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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 St. 2 0 2 18 18 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8
Purdue 2 0 2 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8
UCLA 2 0 2 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8
Nebraska 2 0 2 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8
Michigan 2 0 2 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 9 8
Illinois 1 1 2 DNCD 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Washington 1 1 2 DNCD 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Minnesota 1 1 2 DNCD DNCD 18 18 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
USC 1 1 2 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Ohio St. 1 1 2 DNCD 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Indiana 1 1 2 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Iowa 1 1 2 DNCD DNCD 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Wisconsin 1 1 2 DNCD DNCD 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 10 10 9
Penn State 0 2 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10
Maryland 0 2 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10
NorthwesternN. Western 0 2 2 DNCD DNCD 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 10
Oregon 0 2 2 DNCD DNCD 18 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10
Rutgers 0 2 2 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10
  • 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