Preseason Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2023-24
Overall
Predictive Rating-4.1#240
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace71.2#103
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-1.7#239
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-2.4#251
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
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 3.3% 9.8% 3.1%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.4 13.2 14.5
.500 or above 25.6% 64.2% 25.0%
.500 or above in Conference 40.1% 68.1% 39.6%
Conference Champion 2.9% 6.9% 2.8%
Last Place in Conference 10.4% 2.4% 10.6%
First Four0.9% 1.3% 0.9%
First Round2.9% 9.5% 2.7%
Second Round0.2% 1.2% 0.2%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
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: Marquette (Away) - 1.7% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 20 - 2
Quad 1b0 - 20 - 3
Quad 20 - 31 - 6
Quad 33 - 63 - 12
Quad 48 - 511 - 17


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 06, 2023 9   @ Marquette L 64-87 2%    
  Nov 11, 2023 153   Appalachian St. L 67-69 42%    
  Nov 17, 2023 206   @ Georgia St. L 69-74 32%    
  Nov 18, 2023 275   Arkansas Little Rock W 80-78 57%    
  Nov 25, 2023 109   @ DePaul L 70-81 17%    
  Nov 27, 2023 47   @ Northwestern L 60-77 7%    
  Dec 05, 2023 122   Indiana St. L 75-79 37%    
  Dec 09, 2023 311   @ Monmouth W 73-72 54%    
  Dec 21, 2023 123   Northern Iowa L 71-75 38%    
  Dec 29, 2023 42   @ Iowa L 70-88 6%    
  Jan 02, 2024 114   Akron L 68-73 34%    
  Jan 06, 2024 127   @ Ohio L 71-81 21%    
  Jan 09, 2024 319   @ Western Michigan W 73-71 56%    
  Jan 13, 2024 235   Bowling Green W 79-76 59%    
  Jan 16, 2024 107   Kent St. L 70-75 33%    
  Jan 23, 2024 132   Toledo L 78-81 39%    
  Jan 27, 2024 234   @ Ball St. L 73-76 40%    
  Jan 30, 2024 323   @ Central Michigan W 73-71 57%    
  Feb 03, 2024 315   Eastern Michigan W 80-73 73%    
  Feb 06, 2024 260   @ Miami (OH) L 73-75 44%    
  Feb 13, 2024 216   Buffalo W 80-79 55%    
  Feb 17, 2024 107   @ Kent St. L 67-78 18%    
  Feb 20, 2024 234   Ball St. W 76-73 59%    
  Feb 24, 2024 127   Ohio L 74-78 38%    
  Feb 27, 2024 132   @ Toledo L 75-84 22%    
  Mar 02, 2024 114   @ Akron L 65-76 19%    
  Mar 05, 2024 323   Central Michigan W 76-68 75%    
  Mar 08, 2024 216   @ Buffalo L 77-82 35%    
Projected Record 11 - 17 8 - 10





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 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.9 1st
2nd 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.8 1.1 0.3 0.0 4.7 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.7 1.2 0.2 0.0 6.3 3rd
4th 0.0 0.4 2.4 3.3 1.3 0.1 0.0 7.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 2.6 4.1 1.6 0.1 0.0 8.9 5th
6th 0.0 0.3 2.8 4.6 2.1 0.2 10.0 6th
7th 0.0 0.3 2.5 5.2 2.6 0.3 0.0 10.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.2 2.4 5.2 3.0 0.5 0.0 11.3 8th
9th 0.0 0.3 2.3 5.2 3.2 0.5 0.0 11.5 9th
10th 0.0 0.4 2.3 4.6 2.9 0.5 0.0 10.8 10th
11th 0.1 0.7 2.6 3.4 2.2 0.5 0.0 9.5 11th
12th 0.3 0.9 1.8 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.0 5.8 12th
Total 0.3 1.0 2.6 4.7 6.9 9.5 11.2 11.8 11.9 10.8 9.3 7.1 5.5 3.5 2.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 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
18-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-1 100.0% 0.2    0.2 0.0
16-2 96.7% 0.4    0.4 0.1
15-3 70.1% 0.7    0.5 0.2 0.0
14-4 42.7% 1.0    0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
13-5 13.7% 0.5    0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
12-6 1.8% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11-7 0.1% 0.0    0.0 0.0
10-8 0.0% 0.0    0.0
9-9 0.0%
Total 2.9% 2.9 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 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 0.0% 72.1% 70.5% 1.6% 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6%
17-1 0.2% 39.0% 30.8% 8.3% 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 11.9%
16-2 0.4% 27.6% 26.5% 1.1% 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5%
15-3 1.0% 27.6% 27.6% 0.1% 12.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.1%
14-4 2.3% 15.7% 15.7% 13.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.9
13-5 3.5% 11.4% 11.4% 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.1
12-6 5.5% 9.4% 9.4% 14.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 5.0
11-7 7.1% 5.9% 5.9% 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 6.7
10-8 9.3% 3.9% 3.9% 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 8.9
9-9 10.8% 2.5% 2.5% 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 10.5
8-10 11.9% 1.8% 1.8% 16.0 0.2 11.7
7-11 11.8% 0.9% 0.9% 16.0 0.0 0.1 11.7
6-12 11.2% 0.7% 0.7% 16.0 0.1 11.1
5-13 9.5% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 9.4
4-14 6.9% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 6.9
3-15 4.7% 0.1% 0.1% 16.0 0.0 4.7
2-16 2.6% 0.2% 0.2% 16.0 0.0 2.6
1-17 1.0% 1.0
0-18 0.3% 0.3
Total 100% 3.3% 3.2% 0.0% 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 96.7 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 0.1%