The Big Ten basketball standings saw a major shift over the last seven days -- a refrain that can be recycled weekly at this stage of the season.

Illinois' men's basketball team has lost three straight games by a combined 78 points, surrendering a ghastly average of 94.7 points in those games while bricking everything they throw up at the other end and suffering through stomach bugs,

Dive into the Big Ten Week 16 Power Rankings as Maryland claims the top spot, Michigan State chases the title, and Purdue tumbles after tough loss.

Many around the Big Ten are streaking, good and bad. Purdue, Michigan and Nebraska each has won four straight, and Wisconsin three. Oregon, Indiana and Penn State have been dumped in five straight, and Iowa in three. The Illini are doing just enough good and bad to stay out of that two-way fray and, thus, outside the national consciousness.