Scarlet Knights vs Wildcats

Gameday · SAT JAN 16

RutgersVSNorthwestern

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Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

Win probability

1912 blend

22% RUTGNU 78%

Adj. efficiency17%

83%

SRS21%

79%

Elo28%

72%

NU +6.7

Proj. margin

146.4

Proj. total

66.8

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 0T.FrancisG · 4.0 APG15.5
• 5D.Buchanan Jr.F · 4.0 RPG7.5
• 2L.MarkG · 2.5 APG10.5
• 4D.Smith Jr.F · 5.0 RPG9.0
• 32C.GurdakC · 1.0 BPG12.0

• 44A.CiaravinoG · 1.7 APG11.7
• 4L.PrattG · 2.3 APG18.3
• 3J.WestG · 8.7 APG21.3
• 8O.FederikoF · 3.3 RPG3.3
• 7C.SmithF · 1.0 RPG3.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+2.6Adj. net rating+13.7

139thAdj. net rank60th

109.9Adj. offense117.6

107.4Adj. defense103.9

70.3Pace63.2

-1.6SRS4.1

1641Elo1809

2–0Record3–0

Season per game

2026-27 · 2 games / 2026-27 · 3 games

91.0Points78.7

59.0Opp points60.0

57.9%eFG%57.8%

13.0%TO%13.0%

30.1%OREB%28.6%

.49FT rate.35

37%3PA rate48%

52%Assisted FG%64%

Last five games

Rutgers

W101-64vs NJIT

W81-54vs NHVN

L69-82@ CREI

L59-72@ UCLA

W72-67@ MINN

Northwestern

W72-55vs BU

W78-65vs STBK

W86-60vs BING

L68-81@ PUR

W74-61@ IU

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26NU 75 · RUTG 77Sun, 1/11

24-25RUTG 79 · NU 72Wed, 1/29

23-24NU 60 · RUTG 63Thu, 2/15

22-23NU 65 · RUTG 53Sun, 3/5

22-23RUTG 65 · NU 62Wed, 1/11

21-22RUTG 78 · NU 79Tue, 2/1

20-21NU 50 · RUTG 64Sat, 2/13

20-21RUTG 64 · NU 56Sun, 1/31

19-20NU 73 · RUTG 77Sun, 2/9

18-19RUTG 59 · NU 56Wed, 2/13

Game information

TipSaturday, Jan 16 · 1:00 PM ET

VenueWelsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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