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 | |
| Maryland (19‑6) |
Iowa (14‑10) |
71 |
| Purdue (19‑6) |
Wisconsin (19‑5) |
65 |
| Illinois (17‑8) |
Michigan St. (19‑5) |
57 |
| Northwestern (13‑12) |
Nebraska (16‑9) |
50 |
| Oregon (17‑8) |
Rutgers (12‑13) |
43 |
| USC (14‑10) |
Minnesota (12‑12) |
43 |
| Ohio St. (15‑10) |
Michigan (19‑5) |
32 |
| Penn State (13‑12) |
Washington (12‑12) |
30 |