With Maryland and a handful of other Big Ten teams are in a dead sprint to the finish line, there are dozens (or more) of plausible final outcomes for the league's regular season standings. We figured it would be useful to catch ourselves up on how the Big Ten stacks up and how it will sort out likely ties at the end of the season – and how it could impact Maryland.
Here's how the Big Ten standings align, as of Wednesday morning:
| Big Ten men's basketball standings | ||
| Team | Conference | Overall |
| Iowa | 11-2 | 20-5 |
| Maryland | 10-3 | 22-4 |
| Indiana | 10-3 | 20-6 |
| Wisconsin | 8-4 | 16-9 |
| Purdue | 9-5 | 21-6 |
| Michigan | 9-5 | 19-8 |
| Ohio State | 9-5 | 17-10 |
| Michigan State | 8-5 | 21-5 |
| Nebraska | 6-7 | 14-12 |
| Northwestern | 5-9 | 17-10 |
| Penn State | 3-9 | 12-13 |
| Illinois | 4-9 | 12-14 |
| Rutgers | 0-13 | 6-20 |
| Minnesota | 0-13 | 6-19 |
Your current tournament bracket looks like this:
Three weeks to go, but here's what #B1G tourney bracket looks like today.