ROSEMONT, Ill. (Sept. 19, 2024) — The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday a full breakdown of its 180 men’s basketball conference matchups for all 18 member institutions for the 2024-25 season, as revealed live on the Big Ten Network. For the seventh consecutive year, each Big Ten Conference member institution will compete in a 20-game conference schedule. The Big Ten Conference season will begin with three games on Tuesday, Dec. 3, Northwestern at Iowa, Washington at UCLA, and Michigan at Wisconsin. A total of 18 conference games will be played between Dec. 3-13 before conference play breaks until 2025.
Following the holiday break, Big Ten action will resume on Jan. 2 with five games.
During the conference season, each member institution will play a 20-game league schedule, facing three schools both home and away, while meeting 14 teams once. Of the single-play opponents, member institutions will play seven at home and seven on the road. The 28th Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament will be played March 12-16, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
After finishing last season with a 17-3 mark in conference play, Purdue captured its 26th Big Ten championship. Illinois, the number two seed in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament, topped No. 5 seed Wisconsin 93-87 to claim its fourth Big Ten Tournament crown. The complete 2024-25 Big Ten Conference men’s basketball conference schedule can be found below. Tipoff times and television designations will be announced at a later date.
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Schedule
The Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, the Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The Big Ten Conference sponsors 28 official sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, and the broad-based programs of the 18 Big Ten institutions provide direct financial support for more than 14,000 student-athletes. For more information, visit www.bigten.org.
