COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Standings after the list of games that took place last week.
Highlighting the score list last week was No. 8 Maryland, which secured a 74-68 victory over No. 3 Iowa in the battle between two top teams currently ranked in the AP top 10.
That win led to a 66-61 nailing biting victory over Ohio State on Sunday for the Terrapins (19-3) who improved to 8-2 in conference play and 3rd in the Big Ten standings — 0.5 GAMES behind the leaders.
No. 19 Indiana and Iowa sit atop of the standings with identical 8-1 conference records.
The Hoosiers (18-4) who dropped their first Big Ten conference game of the season to Wisconsin, bounced back with a 74-68 win over last place Minnesota to stay top of the league.
The Hawkeyes (17-4) also fell for the first time in the league this season last week, but recovered with an 85-71 win over Northwestern.
Michigan (17-5) sits fourth in the standings with a 7-2 record, while leading a pair of teams that have already won 19 games overall this season.
The Wolverines are currently on a four-game winning streak and will take on Indiana in their next fixture on Tuesday night.
No. 21 Purdue is at fifth place in the Big Ten with a 7-3 league record, while the Boilermakers have an overall record of 19-4. They have won two games in a row and five of the past six overall.
Elsewhere, No. 12 Michigan State (19-4) sits sixth with a 6-4 conference record. The Spartans have won three straight after ending a three-game skid against Maryland.
Ohio State (14-9, 6-4 Big Ten), Wisconsin (13-9, 5-4), Nebraska (12-10, 4-5), Northwestern (15-8, 3-7), Penn State (11-11, 2-7) and Illinois (10-12, 2-7) are the other teams with victories in conference play this term.
However, Rutgers (6-16, 0-9) and Minnesota (6-16, 0-10) are both still waiting on their first win in the league.
Standing Source
| STANDINGS | CONF. | PCT. | PF | PA | OVERALL | PCT. | PF | PA | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | LAST 10 | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 8-1 | .889 | 79.7 | 66.4 | 18-4 | .818 | 85.2 | 68.5 | 13-0 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 9-1 | W1 |
| Iowa | 8-1 | .889 | 79.3 | 69.0 | 17-4 | .810 | 81.2 | 68.4 | 11-0 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 9-1 | W1 |
| Maryland | 8-2 | .800 | 72.7 | 64.0 | 19-3 | .864 | 76.8 | 64.1 | 12-0 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 8-2 | W2 |
| Michigan | 7-2 | .778 | 74.4 | 69.6 | 17-5 | .773 | 77.4 | 64.4 | 11-1 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 8-2 | W4 |
| Purdue | 7-3 | .700 | 76.5 | 67.8 | 19-4 | .826 | 79.0 | 62.6 | 13-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 7-3 | W2 |
| Michigan State | 6-4 | .600 | 76.2 | 66.0 | 19-4 | .826 | 79.0 | 62.4 | 10-2 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 6-4 | W3 |
| Ohio State | 6-4 | .600 | 69.6 | 69.5 | 14-9 | .609 | 70.7 | 65.8 | 11-4 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Wisconsin | 5-4 | .556 | 67.2 | 64.4 | 13-9 | .591 | 69.2 | 64.8 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 6-4 | W4 |
| Nebraska | 4-5 | .444 | 74.8 | 73.3 | 12-10 | .545 | 74.1 | 68.7 | 8-5 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 5-5 | L2 |
| Northwestern | 3-7 | .300 | 63.4 | 70.9 | 15-8 | .652 | 72.7 | 66.8 | 10-4 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 3-7 | L5 |
| Penn State | 2-7 | .222 | 64.1 | 73.9 | 11-11 | .500 | 66.0 | 69.0 | 7-3 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 3-7 | L3 |
| Illinois | 2-7 | .222 | 67.7 | 76.1 | 10-12 | .455 | 72.9 | 75.1 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 3-7 | L2 |
| Rutgers | 0-9 | .000 | 63.1 | 87.9 | 6-16 | .273 | 67.1 | 78.4 | 6-7 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 1-9 | L9 |
| Minnesota | 0-10 | .000 | 64.7 | 75.6 | 6-16 | .273 | 69.5 | 73.9 | 5-9 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0-10 | L11 |
