Pre-tourney Rankings
Northern Illinois
Mid-American
2020-21
Overall
Predictive Rating-12.0#323
Expected Predictive Rating-13.7#330
Pace64.3#291
Improvement+0.8#144

Offense
Total Offense-5.5#294
First Shot-7.5#328
After Offensive Rebound+2.0#55
Layup/Dunks-1.9#251
2 Pt Jumpshots+3.1#37
3 Pt Jumpshots-5.2#321
Freethrows-3.4#336
Improvement+1.8#77

Defense
Total Defense-6.5#322
First Shot-6.4#333
After Offensive Rebounds-0.1#181
Layups/Dunks-2.6#269
2 Pt Jumpshots+1.9#31
3 Pt Jumpshots-4.6#331
Freethrows-1.2#263
Improvement-1.0#230
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% n/a n/a
Conference Champion 0.0% n/a n/a
Last Place in Conference 100.0% n/a n/a
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 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 50 - 7
Quad 31 - 31 - 10
Quad 42 - 63 - 16


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 25, 2020 290   Illinois-Chicago L 61-65 44%     0 - 1 -14.3 -9.9 -4.7
  Dec 02, 2020 313   SIU Edwardsville L 53-73 52%     0 - 2 -32.4 -24.9 -7.3
  Dec 05, 2020 86   @ Pittsburgh L 59-89 4%     0 - 3 -21.4 -8.7 -13.8
  Dec 08, 2020 154   Ball St. L 70-79 OT 16%     0 - 4 0 - 1 -10.2 -2.9 -7.4
  Dec 13, 2020 5   @ Iowa L 53-106 1%     0 - 5 -31.7 -16.2 -13.1
  Dec 18, 2020 346   Chicago St. W 64-54 89%     1 - 5 -15.6 -8.8 -5.4
  Dec 22, 2020 75   @ Toledo L 55-78 3%     1 - 6 0 - 2 -13.3 -17.0 +3.7
  Jan 02, 2021 132   Bowling Green L 42-68 13%     1 - 7 0 - 3 -25.6 -28.9 +1.4
  Jan 05, 2021 83   @ Ohio L 73-76 4%     1 - 8 0 - 4 +6.2 +5.9 +0.1
  Jan 09, 2021 167   @ Miami (OH) L 58-70 10%     1 - 9 0 - 5 -10.1 -9.4 -2.1
  Jan 12, 2021 111   Akron W 67-65 9%     2 - 9 1 - 5 +4.5 -2.9 +7.5
  Jan 16, 2021 154   @ Ball St. L 58-78 9%     2 - 10 1 - 6 -17.5 -11.3 -7.0
  Feb 13, 2021 116   @ Kent St. L 58-80 6%     2 - 11 1 - 7 -16.7 -10.7 -6.7
  Feb 16, 2021 111   @ Akron L 76-81 5%     2 - 12 1 - 8 +1.3 +4.4 -3.1
  Feb 20, 2021 167   Miami (OH) L 64-69 17%     2 - 13 1 - 9 -6.9 -4.6 -2.8
  Feb 23, 2021 73   Buffalo L 74-102 6%     2 - 14 1 - 10 -21.9 -3.5 -15.2
  Feb 27, 2021 294   @ Eastern Michigan L 57-91 31%     2 - 15 1 - 11 -40.7 -17.9 -24.0
  Mar 02, 2021 276   Western Michigan L 63-73 41%     2 - 16 1 - 12 -19.5 -8.7 -11.5
  Mar 05, 2021 289   @ Central Michigan W 79-74 30%     3 - 16 2 - 12 -1.5 -1.6 +0.0
Projected Record 3 - 16 2 - 12




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.

The conference records below are based on games currently on the team's schedule above.



Projected Mid-American Finish

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