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Big 12 Basketball - Week 18 of 18

Big 12 Basketball Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a finishing spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team's standings page.

Big 12 Basketball Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Regular Season Finish
Team W L GPi
Games Played
18 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Arizona 15 2 17 MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Houston 12 4 16 X 2 MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Texas Tech 12 5 17 X MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Kansas 11 6 17 X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Iowa St. 11 6 17 X X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
TCU 10 7 17 X X X X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
UCF 9 8 17 X X X X X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cincinnati 9 8 17 X X X X X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
West Virginia 8 9 17 X X X X X X 1 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
BYU 8 9 17 X X X X X X X X 1 MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Colorado 7 10 17 X X X X X X X X X X MW MW MW ^ ^ ^
Arizona St. 7 10 17 X X X X X X X X X X 1 MW MW ^ ^ ^
Oklahoma St. 6 11 17 X X X X X X X X X X X X MW MW ^ ^
Baylor 5 11 16 X X X X X X X X X X 1 1 2 MW ^ ^
Kansas St. 3 14 17 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X MW ^
Utah 2 15 17 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament