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 | |
| Illinois (7‑2) |
Northwestern (6‑1) |
31 |
| Maryland (5‑4) |
Purdue (9‑1) |
27 |
| Nebraska (7‑2) |
Michigan St. (4‑4) |
25 |
| Penn State (4‑5) |
Ohio St. (8‑1) |
25 |
| Iowa (5‑4) |
Michigan (4‑5) |
23 |