Pre-tourney Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2017-18
Overall
Predictive Rating-5.5#250
Expected Predictive Rating-4.6#243
Pace67.3#223
Improvement-1.8#256

Offense
Total Offense-2.7#250
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebound+0.0#1
Layup/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement-2.5#290

Defense
Total Defense-2.7#250
First Shot+0.0#1
After Offensive Rebounds+0.0#1
Layups/Dunks+0.0#1
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.0#1
Freethrows+0.0#1
Improvement+0.7#146
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 14, 2017 266   Green Bay W 85-65 64%     1 - 0 +10.8 -4.6 -4.6
  Nov 20, 2017 120   Penn L 80-93 20%     1 - 1 -9.8 +1.6 +1.6
  Nov 21, 2017 245   Florida Atlantic L 67-77 48%     1 - 2 -14.9 -2.5 -2.5
  Nov 22, 2017 211   Manhattan W 70-68 40%     2 - 2 -0.9 -1.5 -1.5
  Nov 29, 2017 208   Wisconsin-Milwaukee L 62-75 52%     2 - 3 -18.9 -2.9 -2.9
  Dec 02, 2017 346   @ Chicago St. W 95-77 79%     3 - 3 +4.1 -7.0 -7.0
  Dec 04, 2017 92   @ Iowa St. L 80-94 10%     3 - 4 -5.5 +4.3 +4.3
  Dec 09, 2017 309   Central Connecticut St. W 61-55 74%     4 - 4 -6.1 -6.1 -6.1
  Dec 18, 2017 49   @ Marquette L 70-79 5%     4 - 5 +3.8 +6.4 +6.4
  Dec 21, 2017 199   Illinois-Chicago W 69-63 50%     5 - 5 +0.7 -2.7 -2.7
  Dec 29, 2017 86   @ Iowa L 75-98 9%     5 - 6 -13.7 +4.7 +4.7
  Jan 02, 2018 207   Kent St. W 75-61 51%     6 - 6 1 - 0 +8.2 -2.9 -2.9
  Jan 06, 2018 196   @ Ohio L 68-78 27%     6 - 7 1 - 1 -9.2 +0.4 +0.4
  Jan 09, 2018 238   @ Bowling Green L 57-66 35%     6 - 8 1 - 2 -10.5 -0.7 -0.7
  Jan 13, 2018 143   Eastern Michigan W 72-66 36%     7 - 8 2 - 2 +4.1 -0.9 -0.9
  Jan 16, 2018 73   @ Buffalo L 67-95 8%     7 - 9 2 - 3 -17.6 +5.2 +5.2
  Jan 20, 2018 251   @ Akron L 67-82 39%     7 - 10 2 - 4 -17.5 -1.2 -1.2
  Jan 23, 2018 238   Bowling Green W 93-62 58%     8 - 10 3 - 4 +23.5 -3.7 -3.7
  Jan 27, 2018 188   @ Western Michigan L 72-79 26%     8 - 11 3 - 5 -5.7 +0.7 +0.7
  Jan 30, 2018 178   @ Central Michigan L 67-81 24%     8 - 12 3 - 6 -11.9 +1.0 +1.0
  Feb 03, 2018 192   Miami (OH) L 65-81 48%     8 - 13 3 - 7 -21.0 -2.5 -2.5
  Feb 06, 2018 122   @ Toledo L 77-82 15%     8 - 14 3 - 8 +0.9 +2.9 +2.9
  Feb 10, 2018 73   Buffalo W 90-88 OT 18%     9 - 14 4 - 8 +6.3 +2.2 +2.2
  Feb 13, 2018 178   Central Michigan L 72-80 44%     9 - 15 4 - 9 -11.9 -2.0 -2.0
  Feb 17, 2018 188   Western Michigan W 75-67 47%     10 - 15 5 - 9 +3.3 -2.3 -2.3
  Feb 20, 2018 170   @ Ball St. L 68-77 22%     10 - 16 5 - 10 -6.3 +1.4 +1.4
  Feb 24, 2018 143   @ Eastern Michigan L 53-82 18%     10 - 17 5 - 11 -24.8 +2.1 +2.1
  Feb 27, 2018 122   Toledo L 67-97 30%     10 - 18 5 - 12 -30.2 -0.1 -0.1
  Mar 02, 2018 170   Ball St. W 66-65 42%     11 - 18 6 - 12 -2.3 -1.7 -1.7
  Mar 05, 2018 207   @ Kent St. L 59-61 29%     11 - 19 -1.8 +0.1 +0.1
Projected Record 11.0 - 19.0 6.0 - 12.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Mid-American Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 100.0 100.0 11th
12th 12th
Total 100.0 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total



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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12 100.0% 100.0
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%