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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, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 2*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 3*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 4*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 5**
First and Second
Round Byes
 6**
First and Second
Round Byes
 7**
First and Second
Round Byes
 8**
First and Second
Round Byes
 9***
First Round Bye
 10***
First Round Bye
 11***
First Round Bye
 12***
First Round Bye
 13***
First Round Bye
 14***
First Round Bye
 15 16 17 18
Michigan 15 1 16 MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Illinois 12 3 15 3 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Purdue 11 4 15 1 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Nebraska 11 4 15 2 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Michigan St. 11 4 15 2 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Wisconsin 10 5 15 1 4 4 5 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Iowa 9 6 15 X 3 3 4 4 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Ohio St. 9 6 15 X 3 3 4 4 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
UCLA 9 6 15 X 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Indiana 8 7 15 X 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^
USC 7 7 14 X 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Washington 5 10 15 X X X X X 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Minnesota 5 10 15 X X X X X X 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 MW MW MW MW MW
Rutgers 4 11 15 X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 MW MW MW MW MW
Maryland 3 11 14 X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 MW MW MW
NorthwesternN. Western 2 13 15 X X X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 4 5 MW MW
Oregon 2 13 15 X X X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 5 MW MW
Penn State 2 14 16 X X X X X X X X X X X 1 2 2 3 3 4 MW
  • 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, second, and third round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • **  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • **   denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament