Big Ten Network Announces 2021-22 Big Ten Men and Women’s Basketball Schedule

Big Ten Network Announces 2021-22 Big Ten Men and Women’s Basketball Schedule

172 regular season games and 22 Big Ten Tournament Games set for the coming season

 

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Network today announced its 2021-22 television schedule for men’s and women’s basketball, with nearly 200 total games across the entire season. BTN will air at least 134 men’s basketball games, including 10 Big Ten Tournament games, as well as at least 60 women’s basketball games, including four ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchups alongside 12 conference tournament games.

 

Men’s play begins with a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Eastern Michigan visits Indiana and Jackson State heads to Illinois, in one of nine games on BTN featuring historically black colleges and universities, including Michigan’s Nov. 13 appearance in the Coaches vs. Racism HBCU Roundball Classic. Additional non-conference highlights include the debut of Indiana head coach Mike Woodson (Nov. 9) and Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry (Nov. 10), a pair of Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational games, with Florida vs. Maryland and North Carolina State vs. Purdue on Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Barclays Center and the Braggin’ Rights game between Illinois and Missouri on Wednesday, Dec. 22, in St. Louis.

 

Men’s conference play gets started on Friday, Dec. 3, with Iowa traveling to West Lafayette to take on Purdue at 9 p.m. ET and continues with three more games on opening weekend with Nebraska at Indiana on Saturday, Dec. 4, and Northwestern at Maryland and Ohio State at Penn State on Sunday, Dec. 5. Throughout the season, the Big Ten Network will air more than 75 men’s conference basketball games.  An additional 40 men’s non-conference basketball matchups will be available via B1G+, the network’s home for non-televised events.

 

The women’s schedule is led by a combined 15 appearances for two of the premier players in the game, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Michigan’s Naz Hillmon. Clark, a first team All-American standout as a freshman, makes her debut on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 4 p.m. ET versus Michigan State, while Hillmon, the 2021 Big Ten Player of the Year, makes her debut on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 9 p.m. ET against Wisconsin.

 

The season begins with a non-conference battle between Baylor and Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. ET, followed by four Big Ten/ACC Challenge games in primetime on Dec. 1 and 2. Additional highlights include Oregon visiting Northwestern on Tuesday, Dec. 21, and a tripleheader of action on Sunday, Feb.20. Rutgers welcomes Purdue at 1 p.m. ET, Michigan will host Maryland at 3 p.m. ET and Indiana will visit Iowa at 5 p.m. ET. On Friday, Feb. 25, Indiana travels to College Park for a late season game against Maryland with potential Big Ten championship implications.

 

Both the Big Ten men’s and women’s conference tournaments are scheduled for March at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The women’s tournament takes place March 2-6, with the first 12 games airing on BTN, while the men’s tournament takes place March 9-13, with the first 10 games airing on BTN. Additional details regarding on-air talent, Big Ten Network Originals productions and studio programming will be available in the following weeks.

 

All basketball programming on the Big Ten Network can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the Fox Sports app.

 

2021-22 Men’s Basketball Television Schedule:

 

Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Time (ET)
November 9, 2021	Eastern Michigan	Indiana	6:30 PM
November 9, 2021	Jackson State	Illinois	8:30 PM
November 10, 2021	Buffalo	Michigan	6:30 PM
November 10, 2021	Youngstown State	Penn State	8:30 PM
November 11, 2021	George Washington	Maryland	6:30 PM
November 12, 2021	Indiana State	Purdue	TBD
November 12, 2021	Western Michigan	Michigan State	TBD
November 13, 2021	Prairie View A&M	Michigan	8:00 PM
November 15, 2021	Bowling Green	Ohio State	6:30 PM
November 15, 2021	NJIT	Rutgers	8:30 PM
November 16, 2021	Wright State	Purdue	7:00 PM
November 16, 2021	North Carolina Central	Iowa	9:00 PM
November 17, 2021	George Mason	Maryland	7:00 PM
November 18, 2021	Alabama State	Iowa	7:00 PM
November 18, 2021	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northwestern	9:00 PM
November 21, 2021	Louisiana	Indiana	7:30 PM
November 22, 2021	Cornell	Penn State	6:30 PM
November 22, 2021	Western Michigan	Iowa	8:30 PM
November 23, 2021	Jackson State	Indiana	7:00 PM
November 23, 2021	Tennessee State	Nebraska	9:00 PM
November 24, 2021	Tarleton State	Michigan	7:00 PM
November 24, 2021	Jacksonville	Minnesota	9:00 PM
November 27, 2021	Marshall	Indiana	TBD
December 3, 2021	Iowa	Purdue	9:00 PM
December 4, 2021	Toledo	Michigan State	TBD
December 4, 2021	Nebraska	Indiana	TBD
December 5, 2021	Northwestern	Maryland	12:00 PM
December 5, 2021	Ohio State	Penn State	7:30 PM
December 8, 2021	Indiana	Wisconsin	7:00 PM
December 8, 2021	Michigan State	Minnesota	9:00 PM
December 9, 2021	Purdue	Rutgers	7:00 PM
December 11, 2021	Wisconsin	Ohio State	12:00 PM
December 11, 2021	Penn State	Michigan State	2:00 PM
December 12, 2021	Merrimack	Indiana	12:00 PM
December 12, 2021	North Carolina State	Purdue	2:00 PM
December 12, 2021	Florida	Maryland	4:30 PM
December 14, 2021	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Minnesota	8:00 PM
December 15, 2021	Nicholls State	Wisconsin	8:00 PM
December 18, 2021	St. Francis (PA)	Illinois	1:00 PM
December 18, 2021	DePaul	Northwestern	3:00 PM
December 18, 2021	Rider	Rutgers	5:00 PM
December 18, 2021	Southern Utah	Michigan	7:00 PM
December 18, 2021	Utah State	Iowa	9:00 PM
December 19, 2021	Kansas State	Nebraska	6:00 PM
December 20, 2021	Incarnate Word	Purdue	7:00 PM
December 21, 2021	Purdue Fort Wayne	Michigan	7:00 PM
December 22, 2021	Northern Kentucky	Indiana	7:00 PM
December 22, 2021	Missouri	Illinois	9:00 PM
December 23, 2021	Morgan State	Wisconsin	7:00 PM
December 28, 2021	New Orleans	Ohio State	6:30 PM
December 28, 2021	Loyola (MD)	Maryland	8:30 PM
December 29, 2021	High Point	Michigan State	TBD
December 29, 2021	Nicholls State	Purdue	TBD
December 29, 2021	UNC-Asheville	Indiana	TBD
December 29, 2021	Florida A&M	Illinois	TBD
December 30, 2021	Prairie View A&M	Northwestern	5:00 PM
December 30, 2021	Brown	Maryland	7:00 PM
January 2, 2022	Michigan State	Northwestern	2:00 PM
January 2, 2022	Indiana	Penn State	4:00 PM
January 2, 2022	Illinois	Minnesota	6:00 PM
January 2, 2022	Ohio State	Nebraska	8:00 PM
January 3, 2022	Wisconsin	Purdue	7:00 PM
January 3, 2022	Maryland	Iowa	9:00 PM
January 4, 2022	Michigan	Rutgers	7:00 PM
January 5, 2022	Nebraska	Michigan State	7:00 PM
January 5, 2022	Penn State	Northwestern	9:00 PM
January 8, 2022	Purdue	Penn State	12:00 PM
January 8, 2022	Nebraska	Rutgers	2:00 PM
January 9, 2022	Wisconsin	Maryland	TBD
January 9, 2022	Northwestern	Ohio State	TBD
January 11, 2022	Rutgers	Penn State	6:30 PM
January 11, 2022	Illinois	Nebraska	8:30 PM
January 12, 2022	Minnesota	Michigan State	7:00 PM
January 12, 2022	Maryland	Northwestern	9:00 PM
January 15, 2022	Northwestern	Michigan State	12:00 PM
January 15, 2022	Rutgers	Maryland	2:00 PM
January 16, 2022	Iowa	Minnesota	TBD
January 16, 2022	Penn State	Ohio State	TBD
January 17, 2022	Indiana	Nebraska	6:00 PM
January 18, 2022	Wisconsin	Northwestern	7:30 or 9 PM
January 19, 2022	Minnesota	Penn State	6:30 PM
January 19, 2022	Iowa	Rutgers	8:30 PM
January 22, 2022	Rutgers	Minnesota	12:00 PM
January 22, 2022	Nebraska	Ohio State	2:15 or 4:30 PM
January 22, 2022	Penn State	Iowa	2:15 or 4:30 PM
January 23, 2022	Northwestern	Purdue	1:00 PM
January 25, 2022	Maryland	Rutgers	7:00 PM
January 25, 2022	Wisconsin	Nebraska	9:00 PM
January 26, 2022	Northwestern	Michigan	6:30 PM
January 26, 2022	Penn State	Indiana	8:30 PM
January 29, 2022	Illinois	Northwestern	4:30 PM
January 29, 2022	Rutgers	Nebraska	6:30 PM
January 30, 2022	Minnesota	Wisconsin	1:00 PM
January 31, 2022	Iowa	Penn State	7:00 PM
February 1, 2022	Rutgers	Northwestern	7:00 PM
February 1, 2022	Nebraska	Michigan	9:00 PM
February 2, 2022	Purdue	Minnesota	7:00 PM
February 2, 2022	Wisconsin	Illinois	9:00 PM
February 5, 2022	Northwestern	Nebraska	1:00 PM
February 5, 2022	Penn State	Wisconsin	6:00 PM
February 6, 2022	Minnesota	Iowa	TBD
February 8, 2022	Wisconsin	Michigan State	7:00 PM
February 8, 2022	Indiana	Northwestern	9:00 PM
February 9, 2022	Ohio State	Rutgers	7:00 PM
February 9, 2022	Minnesota	Nebraska	9:00 PM
February 12, 2022	Penn State	Minnesota	8:30 PM
February 13, 2022	Northwestern	Illinois	2:00 PM
February 15, 2022	Michigan State	Penn State	6:30 PM
February 15, 2022	Minnesota	Ohio State	8:30 PM
February 16, 2022	Illinois	Rutgers	7:00 PM
February 16, 2022	Purdue	Northwestern	9:00 PM
February 18, 2022	Maryland	Nebraska	9:00 PM
February 19, 2022	Northwestern	Minnesota	4:00 PM
February 22, 2022	Nebraska	Northwestern	8:00 PM
February 23, 2022	Rutgers	Michigan	7:00 PM
February 23, 2022	Wisconsin	Minnesota	9:00 PM
February 26, 2022	Wisconsin	Rutgers	6:00 PM
February 28, 2022	Nebraska	Penn State	7:00 PM
February 28, 2022	Northwestern	Iowa	9:00 PM
March 2, 2022	Rutgers	Indiana	7:00 PM
March 2, 2022	Minnesota	Maryland	9:00 PM
March 6, 2022	Penn State	Rutgers	12:00 PM
March 6, 2022	Nebraska	Wisconsin	2:00 PM
March 6, 2022	Minnesota	Northwestern	7:30 PM
March 9, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #1	TBD	6:00 PM
March 9, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #2	TBD	Approx. 8:30 PM
March 10, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #3	TBD	TBD
March 10, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #4	TBD	Approx. 2:30 PM
March 10, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #5	TBD	6:30 PM
March 10, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Game #6	TBD	Approx. 9 PM
March 11, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	TBD	TBD
March 11, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	TBD	Approx. 2:30 PM
March 11, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	TBD	6:30 PM
March 11, 2022	Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	TBD	Approx. 9 PM

 

2021-22 Women’s Basketball Television Schedule:

 

Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Time (ET)
November 21, 2021	Baylor	Maryland	1:00 PM
December 1, 2021	Georgia Tech	Purdue	7:00 PM
December 1, 2021	North Carolina	Minnesota	9:00 PM
December 2, 2021	Notre Dame	Michigan State	6:00 PM
December 2, 2021	Miami (FL)	Maryland	8:00 PM
December 5, 2021	Maryland	Rutgers	2:00 PM
December 5, 2021	Michigan State	Iowa	4:00 PM
December 6, 2021	Penn State	Indiana	6:00 PM
December 6, 2021	Nebraska	Minnesota	8:00 PM
December 9, 2021	Michigan	Wisconsin	9:00 PM
December 12, 2021	Indiana	Ohio State	7:00 PM
December 19, 2021	Drake	Nebraska	1:00 PM
December 21, 2021	Oregon	Northwestern	9:00 PM
December 30, 2021	Purdue	Wisconsin	9:00 PM
December 31, 2021	Ohio State	Michigan	12:00 PM
December 31, 2021	Northwestern	Minnesota	2:00 PM
January 4, 2022	Michigan	Nebraska	9:00 PM
January 6, 2022	Penn State	Maryland	6:00 PM
January 6, 2022	Northwestern	Iowa	8:00 PM
January 13, 2022	Nebraska	Indiana	6:00 PM
January 13, 2022	Northwestern	Illinois	8:00 PM
January 16, 2022	Nebraska	Iowa	TBD
January 20, 2022	Maryland	Ohio State	6:00 PM
January 20, 2022	Iowa	Minnesota	8:00 PM
January 23, 2022	Indiana	Iowa	6:00 PM
January 24, 2022	Purdue	Michigan	6:00 PM
January 27, 2022	Michigan	Ohio State	6:00 PM
January 27, 2022	Iowa	Northwestern	8:00 PM
January 30, 2022	Wisconsin	Minnesota	3:00 PM
January 31, 2022	Ohio State	Iowa	9:00 PM
February 3, 2022	Maryland	Michigan State	6:00 PM
February 3, 2022	Penn State	Nebraska	8:00 PM
February 6, 2022	Illinois	Wisconsin	1 or 2 PM
February 7, 2022	Rutgers	Ohio State	6:00 PM
February 10, 2022	Michigan	Michigan State	6:30 PM
February 14, 2022	Indiana	Nebraska	7:00 PM
February 14, 2022	Ohio State	Illinois	9:00 PM
February 17, 2022	Northwestern	Indiana	6:00 PM
February 17, 2022	Ohio State	Maryland	8:00 PM
February 20, 2022	Purdue	Rutgers	1:00 PM
February 20, 2022	Maryland	Michigan	3:00 PM
February 20, 2022	Iowa	Indiana	5:00 PM
February 21, 2022	Penn State	Michigan State	6:00 PM
February 24, 2022	Michigan State	Michigan	6:00 PM
February 24, 2022	Iowa	Rutgers	8:00 PM
February 25, 2022	Indiana	Maryland	7 or 8 PM
February 27, 2022	TBD	TBD	TBD
February 27, 2022	TBD	TBD	TBD
March 2, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #1	TBD	2:00 PM
March 2, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #2	TBD	Approx. 4:30 PM
March 3, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #3	TBD	TBD
March 3, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #4	TBD	Approx. 2:30 PM
March 3, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #5	TBD	6:30 PM
March 3, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Game #6	TBD	Approx. 9 PM
March 4, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	TBD	TBD
March 4, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	TBD	Approx. 2:30 PM
March 4, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	TBD	6:30 PM
March 4, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	TBD	Approx. 9 PM
March 5, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	TBD	6:30 PM
March 5, 2022	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	TBD	Approx. 9 PM

 

 

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