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2014 Big Ten Tournament seeding scenarios (as of March 6)

Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 by in Iowa Basketball

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By Brendan Stiles

HawkeyeDrive.com

As we approach the final weekend of the regular season, 11 of the 12 seeds in next week’s Big Ten Tournament remain up for grabs.

Michigan has already secured the No. 1 seed as it has won the Big Ten regular season title outright.

Below is a complete list of every possible scenario in terms of seeding for the 2014 Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind.:

THIS WEEKEND’S GAMES:

Saturday, March 8:

– Indiana (7-10) at Michigan (14-3), 5 p.m., ESPN

– Illinois (6-11) at Iowa (9-8), 7:30 p.m., BTN

Sunday, March 9:

– Northwestern (5-12) at Purdue (5-12), 11 a.m., BTN

– Michigan State (12-5) at Ohio State (9-8), 3:30 p.m., CBS

– Penn State (6-11) at Minnesota (7-10), 4:15 p.m., BTN

– Wisconsin (12-5) at Nebraska (10-7), 6:30 p.m., BTN

*All times listed are Central Standard.

NO. 1 SEED: MICHIGAN

Michigan has already clinched the No. 1 seed

NO. 2 SEED: MICHIGAN STATE, WISCONSIN

Michigan State clinches with:

– win AND Wisconsin loss

Wisconsin clinches with:

– win OR Michigan State loss

*Wisconsin holds head-to-head tiebreakers at both 13-5 and 12-6 over Michigan State

NO. 3 SEED: MICHIGAN STATE, WISCONSIN

Michigan State clinches with:

– loss OR Wisconsin win

Wisconsin clinches with:

– loss AND Michigan State win

NO. 4 SEED: IOWA, NEBRASKA, OHIO STATE

Iowa clinches with:

– win AND Nebraska loss

*Iowa holds head-to-head tiebreaker at 10-8 with Nebraska and holds potential 3-way tiebreaker at 10-8 with Nebraska and Ohio State due to having best combined win percentage head-to-head (Iowa 2-1; Ohio State 2-2; Nebraska 1-2)

Nebraska clinches with:

– win

– loss AND Iowa loss AND Ohio State loss

Ohio State clinches with:

– win AND Iowa loss AND Nebraska loss

*Ohio State holds head-to-head tiebreaker at 10-8 with Nebraska due to having a better win percentage against Wisconsin

NO. 5 SEED: IOWA, NEBRASKA, OHIO STATE

Iowa clinches with:

– win AND Nebraska win

– loss AND Ohio State loss

*Iowa holds head-to-head tiebreakers at 10-8 and 9-9 with Ohio State due to better win percentage against Michigan

Nebraska clinches with:

– loss AND Iowa win AND Ohio State loss

– loss AND Iowa loss AND Ohio State win

Ohio State clinches with:

– win AND Iowa win AND Nebraska loss

– win AND Iowa loss AND Nebraska win

NO. 6 SEED: IOWA, NEBRASKA, OHIO STATE

Iowa clinches with:

– loss AND Ohio State win

Nebraska clinches with:

– loss AND Iowa win AND Ohio State win

Ohio State clinches with:

– win AND Iowa win AND Nebraska win

– loss

NO. 7 SEED: ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MINNESOTA

Illinois clinches with:

– win AND Indiana loss AND Minnesota loss

*Illinois holds 4-way tiebreaker at 7-11 with Indiana, Minnesota and Penn State due to best combined win percentage head-to-head (Illinois 4-1; Minnesota 2-2; Indiana 2-3; Penn State 2-4)

Indiana clinches with:

– win AND Minnesota loss

Minnesota clinches with:

– win

– loss AND Indiana loss AND Illinois loss

*Minnesota holds head-to-head tiebreaker at 8-10 with Indiana and holds 3-way tiebreaker at 7-11 with Indiana and Penn State due to best combined win percentage head-to-head (Minnesota 2-1; Penn State 2-2; Indiana 1-2)

NO. 8 SEED: ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MINNESOTA, PENN STATE

Illinois clinches with:

– win AND Indiana win AND Minnesota loss

*Illinois holds 3-way tiebreaker at 7-11 with Minnesota and Penn State due to best combined win percentage head-to-head (Illinois 3-0; Minnesota 1-2; Penn State 1-3)

Indiana clinches with:

– Minnesota win

*Indiana holds potential head-to-head tiebreaker at 7-11 with Illinois due to better win percentage against Michigan

Minnesota clinches with:

– loss AND Indiana loss AND Illinois win

– loss AND Indiana win AND Illinois loss

*Minnesota holds head-to-head tiebreaker at 7-11 with Penn State due to a better win percentage against Wisconsin, regardless of where Wisconsin finishes in the standings

Penn State clinches with:

– win AND Indiana loss AND Illinois loss

NO. 9 SEED: ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MINNESOTA, PENN STATE

Illinois clinches with:

– Minnesota win

*Illinois holds potential 3-way tiebreaker at 6-12 with Northwestern and Penn State due to best combined win percentage (Illinois 2-1; Northwestern 1-1; Penn State 1-2); Illinois also holds potential 3-way tiebreaker at 6-12 with Penn State and Purdue (Illinois 2-1; Purdue 2-1; Penn State 1-3; Illinois would win next tiebreaker over Purdue due to better win percentage against Michigan State, regardless of where Michigan State finishes in the standings)

Indiana clinches with:

– loss AND Minnesota loss

Minnesota clinches with:

– loss AND Indiana win AND Illinois win

Penn State clinches with:

– win AND Indiana win AND Illinois loss

NO. 10 SEED: NORTHWESTERN, PENN STATE, PURDUE

Northwestern clinches with:

– win AND Illinois loss

*Northwestern holds potential head-to-head tiebreaker at 6-12 with Illinois

Penn State clinches with:

– Illinois win

*Penn State holds potential head-to-head tiebreaker at 6-12 with Northwestern and holds potential head-to-head tiebreaker at 6-12 with Purdue due to better combined win percentage against Ohio State, regardless of where Ohio State finishes in the standings

Purdue clinches with:

– win AND Illinois loss

*Purdue holds potential head-to-head tiebreaker at 6-12 with Illinois

NO. 11 SEED: ILLINOIS, NORTHWESTERN, PENN STATE, PURDUE

Illinois clinches with:

– loss AND Penn State win

Northwestern clinches with:

– win AND Illinois win

Penn State clinches with:

– loss AND Illinois loss

Purdue clinches with:

– win AND Illinois win

NO. 12 SEED: NORTHWESTERN, PURDUE

Northwestern clinches with:

– loss

Purdue clinches with:

– loss

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