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In another classic Big Ten 5 p.m. news dump, the official basketball schedules for the upcoming season were released on Wednesday afternoon. The Michigan Wolverines will open the season on Nov. 25 against Bowling Green at 4 p.m. at Crisler Center.
The slate of games features five non-conference tuneups before conference play officially kicks off on Dec. 13 against Penn State. The Wolverines will play three conference games in December with the other two coming on Christmas Day at Nebraska and New Years Eve at Maryland. Michigan gets two games against the Michigan State Spartans this year on Feb. 7 in Ann Arbor and March 7 in East Lansing.
The Wolverines will play single games against Illinois, Iowa and Rutgers at home and Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue on the road. The Big Ten Tournament will be back in Chicago starting on March 10 and running through March 14.
Here’s your full schedule for the season:
Nov. 25 — vs. Bowling Green
Nov. 29 — vs. Oakland
Dec. 2 — vs. Ball State
Dec. 6 — vs. Central Florida
Dec. 9 — vs. NC State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Dec. 13 — vs. Penn State
Dec. 25 — at Nebraska
Dec. 31 — at Maryland
Jan. 3 — vs. Northwestern
Jan. 6 — vs. Minnesota
Jan. 9 — at Penn State
Jan. 12 — vs. Wisconsin
Jan. 16 — at Minnesota
Jan. 19 — vs. Maryland
Jan. 22 — at Purdue
Jan. 30 — vs. Indiana
Feb. 3 — at Northwestern
Feb. 6 — vs. Michigan State
Feb. 11 — vs. Illinois
Feb. 14 — at Wisconsin
Feb. 18 — vs. Rutgers
Feb. 21 — at Ohio State
Feb. 27 — at Indiana
March 4 — vs. Iowa
March 7 — at Michigan State
We will have more on takeaways and fallout from the schedule release later on. It’s here! Basketball is happening!