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Big 10 Basketball - Week 15 of 18

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