Now that today's 5 game spread is in the books, here are updated EM standings:
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Illinois has improved to be the top defensive team in the conference, passing IU. They're within .002 of their final season defensive efficiency of last season (and .005 shy of their offensive efficiency end of last season), so they're effectively playing about as well as they did last season against the conference.
Purdue clears some room between themselves and the rest of the conference, a clear 2nd overall now.
MSU took a nosedive today, but overall body of work has them about even with OSU, IU, and Michigan.
Michigan's results aren't good enough right now to make the tournament, but their efficiency is good enough to be a tournament worthy team right now. Still dangerous, but they need to string some wins together to make their results profile look decent.
Wisconsin continues to overperform their metrics by winning close games and losing blowouts, a recipe for a potentially high seed in March that is vulnerable to a good under-seeded team. If they land a 4-5 seed, look there for a potential upset.
Iowa hasn't played in a week since their game Thursday was snowed out, but they're back in action tomorrow basically treading water in conference, projecting as an 8-9 seed in many brackets right now.
Northwestern made Nebraska looked bad...well, worse than usual. Still nowhere near a bid, but their overall numbers were helped quite a bit with the performance today, and Illinois' road win there looks better as a result.
Maryland and PSU continue to play spoiler, but neither could manage wins this week.
Minnesota is still not good.
Nebraska, what can you say. Just when they start looking competitive, they lose at home to Northwestern by 30. At least they aren't Oregon State.