Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings for March

The Big Ten has produced some quality teams like they have done many times in the past but this may be the deepest collection of teams for the conference in years.
ByRyan Kay|
UCLA Bruins guard Skyy Clark (55) drives past Michigan State Spartans guard Tre Holloman.
UCLA Bruins guard Skyy Clark (55) drives past Michigan State Spartans guard Tre Holloman. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights center Lathan Sommerville and Northwestern Wildcats guard Brooks Barnhizer. | David Banks-Imagn Images

Here are the teams ranked fourteen through ten in these March Big Ten basketball rankings.

14

Iowa Hawkeyes

Previous ranking: 12
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No. 14 Iowa Hawkeyes
Record: 15-14 Conference Record: 6-12
Rankings among four analytical-based sites: Net: #66 KenPom: #72 Barttorvik: #79 BPI: #64
Quad one and two wins this season: Washington State (76-66), Northwestern (80-79), Utah (95-88), Nebraska (97-87), Indiana (85-60), Penn State (76-75), @ Rutgers (84-73), and Washington (85-79).
Noticeable losses this season: Utah State (69-77) in the Hall of Fame Classic, @ Michigan (83-85), Iowa State (80-89), @ Wisconsin (85-116), @ USC (89-99), @ UCLA (70-94), Minnesota (67-72), @ Ohio State (65-82), Purdue (81-90), Wisconsin (63-74), @ Maryland (75-101), Oregon (78-80), @ Illinois (61-81), and @ Northwestern (57-68).

13

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Previous ranking: 17
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No. 13 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Record: 14-15 Conference Record: 7-10
Rankings among four analytical-based sites: Net: #74 KenPom: #71 Barttorvik: #67 BPI: #73
Quad one and two wins this season: Notre Dame (85-84) in the Players Era Festival-Impact Tournament, Penn State (80-76), Seton Hall (66-63), UCLA (75-68), @ Nebraska (85-82), @ Northwestern (79-72), Illinois (82-73), @ Washington (89-85), and USC (95-85).
Noticeable losses this season: @ Ohio State (66-80), Texas A&M (77-81), and Alabama (90-95) in the Players Era Festival-Impact Tournament, as well as Princeton (82-83), @ Indiana (74-84)., Wisconsin (63-75), Purdue (50-68), @ Penn State (72-80), Michigan State (74-81), Michigan (63-66), @ Maryland (81-90), Iowa (73-84), @ Oregon (57-75), and @ Michigan (82-84).

12

Northwestern Wildcats

Previous ranking: 13
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No. 12 Northwestern Wildcats
Record: 15-13 Conference Record: 6-11
Rankings from four analytical-based sites: NET: #55 KenPom: #51 Barttorvik: #55 BPI: #48
Quad one and two wins this season: Montana State (72-69), UNLV (66-61) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division, Illinois (70-66), Georgia Tech (71-60), DePaul (84-64), Maryland (76-74), Indiana (79-70), USC (77-75), @ Ohio State (70-49), and @ Minnesota (75-63).
Noticeable losses this season: @ Dayton (66-71), Butler (69-71) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division, @ Iowa (79-80), @ Penn State (80-84), @ Purdue (61-79), Michigan State (68-78), @ Michigan (76-80), @ Illinois (74-83), Rutgers (72-79), Wisconsin (69-75), @ Washington (71-76), @ Oregon (75-81), and Nebraska (64-68).

11

Ohio State Buckeyes

Previous ranking: 10
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No. 11 Ohio State Buckeyes Record: 16-13 Conference Record: 8-10
Rankings from four analytical-based sites: Net: #34 KenPom: #32 Barttorvik: #39 BPI: #35
Quad one and two wins this season: Texas (80-72) in the Hall of Fame Series—Las Vegas, Rutgers (80-66), Kentucky (85-65) in the CBS Sports Classic, @ Minnesota (89-88), @ Purdue (73-70), Iowa (82-65), @ Penn State (83-64), Maryland (73-70), Washington (93-69), @ USC (87-82). Noticeable losses this season: @ Texas A&M (64-78), Pittsburgh (90-91), @ Maryland (59-83), Auburn (53-91), Michigan State (62-69), Oregon (71-73), @ Wisconsin (68-70), Indiana (76-77), @ Illinois (79-87), @ Nebraska (71-79), Michigan (83-86), Northwestern (49-70), and @ UCLA (61-69).

10

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Previous ranking: 11
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No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Record: 17-11 Conference Record: 7-10
Rankings from four analytical-based sites: Net: #54 KenPom: #47 Barttorvik: #54 BPI #52 Quad one and two wins this season: @ Creighton (74-63), Indiana (85-68), Murray State (66-49), and Oregon State (78-66) in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, UCLA (66-58), Illinois (80-74), @ Oregon (77-71), @ Washington (86-72), Ohio State (79-71), and @ Northwestern (68-64). Noticeable losses this season: Saint Mary’s (74-77), @ Michigan State (52-89), @ Iowa (87-97), Rutgers (82-85), @ Maryland (66-69), USC (73-78), @ Purdue (68-104), @ Wisconsin (55-83), Maryland (75-83), @ Penn State (72-89), and Michigan (46-49).

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