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 | |
| Michigan (9‑0) |
USC (9‑1) |
89 |
| Nebraska (11‑0) |
Michigan St. (9‑1) |
85 |
| Wisconsin (7‑3) |
Purdue (10‑1) |
81 |
| Iowa (8‑2) |
UCLA (7‑3) |
76 |
| Penn State (8‑3) |
Illinois (8‑3) |
66 |
| Indiana (8‑3) |
Washington (7‑3) |
65 |
| Rutgers (5‑6) |
Ohio St. (8‑2) |
51 |
| Maryland (6‑4) |
Oregon (5‑5) |
39 |
| Northwestern (6‑4) |
Minnesota (5‑5) |
37 |