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"Games that matter" defined as opponents from Power 6 conferences and/or among KenPom's preseason top 100. Every B1G team will have between 3 to 6 such games, with Wisconsin the only one with a chance for a 7th.
Games That Matter (preseason KenPom ranking in parentheses)
Illinois (5*) -- vs. West Virginia (20), NC State (36), vs. VCU (33), vs. BYU (54), vs. Missouri (165)
Indiana (4): vs. Kansas (3), North Carolina (5), vs. Butler (19), vs. Louisville (9)
Iowa (6): Seton Hall (38), vs. Virginia (7), vs. Providence (63)/Memphis (93), @ Notre Dame (50), Iowa State (26), vs. Northern Iowa (82)
Maryland (5): @ Georgetown (29), vs. Richmond (78), vs. Kansas State (44)/Boston College (154), Pitt (51), Oklahoma State (60)
Michigan (6): vs. Marquette (47), vs. SMU (49)/Pitt (51), @ South Carolina (62), Virginia Tech (39), Texas (45), @ UCLA (21)
Michigan State (5*): vs. Arizona (10), vs. Kentucky (4), vs. Saint John's (108), vs. Baylor (25)/VCU (33), @ Duke (1)
GOPHERS (5): Texas-Arlington (67), Saint John's (108), Arkansas (53), @ Florida State (40), vs. Vanderbilt (64)
Nebraska (4**): vs. Dayton (37), @ Clemson (23), Creighton (32), @ Kansas (3)
Northwestern (6): @ Butler (19), vs. Texas (45), vs. Notre Dame (50)/Colorado (56), Wake Forest (76), DePaul (177), vs. Dayton (37)
Ohio State (4): Providence (63), @ Virginia (7), Connecticut (41), vs. UCLA (21)
Penn State (6): vs. Duke (1), vs. Cincinnati (28)/Rhode Island (43), @ George Washington (83), Georgia Tech (107), vs. Pitt (51), @ Saint John's (108)
Purdue (5): Villanova (2), vs. Texas Tech (42)/Auburn (153), @ Louisville (9), vs. Arizona State (65), vs. Notre Dame (50)
Rutgers (3): @ DePaul (177), @ Miami-Florida (24), @ Seton Hall (38)
Wisconsin (6*): @ Creighton (32), vs. Tennessee (99), vs. Oregon (6)/Georgetown (29), Syracuse (12), Oklahoma (27), @ Marquette (47)
Potential Games That Matter (depending on tournament outcomes)
1 Illinois vs. Florida State (40)
2 Michigan State vs. Louisville (9)/Wichita State (34)/LSU (101)
3 Nebraska vs. UCLA (21)
4 Nebraska vs. Texas A&M (30)/Virginia Tech (39)/New Mexico (86)
5 Wisconsin vs. North Carolina (5)/Connecticut (41)/Oklahoma State (60)
Games That Matter (preseason KenPom ranking in parentheses)
Illinois (5*) -- vs. West Virginia (20), NC State (36), vs. VCU (33), vs. BYU (54), vs. Missouri (165)
Indiana (4): vs. Kansas (3), North Carolina (5), vs. Butler (19), vs. Louisville (9)
Iowa (6): Seton Hall (38), vs. Virginia (7), vs. Providence (63)/Memphis (93), @ Notre Dame (50), Iowa State (26), vs. Northern Iowa (82)
Maryland (5): @ Georgetown (29), vs. Richmond (78), vs. Kansas State (44)/Boston College (154), Pitt (51), Oklahoma State (60)
Michigan (6): vs. Marquette (47), vs. SMU (49)/Pitt (51), @ South Carolina (62), Virginia Tech (39), Texas (45), @ UCLA (21)
Michigan State (5*): vs. Arizona (10), vs. Kentucky (4), vs. Saint John's (108), vs. Baylor (25)/VCU (33), @ Duke (1)
GOPHERS (5): Texas-Arlington (67), Saint John's (108), Arkansas (53), @ Florida State (40), vs. Vanderbilt (64)
Nebraska (4**): vs. Dayton (37), @ Clemson (23), Creighton (32), @ Kansas (3)
Northwestern (6): @ Butler (19), vs. Texas (45), vs. Notre Dame (50)/Colorado (56), Wake Forest (76), DePaul (177), vs. Dayton (37)
Ohio State (4): Providence (63), @ Virginia (7), Connecticut (41), vs. UCLA (21)
Penn State (6): vs. Duke (1), vs. Cincinnati (28)/Rhode Island (43), @ George Washington (83), Georgia Tech (107), vs. Pitt (51), @ Saint John's (108)
Purdue (5): Villanova (2), vs. Texas Tech (42)/Auburn (153), @ Louisville (9), vs. Arizona State (65), vs. Notre Dame (50)
Rutgers (3): @ DePaul (177), @ Miami-Florida (24), @ Seton Hall (38)
Wisconsin (6*): @ Creighton (32), vs. Tennessee (99), vs. Oregon (6)/Georgetown (29), Syracuse (12), Oklahoma (27), @ Marquette (47)
Potential Games That Matter (depending on tournament outcomes)
1 Illinois vs. Florida State (40)
2 Michigan State vs. Louisville (9)/Wichita State (34)/LSU (101)
3 Nebraska vs. UCLA (21)
4 Nebraska vs. Texas A&M (30)/Virginia Tech (39)/New Mexico (86)
5 Wisconsin vs. North Carolina (5)/Connecticut (41)/Oklahoma State (60)