Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2019-20 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating -9.8 #322
Expected Predictive Rating -6.7 #267
Pace 71.3 #126
Improvement -2.3 #312

Overall 1st FG Attempt Freethrows Second Chance Turnovers Shot Selection
Offense #282 D+ B+ C F A-
Defense #339 D- C- F C+ F

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Total Effect
Close Shots 43% #66 1.02 #318 -0.3 #190
2 Pt. Jumpers 12% #329 0.72 #207 -3.1 #325
Three Pointers 45% #118 0.98 #216 +1.1 #147
1st FG Attempt 0.97 #240 -2.3 #239
Freethrows 22.5 #11 66% #327 14.8 #66
Second Chance 35.0% #65 0.94 #289 0.33 #150
Turnovers 22.3% #362
Total Offense -4.1 #282

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Total Effect
Close Shots 44% #56 1.25 #277 -5.0 #327
2 Pt. Jumpers 15% #329 0.85 #294 +1.3 #93
Three Pointers 41% #178 1.09 #279 -1.8 #252
1st FG Attempt 1.12 #323 -5.4 #325
Freethrows 18.1 #225 73% #216 13.3 #230
Second Chance 36.6% #340 1.26 #350 0.46 #361
Turnovers 17.5% #142
Total Defense -5.8 #339

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 2.9% #31 2.3% #338
Shot Type Make Effect -7.4% #291 8.2% #310
Possession Length 18.1 #262 16.6 #87
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.14 #250 0.24 #342
Improvement -2.6 #344 +0.3 #158
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 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.6 15.8 15.0
.500 or above 0.6% 1.4% 0.2%
.500 or above in Conference 7.5% 14.7% 3.7%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 24.3% 11.6% 30.9%
First Four0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
First Round0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Second Round0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.0% 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: Buffalo (Home) - 34.0% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 2
Quad 20 - 50 - 7
Quad 31 - 81 - 14
Quad 46 - 67 - 20


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Mon, Nov 3 353 Louisiana Monroe W 102-82 73%     9.9   1 - 0 +3.7 +13.8 -11.4
  Fri, Nov 7 45 @Wisconsin L 72-97 2%     -19.2   1 - 1 -10.7 +2.7 -12.2
  Mon, Nov 10 88 @Grand Canyon L 59-88 5%     -17.5   1 - 2 -19.5 -8.9 -9.8
  Tue, Nov 18 92 @Northern Iowa L 57-70 5%     -2.9   1 - 3 -4.2 +1.0 -6.9
  Fri, Nov 21 268 @Loyola Chicago W 76-59 25%     8.5   2 - 3 +14.1 +9.9 +6.5
  Tue, Nov 25 196 @Austin Peay L 59-77 16%     -6.5   2 - 4 -17.4 -5.9 -12.9
  Tue, Dec 2 229 Lindenwood L 64-99 39%     -21.6   2 - 5 -41.9 -14.4 -25.5
  Sat, Dec 6 109 @Bradley L 55-84 7%     -13.6   2 - 6 -22.4 -15.5 -5.8
  Sat, Dec 13 162 @Elon L 79-85 12%     4.4   2 - 7 -3.2 +1.8 -4.9
  Sat, Dec 20 333 Central Michigan W 74-73 64%     -10.1   3 - 7 1 - 0 -12.6 -1.4 -11.1
  Wed, Dec 31 195 Buffalo L 74-79 34%    
  Sat, Jan 3 131 @Kent St. L 75-90 8%    
  Tue, Jan 6 172 Toledo L 77-83 29%    
  Tue, Jan 13 206 @Eastern Michigan L 68-78 18%    
  Sat, Jan 17 170 Massachusetts L 75-81 28%    
  Tue, Jan 20 177 @Ohio L 72-84 14%    
  Sat, Jan 24 303 @Ball St. L 69-74 33%    
  Tue, Jan 27 272 Western Michigan L 77-78 47%    
  Sat, Jan 31 100 @Miami (OH) L 72-90 5%    
  Wed, Feb 11 126 Bowling Green L 70-79 21%    
  Sat, Feb 14 333 @Central Michigan L 74-76 41%    
  Tue, Feb 17 195 @Buffalo L 71-82 16%    
  Sat, Feb 21 177 Ohio L 75-81 29%    
  Tue, Feb 24 172 @Toledo L 74-86 15%    
  Sat, Feb 28 303 Ball St. W 72-71 55%    
  Tue, Mar 3 131 Kent St. L 78-87 22%    
  Fri, Mar 6 59 @Akron L 74-96 3%    
Projected Record 7 - 20 5 - 13





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Mid-American 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 1st
2nd 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 3rd
4th 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.2 4th
5th 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 1.8 5th
6th 0.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.0 3.4 6th
7th 0.0 1.0 2.6 1.3 0.1 5.0 7th
8th 0.0 0.7 3.3 2.7 0.3 7.0 8th
9th 0.0 0.8 4.5 4.7 1.0 0.0 10.9 9th
10th 1.2 5.5 7.0 2.0 0.1 15.8 10th
11th 1.4 6.9 8.8 2.8 0.2 20.1 11th
12th 0.2 2.1 7.3 7.9 3.1 0.3 20.8 12th
13th 1.9 5.3 4.7 1.4 0.2 13.5 13th
Total 2.1 7.4 13.4 17.4 18.4 15.3 11.3 7.3 4.2 2.1 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 Total



Mid-American Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4 25.0% 0.0    0.0
13-5 7.7% 0.0    0.0
12-6 0.0%
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total 0.0% 0.0 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
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3
14-4 0.0% 0.0 0.0
13-5 0.1% 0.1
12-6 0.4% 0.4
11-7 0.7% 1.5% 1.5% 15.0 0.0 0.7
10-8 2.1% 0.5% 0.5% 16.0 0.0 2.1
9-9 4.2% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 4.2
8-10 7.3% 7.3
7-11 11.3% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 11.3
6-12 15.3% 15.3
5-13 18.4% 18.4
4-14 17.4% 17.4
3-15 13.4% 13.4
2-16 7.4% 7.4
1-17 2.1% 2.1
0-18
Total 100% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 15.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lose Out 2.1%