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Big Ten Announces Men’s Basketball Home-and-Away Opponents

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the single-play and home-and-away conference opponents for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season.

For the ninth straight season, the league will play a 20-game league schedule with the Midwest and East Coast squads making one trip to the West Coast to face either UCLA and USC or Oregon and Washington.

In the previous eight years with the 20-game schedule (since 2018-19), Purdue owns the league’s best record with an 110-49 (.692) mark, the Big Ten’s best mark by seven games (Michigan State; 103-56).

BIG TEN HOME AND ROAD GAMES IN 2026-27

HOME GAMES

  • Illinois (Home and Away)
  • Indiana (Home and Away)
  • Iowa
  • Maryland
  • Nebraska
  • Northwestern
  • Ohio State
  • Rutgers (Home and Away)
  • UCLA
  • USC

ROAD GAMES

  • Illinois (Home and Away)
  • Indiana (Home and Away)
  • Michigan
  • Michigan State
  • Minnesota
  • Oregon
  • Penn State
  • Rutgers (Home and Away)
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin

Finalized dates, times and television assignments will come at a later date.

Purdue will welcome back every available scholarship player for the 2026-27 season from last year’s team that went 30-9 and reached the Elite Eight. In addition, Purdue will bring in one of the most sought-after transfers in the country, Caden Pierce, as well as a highly-regarded incoming freshman class that ranks in the top 10 nationally.

BIG TEN SCHEDULE NOTES

BIG TEN SCHEDULE NOTES

• Purdue will be looking for its third Big Ten title in the last five years and its fifth regular-season title in the last 11 years.
• Purdue and Illinois will play a home-and-home series for the third time in the last six years (2022, 2024, 2027).
• Purdue and Rutgers will play a home-and-home series for the third time in the last four years (2024, 2025, 2027).
• Purdue and Indiana are one of three “protected” home-and-home rivalries, joined by Northwestern vs. Illinois and Michigan vs. Michigan State.
• A year ago, four coaches were coaching in their first seasons in Big Ten play. There are no new coaches in the Big Ten Conference this season, the first time since the 2022-23 season there has not been a coaching change in the league.
• Purdue enters the 2026-27 season having sold out 106 consecutive games in Mackey Arena, dating to the 2018-19 season.