Illinois
Big Ten
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +22.1 #5
Expected Predictive Rating +23.7 #7
Pace 66.4 #242
Improvement +2.7 #74

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws
Shot Selection
Offense #1 A- A+ A- B- B-
Defense #19 A A- F+ A+ A+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 35% #271 1.34 #28 +1.3 #131
2 Pt. Jumpers 13% #329 0.93 #16 -1.9 #279
Three Pointers 52% #17 1.10 #65 +7.8 #12
1st FG Attempt 1.16 #23 +7.1 #23
Freethrows 0.32 #148 80% #5 0.25 #72
Second Chance 41.9% #3 1.23 #12 0.52 #2
Turnovers 13.3% #16
Total Offense +14.0 #1

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 26% #362 0.99 #21 +9.6 #2
2 Pt. Jumpers 32% #4 0.65 #24 -2.6 #346
Three Pointers 42% #132 0.92 #61 +1.3 #127
1st FG Attempt 0.86 #5 +8.2 #5
Freethrows 0.16 #1 69% #40 0.11 #1
Second Chance 23.6% #11 0.90 #37 0.21 #9
Turnovers 12.9% #352
Total Defense +8.1 #19

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 1.6% #72 -4.7% #2
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 12.2% #29 -12.0% #19
Possession Length 17.5 #204 18.2 #312
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.13 #289 0.13 #44
Improvement +2.3 #67 +0.4 #160

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 5.4% 7.7% 3.2%
#1 Seed 36.4% 44.1% 29.1%
Top 2 Seed 81.6% 88.3% 75.2%
Top 4 Seed 99.9% 100.0% 99.7%
Top 6 Seed 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Seed 1.9 1.7 2.0
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 57.2% 69.7% 45.2%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Second Round98.9% 99.0% 98.8%
Sweet Sixteen75.8% 77.3% 74.4%
Elite Eight48.7% 51.8% 45.8%
Final Four26.6% 28.7% 24.5%
Championship Game13.9% 15.2% 12.6%
National Champion7.1% 8.0% 6.1%

Next Game: Michigan St. (Away) - 49.1% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 2 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a7 - 47 - 4
Quad 1b4 - 111 - 5
Quad 26 - 017 - 6
Quad 34 - 021 - 6
Quad 47 - 027 - 6


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA
2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA
2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 341 Jackson St. W 113 - 55 100% +33  1 - 0 +43 +24 A+ A+ C +15 A- A+ F+
 Fri, Nov 7 224 Florida Gulf Coast W 113 - 70 99% +31  2 - 0 +36 +29 A+ A+ A+ +5 A+ A+ F
 Tue, Nov 11 19 Texas Tech W 81 - 77 77% +4  3 - 0 +19 +12 B+ A+ C- +7 C+ A+ B+
 Fri, Nov 14 219 Colgate W 84 - 65 99% +11  4 - 0 +13 +11 F+ A+ A+ +2 A- A- F
 Wed, Nov 19 20 Alabama L 86 - 90 68% -1  4 - 1 +13 +8 A- A C +5 B- C C+
 Sat, Nov 22 204 LIU Brooklyn W 98 - 58 99% +26  5 - 1 +34 +22 A+ A+ C+ +12 B A+ B+
 Mon, Nov 24 179 UT Rio Grande Valley W 87 - 73 98% +8  6 - 1 +10 +13 A- B- B- -3 B+ C F
 Fri, Nov 28 8 Connecticut L 61 - 74 52% -10  6 - 2 +8 +3 D+ C- A +5 B A+ C-
 Sat, Dec 6 15 Tennessee W 75 - 62 66% +4  7 - 2 +31 +22 A+ A+ A+ +11 A+ C- B
 Tue, Dec 9 36 @Ohio St. W 88 - 80 69% +4  8 - 2 1 - 0 +25 +21 A+ D+ A +4 A C+ F
 Sat, Dec 13 13 Nebraska L 80 - 83 73% -6  8 - 3 1 - 1 +13 +24 A A+ A+ -12 C C D-
 Mon, Dec 22 53 Missouri W 91 - 48 87% +17  9 - 3 +53 +33 B+ A+ C+ +26 A+ A+ D
 Mon, Dec 29 266 Southern W 90 - 55 99% +20  10 - 3 +26 +21 A+ A+ D +8 A+ C F
 Sat, Jan 3 114 @Penn St. W 73 - 65 92% +10  11 - 3 2 - 1 +14 +3 F C- A +12 A+ B- D-
 Thu, Jan 8 118 Rutgers W 81 - 55 97% +17  12 - 3 3 - 1 +26 +14 A+ F A+ +14 A A+ F+
 Sun, Jan 11 21 @Iowa W 75 - 69 57% +10  13 - 3 4 - 1 +26 +16 A- C A +11 A+ A+ D-
 Wed, Jan 14 67 @Northwestern W 79 - 68 84% +5  14 - 3 5 - 1 +22 +25 A A+ A- -1 A+ F C
 Sat, Jan 17 66 Minnesota W 77 - 67 93% +2  15 - 3 6 - 1 +15 +17 B+ A+ B -1 A- F+ F+
 Wed, Jan 21 116 Maryland W 89 - 70 97% +12  16 - 3 7 - 1 +19 +19 C+ A+ A+ +0 B B F
 Sat, Jan 24 9 @Purdue W 88 - 82 43% -3  17 - 3 8 - 1 +30 +33 A+ A+ B -2 D+ A+ F
 Thu, Jan 29 45 Washington W 75 - 66 89% +5  18 - 3 9 - 1 +18 +16 C- A+ A+ +3 D+ A+ C+
 Sun, Feb 1 13 @Nebraska W 78 - 69 52% +2  19 - 3 10 - 1 +31 +24 A B+ A+ +7 B+ B+ C
 Wed, Feb 4 67 Northwestern W 84 - 44 93% +26  20 - 3 11 - 1 +45 +22 A+ A+ C+ +28 A+ A+ F
 Sat, Feb 7 10 @Michigan St. L 72 - 73 49%
 Tue, Feb 10 38 Wisconsin W 85 - 74 86%
 Sun, Feb 15 34 Indiana W 83 - 72 85%
 Wed, Feb 18 46 @USC W 81 - 73 76%
 Sat, Feb 21 33 @UCLA W 76 - 71 67%
 Fri, Feb 27 1 Michigan L 80 - 81 51%
 Tue, Mar 3 83 Oregon W 83 - 65 96%
 Sun, Mar 8 116 @Maryland W 84 - 68 93%
Totals 26 - 5 17 - 3 +22 +14 A- A+ A- +8 A A- F+





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Ten Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 0.1 3.4 18.2 25.6 9.9 57.2 1st
2nd 0.1 2.7 12.7 13.0 2.0 30.4 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.6 4.0 4.3 0.7 9.6 3rd
4th 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 2.1 4th
5th 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.5 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 6th
7th 0.0 0.0 0.0 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.4 2.0 7.8 20.5 31.9 27.6 9.9 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1 100.0% 9.9    9.9
18-2 92.9% 25.6    18.6 6.7 0.4
17-3 57.0% 18.2    6.5 9.2 2.4 0.0
16-4 16.8% 3.4    0.3 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.0
15-5 1.4% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9
10-10
Total 57.2% 57.2 35.3 17.3 4.2 0.4 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
20-0
19-1 9.9% 100.0% 31.3% 68.7% 1.4 6.6 3.2 0.2 100.0%
18-2 27.6% 100.0% 24.8% 75.2% 1.6 13.8 11.9 1.9 0.1 100.0%
17-3 31.9% 100.0% 20.5% 79.5% 1.8 10.5 16.5 4.6 0.3 100.0%
16-4 20.5% 100.0% 17.0% 83.0% 2.1 4.4 10.1 5.1 0.8 0.0 100.0%
15-5 7.8% 100.0% 15.3% 84.7% 2.5 1.0 3.1 2.8 0.9 0.0 100.0%
14-6 2.0% 100.0% 11.9% 88.1% 2.9 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 100.0%
13-7 0.4% 100.0% 2.8% 97.2% 3.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 100.0%
12-8 0.0% 0.0 0.0
11-9
10-10
9-11
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 100.0% 21.4% 78.6% 1.9 100.0%


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 3.1% 100.0% 1.2 82.5 17.5
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 2.3% 100.0% 1.4 60.7 36.8 2.6
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 2.4% 100.0% 1.4 61.2 37.2 1.7