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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
Michigan 12 1 13 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Illinois 11 3 14 5 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Purdue 10 3 13 5 5 6 6 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Nebraska 10 3 13 5 5 6 6 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Michigan St. 10 3 13 5 6 6 6 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Wisconsin 9 4 13 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^
UCLA 9 4 13 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^
Iowa 8 4 12 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Indiana 8 6 14 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
USC 7 6 13 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Ohio St. 7 6 13 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Minnesota 4 9 13 X X 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 6 7 MW MW MW MW MW
Washington 4 9 13 X X X 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 MW MW MW MW MW
Maryland 2 10 12 X X X X X 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 MW MW
Rutgers 2 11 13 X X X X X X X 1 1 1 2 4 5 6 6 MW MW MW
NorthwesternN. Western 2 11 13 X X X X X X X 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 MW MW MW
Penn State 1 12 13 X X X X X X X X 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 MW
Oregon 1 12 13 X X X X X X X X X 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 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