The field is now set for the 2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The Michigan Wolverines will be the No. 3 seed after their second loss of the season to Michigan State.
The Spartans will be the No. 1 seed, followed by Maryland. Iowa also notched a key win on Sunday to knock Nebraska out of the Big Ten tournament. Indiana (No. 9) will open play on Thursday along with eighth-seeded Oregon, fifth-seeded Wisconsin, sixth-seeded Purdue, and seventh-seeded Illinois.
13th-seeded Northwestern will open the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament against 12th-seeded Minnesota on Wednesday (winner plays Wisconsin). All three games will be on Peacock on Wednesday (schedule below). Thursday and Friday's game will be on the Big Ten Network. The semifinals and championship will be broadcast on CBS.
No. 15 Iowa will also play No. 10 Ohio State (winner faces Illinois) on Wednesday, while 11th-seeded Rutgers will square against No. 14 USC (winner plays Purdue). The other double-bye went to UCLA as the No. 4 seed. The top four seeds all received a double-bye into the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
This will be the first time that Oregon, USC, and UCLA will compete in the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. Washington was eligible but didn't qualify. Nebraska and Penn State also didn't qualify.
Here's the complete schedule for the 2025 Big Ten Men's basketball tournament.
Wednesday, March 12 (First Round)
Game 1 (#13 Northwestern vs. #12 Minnesota) – 3:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Game 2 (#15 iowa vs. #10 Ohio State) – 25 minutes following Game 1 (Peacock). Game 3 (#14 USC vs. #11 Rutgers) – 25 minutes following Game 2 (Peacock)
Thursday, March 13 (Second Round)
Game 4 (#8 Oregon vs. #9 Indiana) – 12 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 5 (#5 Wisconsin vs. Game 1 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 4 (BTN)
Game 6 (#7 Illinois vs. Game 2 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 7 (#6 Purdue vs. Game 3 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 5 (BTN)
Friday, March 14 (Quarterfinals)
Game 8 (#1 Michigan State vs. Game 4 winner) – 12 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 9 (#4 UCLA vs. Game 5 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 7 (BTN)
Game 10 (#2 Maryland vs. Game 6 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 11 (#3 Michigan vs. Game 7 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 9 (BTN)
Saturday, March 15 (Semifinals)
Game 12 (Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner) – 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
Game 13 (Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 11 (CBS)
Sunday, March 16 (Championship)
Game 14 (Game 12 vs. Game 13 winner) – 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
Printable Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
Click here for a printable 2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball tournament bracket.