Northwestern Wildcats
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Big Ten
canonical name from espn_mbb
Ratings · 2026
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.19 | points per possession | 0.12 |
| DE | 1.04 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| ME | 0.15 | points per possession | 0.18 |
| PACE | 63.72 | possessions per game | 4.73 |
At season 2026's latest cutoff
(2026-04-07 00:50),
with 34 games played. OE is points scored
per possession, DE points allowed per possession, and the adjusted margin (ME) is their
difference — so 0.47 reads as +0.47 pts per possession, not 0.47 points. PACE is
possessions per game, a count, not a per-possession rate. The σ column shares
its row's unit.
Ratings over time
Season 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Show AdjME · AdjOE · AdjDE · AdjPace
Warm-up shown · hide
train_cutoff_at — a walk-forward replay for season 2026.
Axis spans -0.25 to 0.66 over
131 cutoffs. The shaded band is the model's own ±2σ
(AdjME_sigma) — it is widest early, when few games have been
played.
The dashed rule is the mean warm-up gate: left of it the team had
played fewer than 18 games, where the rating has not yet settled (a rating
is a mean, so it gates on the mean curve; the prediction-σ gate is later or equal at
18).
This line is the smoothed rating: an exponentially-weighted causal
average of this team's own history (alpha 0.75 on each
factor), fitted once on five seasons and frozen — it removes cutoff-to-cutoff fit
noise without pulling the team toward the league mean.Record · 2026
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 19 | 0.441 |
Countable games per NCAA policy — includes non-D1, which count for the record and not for the ratings.
Vendor names
| Source | Name | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| cbbd | Northwestern | auto |
Schedule & results
| Date | S | Matchup | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Purdue N | 68–81 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Indiana N | 74–61 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-10 | 2026 | Penn State @ Northwestern N | 66–76 | conf_tournament |
| 2026-03-08 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Minnesota | 66–67 | regular |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026 | Purdue @ Northwestern | 70–66 | regular |
| 2026-02-28 | 2026 | Oregon @ Northwestern | 62–63 | regular |
| 2026-02-25 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Indiana | 72–68 | regular |
| 2026-02-19 | 2026 | Maryland @ Northwestern | 74–78 | regular |
| 2026-02-14 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Nebraska | 49–68 | regular |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026 | Michigan @ Northwestern | 87–75 | regular |
| 2026-02-08 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Iowa | 70–76 | regular |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Illinois | 44–84 | regular |
| 2026-02-01 | 2026 | Washington @ Northwestern | 76–62 | regular |
| 2026-01-30 | 2026 | Penn State @ Northwestern | 73–94 | regular |
| 2026-01-24 | 2026 | Northwestern @ UCLA | 64–71 | regular |
| 2026-01-22 | 2026 | Northwestern @ USC | 74–68 | regular |
| 2026-01-17 | 2026 | Nebraska @ Northwestern | 77–58 | regular |
| 2026-01-15 | 2026 | Illinois @ Northwestern | 79–68 | regular |
| 2026-01-11 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Rutgers | 75–77 | regular |
| 2026-01-08 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Michigan State | 66–76 | regular |
| 2026-01-03 | 2026 | Minnesota @ Northwestern | 84–78 | regular |
| 2025-12-30 | 2026 | Howard @ Northwestern | 60–80 | regular |
| 2025-12-20 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Butler N | 58–61 | regular |
| 2025-12-17 | 2026 | Valparaiso @ Northwestern | 70–86 | regular |
| 2025-12-13 | 2026 | Jackson State @ Northwestern | 53–93 | regular |
| 2025-12-06 | 2026 | Ohio State @ Northwestern | 86–82 | regular |
| 2025-12-04 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Wisconsin | 73–85 | regular |
| 2025-11-28 | 2026 | Oklahoma State @ Northwestern | 86–81 | regular |
| 2025-11-23 | 2026 | South Carolina @ Northwestern N | 77–79 | regular |
| 2025-11-21 | 2026 | Northwestern @ Virginia N | 78–83 | regular |
| 2025-11-15 | 2026 | Northwestern @ DePaul | 81–79 | regular |
| 2025-11-11 | 2026 | Cleveland State @ Northwestern | 63–110 | regular |
| 2025-11-07 | 2026 | Boston University @ Northwestern | 52–76 | regular |
| 2025-11-04 | 2026 | Mercyhurst @ Northwestern | 47–70 | regular |