0 0.1 0.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.5 1.1 0.1 1.7 3rd
4th 0.0 0.8 2.9 0.9 0.0 4.5 4th
5th 0.1 1.7 5.7 3.7 0.3 11.4 5th
6th 0.1 2.0 9.0 6.9 0.8 18.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.9 7.6 8.0 1.2 0.0 17.8 7th
8th 0.3 4.3 8.1 1.9 0.1 14.6 8th
9th 0.0 1.8 6.8 2.8 0.1 11.5 9th
10th 0.0 0.5 4.2 3.6 0.3 8.5 10th
11th 0.2 1.8 3.3 0.6 5.9 11th
12th 0.0 0.6 1.9 0.7 0.0 3.2 12th
13th 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.2 13th
14th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 14th
15th 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 15th
16th 0.0 0.0 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.5 4.6 10.2 16.3 20.9 20.7 14.6 7.9 2.5 0.5 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 20.0% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-5 1.4% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 0.1% 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4 0.5% 100.0% 5.6% 94.4% 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 100.0%
15-5 2.5% 100.0% 10.6% 89.4% 3.6 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 100.0%
14-6 7.9% 100.0% 6.5% 93.5% 4.5 0.0 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.5 1.3 0.3 0.0 100.0%
13-7 14.6% 100.0% 3.6% 96.4% 5.6 0.0 0.6 1.9 4.2 4.9 2.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 100.0%
12-8 20.7% 99.5% 2.8% 96.6% 6.6 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.8 6.0 6.6 3.3 1.0 0.1 0.1 99.5%
11-9 20.9% 98.0% 2.1% 95.9% 7.6 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.9 5.8 5.9 3.7 1.3 0.2 0.4 97.9%
10-10 16.3% 92.4% 1.5% 90.9% 8.6 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.0 3.8 4.3 3.4 0.8 1.2 92.3%
9-11 10.2% 76.8% 0.7% 76.1% 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.6 2.9 2.3 0.0 2.4 76.6%
8-12 4.6% 43.3% 0.4% 42.8% 10.5 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.3 0.0 2.6 43.0%
7-13 1.5% 16.3% 1.0% 15.3% 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.2 15.4%
6-14 0.3% 0.3
5-15 0.1% 0.1
4-16 0.0% 0.0
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 91.6% 2.7% 88.9% 7.1 8.4 91.4%


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, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 100.0% 2.3 25.0 40.0 20.0 15.0
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.2% 100.0% 2.8 6.7 26.7 46.7 20.0