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 | |
| Purdue (21‑5) |
Indiana (17‑9) |
127 |
| Nebraska (22‑4) |
Penn State (11‑16) |
111 |
| USC (18‑7) |
Illinois (21‑5) |
104 |
| Northwestern (10‑16) |
Maryland (10‑14) |
35 |
| Minnesota (12‑14) |
Rutgers (11‑15) |
31 |