ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten announced Wednesday a full breakdown of men’s basketball conference games for all 14 schools for the 2020-21 season. For the third-consecutive year, each school will compete in a 20-game Big Ten schedule. Each school may also play up to seven non-conference games.
The conference season tips off Sunday, Dec. 13. This year’s schedule includes the most Big Ten Conference games on over-the-air broadcast networks in Conference history (17) and also features six games between Dec. 25-26, with four games to be played on Christmas Day. Over the course of the conference season, schools will play seven teams twice — once at home and once on the road — and six teams once, with three of those games being at home and the other three away. To allow for maximum flexibility in the potential rescheduling of games, this year’s schedule is built with two sets of collapsible byes during the weeks of Jan. 18-21 and Jan. 25-28, and the weeks of Feb. 22-25 and March 1-5.
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be played March 10-14 at the United Center in Chicago.
Big Ten men’s basketball teams will follow the same medical protocols that were developed by the Big Ten Return to Competition Task Force and announced on Sept. 16, 2020. These protocols include daily antigen testing, enhanced cardiac screening and an enhanced data-driven approach when making decisions about practice/competition.
The complete 2020-21 Big Ten men’s basketball conference schedule can be found below. Television network designations and start times will be announced at a later date.
2020-21 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020
Penn State at Michigan
Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
Rutgers at Maryland
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
Minnesota at Illinois
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
Ohio State at Purdue
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020
Michigan State at Northwestern
Illinois at Rutgers
Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
Nebraska at Wisconsin
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020
Purdue at Iowa
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
Northwestern at Indiana
Rutgers at Ohio State
Illinois at Penn State
Friday, Dec. 25, 2020
Wisconsin at Michigan State
Iowa at Minnesota
Michigan at Nebraska
Maryland at Purdue
Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020
Indiana at Illinois
Ohio State at Northwestern
Monday, Dec. 28, 2020
Michigan State at Minnesota
Maryland at Wisconsin
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020
Northwestern at Iowa
Purdue at Rutgers
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020
Penn State at Indiana
Nebraska at Ohio State
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020
Michigan at Maryland
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021
Purdue at Illinois
Michigan State at Nebraska
Iowa at Rutgers
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
Northwestern at Michigan
Ohio State at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Penn State
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
Maryland at Indiana
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
Rutgers at Michigan State
Nebraska at Purdue
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
Minnesota at Michigan
Penn State at Ohio State
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
Iowa at Maryland
Illinois at Northwestern
Indiana at Wisconsin
Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
Purdue at Michigan State
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021
Michigan at Penn State
Ohio State at Rutgers
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021
Maryland at Illinois
Indiana at Nebraska
Sun., Jan. 10 or Mon., Jan. 11
Minnesota at Iowa
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
Wisconsin at Michigan
Rutgers at Penn State
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
Illinois at Nebraska
Northwestern at Ohio State
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
Purdue at Indiana
Michigan State at Iowa
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
Wisconsin at Rutgers
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021
Ohio State at Illinois
Nebraska at Maryland
Michigan at Minnesota
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021
Indiana at Michigan State
Penn State at Purdue
Sun., Jan. 17 or Mon., Jan. 18
Iowa at Northwestern
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
Maryland at Michigan
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
Penn State at Illinois
Minnesota at Nebraska
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
Indiana at Iowa
Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
Michigan at Purdue
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021
Illinois at Michigan State
Maryland at Minnesota
Northwestern at Penn State
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021
Rutgers at Indiana
Nebraska at Iowa
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021
Purdue at Ohio State
Northwestern at Wisconsin
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
Michigan State at Rutgers
Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
Iowa at Illinois
Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021
Wisconsin at Maryland
Indiana at Michigan
Penn State at Nebraska
Minnesota at Purdue
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021
Rutgers at Northwestern
Michigan State at Ohio State
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
Illinois at Indiana
Purdue at Maryland
Penn State at Wisconsin
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
Nebraska at Michigan State
Michigan at Northwestern
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
Ohio State at Iowa
Minnesota at Rutgers
Fri., Feb. 5 or Sat., Feb. 6
Maryland at Penn State
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021
Wisconsin at Illinois
Michigan State at Michigan
Northwestern at Purdue
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
Iowa at Indiana
Sun., Feb. 7 or Mon., Feb. 8
Nebraska at Minnesota
Mon., Feb. 8 or Tue., Feb. 9
Ohio State at Maryland
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
Penn State at Michigan State
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
Rutgers at Iowa
Indiana at Northwestern
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
Illinois at Michigan
Purdue at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Nebraska
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021
Iowa at Michigan State
Indiana at Ohio State
Northwestern at Rutgers
Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021
Minnesota at Maryland
Nebraska at Penn State
Michigan at Wisconsin
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021
Northwestern at Illinois
Michigan State at Purdue
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021
Minnesota at Indiana
Maryland at Nebraska
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
Rutgers at Michigan
Ohio State at Penn State
Iowa at Wisconsin
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021
Michigan State at Indiana
Illinois at Minnesota
Purdue at Nebraska
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
Penn State at Iowa
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Michigan at Ohio State
Maryland at Rutgers
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021
Nebraska at Illinois
Indiana at Rutgers
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
Ohio State at Michigan State
Fri., Feb. 26 or Sat., Feb. 27
Purdue at Penn State
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021
Michigan at Indiana
Northwestern at Minnesota
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021
Illinois at Wisconsin
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021
Michigan State at Maryland
Iowa at Ohio State
Rutgers at Nebraska
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Wisconsin at Purdue
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Maryland at Northwestern
Minnesota at Penn State
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Iowa at Michigan
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Illinois at Ohio State
Indiana at Purdue
Sat., March 6 or Sun., March 7
Rutgers at Minnesota
Nebraska at Northwestern
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Penn State at Maryland
Wisconsin at Iowa
Michigan at Michigan State
