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Big 10 Basketball Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a finishing spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of conference games a team must win to guarantee winning a given finishing spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.

Big 10 Basketball Winning Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Regular Season Finish
Team W L GPi
Games Played
20 game season
1*
First and Second
Round Byes
2*
First and Second
Round Byes
3*
First and Second
Round Byes
4*
First and Second
Round Byes
5**
First Round Bye
6**
First Round Bye
7**
First Round Bye
8**
First Round Bye
9**
First Round Bye
10**
First Round Bye
11 12 13 14
Purdue 17 3 20 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Illinois 14 6 20 X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Nebraska 12 8 20 X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
NorthwesternN. Western 12 8 20 X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Wisconsin 11 9 20 X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Indiana 10 10 20 X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Iowa 10 10 20 X X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Michigan St. 10 10 20 X X X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Minnesota 9 11 20 X X X X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Ohio St. 9 11 20 X X X X X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Penn State 9 11 20 X X X X X X X X X X 0 ^ ^ ^
Maryland 7 13 20 X X X X X X X X X X X 0 ^ ^
Rutgers 7 13 20 X X X X X X X X X X X X 0 ^
Michigan 3 17 20 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first and second round byes in the post season conference tournament
  • ** denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament