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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, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 2*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 3*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 4*
First, Second, and
Third Round Byes
 5**
First and Second
Round Byes
 6**
First and Second
Round Byes
 7**
First and Second
Round Byes
 8**
First and Second
Round Byes
 9***
First Round Bye
 10***
First Round Bye
 11***
First Round Bye
 12***
First Round Bye
 13***
First Round Bye
 14***
First Round Bye
 15 16 17 18
Wisconsin 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Ohio St. 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
NorthwesternN. Western 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Michigan St. 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Iowa 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Purdue 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Oregon 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Michigan 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
UCLA 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Maryland 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Rutgers 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Penn State 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Washington 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Indiana 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
USC 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Nebraska 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 0
Illinois 0 0 0 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 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, second, and third round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • **  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • **   denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament