Illinois defeated Northwestern by a score of 96-66 in a game played at Illinois on January 2, 2024. Illinois had an offensive rating of 144.0 compared to an offensive rating of 99.0 for Northwestern. The pace of the game (measuring possessions per team per 40 minutes) was 66.7, which is 5% slower than the NCAA average.

Illinois's offensive rating in this game was 42% higher than the NCAA average while it's defensive rating was 2% better than average. The pace of the game was 7% slower than the adjusted season average for Illinois. Meanwhile, Northwestern's offensive rating in this game was 2% lower than the NCAA average while it's defensive rating was 30% worse than average. The pace of the game was 0% faster than the adjusted season average for Northwestern.

Currently, Illinois is ranked #9 with their offense ranked #8 and defense ranked #36 while Northwestern is ranked #60 with an offense ranked #53 and a defense ranked #70. Illinois is currently 29-9 while Northwestern is 22-12. Illinois has a strength of schedule ranked #19 while Northwestern's schedule is ranked #48.

#60. Northwestern

66

#9. Illinois

96

Each bar represents a game. Blue bars are wins and red bars are losses, with darker shades indicating bigger margins. Road games have a solid border while neutral sites have a dashed border, and home games have no border. The dots represent this team's offense, defense, and pace ratings in that game.

Northwestern (22-12)

Illinois (29-9)

Each dot represents a game. The X-axis tells you the season rating (off, def, pace) for the opponent. The Y-axis tells you this team's performance in that game so you can see how well an offense performed against different levels of defense, and vice versa. Blue dots are wins and red dots are losses, with darker shades indicating bigger margins.
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