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Big 10 Basketball - Week 15 of 18

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 11 2 13 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 ^ ^ ^
Purdue 11 3 14 DNCD 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 ^ ^ ^
Michigan St. 10 3 13 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 ^
UCLA 10 5 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 ^
Wisconsin 9 4 13 DNCD 7 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0
Maryland 9 5 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 0
Illinois 9 6 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 0
Ohio St. 7 7 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 0
USC 6 7 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 0
Nebraska 6 8 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 6 5 5 4 0
Oregon 6 8 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 6 5 5 4 0
Indiana 6 9 15 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 5 5 4 0
Iowa 5 8 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 7 7 7 6 6 5 0
Rutgers 5 9 14 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 5 0
Minnesota 4 9 13 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 7 7 6 0
 
NorthwesternN. Western 4 10 14 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 0
Washington 3 10 13 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 7 0
Penn State 3 11 14 X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 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