The Most Important Games for the Southern Illinois Salukis are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Salukis final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Southern Illinois Salukis fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Southern Illinois Resultant Probabilities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season Finish | |||||||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3* First Round Bye |
4* First Round Bye |
5* First Round Bye |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Illinois St. (18‑10) vs Bradley (18‑10) |
0 | Illinois St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 8% | 90% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Bradley Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 10% | 86% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Southern Illinois (13‑15) vs Northern Iowa (18‑10) |
0 | Southern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 6% | 25% | 70% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 96% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| UIC (16‑12) vs Valparaiso (15‑13) |
0 | UIC Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 3% | 12% | 85% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 1% | 6% | 92% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Murray State (19‑10) vs Evansville (6‑21) |
0 | Murray State Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Evansville Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Belmont (24‑4) vs Indiana St. (10‑18) |
0 | Belmont Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Indiana St. Wins | X | X | X | X | X | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | ^ | ^ | ||