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Big 10 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 10 Basketball Losing 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
Nebraska 7 0 7 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Purdue 7 0 7 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Illinois 6 1 7 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Michigan 6 1 7 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Michigan St. 6 1 7 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Wisconsin 5 2 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Ohio St. 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW
UCLA 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW
USC 3 4 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW
Minnesota 3 4 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW
Iowa 3 4 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 MW MW MW MW
Indiana 3 4 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW
Washington 2 5 7 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 MW MW
Rutgers 2 5 7 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 MW MW MW
Oregon 1 6 7 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 11 12 12 MW MW MW
Maryland 1 6 7 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 11 11 12 13 MW MW MW
Penn State 0 7 7 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 11 11 12 13 13 MW
NorthwesternN. Western 0 7 7 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 10 11 12 13 13 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, 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