Big Ten Conference Unveils 2024-25 Women's Basketball Matchups

The lone double-play opponent for the Huskers is Iowa

Kaleb Henry | May 8, 2024

Nebraska forward Alexis Markowski (40) celebrates an upset of No. 1 Iowa in Lincoln. (Feb. 11, 2024) / Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska women’s basketball fans now know who the Huskers will face in league play next season.

The Big Ten Conference unveiled the 2024-25 matchups, including if the game would be on the road, at home, or both. The Big Ten plays 18 games, with eight road-only opponents, eight home-only opponents, and one double-play opponent.

The league is expanding to 18 teams for the first time in 2024-25. The new additions are Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington.

Nebraska’s double-play opponent is Iowa. The Huskers topped the then-No. 1 Hawkeyes in Lincoln last season.

The other eight Husker home games will be against Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon. The road-only opponents are Indiana, Maryland, Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern, Rutgers, UCLA, and USC.

NU is coming off of an NCAA Tournament run to the second round in 2023-24. Before that, the Huskers made the Big Ten Tournament Championship game.

The conference has not announced a location or dates for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament. Nebraska's non-conference schedule has not yet been announced.

See the full list of league matchups here.

Published May 7, 2024|Modified May 8, 2024

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.