Where Northern Illinois Stands Out Basketball Standouts 2025-26

7-21 · Horizon

  1. Turnovers / game

    Extreme · Weakness

    15.0

    7th-most of 365 teams

    +2.4 SD from the average of 11.6

  2. Free throw %

    Outlier · Weakness

    65.7%

    11th-lowest of 365 teams

    -2.0 SD from the average of 72.4%

  3. Turnover margin / game

    Outlier · Weakness

    -3.7

    9th-lowest of 365 teams

    -1.9 SD from the average of -0.1

  4. Point margin / game

    Outlier · Weakness

    -12.5

    15th-lowest of 365 teams

    -1.8 SD from the average of -0.3

  5. Opponents' field goal %

    Outlier · Weakness

    48.7%

    21st-highest of 365 teams

    +1.6 SD from the average of 44.8%

  6. Blocks / game

    Outlier · Weakness

    1.9

    14th-fewest of 365 teams

    -1.6 SD from the average of 3.3

  7. Field goal %

    Outlier · Weakness

    40.6%

    24th-lowest of 365 teams

    -1.6 SD from the average of 44.6%

  8. Opponents' effective FG%

    Notable · Weakness

    55.5%

    27th-highest of 365 teams

    +1.5 SD from the average of 51.5%

  9. Points / game

    Notable · Weakness

    66.3

    25th-fewest of 365 teams

    -1.4 SD from the average of 74.5

  10. True shooting %

    Notable · Weakness

    51.5%

    35th-lowest of 365 teams

    -1.4 SD from the average of 55.4%

How these are picked: each stat is compared with every team that has it this season and at least 3 games played (and, for a percentage of tries like 4th downs, at least 10 tries). The team's z-score is its distance from those teams' mean in standard deviations (population SD). A stat is listed at 1.0 SD or more, the largest first, up to 10: Notable from 1.0, Outlier from 1.5, Extreme from 2. Ties share a rank. Only stats counted in the box score, and ratios worked out from them - no other source's model numbers, such as EPA. From every game played, postseason included, not adjusted for the opponents faced.