Most of the conference is off until the weekend due to Finals. Hopefully that is a good thing and no one is declared academically ineligible midseason (Chris Booker, anyone?). That kind of stuff can completely derail teams. This weekend also marks the last major games before conference play begins. A lot of teams have one really good opponent to play before league plays starts after Christmas. Just look at these games coming up:
Saturday
Indiana vs. Notre Dame in Indianapolis
Purdue vs. Butler in Indianapolis
Kentucky at Ohio State
Northwestern at DePaul
Tuesday
Vanderbilt at Purdue
Colorado at Penn State
Wednesday
Missouri at Illinois
Milwaukee at Minnesota
So far six teams (Michigan State, Purdue, Maryland, Northwestern, Indiana, and Iowa) are undefeated at home.