NIU
Also known as: NIU
Program History
Model Outputs
2025-2026
Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.
| Model | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elo | 825 (#315) | - |
| Bradley-Terry | 801 (#321) | - |
| Margin | -13.7 (#334) | HCA +2.2 |
| Pythagorean | 0.120 (#350) | - |
| Efficiency | 0.392 (#200) | NetEff -4.1 |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 0.098 (#338) | AdjO 90.4 | AdjD 109.6 |
| Log Adjusted | 0.096 (#338) | AdjO 89.7 | AdjD 109.0 |
| Points Off/Def | 0.225 (#335) | AdjO 64.9 | AdjD 78.5 |
2026 Schedule & Results
| Date | Vs/At | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | vs | ULM | W | 102 - 82 |
| 2025-11-07 | @ | Wisconsin | L | 72 - 97 |
| 2025-11-10 | @ | Grand Canyon | L | 59 - 88 |
| 2025-11-13 | vs | Benedictine (IL) | W | 117 - 62 |
| 2025-11-18 | @ | UNI | L | 57 - 70 |
| 2025-11-21 | @ | Loyola Chicago | W | 76 - 59 |
| 2025-11-25 | @ | Austin Peay | L | 59 - 77 |
| 2025-12-02 | vs | Lindenwood | L | 64 - 99 |
| 2025-12-06 | @ | Bradley | L | 55 - 84 |
| 2025-12-13 | @ | Elon | L | 79 - 85 |
| 2025-12-16 | vs | East-West U. | W | 112 - 64 |
| 2025-12-20 | vs | Central Mich. | W | 74 - 73 |
| 2025-12-31 | vs | Buffalo | L | 67 - 81 |
| 2026-01-03 | @ | Kent St. | L | 73 - 77 |
| 2026-01-06 | vs | Toledo | L | 61 - 75 |
| 2026-01-13 | @ | Eastern Mich. | L | 59 - 77 |
| 2026-01-17 | vs | Massachusetts | W | 70 - 68 |
| 2026-01-20 | @ | Ohio | L | 77 - 80 |
| 2026-01-24 | @ | Ball St. | L | 53 - 58 |
| 2026-01-27 | vs | Western Mich. | W | 85 - 65 |
| 2026-01-31 | @ | Miami (OH) | L | 61 - 85 |
| 2026-02-07 | @ | Georgia St. | W | 75 - 74 |
| 2026-02-11 | vs | Bowling Green | L | 52 - 68 |
| 2026-02-14 | @ | Central Mich. | L | 46 - 88 |
| 2026-02-17 | @ | Buffalo | W | 72 - 70 |
| 2026-02-21 | vs | Ohio | L | 66 - 74 |
| 2026-02-24 | @ | Toledo | L | 69 - 79 |
| 2026-02-28 | vs | Ball St. | L | 43 - 79 |
| 2026-03-03 | vs | Kent St. | L | 76 - 102 |
| 2026-03-06 | @ | Akron | L | 55 - 94 |
2026 Roster
Minutes by Position
The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles, with four dividers separating the position buckets.
| Player | Pos | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGA | Numbers | PM | PM/G | PM/40 | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RAPM | TS% | eFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makhai Valentine | - | 29 | 36.4 | 16.8 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 12.7 | 11.8 | - | - | - | 42.0 | 34.7 | 81.2 | - | 58.1 | 53.3 |
| Dylan Ducommun | - | 26 | 35.6 | 13.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 12.7 | 6.2 | - | - | - | 35.0 | 30.1 | 73.4 | - | 48.0 | 45.0 |
| Gianni Cobb | - | 30 | 32.5 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | - | - | - | 44.4 | 26.9 | 58.9 | - | 51.0 | 48.2 |
| Jao Ituka | - | 15 | 18.8 | 10.9 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 7.2 | - | - | - | 38.3 | 36.8 | 83.3 | - | 56.7 | 52.0 |
| Gustav Winther | - | 30 | 27.1 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 10.7 | - | - | - | 62.5 | 40.0 | 56.9 | - | 63.8 | 63.5 |
| JJ Taylor | - | 3 | 27.7 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 4.0 | - | - | - | 37.5 | 9.1 | 66.7 | - | 48.6 | 39.6 |
| Taj Walters | - | 29 | 30.5 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 9.3 | - | - | - | 45.0 | 38.3 | 81.9 | - | 58.2 | 53.2 |
| Daemar Kelly | - | 29 | 25.2 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 4.9 | - | - | - | 30.0 | 26.9 | 74.3 | - | 43.2 | 36.7 |
| Hassan Washington | - | 28 | 18.2 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | - | - | - | 58.3 | 47.4 | 45.7 | - | 60.8 | 62.5 |
| Carlos Coronado Jr. | - | 20 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | - | - | - | 37.5 | 23.3 | 69.6 | - | 51.7 | 42.4 |
| Ladji Kante | - | 17 | 12.2 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | - | - | - | 45.6 | 21.1 | 63.3 | - | 53.4 | 49.1 |
| Isaiah Washington | - | 13 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | - | - | - | 40.6 | 18.2 | 68.8 | - | 49.9 | 43.8 |
| Jaylen Wharton | - | 19 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 44.7 | 0 | 47.6 | - | 46.6 | 44.7 |
| Isaiah Stewart | - | 13 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 43.8 | 28.6 | 70.0 | - | 56.4 | 50.0 |
| Max Laskey | - | 7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | - | - | - | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | - | 37.5 | 37.5 |
Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG