BTN Communications, September 19, 2016
Coming off a season in which seven Big Ten teams were selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament with three reaching the Elite Eight, BTN?s 2016-17 men?s basketball schedule will feature more than 75 conference matchups. The slate includes five Big Ten Tournament games and 10 consecutive weeks of ?Super Wednesday? doubleheaders, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. All games can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on BTN2Go, BTN?s digital extension.
Throughout conference play, BTN will be home to 35 games involving Big Ten teams that finished in the top 25 of the USA Today sports men's basketball coaches poll, including Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Conference play begins on Dec. 28 with an opening night doubleheader, as Nebraska travels to Bloomington to take on the Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa visits the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette.
January 28 will be ?Super Saturday? on BTN, with a hockey-basketball doubleheader featuring Wisconsin, Rutgers and Ohio State at Madison Square Garden. The Wisconsin and Rutgers men?s basketball programs will face each other at noon ET, while the Wisconsin and Ohio State men?s hockey teams will take to the ice at 7 p.m. ET.
Additionally, the network?s season-long coverage will include Tuesday and Thursday games presented by Quicken Loans and frequent doubleheaders on Saturdays and Sundays.
BTN will also televise plenty of non-conference action, including the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats at Purdue on Nov. 14 as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. On Dec. 3, Oklahoma, fresh off a Final Four appearance, travels to Madison to take on the Badgers, while the Oklahoma State Cowboys visit College Park to take on the Maryland Terrapins. In-state rivalry games will feature Creighton and Nebraska on Dec. 7 and Butler and Indiana in the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis on Dec. 17.
BTN rounds out the year by televising five tournament games, including an opening-round game on Wednesday, March 8; two second-round games on Thursday, March 9; and a pair of quarterfinal games on Friday, March 10.
The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2017 and Big Ten Basketball & Beyond will return in January, along with the BTN Tip Off Show presented by Auto-Owners Insurance. BTN will also debut two new Big Ten Elite basketball episodes next year, following the 1976 Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the 2015 Wisconsin Badgers.
Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Site | Time (ET) | |
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December 28, 2016 | Nebraska | at | Indiana | Bloomington, IN | 7:00 PM |
December 28, 2016 | Iowa | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | 9:00 PM |
December 30, 2016 | Northwestern | at | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | 6:00 PM |
January 1, 2017 | Ohio State | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | TBD |
January 1, 2017 | Nebraska | at | Maryland | College Park, MD | TBD |
January 1, 2017 | Minnesota | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | TBD |
January 1, 2017 | Michigan | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | TBD |
January 4, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | 6:30 PM |
January 4, 2017 | Penn State | at | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 8:30 PM |
January 5, 2017 | Iowa | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 9:00 PM |
January 8, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2:15 or 4:30 PM |
January 8, 2017 | Northwestern | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 2:15 or 4:30 PM |
January 8, 2017 | Ohio State | at | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 7:30 PM |
January 11, 2017 | Minnesota | at | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | 7:00 PM |
January 11, 2017 | Michigan | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 9:00 PM |
January 12, 2017 | Purdue | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 9:00 PM |
January 14, 2017 | Nebraska | at | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 2:00 PM |
January 15, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Indiana | Bloomington, IN | 12 or 4:30 PM |
January 15, 2017 | Iowa | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 7:30 PM |
January 17, 2017 | Illinois | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | 7:00 PM |
January 18, 2017 | Indiana | at | Penn State | University Park, PA | 7:00 PM |
January 18, 2017 | Ohio State | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 9:00 PM |
January 21, 2017 | Penn State | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | 12:00 PM |
January 21, 2017 | Illinois | at | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 2:15 PM |
January 21, 2017 | Wisconsin | at | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 4:30 PM |
January 22, 2017 | Northwestern | at | Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 1:00 PM |
January 24, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Maryland | College Park, MD | 7:00 PM |
January 24, 2017 | Penn State | at | Wisconsin | Madison, WI | 9:00 PM |
January 25, 2017 | Minnesota | at | Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 7:00 PM |
January 25, 2017 | Iowa | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 9:00 PM |
January 26, 2017 | Nebraska | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 8:00 PM |
January 28, 2017 | Wisconsin | vs. | Rutgers | New York, NY | 12:00 PM |
January 28, 2017 | Maryland | at | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 2:15 PM |
January 28, 2017 | Illinois | at | Penn State | University Park, PA | 4:30 PM |
January 29, 2017 | Purdue | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 4:30 PM |
January 29, 2017 | Indiana | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 6:30 PM |
January 31, 2017 | Iowa | at | Rutgers | Piscataway, NJ | 7:00 PM |
January 31, 2017 | Wisconsin | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 9:00 PM |
February 1, 2017 | Penn State | at | Indiana | Bloomington, IN | 6:30 PM |
February 1, 2017 | Northwestern | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | 8:30 PM |
February 4, 2017 | Minnesota | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 4:00 PM |
February 5, 2017 | Nebraska | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2:00 PM |
February 7, 2017 | Maryland | at | Penn State | University Park, PA | 6:00 PM |
February 7, 2017 | Illinois | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 8:00 PM |
February 8, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 7:00 PM |
February 8, 2017 | Iowa | at | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 9:00 PM |
February 9, 2017 | Wisconsin | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 9:00 PM |
February 11, 2017 | Penn State | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 2:00 PM |
February 11, 2017 | Iowa | at | Michigan State | East Lansing, MI | 6:00 PM |
February 12, 2017 | Northwestern | at | Wisconsin | Madison, WI | 6:30 PM |
February 14, 2017 | Rutgers | at | Purdue | West Lafayette, IN | 7:00 PM |
February 14, 2017 | Penn State | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 9:00 PM |
February 15, 2017 | Maryland | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 7:00 PM |
February 15, 2017 | Indiana | at | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 9:00 PM |
February 18, 2017 | Illinois | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2:00 PM |
February 18, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | 6:00 PM |
February 19, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | 7:00 PM |
February 21, 2017 | Purdue | at | Penn State | University Park, PA | 6:00 PM |
February 21, 2017 | Northwestern | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 8:00 PM |
February 22, 2017 | Michigan | at | Rutgers | Piscataway, NJ | 6:30 PM |
February 22, 2017 | Minnesota | at | Maryland | College Park, MD | 8:30 PM |
February 25, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | TBD |
February 25, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | TBD |
February 26, 2017 | Illinois | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 7:30 PM |
February 28, 2017 | Maryland | at | Rutgers | Piscataway, NJ | 6:30 PM |
February 28, 2017 | Ohio State | at | Penn State | University Park, PA | 8:30 PM |
March 1, 2017 | Michigan | at | Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 7:00 PM |
March 1, 2017 | Michigan State | at | Illinois | Champaign, IL | 9:00 PM |
March 4, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | 2:00 PM |
March 5, 2017 | Penn State | at | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 1:00 PM |
March 5, 2017 | TBD | at | TBD | TBD | 6:00 PM |
March 5, 2017 | Michigan | at | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 8:00 PM |
March 8, 2017 | Big Ten Tournament First Round | at | Big Ten Tournament | Washington, D.C. | 7:00 PM |
March 9, 2017 | Big Ten Tournament Second Round | at | Big Ten Tournament | Washington, D.C. | 12:00 PM |
March 9, 2017 | Big Ten Tournament Second Round | at | Big Ten Tournament | Washington, D.C. | 2:30 PM |
March 10, 2017 | Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal | at | Big Ten Tournament | Washington, D.C. | 6:30 PM |
March 10, 2017 | Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal | at | Big Ten Tournament | Washington, D.C. | 9:00 PM |