2016-2017 Team Projections
Team projections are built on the lineups you see below. If you see a player listed who shouldn't be there, or if there's a player missing who should be included, please let me know.
TAPE Ratings show how a team would perform on a neutral site against an average BCS conference team.
| RANK | TEAM | CONF. | TAPE | OFFENSE | (RANK) | DEFENSE | (RANK) | PACE | (RANK) | At Large | Top 25 | Win Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Illinois | BigTen | 8.99 | 71.69 | (42) | 71.71 | (74) | 67.29 | (235) | 45% | 12% | 1% |
Player Per-Game Projections
Projected per-game averages, normalized to average D1 opponent.
| Player | Class | Pos | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3GM | 3GA | FTM | FTA | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Hill | SR | Wing | 29.5 | 5.1 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 16.2 |
| Jaylon Tate | SR | PG | 27.1 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Tracy Abrams | SR+ | Combo | 26.9 | 3.9 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| Maverick Morgan | SR | SF | 23.0 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| Jalen Coleman-Lands | SO | SG | 21.2 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Michael Finke | SO+ | SF | 18.3 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Mike Thorne | SR++ | Big | 16.5 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| Leron Black | SO+ | PF | 13.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| Aaron Jordan | SO | SG | 9.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| DJ Williams | SO | SF | 7.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| Alex Austin | SR | SG | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Te'Jon Lucas | FR | PG | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Illinois TEAM | 200.0 | 25.7 | 58.8 | 7.2 | 19.9 | 14.5 | 18.9 | 10.0 | 25.3 | 35.2 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 15.9 | 73.1 | ||
| Illinois OPPONENTS | 200.0 | 27.2 | 59.0 | 7.9 | 21.7 | 10.9 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 27.3 | 38.4 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 17.6 | 73.1 | ||