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Penn State Hoops Releases 2025-26 Big Ten Schedule

Penn State men’s basketball’s schedule is officially set.

The Big Ten released its full slate Thursday afternoon, and the Nittany Lions will once again play 20 conference games, with 10 of them coming at home and one coming in Philadelphia.

Following nine of their 10 non-conference games, the Nittany Lions will open Big Ten play at Indiana on December 9 before returning home to play Michigan State, which finished last season ranked No. 7, on December 13.

After eight days off, Penn State will play its final non-conference game against Pitt in Hershey on December 21, and then have another 13-day break. On January 3, the Nittany Lions will head to the Palestra in Philadelphia for a matchup with Illinois and on January 6, play Michigan at home.

A trip to West Lafayette, Indiana, will come on January 10 to play Purdue, which was ranked No. 14 in last year’s final AP poll. The next opponents will be UCLA on January 14 at home and Maryland on January 18 on the road.

Penn State will then face Wisconsin at home on January 22 before two straight road matchups with Ohio State on January 26 and Northwestern on the 29th.

A home tilt against Minnesota will open February, while a second matchup with Michigan, this time on the road, will come on February 5. On the eighth, Penn State will face USC at home. The blue and white will then take the annual trip to the West Coast to take on Washington and Oregon on February 11 and 14, respectively.

The Nittany Lions will come back home to play Rutgers on February 18 before flying to Lincoln to play Nebraska on February 21. The final two home conference games will then be played against Iowa on February 28 and Ohio State on March 4. Closing out the slate will be a road game at Rutgers on March 8.

The Big Ten Tournament is scheduled for March 11-15 at the United Center in Chicago, which Penn State is guaranteed to play in after it was expanded to 18 teams.

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