B1G MBB Standings

[1] Michigan St. Spartans 7-0 (18-1)
[2] Michigan Wolverines 6-0 (14-4)
[3] Iowa Hawkeyes 4-2 (15-4)
[4] Minnesota Golden Gophers 4-3 (15-5)
[5] Wisconsin Badgers 3-3 (16-3)
[6] Purdue Boilermakers 3-3 (13-6)
[7] Ohio St. Buckeyes 3-4 (16-4)
[8 Northwestern Wildcats 3-4 (10-10)
[9] Indiana Hoosiers 2-4 (12-7)
[10] Illinois Fighting Illini 2-5 (13-7)
[11] Nebraska Cornhuskers 1-5 (9-9)
[12] Penn St. Nittany Lions 1-6 (10-10)

 

A few observations:

• With a win on Saturday, Michigan will have beaten the top 4 teams in the conference (not including Michigan who would be #1 obviously)

• Michigan has beaten teams ranked #3, #4, #5, #8, #11, & #12 (7.17 avg)

• MSU has beaten teams ranked #4, #7, #8, #9(x2), #10, #12 (8.43 avg)

• MSU's toughest road wins: #9 IU, #10 Illinois

• Michigan's toughest road wins: #4 Minnesota, #5 Wisconsin

 

Basically, the "easy schedule" we started off with may not have been so easy, and MSU's may have been easier.

If we can get a win in Lansing, we set ourselves up nicely in terms of home/road games against quality teams:

MSU: @Iowa, @OSU, @Wisc, @Mich

Michigan: @Iowa & @OSU

Iowa (2 losses) : @Minn & @MSU

Minnesota (3 losses): @Wisc, @OSU, @Mich

Wisconsin (3 losses): @Mich & @Iowa