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Big 10 Basketball Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a finishing spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team's standings page.

Big 10 Basketball Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Regular Season Finish
Team W L GPi
Games Played
20 game season
 1*
First and Second
Round Byes
 2*
First and Second
Round Byes
 3*
First and Second
Round Byes
 4*
First and Second
Round Byes
 5**
First Round Bye
 6**
First Round Bye
 7**
First Round Bye
 8**
First Round Bye
 9**
First Round Bye
 10 11 12 13 14 15 NT
Purdue 3 0 3 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 MW MW MW
Nebraska 3 0 3 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 MW MW MW
Michigan 3 0 3 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 MW MW
Michigan St. 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 MW MW
Illinois 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 MW
Minnesota 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 17
Iowa 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 MW
Indiana 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 MW MW
UCLA 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 MW
Ohio St. 2 1 3 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 MW MW
Washington 1 2 3 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17
USC 1 2 3 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17
Oregon 1 2 3 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 MW
Wisconsin 1 2 3 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 MW
Penn State 0 3 3 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17
Maryland 0 3 3 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17
Rutgers 0 3 3 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17
NorthwesternN. Western 0 3 3 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament