The University of Washington men's basketball program will take the floor on Wednesday night (7:30 p.m. PT) in the penultimate game of the regular season.

The Huskies will host Southern California in the contest at the Alaska Airlines Arena before finishing up on Saturday night at Oregon (8:00 p.m. PT).

At 14-15 overall and 6-12 inside Big Ten Conference play, the Huskies are jostling for Big Ten Tournament positioning at this point, and with two games to play, let's look at their situation.

Unlike the women's tournament, all 18 Big Ten teams make the conference tournament. It's a single-elimination tournament that begins on March 10 and culminates on March 15.

Seeds 16 and 17 play each other on March 10, as do seeds 15 and 18. The winners from those games advance to March 11, when seems 9-14 open play. Thursday, March 12 features seeds 5-8 opening up and then Friday, March 13 brings seeds 1-4 into the action.

1) Michigan (17-1)

2) Michigan State (14-4)

3) Illinois (14-5)

t3) Nebraska (14-5)

5) Purdue (12-6)

t5) Wisconsin (12-6)

7) UCLA (12-7)

8) Iowa (10-8)

t8) Ohio State (10-8)

10) Indiana (8-10)

11) Minnesota (7-11)

t11) USC (7-11)

13) Washington (6-12)

14) Northwestern (5-13)

t14) Rutgers (5-13)

16) Maryland (4-14)

17) Oregon (4-15)

18) Penn State (3-15)

Given that USC just lost its best player and that Oregon is below Washington in the standings, it's entirely possible for the Huskies to win out and finish 8-12. If they can win at least one of the next two games though, it's possible for them to move up in the standings. Of course, they could move down as well.

Remaining games to care about:

Indiana: vs. Minnesota, @Ohio State

Minnesota: @Indiana, vs. Northwestern

USC: @Washington, vs. UCLA

Northwestern: vs. Purdue, @Minnesota

Rutgers: @Michigan State, vs. Penn State

Going solely on the current records, if everything holds "chalky:"

--Washington would lose to USC and beat Oregon, finishing 7-13 in the league.

--Indiana would beat Minnesota and lose to Ohio State, finishing 9-11

--Minnesota would lose to Indiana and beat Northwestern, finishing 8-12

--USC would beat Washington and lose to UCLA, finishing 8-12

--Northwestern would lose to Purdue and Minnesota, finishing 5-15

--Rutgers would lose to Michigan State and beat Penn State, finishing 6-14

If all this happens, Washington would stay as the No. 13 seed and play March 11 against the No. 12 seed.

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