Norse vs Huskies

Gameday · SUN FEB 7

Northern KentuckyVSNorthern Illinois

Tip time TBD

TipTBD

WatchTBA

LineNot posted

NIU Convocation Center · Dekalb, IL

Win probability

1912 blend

85% NKUNIU 15%

Adj. efficiency82%

18%

SRS81%

19%

Elo93%

7%

NKU +3.5

Proj. margin

158.2

Proj. total

73.1

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 2E.AckerG · 5.8 APG15.3
• 0W.Foster3.8 RPG18.5
• 9B.Davis-RayG · 1.0 APG12.0
• 13N.PagottoF · 6.3 RPG16.8
• 7W.ShorttF · 3.3 RPG3.8

• 6M.WeisbrodG · 7.3 APG16.0
• 15D.Douglas Jr.G · 0.5 APG17.3
• 10T.Polite3.8 RPG7.0
• 32B.Gross5.5 RPG7.0
• 2C.Hardrick2.5 RPG3.3

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

-0.6Adj. net rating-18.3

172ndAdj. net rank335th

110.0Adj. offense96.9

110.6Adj. defense115.2

78.3Pace67.9

1.3SRS-11.2

1789Elo1342

2–2Record2–2

Season per game

2026-27 · 4 games

79.0Points81.3

99.8Opp points75.5

49.2%eFG%52.8%

23.0%TO%16.0%

32.4%OREB%34.6%

.45FT rate.33

35%3PA rate52%

47%Assisted FG%56%

Last five games

Northern Kentucky

L63-125@ SLU

L67-104@ TA&M

W102-94@ SDAK

W84-76@ UTEP

L90-103@ WRST

Northern Illinois

W82-43vs Clarke

W81-76@ DAY

L75-94@ TLSA

L87-89vs GRAM

L55-94@ AKR

Head to head

2017-18–2026-27

18-19NIU 62 · NKU 65Thu, 12/20

18-19NKU 88 · NIU 85Fri, 11/9

Game information

TipSunday, Feb 7 · time TBD

VenueNIU Convocation Center · Dekalb, IL

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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