With a win over the Illinois Fighting Illini women’s basketball team, the Washington Huskies will be wrapping up the 2024 calendar year with some seriously interesting momentum in Big Ten play. Right now, the Huskies are surging up the Big Ten standings (beating two Big Ten teams in the past couple days will do that for you).
At the moment, the Huskies are the No. 7 team in the Big Ten standings. Shoutout to the recent wins over the Northwestern Wildcats and the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Washington’s 2-1 record in conference play and 11-4 record overall aren’t the best in the conference, but it’s proof that this program is moving in the right direction. Oh, and that four-game winning streak that UW keeps building upon? That helps showcase the improvement that this team is making as well.
Big Ten basketball standings, records: 12/31/24 after Washington Huskies beat Illinois Fighting Illini
Here’s what the Big Ten standings look like right now. Washington is tied right there with the Minnesota Golden Gophers with identical 2-1 records in Big Ten play.
- Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0 Big Ten, 13-0 overall)
- UCLA Bruins (2-0 Big Ten, 13-0 overall)
- Maryland Terrapins (2-0 Big Ten, 12-0 overall)
- USC Trojans (2-0 Big Ten, 12-1 overall)
- Indiana Hoosiers (2-0 Big Ten, 10-3 overall)
- Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-1 Big Ten, 14-1 overall)
- Washington Huskies (2-1 Big Ten, 11-4 overall)
- Iowa Hawkeyes (1-1 Big Ten, 11-2 overall)
- Michigan State Spartans (1-1 Big Ten, 11-2 overall)
- Michigan Wolverines (1-1 Big Ten, 10-3 overall)
- Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-1 Big Ten, 10-3 overall)
- Illinois Fighting Illini (1-2 Big Ten, 11-3 overall)
- Oregon Ducks (1-2 Big Ten, 10-4 overall)
- Wisconsin Badgers (1-2 Big Ten, 10-4 overall)
- Penn State Nittany Lions (0-2 Big Ten, 9-4 overall)
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-2 Big Ten, 8-5 overall)
- Purdue Boilermakers (0-2 Big Ten, 7-6 overall)
- Northwestern Wildcats (0-3 Big Ten, 7-7 overall)
The Huskies will resume play in the New Year as they meet up with the Wisconsin Badgers at home in Alaska Airlines Arena on Tuesday, January 7. It’ll be yet another chance for the Huskies to show that they belong in the Big Ten.