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 | |||
| Illinois St. (16‑12) vs Missouri St. (9‑19) |
0 | Illinois St. Wins | X | X | X | X | 5% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Missouri St. Wins | X | X | X | X | 7% | 9% | 12% | 18% | 17% | 30% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Indiana St. (13‑15) vs Belmont (18‑10) |
0 | Indiana St. Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 26% | 28% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Belmont Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 21% | 15% | 32% | 7% | ^ | ||
| UIC (16‑12) vs Evansville (11‑17) |
0 | UIC Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 11% | 22% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Evansville Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 7% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Bradley (21‑7) vs Murray State (14‑14) |
0 | Bradley Wins | X | X | X | X | 7% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 17% | 31% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Murray State Wins | X | X | X | X | 2% | 6% | 14% | 21% | 23% | 27% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Southern Illinois (12‑16) vs Valparaiso (12‑16) |
0 | Southern Illinois Wins | X | X | X | X | 9% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 18% | 27% | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | 3% | 7% | 18% | 18% | 39% | 15% | ^ | ||
| Northern Iowa (19‑9) vs Drake (24‑3) |
0 | Northern Iowa Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||
| Drake Wins | X | X | X | X | 6% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 31% | 7% | ^ | ||