| School | Rating | Conference Record | AvgCumeWinProb | Strength of Schedule | Luck | Conf Luck | Bench Production | Three Point % | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Wichita St (26-6) At-Large | 0.622 | (16-3) | 0.853 2 | 0.525 80 | -0.16 230 | -0.69 10 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 42 Creighton (29-6) At-Large | 0.591 | (15-4) | 0.767 13 | 0.518 100 | 2.150 89 | 0.439 3 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 75 Northern Iowa (19-14) | 0.555 | (8-10) | 0.576 112 | 0.523 85 | 1.245 149 | -1.45 7 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 102 Missouri St (15-16) | 0.542 | (8-10) | 0.584 109 | 0.523 81 | -1.95 321 | -2.03 8 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 118 Illinois St (21-14) | 0.533 | (9-10) | 0.565 121 | 0.514 115 | 1.194 152 | 1.029 3 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 138 Evansville (15-16) | 0.520 | (10-10) | 0.533 138 | 0.520 94 | -0.29 241 | -0.03 5 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 157 Indiana St (17-15) | 0.490 | (8-11) | 0.442 214 | 0.519 98 | 4.018 26 | 1.451 2 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 172 Drake (17-16) | 0.482 | (8-6) | 0.429 228 | 0.515 114 | 3.138 48 | 2.134 1 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 224 S Illinois (8-22) | 0.465 | (5-14) | 0.339 286 | 0.520 97 | -2.02 324 | -1.06 6 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 300 Bradley (7-25) | 0.427 | (2-11) | 0.166 342 | 0.515 113 | 1.667 121 | 0.228 4 | 0 0 | 0 1 | |
| 332 Loyola (IL) (6-23) Automatic | 0.404 | (1-18) | 0.299 311 | 0.497 168 | -1.25 286 | -3.38 9 | 0 0 | 0 1 |
| Rank | School | Player | Academic Yr | Total Win Prob Added | Class Rank | Overall Rank |
| School | Location | Coach | Arena | Capacity | Enrollment | Endowment | Twitter Handle |
| Bradley Braves | Peoria, IL | Brian Wardle | Carver Arena | 11,442 | 6,100 | 199 | @BradleyBraves |
| Drake Bulldogs | Des Moines, IA | Niko Medved | Knapp Center | 7,002 | 5,200 | 158 | @DrakeBulldogsMB |
| Evansville Aces | Evansville, IN | Marty Simmons | Ford Center | 10,000 | 3,050 | 60 | @UEAthletics |
| Illinois St Redbirds | Normal, IL | Dan Muller | Redbird Arena | 10,200 | 20,800 | 88 | @ISU Rebirds |
| Indiana St Sycamores | Terre Haute, IN | Greg Lansing | Hulman Center | 10,200 | 12,144 | 75 | @IndianaStateMBB |
| Loyola (IL) Ramblers | Milwaukee, WI | Porter Moser | Joseph J. Gentile Arena | 4,486 | 15,670 | 315 | @LoyolaRAMBLERS |
| Missouri St Bears | Springfield MO, College Town | Paul Lusk | JQH Arena | 11,000 | 21,059 | 60 | @MissouriStBears |
| Northern Iowa Panthers | Cedar Falls, IA | Ben Jacobson | McLeod Center | 7,018 | 13,080 | 66 | @UNIAthletics |
| S Illinois Salukis | Carbondale, IL | Barry Hinson | SIU Arena | 8,339 | 18,442 | 100 | @SIU_Basketball |
| Location | Arena | Champ Date | Champ Time | Channel |
| St. Louis, MO | Scottrade Center | 3/4/2018 | 2:00pm | CBS |