The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Basketball games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Iowa (5‑0) |
Northwestern (4‑1) |
39 |
| Penn State (5‑0) |
Purdue (4‑1) |
39 |
| UCLA (4‑1) |
Washington (3‑1) |
37 |
| USC (4‑1) |
Oregon (4‑0) |
36 |
| Wisconsin (5‑0) |
Michigan (3‑1) |
36 |
| Minnesota (4‑1) |
Michigan St. (4‑1) |
33 |
| Maryland (4‑1) |
Ohio St. (3‑1) |
32 |