The Big 10 Conference has their year end tournament all crammed into a single weekend. Despite Minnesota being the top seed, Elo actually ranks Michigan higher (as well as PairWise and the USCHO poll). As a result, Michigan is actually given the best odds of winning the tournament by far with a 42.73% percent chance.

The following table shows the odds of each team still being around after each round. Note that the top two teams have a first round bye, and therefore a 100% chance of advancing to the semifinals.

	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Minnesota	100	59.09	28.04
Michigan	100	69.37	42.73
Penn State	63.74	22.19	10.28
Ohio State	61.72	27.94	11.99
Michigan State	38.28	12.98	4.18
Wisconsin	36.26	8.45	2.79

With Minnesota currently ranked 20th by USCHO, 17th by PairWise, and 18th by Elo it is likely that winning the tournament is the only way for any Big 10 team besides Michigan to reach the NCAA playoffs.