Missouri Valley
2019-20 - 2025-26 - 2026-27


Rank Team Tourney Chance Exp Seed Record Conf Record Predictive Rating Offense Defense Pace Results Rating Conf Results Rating
75 Belmont 1.6%   25 - 6 16 - 4 +7.7      +7.3 44 +0.4 156 71.8 92 +8.9 68 +9.8 1
81 Northern Iowa 100.0%   12   22 - 12 11 - 9 +7.3      +0.5 150 +6.8 31 59.0 364 +4.9 102 +2.7 7
104 Illinois St. 0.0%   19 - 12 12 - 8 +4.7      +1.1 135 +3.5 80 66.7 230 +3.8 111 +4.3 5
107 Illinois-Chicago 0.0%   17 - 15 12 - 8 +4.0      +0.6 144 +3.4 83 66.5 236 +1.9 128 +4.3 4
111 Bradley 0.0%   20 - 12 13 - 7 +3.5      +2.1 116 +1.4 132 68.1 188 +3.8 112 +5.7 2
124 Southern Illinois 0.0%   15 - 16 10 - 10 +2.6      -4.1 280 +6.7 32 71.4 101 +0.9 143 +1.9 8
129 Murray St. 0.0%   20 - 12 12 - 8 +2.3      +4.3 80 -2.0 239 77.6 14 +4.5 107 +4.5 3
162 Valparaiso 0.0%   17 - 15 11 - 9 +0.2      -0.9 188 +1.1 137 64.3 295 +1.7 132 +3.5 6
186 Drake 0.0%   12 - 20 6 - 14 -1.6      +0.4 155 -2.0 236 67.5 207 -2.0 196 -2.9 9
195 Indiana St. 0.0%   9 - 21 4 - 16 -2.0      -1.9 221 -0.1 175 70.1 130 -5.1 247 -6.2 10
295 Evansville 0.0%   5 - 25 3 - 17 -7.7      -4.5 292 -3.1 267 67.2 215 -7.1 279 -7.3 11


Recent Games

Date Team Points Team Points Interest
Thu, Mar 5 186 Drake 67 124 Southern Illinois 63   
Thu, Mar 5 295 Evansville 59 81 Northern Iowa 68   
Thu, Mar 5 195 Indiana St. 62 162 Valparaiso 63   
Fri, Mar 6 111 Bradley 90 162 Valparaiso 84   
Fri, Mar 6 81 Northern Iowa 74 104 Illinois St. 52   
Fri, Mar 6 75 Belmont 79 186 Drake 100   
Fri, Mar 6 129 Murray St. 80 107 Illinois-Chicago 94   
Sat, Mar 7 111 Bradley 69 81 Northern Iowa 73   
Sat, Mar 7 186 Drake 51 107 Illinois-Chicago 72   
Sun, Mar 8 107 Illinois-Chicago 69 81 Northern Iowa 84   





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Conference Season

Projected Place
Team Avg
Place
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
Belmont 1.0 100.0
Bradley 2.0 100.0
Illinois-Chicago 3.0 100.0
Illinois St. 3.0 100.0
Murray St. 3.0 100.0
Northern Iowa 6.0 100.0
Valparaiso 6.0 100.0
Southern Illinois 8.0 100.0
Drake 9.0 100.0
Indiana St. 10.0 100.0
Evansville 11.0 100.0

Projected Wins
Team Exp Conf Record Exp Overall Record 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
Belmont 16 - 4 25 - 6 100.0
Bradley 13 - 7 20 - 12 100.0
Illinois-Chicago 12 - 8 17 - 15 100.0
Illinois St. 12 - 8 19 - 12 100.0
Murray St. 12 - 8 20 - 12 100.0
Northern Iowa 11 - 9 22 - 12 100.0
Valparaiso 11 - 9 17 - 15 100.0
Southern Illinois 10 - 10 15 - 16 100.0
Drake 6 - 14 12 - 20 100.0
Indiana St. 4 - 16 9 - 21 100.0
Evansville 3 - 17 5 - 25 100.0

Projected Regular Season Champion
Team Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
Belmont 100.0% 100.0
Bradley
Illinois-Chicago
Illinois St.
Murray St.
Northern Iowa
Valparaiso
Southern Illinois
Drake
Indiana St.
Evansville


NCAA Tournament Selection and Simulation

Tournament Selection
TeamTourney BidAutoAt-LargeExp Seed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
Belmont 1.6% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0 1.3 0.3 98.4 1.6%
Northern Iowa 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 12   3.0 74.8 22.0 0.3
Illinois St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Illinois-Chicago 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Bradley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Southern Illinois 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Murray St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Valparaiso 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Drake 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Indiana St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%
Evansville 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0 0.0%

Conference Totals
Number of Teams
One or MoreAvg # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Tourney Bid 100.0% 1.0 98.4 1.6
1st Round 100.0% 1.0 99.4 0.7
2nd Round 14.6% 0.1 85.4 14.6 0.0
Sweet Sixteen 2.3% 0.0 97.7 2.3
Elite Eight 0.1% 0.0 99.9 0.1
Final Four 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Final Game 0.0% 0.0 100.0
Champion 0.0% 0.0 100.0

Tournament Simulation
TeamTourney
Bid
First
Four
First
Round
Second
Round
Sweet
Sixteen
Elite
Eight
Final
Four
Final
Game
Champion
Belmont 1.6% 1.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Northern Iowa 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 14.5% 2.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Illinois St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Illinois-Chicago 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Bradley 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Southern Illinois 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Murray St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Valparaiso 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Drake 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Indiana St. 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Evansville 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%