Preseason Rankings
Illinois-Chicago
Missouri Valley
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating+0.2#153
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace72.0#71
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense+0.0#165
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.3#153
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 5.8% 6.3% 2.4%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 12.6 12.5 13.1
.500 or above 49.4% 53.3% 25.4%
.500 or above in Conference 47.2% 49.7% 32.0%
Conference Champion 5.7% 6.3% 2.3%
Last Place in Conference 9.7% 8.4% 18.0%
First Four0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
First Round5.7% 6.3% 2.4%
Second Round0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: Detroit Mercy (Home) - 85.8% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 21 - 52 - 6
Quad 36 - 77 - 13
Quad 48 - 215 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 03, 2025 310   Detroit Mercy W 78-66 86%    
  Nov 07, 2025 117   @ Oregon St. L 67-73 30%    
  Nov 15, 2025 351   @ Chicago St. W 79-69 81%    
  Nov 20, 2025 109   High Point L 72-76 37%    
  Nov 26, 2025 203   @ Robert Morris L 72-73 50%    
  Dec 03, 2025 364   Arkansas Pine Bluff W 91-64 99%    
  Dec 07, 2025 97   @ Yale L 70-78 24%    
  Dec 13, 2025 111   @ Belmont L 74-81 27%    
  Dec 17, 2025 112   Northern Iowa L 69-70 48%    
  Dec 21, 2025 192   @ Charlotte L 70-71 48%    
  Jan 01, 2026 129   Murray St. W 70-69 54%    
  Jan 04, 2026 261   @ Valparaiso W 75-72 59%    
  Jan 07, 2026 138   Southern Illinois W 74-72 55%    
  Jan 10, 2026 105   @ Illinois St. L 69-76 27%    
  Jan 13, 2026 112   @ Northern Iowa L 66-73 30%    
  Jan 17, 2026 113   Drake L 62-63 49%    
  Jan 20, 2026 231   Evansville W 73-66 72%    
  Jan 24, 2026 107   @ Bradley L 67-74 28%    
  Jan 27, 2026 173   Indiana St. W 82-78 63%    
  Jan 31, 2026 138   @ Southern Illinois L 71-75 36%    
  Feb 03, 2026 129   @ Murray St. L 67-72 35%    
  Feb 06, 2026 111   Belmont L 77-78 48%    
  Feb 12, 2026 113   @ Drake L 59-65 30%    
  Feb 15, 2026 105   Illinois St. L 72-73 46%    
  Feb 18, 2026 231   @ Evansville W 70-69 53%    
  Feb 21, 2026 261   Valparaiso W 78-69 76%    
  Feb 24, 2026 107   Bradley L 70-71 47%    
  Mar 01, 2026 173   @ Indiana St. L 79-81 44%    
Projected Record 14 - 14 9 - 11





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Missouri Valley 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 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 5.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.4 1.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 7.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.6 2.6 3.2 1.4 0.4 0.0 8.2 3rd
4th 0.1 1.0 3.1 3.6 1.3 0.3 9.3 4th
5th 0.0 0.8 3.5 4.0 1.5 0.2 0.0 10.0 5th
6th 0.1 1.0 3.4 4.5 1.5 0.1 10.5 6th
7th 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.7 4.6 1.5 0.2 11.3 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 1.4 4.2 4.1 1.4 0.1 11.5 8th
9th 0.0 0.5 1.9 4.1 3.2 1.1 0.0 10.9 9th
10th 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.4 3.0 2.1 0.6 0.0 9.2 10th
11th 0.2 0.6 1.4 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 6.3 11th
Total 0.2 0.6 1.6 2.8 4.3 5.9 7.9 9.3 9.9 10.3 10.6 9.3 8.4 6.3 4.8 3.5 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 Total



Missouri Valley Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
19-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2
18-2 98.9% 0.7    0.6 0.0
17-3 87.3% 1.2    1.0 0.2
16-4 69.9% 1.5    1.0 0.4 0.1
15-5 35.2% 1.2    0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0
14-6 16.7% 0.8    0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-7 2.8% 0.2    0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-8 0.1% 0.0    0.0
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 5.7% 5.7 3.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 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 0.0% 50.0% 25.0% 25.0% 10.0 0.0 0.0 33.3%
19-1 0.2% 41.8% 25.2% 16.6% 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 22.2%
18-2 0.7% 44.8% 41.6% 3.3% 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 5.6%
17-3 1.3% 34.3% 33.7% 0.5% 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.8%
16-4 2.1% 26.8% 26.5% 0.3% 11.7 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.5%
15-5 3.5% 19.9% 19.7% 0.2% 12.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.8 0.2%
14-6 4.8% 16.6% 16.6% 12.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 4.0
13-7 6.3% 12.4% 12.4% 12.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 5.5
12-8 8.4% 8.2% 8.2% 13.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 7.7
11-9 9.3% 6.4% 6.4% 13.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 8.7
10-10 10.6% 4.0% 4.0% 13.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 10.1
9-11 10.3% 1.8% 1.8% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 10.1
8-12 9.9% 1.1% 1.1% 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8
7-13 9.3% 0.8% 0.8% 15.6 0.0 0.0 9.2
6-14 7.9% 7.9
5-15 5.9% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 5.9
4-16 4.3% 4.3
3-17 2.8% 2.8
2-18 1.6% 1.6
1-19 0.6% 0.6
0-20 0.2% 0.2
Total 100% 5.8% 5.7% 0.1% 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 2.1 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.1 94.2 0.1%