Preseason Rankings
Northern Iowa
Missouri Valley
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating+8.8#64
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace63.9#297
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+5.9#39
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+2.9#92
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
#1 Seed 1.0% 1.5% 0.3%
Top 2 Seed 2.5% 3.6% 0.8%
Top 4 Seed 6.2% 9.0% 2.3%
Top 6 Seed 10.3% 14.7% 4.4%
NCAA Tourney Bid 45.6% 53.5% 34.9%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 21.3% 28.4% 13.0%
Average Seed 9.1 8.6 10.3
.500 or above 88.0% 93.9% 80.1%
.500 or above in Conference 91.6% 94.5% 87.6%
Conference Champion 41.1% 47.7% 32.1%
Last Place in Conference 0.7% 0.4% 1.3%
First Four3.7% 4.0% 3.4%
First Round43.7% 51.5% 33.0%
Second Round21.2% 26.9% 13.5%
Sweet Sixteen8.5% 11.2% 4.8%
Elite Eight3.6% 5.0% 1.7%
Final Four1.4% 2.0% 0.6%
Championship Game0.7% 0.9% 0.3%
National Champion0.3% 0.4% 0.1%

Next Game: Western Kentucky (Neutral) - 57.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 12 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b1 - 11 - 3
Quad 23 - 34 - 5
Quad 38 - 211 - 8
Quad 46 - 017 - 8


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 82   Western Kentucky W 74-72 58%    
  Dec 09, 2020 53   @ Richmond L 70-74 36%    
  Dec 12, 2020 240   Green Bay W 88-71 93%    
  Dec 16, 2020 8   @ Wisconsin L 60-70 19%    
  Dec 19, 2020 110   @ Marshall W 79-77 56%    
  Mar 08, 2021 76   Loyola Chicago W 69-65 65%    
  Mar 08, 2021 117   Bradley W 74-66 76%    
  Mar 08, 2021 122   Indiana St. W 74-65 77%    
  Mar 08, 2021 135   Missouri St. W 76-66 80%    
  Mar 08, 2021 144   Drake W 76-65 82%    
  Mar 08, 2021 155   Valparaiso W 77-66 83%    
  Mar 08, 2021 168   Southern Illinois W 70-58 86%    
  Mar 08, 2021 188   Illinois St. W 77-63 88%    
  Mar 08, 2021 261   Evansville W 78-60 93%    
  Mar 09, 2021 76   @ Loyola Chicago L 66-68 45%    
  Mar 09, 2021 117   @ Bradley W 71-69 58%    
  Mar 09, 2021 122   @ Indiana St. W 71-68 58%    
  Mar 09, 2021 135   @ Missouri St. W 73-69 63%    
  Mar 09, 2021 144   @ Drake W 73-68 64%    
  Mar 09, 2021 155   @ Valparaiso W 74-69 67%    
  Mar 09, 2021 168   @ Southern Illinois W 67-61 69%    
  Mar 09, 2021 188   @ Illinois St. W 74-66 72%    
  Mar 09, 2021 261   @ Evansville W 75-63 83%    
Projected Record 16 - 7 13 - 5





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Missouri Valley 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 0.1 0.4 2.3 6.1 9.7 10.5 8.0 4.0 41.1 1st
2nd 0.1 1.0 3.7 6.9 6.3 3.3 0.9 22.0 2nd
3rd 0.1 1.1 4.0 5.1 2.8 0.6 0.0 13.8 3rd
4th 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.9 2.8 1.3 0.1 0.0 8.2 4th
5th 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.1 2.0 0.6 0.0 5.7 5th
6th 0.1 0.6 1.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 3.7 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.0 2.6 7th
8th 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 1.6 8th
9th 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 10th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.4 2.2 3.3 4.6 6.4 8.5 10.5 12.2 13.0 13.0 11.4 8.0 4.0 Total



Missouri Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0 100.0% 4.0    4.0
17-1 100.0% 8.0    7.8 0.2
16-2 92.4% 10.5    9.1 1.4 0.0
15-3 74.7% 9.7    6.7 2.8 0.2
14-4 46.7% 6.1    2.9 2.6 0.5 0.0
13-5 19.3% 2.3    0.7 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0
12-6 4.0% 0.4    0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0
11-7 0.6% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 41.1% 41.1 31.3 8.2 1.4 0.2 0.0



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 4.0% 99.3% 73.9% 25.5% 3.4 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 97.5%
17-1 8.0% 95.5% 63.9% 31.5% 5.9 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 87.4%
16-2 11.4% 87.4% 52.5% 34.9% 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.2 1.4 73.5%
15-3 13.0% 71.5% 43.0% 28.5% 10.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.3 2.2 2.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 3.7 50.1%
14-4 13.0% 49.7% 32.1% 17.6% 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 6.5 25.9%
13-5 12.2% 32.9% 24.5% 8.5% 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 8.2 11.2%
12-6 10.5% 19.7% 18.2% 1.5% 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 8.4 1.8%
11-7 8.5% 13.6% 13.2% 0.4% 12.9 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 7.4 0.5%
10-8 6.4% 8.1% 8.1% 13.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.9
9-9 4.6% 7.4% 7.4% 14.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.2
8-10 3.3% 4.3% 4.3% 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.2
7-11 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2
6-12 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 16.0 0.0 1.3
5-13 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 16.0 0.0 0.8
4-14 0.3% 0.3
3-15 0.3% 0.3
2-16 0.1% 0.1
1-17 0.0% 0.0
0-18
Total 100% 45.6% 30.9% 14.7% 9.1 1.0 1.5 1.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.9 5.8 6.9 8.1 3.6 1.0 0.5 0.2 54.4 21.3%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 0.4% 100.0% 1.9 48.0 32.0 10.8 4.9 4.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.1% 100.0% 2.6 18.2 34.1 23.9 14.8 9.1
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.0% 100.0% 3.6 2.8 27.8 25.0 22.2 22.2