ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten announced its 2016-17 men’s basketball conference schedule today. The conference season begins on Dec. 27, and culminates with the 20th annual Big Ten Tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. from March 8-12.
You can follow all IU and Purdue games on WSLM Radio as well as additional Big Ten games (to be announced) as well as the full Big Ten Tournament.
The Big Ten schedule gets underway with four games on Tuesday, Dec. 27, with Maryland hosting Illinois, Minnesota entertaining Michigan State, Penn State welcoming Northwestern and Wisconsin hosting Rutgers. Defending Big Ten champion Indiana will entertain Nebraska on Wednesday, Dec. 28, while Purdue will welcome Iowa to Mackey Arena. Michigan and Ohio State will both open the Big Ten season on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, with the Wolverines traveling to Iowa and the Buckeyes visiting Illinois. The conference season concludes on Sunday, March 5.
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be held in Washington D.C. for the first time. All 14 teams will advance to the tournament, with two first-round games slated for Wednesday, March 8. The No. 12 seed will face the No. 13 seed, while the No. 11 seed will take on the No. 14 seed. The top four teams will receive first and second round byes and advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, March 10.
Television designations for the Big Ten men’s basketball conference schedule and Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be announced at a later date.
The complete 2016-17 Big Ten men’s basketball conference schedule can be found below:
2016-17 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DECEMBER
27 Illinois at Maryland
Michigan State at Minnesota
Northwestern at Penn State
Rutgers at Wisconsin
28 Iowa at Purdue
Nebraska at Indiana
30 Northwestern at Michigan State
JANUARY
1 Michigan at Iowa
Minnesota at Purdue
Nebraska at Maryland
Ohio State at Illinois
Penn State at Rutgers
3 Wisconsin at Indiana
4 Penn State at Michigan
Rutgers at Michigan State
5 Iowa at Nebraska
Minnesota at Northwestern
Purdue at Ohio State
7 Illinois at Indiana
Maryland at Michigan
Michigan State vs. Penn State (The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa.)
8 Northwestern at Nebraska
Ohio State at Minnesota
Rutgers at Iowa
Wisconsin at Purdue
10 Indiana at Maryland
11 Michigan at Illinois
Minnesota at Michigan State
12 Northwestern at Rutgers
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Purdue at Iowa
14 Maryland at Illinois
Minnesota at Penn State
Nebraska at Michigan
15 Iowa at Northwestern
Michigan State at Ohio State
Rutgers at Indiana
17 Illinois at Purdue
Michigan at Wisconsin
18 Indiana at Penn State
Ohio State at Nebraska
19 Maryland at Iowa
21 Illinois at Michigan
Michigan State at Indiana
Nebraska at Rutgers
Penn State at Purdue
Wisconsin at Minnesota
22 Northwestern at Ohio State
24 Penn State at Wisconsin
Purdue at Michigan State
Rutgers at Maryland
25 Iowa at Illinois
Minnesota at Ohio State
26 Indiana at Michigan
Nebraska at Northwestern
28 Illinois at Penn State
Maryland at Minnesota
Ohio State at Iowa
Wisconsin vs. Rutgers (Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.)
29 Indiana at Northwestern
Michigan at Michigan State
Purdue at Nebraska
31 Iowa at Rutgers
Maryland at Ohio State
Wisconsin at Illinois
FEBRUARY
1 Northwestern at Purdue
Penn State at Indiana
2 Michigan State at Nebraska
4 Minnesota at Illinois
Ohio State at Michigan
Purdue at Maryland
Rutgers at Penn State
5 Indiana at Wisconsin
Nebraska at Iowa
7 Illinois at Northwestern
Maryland at Penn State
Michigan State at Michigan
8 Iowa at Minnesota
Rutgers at Ohio State
9 Purdue at Indiana
Wisconsin at Nebraska
11 Iowa at Michigan State
Minnesota at Rutgers
Ohio State at Maryland
Penn State at Illinois
12 Michigan at Indiana
Northwestern at Wisconsin
14 Ohio State at Michigan State
Penn State at Nebraska
Rutgers at Purdue
15 Indiana at Minnesota
Maryland at Northwestern
16 Wisconsin at Michigan
18 Illinois at Iowa
Michigan State at Purdue
Rutgers at Northwestern
18 or 19 Nebraska at Ohio State
19 Maryland at Wisconsin
Michigan at Minnesota
21 Indiana at Iowa
Northwestern at Illinois
Purdue at Penn State
22 Michigan at Rutgers
Minnesota at Maryland
23 Nebraska at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Ohio State
25 Iowa at Maryland
Purdue at Michigan
25 or 26 Northwestern at Indiana
Penn State at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Michigan State
26 Illinois at Nebraska
28 Indiana at Purdue
Maryland at Rutgers
Ohio State at Penn State
MARCH
1 Michigan at Northwestern
Michigan State at Illinois
2 Iowa at Wisconsin
Nebraska at Minnesota
4 Illinois at Rutgers
Indiana at Ohio State
4 or 5 Purdue at Northwestern
5 Michigan at Nebraska
Michigan State at Maryland
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Penn State at Iowa
8 Big Ten Tournament Game #1
Big Ten Tournament Game #2
9 Big Ten Tournament Game #3
Big Ten Tournament Game #4
Big Ten Tournament Game #5
Big Ten Tournament Game #6
10 Big Ten Tournament Game #7
Big Ten Tournament Game #8
Big Ten Tournament Game #9
Big Ten Tournament Game #10
11 Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #1
Big Ten Tournament Semifinal #2
12 Big Ten Tournament Championship
