Illinois
Big Ten
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +20.6 #8
Expected Predictive Rating +19.5 #14
Pace 68.6 #200
Improvement +0.9 #129

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws		 Shot Selection
Offense #3 A- A+ A- B- B-
Defense #16 A+ A+ F A+ A+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 37% #230 1.39 #9 +3.3 #73
2 Pt. Jumpers 14% #309 0.84 #69 -1.7 #265
Three Pointers 49% #41 1.04 #145 +4.8 #37
1st FG Attempt 1.14 #35 +6.3 #36
Freethrows 17.0 #207 81% #7 13.7 #120
Second Chance 40.8% #6 1.19 #34 0.49 #5
Turnovers 13.5% #27
Total Offense +12.0 #3

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 27% #359 1.02 #30 +8.8 #5
2 Pt. Jumpers 31% #4 0.62 #24 -2.0 #323
Three Pointers 42% #157 0.90 #52 +1.9 #110
1st FG Attempt 0.84 #6 +8.7 #5
Freethrows 9.8 #2 72% #154 7.0 #364
Second Chance 24.1% #16 0.90 #30 0.22 #14
Turnovers 12.8% #347
Total Defense +8.6 #16

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 1.4% #95 -4.6% #4
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 10.9% #34 -13.1% #13
Possession Length 17.1 #156 18.1 #304
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.13 #301 0.11 #24
Improvement -0.4 #212 +1.3 #105

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 1.7% 2.0% 0.4%
#1 Seed 11.0% 12.7% 4.7%
Top 2 Seed 30.9% 34.4% 17.2%
Top 4 Seed 80.3% 83.4% 68.4%
Top 6 Seed 97.3% 98.2% 94.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 99.9% 100.0% 99.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 99.9% 100.0% 99.8%
Average Seed 3.3 3.2 3.9
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
.500 or above in Conference 99.8% 99.9% 99.3%
Conference Champion 19.1% 22.0% 7.6%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round99.9% 100.0% 99.8%
Second Round94.4% 95.1% 91.5%
Sweet Sixteen65.5% 67.1% 59.1%
Elite Eight35.0% 36.5% 29.4%
Final Four18.1% 18.9% 14.8%
Championship Game9.0% 9.4% 7.2%
National Champion4.3% 4.6% 3.3%

Next Game: Northwestern (Away) - 79.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 3 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a5 - 65 - 6
Quad 1b4 - 19 - 7
Quad 26 - 116 - 8
Quad 34 - 020 - 8
Quad 46 - 025 - 8


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 3 333 Jackson St. W 113 - 55 100% +33  1 - 0 +44 +25 A+ A+ C+ +15 A+ A+ F
 Fri, Nov 7 201 Florida Gulf Coast W 113 - 70 98% +31  2 - 0 +38 +28 A+ A+ A+ +7 A+ A+ F
 Tue, Nov 11 21 Texas Tech W 81 - 77 76% +4  3 - 0 +17 +11 A- A+ D+ +6 C A+ A
 Fri, Nov 14 215 Colgate W 84 - 65 98% +11  4 - 0 +13 +11 F A+ A+ +3 A B+ F
 Wed, Nov 19 14 Alabama L 86 - 90 60% -1  4 - 1 +14 +8 A- A+ C+ +6 B+ C+ B-
 Sat, Nov 22 219 LIU Brooklyn W 98 - 58 98% +26  5 - 1 +34 +20 A+ A+ C+ +13 B+ A+ A+
 Mon, Nov 24 235 UT Rio Grande Valley W 87 - 73 99% +8  6 - 1 +7 +12 A C C+ -5 B+ C F
 Fri, Nov 28 4 Connecticut L 61 - 74 47% -10  6 - 2 +8 +3 D+ C A+ +5 A- A+ D+
 Sat, Dec 6 20 Tennessee W 75 - 62 65% +4  7 - 2 +29 +22 A+ A+ A+ +9 A+ C A-
 Tue, Dec 9 36 @Ohio St. W 88 - 80 64% +4  8 - 2 1 - 0 +25 +22 A+ C- A +3 A+ C- F
 Sat, Dec 13 16 Nebraska L 80 - 83 72% -6  8 - 3 1 - 1 +11 +23 A+ A+ A+ -12 C- C F
 Mon, Dec 22 53 Missouri W 91 - 48 84% +17  9 - 3 +53 +32 B+ A+ C +26 A+ A+ D+
 Mon, Dec 29 263 Southern W 90 - 55 99% +20  10 - 3 +26 +22 A+ A+ F +7 A+ C F
 Sat, Jan 3 99 @Penn St. W 73 - 65 87% +10  11 - 3 2 - 1 +16 +5 F C- A+ +11 A+ B+ F
 Thu, Jan 8 124 Rutgers W 81 - 55 97% +17  12 - 3 3 - 1 +25 +15 A+ F A+ +12 A+ A+ F
 Sun, Jan 11 22 @Iowa W 75 - 69 56% +10  13 - 3 4 - 1 +25 +16 A C A +9 A+ A+ D-
 Wed, Jan 14 63 @Northwestern W 80 - 71 80%
 Sat, Jan 17 76 Minnesota W 78 - 62 93%
 Wed, Jan 21 112 Maryland W 84 - 64 97%
 Sat, Jan 24 3 @Purdue L 74 - 78 34%
 Thu, Jan 29 46 Washington W 82 - 70 87%
 Sun, Feb 1 16 @Nebraska W 76 - 75 51%
 Wed, Feb 4 63 Northwestern W 83 - 68 91%
 Sat, Feb 7 13 @Michigan St. L 71 - 72 45%
 Tue, Feb 10 39 Wisconsin W 84 - 73 83%
 Sun, Feb 15 31 Indiana W 82 - 73 81%
 Wed, Feb 18 47 @USC W 82 - 76 72%
 Sat, Feb 21 38 @UCLA W 76 - 72 66%
 Fri, Feb 27 1 Michigan L 80 - 82 43%
 Tue, Mar 3 72 Oregon W 84 - 68 92%
 Sun, Mar 8 112 @Maryland W 81 - 67 90%
Totals 24 - 7 15 - 5 +21 +12 A- A+ A- +9 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 0.5 3.7 8.2 5.5 1.2 19.1 1st
2nd 0.0 0.4 4.5 9.6 5.4 0.5 20.5 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.4 4.2 10.2 6.2 0.7 21.7 3rd
4th 0.2 2.7 8.2 6.1 0.8 17.9 4th
5th 0.0 1.4 5.3 4.4 0.7 0.0 11.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.4 2.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 5.1 6th
7th 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.0 2.3 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.9 8th
9th 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 9th
10th 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 10th
11th 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 11th
12th 0.0 0.0 0.0 12th
13th 0.0 0.0 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.9 5.2 10.7 17.5 22.0 20.3 14.3 5.9 1.2 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% 1.2    1.1 0.0
18-2 92.0% 5.5    4.0 1.4 0.1 0.0
17-3 57.4% 8.2    3.2 3.8 1.2 0.1
16-4 18.2% 3.7    0.6 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.1
15-5 2.2% 0.5    0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10 0.0%
Total 19.1% 19.1 8.9 6.7 2.8 0.5 0.1 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 1.2% 100.0% 27.3% 72.7% 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 100.0%
18-2 5.9% 100.0% 27.6% 72.4% 1.6 3.1 2.3 0.6 0.0 100.0%
17-3 14.3% 100.0% 21.8% 78.2% 2.1 3.7 6.2 3.8 0.6 0.0 100.0%
16-4 20.3% 100.0% 18.8% 81.3% 2.7 2.3 6.5 7.8 3.2 0.5 100.0%
15-5 22.0% 100.0% 13.1% 86.9% 3.3 0.9 3.4 8.4 7.4 1.8 0.2 100.0%
14-6 17.5% 100.0% 9.2% 90.8% 3.9 0.2 1.0 4.8 7.1 3.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 100.0%
13-7 10.7% 100.0% 6.1% 93.8% 4.6 0.0 0.2 1.3 3.3 3.9 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
12-8 5.2% 99.9% 4.5% 95.4% 5.4 0.0 0.2 0.9 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 99.9%
11-9 1.9% 99.2% 2.6% 96.6% 6.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 99.2%
10-10 0.6% 98.2% 1.8% 96.5% 7.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 98.2%
9-11 0.2% 94.3% 2.9% 91.4% 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 94.1%
8-12 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 99.9% 14.4% 85.6% 3.3 0.1 99.9%


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 0.3% 100.0% 1.1 92.3 7.7
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 0.3% 100.0% 1.3 69.0 31.0
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 0.3% 100.0% 1.5 59.4 35.9 4.7