Preseason Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2024-25
Overall
Predictive Rating-7.5#306
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace70.0#129
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.6#285
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense-3.9#312
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 1.7% 2.8% 1.3%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Average Seed 15.0 14.7 15.2
.500 or above 17.2% 32.9% 12.6%
.500 or above in Conference 30.2% 42.5% 26.6%
Conference Champion 1.5% 2.7% 1.1%
Last Place in Conference 16.7% 9.7% 18.7%
First Four0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
First Round1.5% 2.6% 1.1%
Second Round0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Sweet Sixteen0.0% 0.1% 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: Georgia Southern (Away) - 22.4% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 00 - 0
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 1
Quad 20 - 30 - 4
Quad 32 - 72 - 11
Quad 48 - 710 - 18


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 209   @ Georgia Southern L 70-78 22%    
  Nov 12, 2024 216   Monmouth L 71-73 44%    
  Nov 16, 2024 92   @ Bradley L 62-79 6%    
  Nov 20, 2024 288   Elon W 74-72 56%    
  Nov 23, 2024 122   @ DePaul L 67-80 12%    
  Nov 27, 2024 242   @ Valparaiso L 69-76 28%    
  Nov 29, 2024 326   @ Eastern Illinois L 69-70 47%    
  Dec 07, 2024 112   @ Northern Iowa L 64-78 11%    
  Dec 18, 2024 193   @ Illinois St. L 63-72 22%    
  Jan 04, 2025 287   @ Eastern Michigan L 68-72 36%    
  Jan 07, 2025 118   Kent St. L 68-75 26%    
  Jan 11, 2025 121   @ Ohio L 67-80 13%    
  Jan 14, 2025 233   Miami (OH) L 71-72 46%    
  Jan 18, 2025 277   Central Michigan W 68-67 53%    
  Jan 21, 2025 311   @ Western Michigan L 73-75 42%    
  Jan 25, 2025 240   Ball St. L 71-72 48%    
  Jan 28, 2025 131   Akron L 66-73 29%    
  Feb 01, 2025 168   @ Toledo L 72-82 20%    
  Feb 04, 2025 265   @ Bowling Green L 70-75 33%    
  Feb 11, 2025 337   Buffalo W 77-71 70%    
  Feb 15, 2025 240   @ Ball St. L 68-75 29%    
  Feb 18, 2025 131   @ Akron L 63-76 15%    
  Feb 22, 2025 287   Eastern Michigan W 71-69 56%    
  Feb 25, 2025 233   @ Miami (OH) L 68-75 28%    
  Mar 01, 2025 311   Western Michigan W 76-72 61%    
  Mar 04, 2025 265   Bowling Green W 73-72 52%    
  Mar 07, 2025 277   @ Central Michigan L 65-70 34%    
Projected Record 9 - 18 7 - 11





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 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.5 1st
2nd 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 2.8 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 4.3 3rd
4th 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.4 1.0 0.1 0.0 5.7 4th
5th 0.0 0.3 2.3 3.4 1.3 0.1 0.0 7.4 5th
6th 0.3 2.5 4.0 1.7 0.2 0.0 8.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.2 2.3 4.9 2.2 0.2 9.9 7th
8th 0.0 0.3 2.4 5.1 2.9 0.4 0.0 11.0 8th
9th 0.0 0.3 2.6 5.3 3.5 0.5 0.0 12.3 9th
10th 0.0 0.6 2.9 5.4 3.3 0.6 0.0 12.8 10th
11th 0.2 1.2 3.6 4.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 13.1 11th
12th 0.6 1.9 3.1 3.0 1.4 0.3 0.0 10.5 12th
Total 0.6 2.1 4.3 7.2 9.4 11.2 11.8 11.9 11.1 9.3 7.4 5.4 3.7 2.2 1.3 0.6 0.2 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
18-0 100.0% 0.0    0.0
17-1 100.0% 0.1    0.1
16-2 90.1% 0.2    0.2 0.0 0.0
15-3 61.5% 0.4    0.2 0.1 0.0
14-4 38.4% 0.5    0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
13-5 9.9% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12-6 2.0% 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%
9-9 0.0%
Total 1.5% 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 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% 0.0 0.0
17-1 0.1% 34.8% 34.8% 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16-2 0.2% 27.8% 27.8% 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
15-3 0.6% 17.8% 17.8% 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
14-4 1.3% 12.8% 12.8% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1
13-5 2.2% 8.9% 8.9% 14.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.0
12-6 3.7% 5.9% 5.9% 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 3.5
11-7 5.4% 4.8% 4.8% 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 5.2
10-8 7.4% 3.1% 3.1% 15.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 7.2
9-9 9.3% 1.9% 1.9% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 9.1
8-10 11.1% 1.5% 1.5% 16.0 0.0 0.2 10.9
7-11 11.9% 0.4% 0.4% 16.0 0.0 0.1 11.8
6-12 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0 0.0 11.8
5-13 11.2% 11.2
4-14 9.4% 9.4
3-15 7.2% 7.2
2-16 4.3% 4.3
1-17 2.1% 2.1
0-18 0.6% 0.6
Total 100% 1.7% 1.7% 0.0% 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 98.3 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 0.2%