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 | |||
| Drake (1‑0) vs Evansville (1‑0) |
1 | Drake Wins | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 19% | ||
| Evansville Wins | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Valparaiso (2‑0) vs UIC (2‑0) |
0 | Valparaiso Wins | 2% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 19% | ||
| UIC Wins | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 20% | ||