BTN Communications, October 5, 2021

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 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