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 | |
| Oregon (9‑1) |
Illinois (7‑2) |
47 |
| Nebraska (7‑2) |
UCLA (8‑1) |
46 |
| Penn State (8‑2) |
Northwestern (7‑3) |
43 |
| Ohio St. (6‑3) |
Michigan St. (8‑2) |
42 |
| Indiana (8‑3) |
Rutgers (6‑4) |
40 |
| USC (6‑4) |
Michigan (8‑2) |
39 |
| Washington (7‑3) |
Maryland (8‑2) |
39 |
| Wisconsin (8‑3) |
Iowa (7‑3) |
37 |
| Minnesota (6‑5) |
Purdue (8‑2) |
36 |