Illinois
Big Ten
2023-24 - 2024-25 - 2025-26
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Overall
Predictive Rating+16.8#17
Expected Predictive Rating+15.5#27
Pace77.0#17
Improvement-3.3#310

Offense
Total Offense+10.3#15
First Shot+8.1#21
After Offensive Rebound+2.2#57
Layup/Dunks-1.2#225
2 Pt Jumpshots-0.5#195
3 Pt Jumpshots+7.3#15
Freethrows+2.4#50
Improvement+1.3#122

Defense
Total Defense+6.6#40
First Shot+4.7#53
After Offensive Rebounds+1.8#51
Layups/Dunks+6.6#18
2 Pt Jumpshots-9.2#364
3 Pt Jumpshots+5.0#16
Freethrows+2.3#46
Improvement-4.6#350
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 1.6% 3.6% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 26.2% 52.8% 5.6%
Top 6 Seed 81.5% 97.2% 69.3%
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Seed 5.3 4.4 6.0
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Round100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Second Round77.7% 84.1% 72.7%
Sweet Sixteen39.4% 46.3% 34.0%
Elite Eight15.5% 17.0% 14.3%
Final Four5.8% 6.4% 5.4%
Championship Game2.0% 2.2% 1.8%
National Champion0.7% 0.9% 0.6%

Projected Seeding 5 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a4 - 84 - 8
Quad 1b4 - 29 - 10
Quad 26 - 215 - 12
Quad 30 - 015 - 12
Quad 46 - 021 - 12


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 04, 2024 321   Eastern Illinois W 112-67 99%     1 - 0 +32.7 +19.6 +5.9
  Nov 08, 2024 232   SIU Edwardsville W 90-58 98%     2 - 0 +25.4 +18.0 +8.2
  Nov 13, 2024 184   Oakland W 66-54 96%     3 - 0 +7.9 -8.7 +16.8
  Nov 20, 2024 5   Alabama L 87-100 34%     3 - 1 +8.1 +9.1 +0.8
  Nov 23, 2024 359   Maryland Eastern Shore W 87-40 99.6%    4 - 1 +28.2 +2.1 +24.4
  Nov 25, 2024 253   Arkansas Little Rock W 92-34 98%     5 - 1 +50.3 +20.5 +31.1
  Nov 28, 2024 37   Arkansas W 90-77 64%     6 - 1 +26.0 +22.8 +2.8
  Dec 06, 2024 49   @ Northwestern L 66-70 OT 62%     6 - 2 0 - 1 +9.8 -4.2 +14.3
  Dec 10, 2024 15   Wisconsin W 86-80 58%     7 - 2 1 - 1 +20.6 +13.9 +6.5
  Dec 14, 2024 6   Tennessee L 64-66 47%     7 - 3 +15.5 +6.0 +9.3
  Dec 22, 2024 18   Missouri W 80-77 50%     8 - 3 +19.7 +6.3 +13.3
  Dec 29, 2024 362   Chicago St. W 117-64 99.7%    9 - 3 +33.4 +23.1 +4.4
  Jan 02, 2025 35   @ Oregon W 109-77 52%     10 - 3 2 - 1 +48.4 +32.8 +12.2
  Jan 05, 2025 105   @ Washington W 81-77 83%     11 - 3 3 - 1 +10.7 +7.1 +3.4
  Jan 08, 2025 58   Penn St. W 91-52 82%     12 - 3 4 - 1 +46.1 +10.2 +31.2
  Jan 11, 2025 61   USC L 72-82 83%     12 - 4 4 - 2 -3.3 -5.6 +3.1
  Jan 14, 2025 43   @ Indiana W 94-69 59%     13 - 4 5 - 2 +39.6 +20.6 +16.7
  Jan 19, 2025 8   @ Michigan St. L 78-80 30%     13 - 5 5 - 3 +20.3 +14.6 +5.7
  Jan 23, 2025 11   Maryland L 70-91 55%     13 - 6 5 - 4 -5.5 -2.0 -1.0
  Jan 26, 2025 49   Northwestern W 83-74 79%     14 - 6 6 - 4 +17.3 +16.9 +0.7
  Jan 30, 2025 57   @ Nebraska L 74-80 OT 65%     14 - 7 6 - 5 +6.8 -0.4 +7.9
  Feb 02, 2025 39   Ohio St. W 87-79 74%     15 - 7 7 - 5 +18.1 +15.2 +2.6
  Feb 05, 2025 65   @ Rutgers L 73-82 71%     15 - 8 7 - 6 +2.0 +5.4 -3.6
  Feb 08, 2025 84   @ Minnesota W 95-74 77%     16 - 8 8 - 6 +30.2 +40.4 -7.4
  Feb 11, 2025 24   UCLA W 83-78 65%     17 - 8 9 - 6 +17.9 +20.6 -2.6
  Feb 15, 2025 8   Michigan St. L 65-79 50%     17 - 9 9 - 7 +2.8 +4.7 -2.4
  Feb 18, 2025 15   @ Wisconsin L 74-95 37%     17 - 10 9 - 8 -0.9 +7.1 -7.3
  Feb 22, 2025 1   Duke L 67-110 18%     17 - 11 -16.2 +2.6 -16.9
  Feb 25, 2025 60   Iowa W 81-61 83%     18 - 11 10 - 8 +26.9 +11.0 +16.8
  Mar 02, 2025 31   @ Michigan W 93-73 50%     19 - 11 11 - 8 +36.9 +30.1 +7.0
  Mar 07, 2025 16   Purdue W 88-80 59%     20 - 11 12 - 8 +22.5 +15.7 +6.5
  Mar 13, 2025 60   Iowa W 90-83 76%    
Projected Record 21 - 11 12 - 8





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Big Ten Finish

0-20 1-19 2-18 3-17 4-16 5-15 6-14 7-13 8-12 9-11 10-10 11-9 12-8 13-7 14-6 15-5 16-4 17-3 18-2 19-1 20-0 Total
1st 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 100.0 100.0 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 100.0 Total



Big Ten Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8 0.0%
11-9
10-10
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
20-0
19-1
18-2
17-3
16-4
15-5
14-6
13-7
12-8 100.0% 100.0% 11.4% 88.6% 5.3 0.1 1.5 10.2 14.4 26.0 29.3 16.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%
11-9
10-10
9-11
8-12
7-13
6-14
5-15
4-16
3-17
2-18
1-19
0-20
Total 100% 100.0% 11.4% 88.6% 5.3 0.1 1.5 10.2 14.4 26.0 29.3 16.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 100.0%


Optimistic / Pessimistic Scenarios

ChanceTourney
Bid
Avg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Win Out 11.4% 100.0% 3.1 0.6 12.7 60.1 24.7 1.9
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 12.1% 100.0% 4.2 0.6 20.1 41.7 31.8 5.6 0.2
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 20.2% 100.0% 5.2 3.4 18.2 42.0 30.5 5.9 0.0
Lose Out 56.4% 100.0% 6.0 0.5 5.1 23.9 39.9 26.5 4.1 0.1