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 (2‑2) vs Bradley (4‑1) |
7 | Southern Illinois Wins | 4% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Bradley Wins | 2% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 11% | ||
| Drake (5‑0) vs Valparaiso (2‑2) |
1 | Drake Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Valparaiso Wins | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Belmont (4‑1) vs Illinois St. (3‑1) |
0 | Belmont Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Illinois St. Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 11% | ||
| UIC (3‑2) vs Northern Iowa (3‑2) |
0 | UIC Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Northern Iowa Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Indiana St. (2‑2) vs Missouri St. (3‑1) |
0 | Indiana St. Wins | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Missouri St. Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 10% | ||
| Murray State (3‑1) vs Evansville (1‑4) |
0 | Murray State Wins | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Evansville Wins | 4% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||