Northwestern Wildcats
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Ratings · 2021
| Dimension | Value | Unit | σ |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE | 1.07 | points per possession | 0.13 |
| DE | 0.95 | points per possession | 0.14 |
| ME | 0.12 | points per possession | 0.19 |
| PACE | 68.78 | possessions per game | 4.49 |
At season 2021's latest cutoff
(2021-04-04 00:47),
with 26 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 2021.
Axis spans -0.27 to 0.67 over
110 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 · 2021
| Season | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 15 | 0.375 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-10 | 2021 | Minnesota @ Northwestern N | 51–46 | conf_tournament |
| 2021-03-07 | 2021 | Nebraska @ Northwestern | 78–79 | regular |
| 2021-03-04 | 2021 | Maryland @ Northwestern | 55–60 | regular |
| 2021-02-26 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Minnesota | 67–59 | regular |
| 2021-02-22 | 2021 | Wisconsin @ Northwestern | 68–51 | regular |
| 2021-02-17 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Illinois | 66–73 | regular |
| 2021-02-13 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Rutgers | 50–64 | regular |
| 2021-02-10 | 2021 | Indiana @ Northwestern | 79–76 | regular |
| 2021-02-06 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Purdue | 70–75 | regular |
| 2021-02-04 | 2021 | Michigan @ Northwestern | canceled | regular |
| 2021-02-01 | 2021 | Rutgers @ Northwestern | 64–56 | regular |
| 2021-01-24 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Penn State | 78–81 | regular |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Wisconsin | 52–68 | regular |
| 2021-01-17 | 2021 | Iowa @ Northwestern | 96–73 | regular |
| 2021-01-14 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Ohio State | 71–81 | regular |
| 2021-01-08 | 2021 | Illinois @ Northwestern | 81–56 | regular |
| 2021-01-04 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Michigan | 66–85 | regular |
| 2020-12-30 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Iowa | 72–87 | regular |
| 2020-12-26 | 2021 | Ohio State @ Northwestern | 70–71 | regular |
| 2020-12-24 | 2021 | Northwestern @ Indiana | 74–67 | regular |
| 2020-12-21 | 2021 | Michigan State @ Northwestern | 65–79 | regular |
| 2020-12-15 | 2021 | Quincy @ Northwestern | 48–100 | non_d1 |
| 2020-12-13 | 2021 | SIU Edwardsville @ Northwestern | canceled | regular |
| 2020-12-10 | 2021 | Pittsburgh @ Northwestern | 71–70 | regular |
| 2020-12-05 | 2021 | Chicago State @ Northwestern | 66–111 | regular |
| 2020-12-03 | 2021 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff @ Northwestern | 49–92 | regular |
| 2020-11-25 | 2021 | Prairie View A&M @ Northwestern | canceled | regular |