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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Southern Illinois (7‑8) vs Belmont (13‑2) |
10 | Southern Illinois Wins | <1% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 18% | 19% | 17% | 12% | 7% | 3% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Belmont Wins | 1% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 6% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Murray State (12‑3) vs Bradley (9‑5) |
2 | Murray State Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 10% | 6% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | 1% | ||
| Bradley Wins | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 6% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| UIC (5‑9) vs Valparaiso (6‑8) |
1 | UIC Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 6% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | 1% | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | 2% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 14% | 11% | 6% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Evansville (4‑11) vs Northern Iowa (11‑3) |
0 | Evansville Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 7% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | 1% | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 5% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||
| Indiana St. (8‑7) vs Drake (7‑7) |
0 | Indiana St. Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 10% | 6% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | <1% | 1% | ||
| Drake Wins | 2% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 6% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||