Illinois
Big Ten
2024-25 - 2025-26 - 2026-27
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Predictive Rating +21.2 #7
Expected Predictive Rating +23.4 #8
Pace 66.6 #238
Improvement +1.3 #133

Overall 1st FGA Second Chance TOs Free
throws
Shot Selection
Offense #2 B+ A+ A- B B-
Defense #25 A- A- D- A+ A+

Offense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 36% #255 1.33 #27 +1.6 #121
2 Pt. Jumpers 13% #324 0.94 #13 -1.7 #269
Three Pointers 51% #19 1.08 #80 +7.0 #17
1st FG Attempt 1.15 #26 +6.9 #26
Freethrows 0.32 #132 80% #5 0.25 #58
Second Chance 41.8% #3 1.23 #13 0.51 #2
Turnovers 12.9% #13
Total Offense +14.0 #2

Defense Breakdown
Attempts Conversion Rate Total Effect
Close Shots 26% #361 1.01 #25 +9.3 #2
2 Pt. Jumpers 32% #4 0.65 #31 -2.6 #344
Three Pointers 42% #132 0.94 #74 +0.9 #137
1st FG Attempt 0.87 #9 +7.6 #9
Freethrows 0.17 #1 70% #59 0.12 #1
Second Chance 24.2% #14 0.93 #62 0.23 #13
Turnovers 13.1% #345
Total Defense +7.3 #25

Miscellaneous
Offense Defense
Shot Type Mix Effect 1.6% #74 -4.6% #2
Shot Type Accuracy Effect 11.7% #29 -10.8% #28
Possession Length 17.5 #209 18.2 #310
Fast Break Points Per Possession 0.13 #287 0.13 #51
Improvement +2.4 #63 -1.0 #244

See methodology page for descriptions of rating types.
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 3.8% 4.0% 1.5%
#1 Seed 28.2% 29.0% 17.4%
Top 2 Seed 70.8% 71.9% 57.5%
Top 4 Seed 99.0% 99.1% 97.4%
Top 6 Seed 100.0% 100.0% 99.9%
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Seed 2.1 2.1 2.4
.500 or above 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 47.9% 49.6% 26.9%
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 Round98.4% 98.5% 97.4%
Sweet Sixteen72.9% 73.2% 68.6%
Elite Eight43.6% 44.0% 38.0%
Final Four23.2% 23.6% 18.6%
Championship Game12.2% 12.4% 9.8%
National Champion5.9% 6.0% 4.8%

Next Game: Northwestern (Home) - 92.6% chance of victory

Projected Seeding 2 seed  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a6 - 46 - 4
Quad 1b5 - 111 - 6
Quad 25 - 016 - 6
Quad 34 - 021 - 6
Quad 47 - 027 - 6


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Avg Lead Record Total Rating Offense Defense
Overall Conf Total First
FGA
2nd Chance TOs Total First
FGA
2nd Chance TOs
 Mon, Nov 3 337 Jackson St. W 113 - 55 100% +33  1 - 0 +44 +25 A+ A+ C +14 A- A+ F+
 Fri, Nov 7 223 Florida Gulf Coast W 113 - 70 99% +31  2 - 0 +37 +28 A+ A+ A+ +5 A+ A+ F
 Tue, Nov 11 17 Texas Tech W 81 - 77 74% +4  3 - 0 +19 +11 B+ A+ C- +8 C+ A+ B+
 Fri, Nov 14 222 Colgate W 84 - 65 99% +11  4 - 0 +13 +11 F+ A+ A +3 A- A- F
 Wed, Nov 19 20 Alabama L 86 - 90 65% -1  4 - 1 +13 +9 A- A- C +5 B- C+ C+
 Sat, Nov 22 195 LIU Brooklyn W 98 - 58 98% +26  5 - 1 +35 +22 A+ A+ C+ +12 B A+ B+
 Mon, Nov 24 181 UT Rio Grande Valley W 87 - 73 98% +8  6 - 1 +9 +13 A- B- B- -3 B+ C F
 Fri, Nov 28 9 Connecticut L 61 - 74 51% -10  6 - 2 +8 +3 C- C- A +4 B- A+ C-
 Sat, Dec 6 18 Tennessee W 75 - 62 64% +4  7 - 2 +31 +22 A+ A+ A+ +11 A+ D+ B
 Tue, Dec 9 36 @Ohio St. W 88 - 80 67% +4  8 - 2 1 - 0 +25 +21 A+ D+ A- +3 A C F
 Sat, Dec 13 13 Nebraska L 80 - 83 71% -6  8 - 3 1 - 1 +12 +24 A A+ A+ -12 C C D-
 Mon, Dec 22 54 Missouri W 91 - 48 85% +17  9 - 3 +53 +33 B+ A+ C +26 A+ A+ D+
 Mon, Dec 29 266 Southern W 90 - 55 99% +20  10 - 3 +26 +22 A+ A+ D- +7 A+ C F
 Sat, Jan 3 112 @Penn St. W 73 - 65 91% +10  11 - 3 2 - 1 +14 +3 F C- A +11 A+ B- F+
 Thu, Jan 8 114 Rutgers W 81 - 55 96% +17  12 - 3 3 - 1 +26 +15 A+ F A+ +13 A A+ F+
 Sun, Jan 11 21 @Iowa W 75 - 69 56% +10  13 - 3 4 - 1 +26 +16 A- C+ A +10 A+ A+ D-
 Wed, Jan 14 63 @Northwestern W 79 - 68 81% +5  14 - 3 5 - 1 +23 +25 A A+ A- -0 A+ F C
 Sat, Jan 17 76 Minnesota W 77 - 67 93% +2  15 - 3 6 - 1 +15 +18 B+ A+ B -2 A- F+ F
 Wed, Jan 21 107 Maryland W 89 - 70 96% +12  16 - 3 7 - 1 +20 +20 C+ A+ A+ +1 B B F
 Sat, Jan 24 8 @Purdue W 88 - 82 39% -3  17 - 3 8 - 1 +30 +33 A+ A+ B -2 D+ A+ F
 Thu, Jan 29 41 Washington W 75 - 66 87% +5  18 - 3 9 - 1 +18 +17 C A+ A+ +2 D+ A+ C+
 Sun, Feb 1 13 @Nebraska W 78 - 69 49% +2  19 - 3 10 - 1 +30 +24 A A- A+ +7 B+ B+ C
 Wed, Feb 4 63 Northwestern W 83 - 68 93%
 Sat, Feb 7 10 @Michigan St. L 71 - 73 43%
 Tue, Feb 10 37 Wisconsin W 86 - 75 84%
 Sun, Feb 15 30 Indiana W 82 - 73 81%
 Wed, Feb 18 48 @USC W 81 - 74 75%
 Sat, Feb 21 35 @UCLA W 76 - 72 66%
 Fri, Feb 27 1 Michigan L 80 - 81 47%
 Tue, Mar 3 82 Oregon W 84 - 66 95%
 Sun, Mar 8 107 @Maryland W 83 - 69 91%
Totals 26 - 5 17 - 3 +21 +14 B+ A+ A- +7 A- A- D-





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 0.1 3.1 17.0 20.8 6.9 47.9 1st
2nd 0.1 2.5 13.9 13.0 1.5 31.0 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.9 5.9 6.3 0.7 13.8 3rd
4th 0.1 1.7 3.0 0.6 5.4 4th
5th 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.2 1.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 6th
7th 0.1 0.0 0.1 7th
8th 0.0 0.0 0.0 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
17th 17th
18th 18th
Total 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.5 11.7 23.9 30.7 22.4 6.9 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
19-1 100.0% 6.9    6.9
18-2 93.1% 20.8    14.6 6.0 0.3
17-3 55.5% 17.0    5.1 8.9 2.9 0.1
16-4 13.0% 3.1    0.3 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.0
15-5 0.9% 0.1    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14-6 0.0%
13-7 0.0%
12-8 0.0%
11-9 0.0%
10-10
Total 47.9% 47.9 26.9 15.9 4.5 0.6 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
20-0
19-1 6.9% 100.0% 27.7% 72.3% 1.4 4.4 2.2 0.2 100.0%
18-2 22.4% 100.0% 23.2% 76.8% 1.7 9.4 10.7 2.1 0.1 100.0%
17-3 30.7% 100.0% 19.4% 80.6% 1.9 9.2 15.0 5.8 0.8 0.0 100.0%
16-4 23.9% 100.0% 14.2% 85.8% 2.3 4.1 10.6 7.3 1.9 0.1 100.0%
15-5 11.7% 100.0% 13.5% 86.5% 2.8 0.9 3.4 4.7 2.3 0.3 0.0 100.0%
14-6 3.5% 100.0% 11.6% 88.4% 3.3 0.1 0.7 1.4 1.0 0.3 0.0 100.0%
13-7 0.8% 100.0% 5.4% 94.6% 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 100.0%
12-8 0.1% 100.0% 100.0% 5.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 100.0%
11-9 0.0% 0.0
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% 18.5% 81.5% 2.1 100.0%


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 1.9% 100.0% 1.2 79.2 20.8
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Championship 1.5% 100.0% 1.3 67.6 31.0 1.4
Win Out, Lose in Conf. Tourney Semi-Final 2.1% 100.0% 1.4 61.1 34.9 4.1