Pre-tourney Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2014-15
Overall
Predictive Rating-0.5#171
Expected Predictive Rating-0.5#168
Pace62.9#266
Improvement+3.0#57

Offense
Total Offense-0.2#171
Improvement+3.4#31

Defense
Total Defense-0.2#171
Improvement-0.4#205
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 20, 2014 240   Idaho W 78-67 74%     1 - 0 +3.7 -3.7 -3.7
  Nov 26, 2014 22   @ Iowa L 49-70 7%     1 - 1 -5.1 +7.9 +7.9
  Nov 30, 2014 345   Maine W 61-56 94%     2 - 1 -12.6 -8.8 -8.8
  Dec 02, 2014 139   @ DePaul L 67-78 31%     2 - 2 -6.4 +2.3 +2.3
  Dec 13, 2014 233   @ Eastern Illinois L 55-59 52%     2 - 3 -4.9 -0.5 -0.5
  Dec 16, 2014 348   Mississippi Valley W 71-64 96%     3 - 3 -13.8 -10.4 -10.4
  Dec 19, 2014 172   @ Dartmouth L 55-58 OT 39%     3 - 4 -0.6 +1.2 +1.2
  Dec 22, 2014 10   @ Notre Dame L 66-91 4%     3 - 5 -5.5 +9.8 +9.8
  Dec 29, 2014 265   Hampton W 83-51 78%     4 - 5 +23.6 -4.2 -4.2
  Jan 02, 2015 218   UC Riverside W 72-67 OT 70%     5 - 5 -0.8 -2.9 -2.9
  Jan 07, 2015 224   @ Ohio W 70-60 49%     6 - 5 1 - 0 +9.7 -0.2 -0.2
  Jan 10, 2015 125   Kent St. L 65-67 49%     6 - 6 1 - 1 -2.2 -0.1 -0.1
  Jan 14, 2015 61   @ Buffalo L 63-82 15%     6 - 7 1 - 2 -8.3 +5.4 +5.4
  Jan 17, 2015 130   @ Eastern Michigan L 46-54 30%     6 - 8 1 - 3 -2.9 +2.5 +2.5
  Jan 21, 2015 106   Akron W 64-61 44%     7 - 8 2 - 3 +4.0 +0.5 +0.5
  Jan 24, 2015 211   Miami (OH) L 55-60 67%     7 - 9 2 - 4 -10.2 -2.6 -2.6
  Jan 27, 2015 101   @ Bowling Green L 46-56 23%     7 - 10 2 - 5 -2.9 +3.6 +3.6
  Jan 31, 2015 93   Toledo L 69-80 41%     7 - 11 2 - 6 -9.2 +0.9 +0.9
  Feb 04, 2015 211   @ Miami (OH) W 69-67 46%     8 - 11 3 - 6 +2.6 +0.3 +0.3
  Feb 07, 2015 101   Bowling Green L 65-69 43%     8 - 12 3 - 7 -2.6 +0.7 +0.7
  Feb 10, 2015 249   Ball St. W 75-63 76%     9 - 12 4 - 7 +4.2 -3.9 -3.9
  Feb 14, 2015 140   @ Western Michigan L 65-69 31%     9 - 13 4 - 8 +0.6 +2.3 +2.3
  Feb 18, 2015 88   @ Central Michigan L 66-68 20%     9 - 14 4 - 9 +6.2 +4.1 +4.1
  Feb 21, 2015 130   Eastern Michigan L 65-73 51%     9 - 15 4 - 10 -8.7 -0.3 -0.3
  Feb 25, 2015 93   @ Toledo W 84-82 22%     10 - 15 5 - 10 +9.6 +3.8 +3.8
  Feb 28, 2015 88   Central Michigan W 73-55 39%     11 - 15 6 - 10 +20.5 +1.2 +1.2
  Mar 03, 2015 140   Western Michigan W 65-63 52%     12 - 15 7 - 10 +0.9 -0.6 -0.6
  Mar 06, 2015 249   @ Ball St. W 71-67 OT 56%     13 - 15 8 - 10 +2.0 -1.0 -1.0
  Mar 09, 2015 106   @ Akron L 52-76 24%     13 - 16 -17.2 +3.4 +3.4
Projected Record 13.0 - 16.0 8.0 - 10.0




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 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 100.0 100.0 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
Total 100.0 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
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
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
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10 100.0% 100.0
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%