Big Ten Network Announces 2023-24 Men’s Basketball Schedule

Big Ten Network Announces 2023-24 Men’s Basketball Schedule

Season tips off with exhibition charity doubleheader featuring Michigan State vs. Tennessee and Illinois vs. Kansas

 

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Network today announced its 2023-24 Big Ten men’s basketball schedule, including television coverage of more than 130 games. The season begins on Oct. 29, with a pair of charity exhibitions featuring highly-touted programs as Tennessee visits Michigan State and Kansas takes on Illinois to benefit the Hawai’i Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund. The Big Ten Network men’s basketball schedule also includes nearly 80 conference matchups and eight Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament games.

 

Non-conference play tips off with a doubleheader on Monday, Nov. 6, as Purdue hosts Samford at 6:30 p.m. ET and Michigan State hosts James Madison at 8:30 p.m. ET. Additional non-conference matchups include Missouri at Minnesota on Nov. 16, Harvard vs. Indiana at Gainbridge Field House on Nov. 26 and Mississippi State vs. Rutgers on Dec. 23 from the Prudential Center.

 

Conference play starts off in primetime on Friday, Dec. 1, when Maryland takes on Indiana at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Purdue visiting Northwestern at 9 p.m. ET. Three additional Big Ten conference games will air on BTN over the following three days, including Illinois at Rutgers Minnesota at Ohio State and Iowa at Purdue.

 

On Sunday, Jan. 7, Big Ten basketball returns to the Palestra in Philadelphia as Michigan takes on Penn State at noon ET.

 

The 2024 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Presented by TIAA takes place from the Target Center in Minneapolis, March 13-17. All eight games in Thursday’s second round and Friday’s, quarterfinals will appear on the Big Ten Network.

 

Outside of the two exhibitions being televised on Oct. 29, all remaining exhibition games and 38 additional non-conference games, including at least one for each school, will be available this year on B1G+. Subscriptions options are available in conference pass, school pass or sport pass formats starting at just $9.95 per month.

 

All men’s basketball programming on the Big Ten Network can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the Fox Sports app. Confirmation on all tip-off times, on-air talent, the complete B1G+ schedule and Big Ten Network studio programming will be available in the coming weeks.

 

2023-24 Men’s Basketball Television Schedule:

 

Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Time (ET)
October 29, 2023	Tennessee	Michigan State	3:30 PM
October 29, 2023	Kansas	Illinois	6:00 PM
November 6, 2023	Samford	Purdue	6:30 PM
November 6, 2023	James Madison	Michigan State	8:30 PM
November 7, 2023	Florida Gulf Coast	Indiana	6:30 PM
November 7, 2023	UNC-Asheville	Michigan	8:30 PM
November 9, 2023	Southern Indiana	Michigan State	7:00 PM
November 10, 2023	Youngstown State	Michigan	6:30 PM
November 10, 2023	Dayton	Northwestern	8:30 PM
November 12, 2023	Army	Indiana	7:00 PM
November 13, 2023	Rider	Nebraska	8:00 PM
November 14, 2023	St. Francis (PA)	Penn State	7:00 PM
November 15, 2023	Merrimack	Ohio State	7:00 PM
November 16, 2023	Wright State	Indiana	7:00 PM
November 16, 2023	Missouri	Minnesota	9:00 PM
November 19, 2023	Western Michigan	Ohio State	4:00 PM
November 19, 2023	Alcorn State	Michigan State	6:00 PM
November 19, 2023	Southern	Illinois	8:00 PM
November 21, 2023	UMBC	Maryland	7:00 PM
November 21, 2023	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Minnesota	9:00 PM
November 22, 2023	Duquesne	Nebraska	8:00 PM
November 24, 2023	Western Illinois	Illinois	9:00 PM
November 25, 2023	South Alabama	Maryland	7:00 PM
November 26, 2023	Harvard	Indiana	4:30 PM
November 27, 2023	Western Illinois	Wisconsin	7:00 PM
November 28, 2023	Georgia Southern	Michigan State	6:30 PM
November 28, 2023	Texas Southern	Purdue	8:30 PM
November 29, 2023	Central Michigan	Ohio State	7:00 PM
November 29, 2023	North Florida	Iowa	9:00 PM
November 30, 2023	New Orleans	Minnesota	7:00 PM
December 1, 2023	Maryland	Indiana	7:00 PM
December 1, 2023	Purdue	Northwestern	9:00 PM
December 2, 2023	Bucknell	Penn State	12:00 PM
December 2, 2023	Illinois	Rutgers	4:00 PM
December 3, 2023	Minnesota	Ohio State	6:30 PM
December 4, 2023	Iowa	Purdue	7:00 PM
December 6, 2023	Penn State	Maryland	7:00 PM
December 6, 2023	Nebraska	Minnesota	9:00 PM
December 9, 2023	Florida Gulf Coast	Minnesota	12:00 PM
December 9, 2023	Ohio State	Penn State	6:00 PM
December 10, 2023	Michigan	Iowa	4:30 PM
December 10, 2023	Michigan State	Nebraska	6:30 PM
December 12, 2023	Alcorn State	Maryland	7:00 PM
December 13, 2023	Chicago State	Northwestern	8:00 PM
December 14, 2023	Jacksonville State	Wisconsin	8:00 PM
December 16, 2023	Eastern Michigan	Michigan	2:15 PM
December 16, 2023	Florida A&M	Iowa	4:30 PM
December 17, 2023	Colgate	Illinois	1:00 PM
December 18, 2023	Oakland	Michigan State	7:00 PM
December 19, 2023	Morehead State	Indiana	6:30 PM
December 19, 2023	Nicholls State	Maryland	8:30 PM
December 20, 2023	UMBC	Iowa	8:00 PM
December 21, 2023	Jacksonville	Purdue	6:30 PM
December 21, 2023	North Alabama	Indiana	8:30 PM
December 22, 2023	Chicago State	Wisconsin	8:00 PM
December 23, 2023	Mississippi State	Rutgers	12:00 PM
December 28, 2023	Coppin State	Maryland	7:00 PM
December 29, 2023	McNeese State	Michigan	5 or 7 PM
December 29, 2023	Eastern Kentucky	Purdue	5 or 7 PM
December 29, 2023	Fairleigh Dickinson	Illinois	9:00 PM
December 30, 2023	Stonehill	Rutgers	12:00 PM
January 2, 2024	Iowa	Wisconsin	7:00 PM
January 2, 2024	Northwestern	Illinois	9:00 PM
January 3, 2024	Rutgers	Ohio State	7:00 PM
January 3, 2024	Indiana	Nebraska	9:00 PM
January 6, 2024	Rutgers	Iowa	12:00 PM
January 6, 2024	Nebraska	Wisconsin	2:15 PM
January 7, 2024	Michigan	Penn State	12:00 PM
January 7, 2024	Maryland	Minnesota	TBD
January 7, 2024	Michigan State	Northwestern	TBD
January 10, 2024	Northwestern	Penn State	6:30 PM
January 10, 2024	Wisconsin	Ohio State	8:30 PM
January 12, 2024	Nebraska	Iowa	9:00 PM
January 13, 2024	Northwestern	Wisconsin	12:00 PM
January 13, 2024	Penn State	Purdue	2:15 PM
January 14, 2024	Rutgers	Michigan State	12 or 4 PM
January 14, 2024	Maryland	Illinois	2 or 6 PM
January 15, 2024	Iowa	Minnesota	6:00 PM
January 16, 2024	Wisconsin	Penn State	9:00 PM
January 17, 2024	Nebraska	Rutgers	7:00 PM
January 17, 2024	Maryland	Northwestern	9:00 PM
January 20, 2024	Penn State	Ohio State	12:00 PM
January 20, 2024	Northwestern	Nebraska	2:15 PM
January 21, 2024	Rutgers	Illinois	1:00 PM
January 23, 2024	Wisconsin	Minnesota	7:00 PM
January 24, 2024	Maryland	Iowa	7:00 PM
January 24, 2024	Illinois	Northwestern	9:00 PM
January 27, 2024	Nebraska	Maryland	12:00 PM
January 27, 2024	Minnesota	Penn State	6:30 PM
January 27, 2024	Ohio State	Northwestern	8:30 PM
January 30, 2024	Iowa	Indiana	7:00 PM
January 31, 2024	Northwestern	Purdue	6:30 PM
January 31, 2024	Penn State	Rutgers	8:30 PM
February 1, 2024	Wisconsin	Nebraska	8:30 PM
February 3, 2024	Northwestern	Minnesota	2:00 PM
February 3, 2024	Rutgers	Michigan	4:00 PM
February 4, 2024	Nebraska	Illinois	6:30 PM
February 6, 2024	Rutgers	Maryland	6:30 PM
February 7, 2024	Wisconsin	Michigan	7:00 PM
February 7, 2024	Nebraska	Northwestern	9:00 PM
February 8, 2024	Iowa	Penn State	7:00 PM
February 10, 2024	Wisconsin	Rutgers	TBD
February 10, 2024	Michigan	Nebraska	TBD
February 11, 2024	Penn State	Northwestern	1:00 PM
February 11, 2024	Minnesota	Iowa	3:00 PM
February 14, 2024	Michigan State	Penn State	6:30 PM
February 14, 2024	Iowa	Maryland	8:30 PM
February 15, 2024	Northwestern	Rutgers	6:30 PM
February 15, 2024	Minnesota	Purdue	8:30 PM
February 17, 2024	Penn State	Nebraska	12:00 PM
February 17, 2024	Wisconsin	Iowa	2:15 PM
February 18, 2024	Rutgers	Minnesota	6:30 PM
February 21, 2024	Illinois	Penn State	6:30 PM
February 21, 2024	Nebraska	Indiana	8:30 PM
February 22, 2024	Ohio State	Minnesota	8:00 PM
February 24, 2024	Indiana	Penn State	12:00 PM
February 24, 2024	Iowa	Illinois	2:15 PM
February 25, 2024	Maryland	Rutgers	12:00 PM
February 25, 2024	Minnesota	Nebraska	6:30 PM
February 27, 2024	Penn State	Iowa	9:00 PM
February 28, 2024	Northwestern	Maryland	7:00 PM
February 28, 2024	Minnesota	Illinois	9:00 PM
March 2, 2024	Illinois	Wisconsin	1:00 PM
March 2, 2024	Penn State	Minnesota	3:15 PM
March 2, 2024	Iowa	Northwestern	5:30 PM
March 3, 2024	Rutgers	Nebraska	6:30 PM
March 6, 2024	Northwestern	Michigan State	7:00 PM
March 6, 2024	Indiana	Minnesota	9:00 PM
March 9, 2024	Minnesota	Northwestern	9:00 PM
March 10, 2024	Nebraska	Michigan	12:00 PM
March 10, 2024	Ohio State	Rutgers	2:00 PM
March 10, 2024	Maryland	Penn State	7:30 PM
March 14, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Game #3	12:00 PM
March 14, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Game #4	2:30 PM
March 14, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Game #5	6:30 PM
March 14, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Game #6	9:00 PM
March 15, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Quarterfinal #1	12:00 PM
March 15, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Quarterfinal #2	2:30 PM
March 15, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Quarterfinal #3	6:30 PM
March 15, 2024	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament	Quarterfinal #4	9:00 PM

 

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