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In progress. College basketball is still being built and is not in the navigation. The ratings are ours and are shown with the date they were fitted; they are not graded in public.

How would two teams match up, by how much, and at what pace — and where does each rank?

2025-26 seasonthrough ratings as of 2026-04-06most recent completed season — 2026-27 has no ratings yet

Team 1: Northwestern change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale
Team 2: Kentucky change (top 100 by AdjEM; any team via its page)
AkronAlabamaArizonaArizona StateArkansasAuburnBaylorBelmontBoise StateButlerBYUCaliforniaCincinnatiClemsonColoradoColorado StateCreightonDaytonDukeEast Tennessee StateFloridaFlorida StateGeorge MasonGeorge WashingtonGeorgetownGeorgiaGonzagaGrand CanyonHigh PointHofstraHoustonIllinoisIllinois StateIndianaIowaIowa StateKansasKentuckyLibertyLouisvilleLSUMcNeeseMiamiMiami (OH)MichiganMichigan StateMinnesotaMissouriMurray StateNC StateNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorthern IowaNorthwesternOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOle MissProvidencePurdueSaint LouisSaint Mary'sSan Diego StateSanta ClaraSeton HallSMUSouth FloridaSt. John'sSt. Thomas-MinnesotaStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTennesseeTexasTexas A&MTexas TechTulsaUCFUCLAUConnUNC WilmingtonUSCUT Rio Grande ValleyUtah StateUtah ValleyVanderbiltVCUVillanovaVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWest VirginiaWichita StateWisconsinWyomingYale

On a neutral floor the ratings make Kentucky a 5.2-point favourite at about 69 possessions; at Northwestern it is -1.9, at Kentucky -8.5 (from Northwestern's side).

Neutral
-5.2
68.7 poss.
At Northwestern
-1.9
68.7 poss.
At Kentucky
-8.5
68.7 poss.

Margins are from Northwestern's side, from the snapshot of 2026-04-06.

MetricNorthwesternKentucky
Adjusted efficiency margin+9.567+17.127
Adjusted offence112.473116.240
Adjusted defence102.98299.128
Adjusted tempo67.829469.7198
Raw offence109.9107113.955
Raw defence108.0210104.7112
Effective FG%51.7%15953.3%89
Turnover rate12.2%614.4%97
Offensive rebound rate111.9%11998.6%161
Free-throw rate33.9%21637.3%124
Opponent eFG%51.0%15648.9%61
Opponent turnover rate15.9%15514.3%258
Defensive rebound rate11.3%16611.4%165
Opponent free-throw rate34.8%17736.2%218
Three-point attempt rate34.0%29539.7%179
Raw tempo66.732070.9126

How this is measured

The projection is the existing projectMargin from lib/cbb/ratings: (AdjEM difference ± the fitted home advantage) × expected possessions ÷ 100, with pace the mean of the two adjusted tempos. It uses the latest snapshot, so it describes the two teams as rated on 2026-04-06 — it is not a line and it is not graded here.

Ranks are out of 364 rated teams, 1 = best; bold marks the better of the two where a metric has a better end.