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 | |
| Michigan St. (14‑2) |
Indiana (12‑4) |
95 |
| Washington (10‑6) |
Michigan (13‑1) |
82 |
| Northwestern (8‑8) |
Illinois (13‑3) |
75 |
| Minnesota (10‑6) |
Wisconsin (11‑5) |
70 |
| Purdue (15‑1) |
Iowa (12‑4) |
66 |
| USC (13‑3) |
Maryland (7‑8) |
59 |
| Penn State (9‑7) |
UCLA (11‑5) |
49 |
| Nebraska (16‑0) |
Oregon (8‑8) |
35 |