Big Ten Conference Unveils Men's Basketball Schedules

Nebraska men's basketball's full schedule is here after the Big Ten released dates for league games Thursday.
Mar 15, 2024; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg looks on during the first half against the Indiana Hoosiers at Target Center.
Mar 15, 2024; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Fred Hoiberg looks on during the first half against the Indiana Hoosiers at Target Center. / Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
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Past the midway point of September and a basketball schedule has officially been released.

The Big Ten Conference unveiled the schedules for all league men's and women's basketball teams Thursday. The men's slate is 20 games. Teams will play 14 others once and three opponents twice.

Nebraska opens Big Ten play on the road at Michigan State on Dec. 7. The Big Red then come home for a pair of games against Indiana (Dec. 13) and UCLA (Jan. 4). The Huskers will make a West Coast trip in early February to face Oregon (Feb. 2) and Washington (Feb. 5).

The two-play opponents for Nebraska are Iowa, Ohio State, and Maryland. NU will face Iowa on the road Jan. 7 and at home to close the season on March 9.

The Big Ten Conference Tournament is slated for March 12-16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Huskers open the season Nov. 4 at home against Texas Rio Grande Valley. Before that, the men's and women's teams will introduce themselves to Husker Nation at Opening Night.

Nebraska's nonconference slate, including a tournament in Hawai'i, can be found here.

The Huskers return three starters from a team that went 23-11 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. Seniors Brice Williams and Juwan Gary anchor a Husker attack that returns seven letterwinners and adds seven transfers for the upcoming season for Big Ten Coach of the Year Fred Hoiberg.

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Kaleb Henry
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.