Pre-tourney Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-12.6#347
Expected Predictive Rating-16.3#355
Pace71.2#90
Improvement+4.3#29

Offense
Total Offense-8.4#350
First Shot-3.0#263
After Offensive Rebound-5.4#363
Layup/Dunks-8.1#362
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.7#215
3 Pt Jumpshots+3.6#71
Freethrows+2.2#61
Improvement+2.7#66

Defense
Total Defense-4.2#300
First Shot-2.7#265
After Offensive Rebounds-1.4#300
Layups/Dunks-1.8#250
2 Pt Jumpshots+0.7#132
3 Pt Jumpshots+0.5#178
Freethrows-2.2#317
Improvement+1.6#98
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 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 00 - 0
Quad 20 - 50 - 5
Quad 31 - 71 - 12
Quad 42 - 133 - 25


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 255   @ Georgia Southern L 65-80 16%     0 - 1 -17.2 -12.8 -3.5
  Nov 12, 2024 251   Monmouth W 79-66 31%     1 - 1 +5.4 -0.1 +5.2
  Nov 16, 2024 96   @ Bradley L 60-76 4%     1 - 2 -8.2 -6.8 -2.1
  Nov 20, 2024 205   Elon L 48-75 24%     1 - 3 -32.3 -27.0 -6.4
  Nov 23, 2024 110   @ DePaul L 52-98 5%     1 - 4 -39.5 -20.6 -16.6
  Nov 27, 2024 206   @ Valparaiso L 82-87 12%     1 - 5 -4.8 +3.5 -8.1
  Nov 29, 2024 320   @ Eastern Illinois L 59-72 29%     1 - 6 -19.8 -12.9 -6.9
  Dec 07, 2024 105   @ Northern Iowa L 57-101 5%     1 - 7 -37.2 -9.3 -30.1
  Dec 18, 2024 137   @ Illinois St. L 60-81 7%     1 - 8 -16.8 -13.8 -2.9
  Jan 04, 2025 275   @ Eastern Michigan L 71-75 20%     1 - 9 0 - 1 -7.6 -7.1 -0.4
  Jan 07, 2025 140   Kent St. L 50-68 15%     1 - 10 0 - 2 -19.5 -20.6 +0.4
  Jan 11, 2025 190   @ Ohio L 70-108 11%     1 - 11 0 - 3 -37.0 -11.0 -21.6
  Jan 14, 2025 153   Miami (OH) L 69-84 17%     1 - 12 0 - 4 -17.3 -6.5 -10.6
  Jan 18, 2025 217   Central Michigan L 66-71 26%     1 - 13 0 - 5 -10.9 -2.7 -8.7
  Jan 21, 2025 293   @ Western Michigan L 70-72 23%     1 - 14 0 - 6 -6.9 -3.0 -4.0
  Jan 25, 2025 269   Ball St. W 76-66 36%     2 - 14 1 - 6 +1.1 +0.7 +0.8
  Jan 28, 2025 106   Akron L 70-80 10%     2 - 15 1 - 7 -8.7 -10.1 +2.2
  Feb 01, 2025 247   @ Toledo L 85-89 16%     2 - 16 1 - 8 -5.8 -0.3 -5.2
  Feb 04, 2025 292   @ Bowling Green L 77-84 23%     2 - 17 1 - 9 -11.9 +2.8 -14.7
  Feb 08, 2025 306   Louisiana L 64-66 45%     2 - 18 -13.3 -13.3 +0.0
  Feb 11, 2025 346   Buffalo L 67-73 60%     2 - 19 1 - 10 -21.2 -10.8 -10.5
  Feb 15, 2025 269   @ Ball St. L 83-89 OT 19%     2 - 20 1 - 11 -9.4 -2.4 -6.3
  Feb 18, 2025 106   @ Akron L 63-73 5%     2 - 21 1 - 12 -3.2 -9.3 +6.2
  Feb 22, 2025 275   Eastern Michigan L 76-79 37%     2 - 22 1 - 13 -12.1 +3.9 -16.3
  Feb 25, 2025 153   @ Miami (OH) L 58-87 8%     2 - 23 1 - 14 -25.8 -15.1 -9.9
  Mar 01, 2025 293   Western Michigan L 70-74 42%     2 - 24 1 - 15 -14.4 -4.8 -9.8
  Mar 04, 2025 292   Bowling Green L 58-71 42%     2 - 25 1 - 16 -23.4 -16.6 -7.2
  Mar 07, 2025 217   @ Central Michigan W 83-81 2OT 13%     3 - 25 2 - 16 +1.6 -1.9 +3.2
Projected Record 3 - 25 2 - 16




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