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Big 10 Basketball Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a finishing spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must win to guarantee winning a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.

Big 10 Basketball Winning 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 5 0 5 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 0
Michigan St. 5 0 5 15 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 0
Purdue 5 1 6 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 0
Illinois 4 2 6 DNCD 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 0
Indiana 4 2 6 DNCD DNCD 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 0
Oregon 4 2 6 DNCD 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 0
Wisconsin 3 2 5 DNCD DNCD 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 0
Iowa 3 2 5 DNCD DNCD 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 0
Maryland 3 3 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 0
Nebraska 2 3 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 0
USC 2 3 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 0
Ohio St. 2 3 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 0
Rutgers 2 4 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 0
Penn State 2 4 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 0
UCLA 2 4 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 0
 
NorthwesternN. Western 1 4 5 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Washington 1 5 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 0
Minnesota 0 6 6 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 13 13 12 12 11 11 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament