Big Ten Basketball Schedule Announced

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We now know Purdue’s entire schedule for the 2023-24 season:

Dec. 1 – @Northwestern

Dec. 4 – Iowa

Jan. 2 – @Maryland

Jan. 5 – Illinois

Jan. 9 – @Nebraska

Jan. 13 – Penn St.

Jan. 16 – @IU

Jan. 20 – @Iowa

Jan. 23 – Michigan

Jan. 28 – @Rutgers

Jan. 31 – Northwestern

Feb. 4 – @Wisconsin

Feb. 10 – IU

Feb. 15 – Minnesota

Feb. 18 – @Ohio St.

Feb. 22 – Rutgers

Feb. 25 – @Michigan

March 2 – Michigan St.

March 5 – @Illinois

March 10 – Wisconsin

Purdue will play two early conference games, returning to Northwestern on December 1st to play in Evanston where the Wildcats shocked the world and then #1 Boilermakers 64-58.

Purdue will then host Iowa just three days later in Mackey Arena.

Those two Big Ten games will sandwich in between what is one of the nation’s toughest non-conference schedules which features a Gavitt Games match-up with Xavier before heading to Honolulu as part of the Maui Invitational which will include the #1 team in the country Kansas, a pair of teams Purdue beat last season in Marquette and Gonzaga, Syracuse, Tennessee, and UCLA.

Purdue will also head to Toronto, Canada to take on Alabama on December 9th and host Arizona on December 16th in Indianapolis.

Few rivalries are better than Purdue and Michigan St., Izzo and Painter, and this year it will only be played once when Purdue hosts Michigan St. on March 2nd.

It’s likely the game could have heavy Big Ten implications that late into the season. Last year Purdue swept Michigan St., winning on a last-second bucket by Zach Edey, 64-63, before blowing the Spartans out in Mackey Arena a couple weeks later.

Purdue will also play the rebuilding Penn State Nittany Lions just once, at home on Jan. 13th and Minnesota on Feb. 15th also at home. This means that Purdue will get the Big Ten’s most likely last place teams just the once each.

Purdue will play Nebraska just once as well, traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers on January 9th. That matches with Purdue’s lone game against Maryland on Jan. 2nd, also on the road….

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Publish date : 2023-09-19 16:48:26

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