Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2019-20 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating -10.5 #330
Expected Predictive Rating -8.1 #290
Pace 71.1 #130
Improvement -2.6 #321

Overall 1st FG Attempt Freethrows Second Chance Turnovers Shot Selection
Offense #290 D+ B C F A-
Defense #340 D- C F C+ D-

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Total Effect
Close Shots 43% #75 1.05 #300 +0.0 #175
2 Pt. Jumpers 12% #330 0.72 #205 -3.2 #329
Three Pointers 45% #103 0.95 #248 +0.7 #155
1st FG Attempt 0.97 #244 -2.4 #244
Freethrows 21.9 #17 67% #318 14.6 #71
Second Chance 34.5% #77 0.92 #307 0.32 #166
Turnovers 22.0% #360
Total Offense -4.5 #290

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Total Effect
Close Shots 43% #67 1.25 #278 -4.8 #325
2 Pt. Jumpers 15% #320 0.81 #265 +1.3 #90
Three Pointers 41% #182 1.11 #295 -2.0 #266
1st FG Attempt 1.12 #324 -5.5 #326
Freethrows 17.6 #205 73% #203 12.8 #213
Second Chance 36.6% #341 1.27 #350 0.46 #360
Turnovers 17.7% #128
Total Defense -6.0 #340

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 2.8% #31 2% #327
Shot Type Make Effect -7.5% #293 8.4% #315
Possession Length 18.0 #255 16.7 #112
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.15 #233 0.23 #330
Improvement -3.4 #352 +0.8 #132
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 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.7 15.5 16.0
.500 or above 0.1% 1.1% 0.0%
.500 or above in Conference 3.3% 12.5% 2.6%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 31.3% 11.7% 32.9%
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: Kent St. (Away) - 7.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 2
Quad 20 - 40 - 7
Quad 31 - 81 - 15
Quad 45 - 67 - 21


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Mon, Nov 3 353 Louisiana Monroe W 102-82 71%     9.9   1 - 0 +3.6 +13.8 -11.4
  Fri, Nov 7 45 @Wisconsin L 72-97 2%     -19.2   1 - 1 -10.6 +2.8 -12.1
  Mon, Nov 10 89 @Grand Canyon L 59-88 4%     -17.5   1 - 2 -19.5 -8.8 -9.9
  Tue, Nov 18 93 @Northern Iowa L 57-70 5%     -2.9   1 - 3 -4.0 +1.2 -6.9
  Fri, Nov 21 246 @Loyola Chicago W 76-59 20%     8.5   2 - 3 +15.2 +11.3 +6.3
  Tue, Nov 25 198 @Austin Peay L 59-77 15%     -6.5   2 - 4 -17.4 -6.0 -12.9
  Tue, Dec 2 233 Lindenwood L 64-99 37%     -21.6   2 - 5 -42.1 -14.4 -25.7
  Sat, Dec 6 114 @Bradley L 55-84 6%     -13.6   2 - 6 -22.3 -15.4 -5.8
  Sat, Dec 13 166 @Elon L 79-85 12%     4.4   2 - 7 -3.7 +1.8 -5.4
  Sat, Dec 20 332 Central Michigan W 74-73 62%     -10.1   3 - 7 1 - 0 -12.7 -1.4 -11.2
  Wed, Dec 31 187 Buffalo L 67-81 29%     -7.1   3 - 8 1 - 1 -18.8 -9.1 -10.0
  Sat, Jan 3 130 @Kent St. L 74-89 7%    
  Tue, Jan 6 173 Toledo L 77-83 27%    
  Tue, Jan 13 207 @Eastern Michigan L 68-78 17%    
  Sat, Jan 17 167 Massachusetts L 74-81 26%    
  Tue, Jan 20 177 @Ohio L 72-84 13%    
  Sat, Jan 24 301 @Ball St. L 69-74 30%    
  Tue, Jan 27 271 Western Michigan L 77-78 45%    
  Sat, Jan 31 102 @Miami (OH) L 72-91 4%    
  Wed, Feb 11 126 Bowling Green L 69-79 18%    
  Sat, Feb 14 332 @Central Michigan L 73-76 40%    
  Tue, Feb 17 187 @Buffalo L 70-82 14%    
  Sat, Feb 21 177 Ohio L 75-81 28%    
  Tue, Feb 24 173 @Toledo L 74-86 13%    
  Sat, Feb 28 301 Ball St. W 72-71 52%    
  Tue, Mar 3 130 Kent St. L 77-86 20%    
  Fri, Mar 6 59 @Akron L 74-97 2%    
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 1st
2nd 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 3rd
4th 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 5th
6th 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.5 6th
7th 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.1 2.8 7th
8th 0.0 0.6 2.6 1.7 0.2 5.1 8th
9th 0.0 0.8 3.8 3.7 0.7 0.0 9.0 9th
10th 0.0 1.4 6.4 6.2 1.7 0.1 15.8 10th
11th 0.1 1.9 7.8 8.9 2.6 0.2 21.5 11th
12th 0.2 3.3 10.1 9.0 2.6 0.1 25.3 12th
13th 3.1 7.3 5.6 1.6 0.1 0.0 17.8 13th
Total 3.3 10.6 17.7 19.8 18.7 13.3 8.8 4.4 2.1 0.9 0.3 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
13-5 0.0%
12-6 0.0%
11-7 0.0%
10-8 0.0%
9-9 0.0%
Total



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
13-5 0.0% 0.0
12-6 0.1% 0.1
11-7 0.3% 0.3
10-8 0.9% 2.3% 2.3% 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.9
9-9 2.1% 2.1
8-10 4.4% 4.4
7-11 8.8% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 8.8
6-12 13.3% 13.3
5-13 18.7% 18.7
4-14 19.8% 19.8
3-15 17.7% 17.7
2-16 10.6% 10.6
1-17 3.3% 3.3
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.7 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 3.3%