etwork to televise 10 Big Ten Tournament games in Madison Square Garden
CHICAGO, Ill. – Coming off a season in which three Big Ten teams reached the Sweet 16 , BTN’s 2017-18 men’s basketball schedule will feature more than 75 conference matchups in addition to at least 49 non-conference battles. For the first time in history, BTN will be the exclusive cable home for the men’s Big Ten Tournament, featuring 10 tournament games from Madison Square Garden in New York City. All games can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Goand Fox Sports Go.
Conference play on begins on Friday, Dec. 1 with an opening night doubleheader, as Purdue travels to College Park to take on Maryland and Illinois visits Northwestern. January 20 will be “Super Saturday” on BTN, with a hockey-basketball doubleheader featuring Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State at Madison Square Garden. The Minnesota and Ohio State men’s basketball programs will face each other at noon ET, while the Michigan State and Minnesota men’s hockey teams will take to the ice at 8 p.m. ET.
The network’s season-long coverage will include Super Wednesday double headers, Tuesday and Thursday games presented by Quicken Loans and more than 20 games on Saturdays and Sundays.
BTN rounds out the year by televising 10 Big Ten Tournament games, including a pair of opening-round games on Wednesday, Feb. 28, followed by four first-round games on Thursday, March 1 and four second-round games on Friday, March 2.
The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2018 and Big Ten Basketball & Beyond will return in January, along with the BTN Tip Off Show presented by Auto-Owners Insurance.
2017-18 Conference Schedule:
Date
Visiting Team
Home Team
Site
Time (ET)
December 1, 2017
Purdue
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
7:00 PM
December 1, 2017
Illinois
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
December 2, 2017
Penn State
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
5:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Northwestern
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
4:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Rutgers
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
6:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Maryland
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
8:00 PM
December 4, 2017
Iowa
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
8:00 PM
December 5, 2017
Michigan State
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
December 5, 2017
Minnesota
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 2, 2018
Penn State
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
7:00 PM
January 2, 2018
Nebraska
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 3, 2018
Rutgers
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
7:00 PM
January 3, 2018
Illinois
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
January 6, 2018
Illinois
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 PM
January 6, 2018
Nebraska
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
2:15 PM
January 9, 2018
Wisconsin
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
8:30 PM
January 9, 2018
Penn State
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
6:30 PM
January 10, 2018
Rutgers
at
Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
7:00 PM
January 10, 2018
Minnesota
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 12, 2018
Nebraska
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
January 14, 2018
Ohio State
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 15, 2018
Minnesota
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
January 15, 2018
Illinois
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 17, 2018
Iowa
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 17, 2018
Ohio State
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 18, 2018
Michigan
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 20, 2018
Ohio State
vs.
Minnesota
New York, NY
12:00 PM
January 20, 2018
Penn State
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
2:00 PM
January 21, 2018
Rutgers
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 PM
January 22, 2018
Nebraska
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
8:00 PM
January 23, 2018
Northwestern
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
January 24, 2018
Nebraska
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 24, 2018
Indiana
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
9:00 PM
January 25, 2018
Penn State
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
8:00 PM
January 27, 2018
Rutgers
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
4:00 PM
January 27, 2018
Iowa
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
8:00 PM
January 29, 2018
Nebraska
at
Wisconsin
Madison, WI
9:00 PM
January 30, 2018
Rutgers
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
7:00 PM
January 30, 2018
Minnesota
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
9:00 PM
January 31, 2018
Penn State
at
Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
6:30 PM
January 31, 2018
Maryland
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:30 PM
February 3, 2018
Purdue
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
4:00 PM
February 3, 2018
Iowa
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
6 or 8 PM
February 5, 2018
Indiana
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
February 6, 2018
Michigan
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
7:00 PM
February 6, 2018
Nebraska
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
February 7, 2018
Maryland
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
6:30 PM
February 7, 2018
Ohio State
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:30 PM
February 8, 2018
Wisconsin
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
9:00 PM
February 10, 2018
Rutgers
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
4:00 PM
February 10, 2018
Iowa
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
6 or 8 PM
February 11, 2018
Penn State
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
7:00 PM
February 13, 2018
Maryland
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM
February 13, 2018
Northwestern
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
9:00 PM
February 14, 2018
Iowa
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
6:30 PM
February 14, 2018
Illinois
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
8:30 PM
February 15, 2018
Ohio State
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
8:00 PM
February 17, 2018
Rutgers
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
8:00 PM
February 18, 2018
Nebraska
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
3:30 PM
February 18, 2018
Penn State
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:00 PM
February 20, 2018
Rutgers
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
7:00 PM
February 20, 2018
Indiana
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
February 21, 2018
Michigan
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
February 21, 2018
Iowa
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
February 25, 2018
Illinois
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
3:00 PM
February 25, 2018
Penn State
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
5:15 PM
February 25, 2018
Northwestern
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
7:30 PM
February 28, 2018
Big Ten Tournament First Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
TBD
February 28, 2018
Big Ten Tournament First Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
TBD
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
Noon
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
2:30 PM
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
6:30 PM
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
9:00 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
Noon
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
2:30 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
6:30 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York
CHICAGO, Ill. – Coming off a season in which three Big Ten teams reached the Sweet 16 , BTN’s 2017-18 men’s basketball schedule will feature more than 75 conference matchups in addition to at least 49 non-conference battles. For the first time in history, BTN will be the exclusive cable home for the men’s Big Ten Tournament, featuring 10 tournament games from Madison Square Garden in New York City. All games can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Goand Fox Sports Go.
Conference play on begins on Friday, Dec. 1 with an opening night doubleheader, as Purdue travels to College Park to take on Maryland and Illinois visits Northwestern. January 20 will be “Super Saturday” on BTN, with a hockey-basketball doubleheader featuring Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State at Madison Square Garden. The Minnesota and Ohio State men’s basketball programs will face each other at noon ET, while the Michigan State and Minnesota men’s hockey teams will take to the ice at 8 p.m. ET.
The network’s season-long coverage will include Super Wednesday double headers, Tuesday and Thursday games presented by Quicken Loans and more than 20 games on Saturdays and Sundays.
BTN rounds out the year by televising 10 Big Ten Tournament games, including a pair of opening-round games on Wednesday, Feb. 28, followed by four first-round games on Thursday, March 1 and four second-round games on Friday, March 2.
The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2018 and Big Ten Basketball & Beyond will return in January, along with the BTN Tip Off Show presented by Auto-Owners Insurance.
2017-18 Conference Schedule:
Date
Visiting Team
Home Team
Site
Time (ET)
December 1, 2017
Purdue
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
7:00 PM
December 1, 2017
Illinois
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
December 2, 2017
Penn State
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
5:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Northwestern
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
4:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Rutgers
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
6:00 PM
December 3, 2017
Maryland
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
8:00 PM
December 4, 2017
Iowa
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
8:00 PM
December 5, 2017
Michigan State
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
December 5, 2017
Minnesota
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 2, 2018
Penn State
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
7:00 PM
January 2, 2018
Nebraska
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 3, 2018
Rutgers
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
7:00 PM
January 3, 2018
Illinois
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
January 6, 2018
Illinois
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 PM
January 6, 2018
Nebraska
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
2:15 PM
January 9, 2018
Wisconsin
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
8:30 PM
January 9, 2018
Penn State
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
6:30 PM
January 10, 2018
Rutgers
at
Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
7:00 PM
January 10, 2018
Minnesota
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 12, 2018
Nebraska
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
January 14, 2018
Ohio State
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 15, 2018
Minnesota
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
January 15, 2018
Illinois
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 17, 2018
Iowa
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 17, 2018
Ohio State
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
9:00 PM
January 18, 2018
Michigan
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
January 20, 2018
Ohio State
vs.
Minnesota
New York, NY
12:00 PM
January 20, 2018
Penn State
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
2:00 PM
January 21, 2018
Rutgers
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 PM
January 22, 2018
Nebraska
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
8:00 PM
January 23, 2018
Northwestern
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
January 24, 2018
Nebraska
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
January 24, 2018
Indiana
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
9:00 PM
January 25, 2018
Penn State
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
8:00 PM
January 27, 2018
Rutgers
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
4:00 PM
January 27, 2018
Iowa
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
8:00 PM
January 29, 2018
Nebraska
at
Wisconsin
Madison, WI
9:00 PM
January 30, 2018
Rutgers
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
7:00 PM
January 30, 2018
Minnesota
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
9:00 PM
January 31, 2018
Penn State
at
Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
6:30 PM
January 31, 2018
Maryland
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:30 PM
February 3, 2018
Purdue
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
4:00 PM
February 3, 2018
Iowa
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
6 or 8 PM
February 5, 2018
Indiana
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
7:00 PM
February 6, 2018
Michigan
at
Northwestern
Rosemont, IL
7:00 PM
February 6, 2018
Nebraska
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
February 7, 2018
Maryland
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
6:30 PM
February 7, 2018
Ohio State
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:30 PM
February 8, 2018
Wisconsin
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
9:00 PM
February 10, 2018
Rutgers
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
4:00 PM
February 10, 2018
Iowa
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
6 or 8 PM
February 11, 2018
Penn State
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
7:00 PM
February 13, 2018
Maryland
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM
February 13, 2018
Northwestern
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
9:00 PM
February 14, 2018
Iowa
at
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
6:30 PM
February 14, 2018
Illinois
at
Indiana
Bloomington, IN
8:30 PM
February 15, 2018
Ohio State
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
8:00 PM
February 17, 2018
Rutgers
at
Maryland
College Park, MD
8:00 PM
February 18, 2018
Nebraska
at
Illinois
Champaign, IL
3:30 PM
February 18, 2018
Penn State
at
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
8:00 PM
February 20, 2018
Rutgers
at
Ohio State
Columbus, OH
7:00 PM
February 20, 2018
Indiana
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
9:00 PM
February 21, 2018
Michigan
at
Penn State
University Park, PA
7:00 PM
February 21, 2018
Iowa
at
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
9:00 PM
February 25, 2018
Illinois
at
Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ
3:00 PM
February 25, 2018
Penn State
at
Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
5:15 PM
February 25, 2018
Northwestern
at
Iowa
Iowa City, IA
7:30 PM
February 28, 2018
Big Ten Tournament First Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
TBD
February 28, 2018
Big Ten Tournament First Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
TBD
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
Noon
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
2:30 PM
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
6:30 PM
March 1, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Second Round
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
9:00 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
Noon
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
2:30 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York City
6:30 PM
March 2, 2018
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal
at
Big Ten Tournament
New York
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