College basketball · Team · 2017-18

Illinois St.

Missouri Valley
18–15
Rated 142nd of 351

170th-ranked offense, 137th-ranked defense

Above average at both ends — 170th in adjusted offense and 137th in adjusted defense of 351 Division I teams in 2017-18.

+1.9Net rating141st of 351

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2017-18 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:51 AM ET

Ratings · 2017-18

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O104.7170th of 351 · 5th of 10 in the Missouri Valley
ADJ D102.8137th of 351 · 7th of 10 in the Missouri Valley
TEMPO68.9131st of 351 · 3rd of 10 in the Missouri Valley
WIN PROB55.2%142nd of 351 · 6th of 10 in the Missouri Valley
WAB−5.9123rd of 351 · 4th of 10 in the Missouri Valley

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% allowed — 49.0, 71st of 351.

Effective field goal rateOffense 209th, defense 71st of 351
49.849.0
Turnover rateOffense 214th, defense 191st of 351
18.918.1
Offensive rebound rateOffense 256th, defense 295th of 351
26.031.5
Free-throw rateOffense 158th, defense 278th of 351
33.838.3

Each bar is the team’s place among all 351 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2017-18

Who carries it

Keyshawn Evans plays the most — 69.8% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Keyshawn EvansScoring PG · 6-0 · 15.2 points a game in 29 games

69.8

24.0

109.7

+2.6

—

Milik YarbroughScoring PG · 6-6 · 16.6 points a game in 32 games

68.3

35.3

102.5

+6.0

—

Phil FayneC · 6-9 · 15.6 points a game in 28 games

64.3

25.2

109.5

+3.7

—

William TinsleyStretch 4 · 6-6 · 6.0 points a game in 32 games

64.3

12.7

96.2

+0.5

—

Madison WilliamsCombo G · 6-3 · 5.3 points a game in 30 games

55.9

14.3

82.9

−3.3

—

Matt HeinCombo G · 6-3 · 4.0 points a game in 31 games

52.0

14.0

75.2

−5.1

—

Taylor BruningaStretch 4 · 6-8 · Played 36% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

36.7

—

Isaac GassmanWing G · 6-5 · Played 33% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

33.9

—

Daouda N'DiayeC · 7-0 · Played 27% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

27.6

—

Elijah ClaranceCombo G · 6-4 · Played 17% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

17.8

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2017-18

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.

The coach · 2017-18

How he wants to play

Dan Muller

Head coach · year 6 at Illinois St. · 122–80 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2017-18 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2017-18 season.

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