BTN Communications, November 24, 2020
The Big Ten Network today announced its 2020 non-conference television schedule for Big Ten men?s basketball, featuring over 40 games throughout the next three weeks.
The schedule opens tomorrow at noon ET with six consecutive games, 12 hours of action and four teams ranked inside the AP Top 25 when Nebraska, No. 8 Illinois, No. 5 Iowa, No. 13 Michigan State, Indiana and No. 7 Wisconsin make their season debuts. Additional non-conference highlights include Notre Dame at No. 13 Michigan State, Iowa State at No. 5 Iowa, Nebraska at No. 11 Creighton and Seton Hall at Penn State.
Bringing the sights and sounds of Big Ten Basketball to life will be the veteran play-by-play voices of Kevin Kugler, Brandon Gaudin, Dave Revsine, Lisa Byington, Mike Hall, Jeff Levering and Chris Vosters. A versatile lineup of analysts will accompany that group, including John Beilein, Robbie Hummel, Stephen Bardo, Mike DeCourcy, Andy Katz, Len Elmore, Shon Morris, Christy Winters-Scott and others.
All basketball programming can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the Fox Sports app.
Scheduling notes: Games on Saturday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 12, will be set following the confirmation of that same date?s corresponding Big Ten football games. The Big Ten Network?s men?s and women?s conference basketball schedules will be unveiled at a later date.
2020-21 Non-Conference Television Schedule:
Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | TV | Time (ET) | |
Nov. 25 | McNeese State | at | Nebraska | BTN | Noon |
Nov. 25 | North Carolina A&T | at | Illinois | BTN | 2p |
Nov. 25 | North Carolina Central | at | Iowa | BTN | 4p |
Nov. 25 | Eastern Michigan | at | Michigan State | BTN | 6p |
Nov. 25 | Tennessee Tech | at | Indiana | BTN | 8p |
Nov. 25 | Eastern Illinois | at | Wisconsin | BTN | 10p |
Nov. 26 | Chicago State | at | Illinois | BTN | Noon |
Nov. 26 | Nevada | at | Nebraska | BTN | 2p |
Nov. 27 | Ohio | at | Illinois | BTN | 1p |
Nov. 27 | Navy | at | Maryland | BTN | 3p |
Nov. 27 | Southern | at | Iowa | BTN | 5p |
Nov. 27 | Fairleigh Dickinson | at | Rutgers | BTN | 7p |
Nov. 27 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | at | Wisconsin | BTN | 9p |
Nov. 28 | North Dakota State | at | Nebraska | BTN | Noon |
Nov. 28 | Loyola Marymount | at | Minnesota | BTN | 6p |
Nov. 28 | Notre Dame | at | Michigan State | BTN | 8p |
Nov. 29 | UMass-Lowell | at | Ohio State | BTN | Noon |
Nov. 29 | Mount St. Mary's | at | Maryland | BTN | 2p |
Nov. 29 | Hofstra | at | Rutgers | BTN | 4p |
Nov. 29 | Oakland | at | Michigan | BTN | 6p |
Nov. 30 | North Dakota State | at | Minnesota | BTN | 8p |
Dec. 1 | Oakland | at | Purdue | BTN | 3p |
Dec. 1 | Green Bay | at | Wisconsin | BTN | 5p |
Dec. 1 | Monmouth | at | Maryland | BTN | 7p |
Dec. 1 | South Dakota | at | Nebraska | BTN | 9p |
Dec. 2 | Morehead State | at | Ohio State | BTN | 5p |
Dec. 2 | Ball State | at | Michigan | BTN | 7p |
Dec. 2 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | at | Northwestern | BTN | 9p |
Dec. 3 | Western Illinois | at | Iowa | BTN | 8p |
Dec. 4 | George Mason | at | Maryland | BTN | 3p |
Dec. 4 | Detroit | at | Michigan State | BTN | 5p |
Dec. 4 | Valparaiso | at | Purdue | BTN | 7p |
Dec. 4 | North Dakota | at | Minnesota | BTN | 9p |
Dec. 5 | TBD | at | Illinois | BTN or BTN+ | TBD |
Dec. 5 | Chicago State | at | Northwestern | BTN or BTN+ | TBD |
Dec. 5 | Alabama A&M | at | Ohio State | BTN or BTN+ | TBD |
Dec. 6 | Florida A&M | at | Nebraska | BTN | 2p |
Dec. 6 | UCF | at | Michigan | BTN | 4p |
Dec. 6 | Western Michigan | at | Michigan State | BTN | 6p |
Dec. 6 | Seton Hall | at | Penn State | BTN | 8p |
Dec. 11 | Nebraska | at | Creighton | BTN | 7p |
Dec. 11 | Iowa State | at | Iowa | BTN | 9p |
Dec. 12 | Indiana State | at | Purdue | BTN or BTN+ | TBD |
Dec. 12 | TBD | at | Wisconsin | BTN or BTN+ | TBD |
Dec. 13 | North Alabama | at | Indiana | BTN | TBD |
Dec. 13 | Cleveland State | at | Ohio State | BTN | TBD |
Dec. 13 | Penn State | at | Michigan | BTN | TBD |
Dec. 14 | Rutgers | at | Maryland | BTN | TBD |
Dec. 16 | Northern Iowa | at | Wisconsin | BTN | TBD |
Dec. 21/22 | La Salle | at | Maryland | BTN | TBD |