Wolverines, Big Ten Release Dates for 20-Sport Conference Schedule

• 2025-26 U-M Men’s Basketball Schedule

ROSEMONT, Ill. — In conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, the University of Michigan males’s basketball program introduced Thursday (Sept. 18) its 20-game league slate for the 2025-26 season. Tipoff instances and broadcast designations will probably be launched at a later date.

Each Big Ten program can have a 20-game league schedule beneath the format now in its eighth season, that includes two early December video games together with a mixture of home-only, road-only and home-and-home opponents.

“The Big Ten schedule has continued to be one of the toughest in the country, and this year is no different,” mentioned David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Head Coach Dusty May. “We’re excited to host some of the premier programs in college basketball and test ourselves away from Ann Arbor. Our players and staff are eager to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead.”

Since the Big Ten elevated its common season to a 20-game format in 2017, the Wolverines maintain a 9-4 document in early December video games, together with wins in every of the final three seasons. This 12 months, U-M opens convention play internet hosting Rutgers on Saturday, Dec. 6, earlier than touring to College Park to face Maryland on Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Wolverines will host USC on Friday, Jan. 2, and UCLA on Saturday, Feb. 14, for the primary time as Big Ten opponents, whereas making cross-country journeys to Washington (Wednesday, Jan. 14) and Oregon (Saturday, Jan. 17).

Rivalry tilts with Michigan State and Ohio State will as soon as once more spotlight the schedule. U-M travels to East Lansing on Friday, Jan. 30, earlier than internet hosting the Spartans within the regular-season finale on Sunday, March 8, a sport designated as a Maize Out. The Wolverines additionally start a brand new home-and-home sequence with Ohio State, welcoming the Buckeyes to Ann Arbor on Friday, Jan. 23, earlier than visiting Columbus on Sunday, Feb. 8.

Michigan’s third home-and-home sequence is with Penn State. The Wolverines journey to State College on Tuesday, Jan. 6, earlier than a rematch in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Feb. 5.

U-M’s remaining convention schedule contains residence video games in opposition to Wisconsin (Saturday, Jan. 10), Indiana (Tuesday, Jan. 20), Nebraska (Tuesday, Jan. 27) and Minnesota (Tuesday, Feb. 24) and street video games at Northwestern (Wednesday, Feb. 11), Purdue (Tuesday, Feb. 17), Illinois (Friday, Feb. 27) and Iowa (Thursday, March 5).

After capturing this system’s fourth Big Ten Tournament title final season, Michigan will return to the United Center in Chicago for the twenty ninth Big Ten Tournament, March 11-15, 2026.

The common season has the Wolverines enjoying six video games on Tuesday, two on Wednesday, two on Thursday, 4 on Friday, 5 on Saturday, and two on Sunday. Adding in Michigan’s Duel within the District with Duke on Saturday, Feb. 5, in Washington, D.C., the Wolverines shut the season with seven of their remaining 11 video games on the street, together with six of the final 9.

The twenty ninth Big Ten Tournament will increase to characteristic all 18 convention groups and can happen March 10-15, 2026, on the United Center in Chicago. The occasion suggestions off on Tuesday, March 10, with a pair of opening-round video games between the No. 15-18 seeds. Wednesday’s second spherical will embody 4 contests, as Tuesday’s winners be part of the No. 9-14 seeds in motion.

CBS Sports will carry the semifinals and championship sport on the CBS Television Network for the twenty ninth consecutive 12 months, with each video games additionally accessible for streaming on Paramount+.

Tickets for the 2025-26 season will go on sale this fall. Fans can be part of the ticket curiosity listing to be notified when tickets develop into accessible and to obtain the most recent Wolverines basketball information. Single-game tickets will go on sale to season ticket holders and donors with 200 or extra precedence factors on Tuesday, Oct. 7, and all followers will have the ability to buy tickets on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Previous Schedule Announcements

• Wolverines to Square Off With St. John’s in Big Apple Exhibition (9/2/2025)

• Wolverines to Begin Home-and-Home Series with Villanova (8/6/2025)

• Players Era Announces Schedule, Venues, TV (7/14/2025)

• Wolverines to Open with SDSU, Auburn at Players Era (7/1/2025)

• Wolverines Set to Square Off with Duke at Duel in The District (6/24/2025)

• Wolverines Release Return Dates for Wake Forest, TCU (6/4/2025)