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 | |||
| UIC (4‑5) vs Belmont (9‑1) |
0 | UIC Wins | 4% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 3% | 6% | ||
| Belmont Wins | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 10% | ?? | ?? | ?? | ||