2018 Big Ten Tournament Playoff Scenarios

Entering the final day of the regular season, the Gophers still don't know whether they'll be home or away for the first round of the Big Ten tournament.  Because the Gophers are 13-5-1 at home and 4-9-1 on the road, it'd probably be good if they could have home ice for the first round.

The scenarios for who the Gophers could play are below:

• If Minnesota loses to Penn State Saturday, they play Penn State at Penn State next weekend in the first round of the conference tournament.
• If Wisconsin does not win Saturday against Ohio State, they'll lock in sixth place and will play Michigan.  Wisconsin can move into fifth place with a win and a PSU regulation loss.  In this scenario, Wisconsin would travel to Mariucci to take on the Gophers in the first round.
• If Minnesota gets at least one point Saturday, they will play at Mariucci for the first round of the B1G Tourney and could end up playing either Penn State (with any number of points or with a Wisconsin loss/tie), or Wisconsin (UW win + PSU loss).