The Big Ten is already preparing for big changes in the world of college football and basketball in 2024 with the addition of Oregon, UCLA, USCIt is washington. After releasing updated conference football schedules for the next few years, the next item on the agenda was figuring out how to pair teams on the basketball court. On Wednesday, the Big Ten revealed the conference matchups for the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season.
Despite having 18 members once the next round of conference realignment changes become official this summer, the Big Ten will operate with a 20-game conference schedule. Each school will face three teams home and away, while facing the other 14 teams in the conference once. These 14 games will be split equally, with seven home games and seven away games.
The Big Ten has not yet released confirmed dates for the upcoming basketball season. Those details will come later, according to the Big Ten’s official release.
So who will Penn State face in Big Ten play next basketball season?
Penn State’s three home-and-home Big Ten opponents next season will be Indiana, Minnesota and Rutgers. However, these are not home-and-home matchups that will be held annually, as it appears the Big Ten will alternate home-and-home matchups over the years.
Penn State will play at home against Maryland, NebraskaNorthwest, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue and Washington. All home games will be played at the Bryce Jordan Center. There is no word at this time on any games being played at Rec Hall or in Philadelphia at the Palestra, as was the case last season for some home games.
The Nittany Lions will play Big Ten road games against Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, State of MichiganUCLA, USC and Wisconsin.
Keeping Pac-12 Schools Together
A quick note from the basketball matchup announcement is how the Big Ten handled the four schools that arrived from the Pac-12. The Big Ten made the most logical move by pairing the four schools (Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington) for home-and-home pairings. This seems to make the most sense and would be the most likely set of pairings to stick around over the years while the rest of the conference could be rotated around a bit.
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