The Big Ten officially announced the double plays for the 2026-27 conference season today.

The Wolverines will play two games against Michigan State, Ohio State, and Minnesota this year, facing the other 14 league teams once.

Michigan will face Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, and Washington at home only. It’ll travel to Indiana, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, and Wisconsin.

The Spartans and Buckeyes are both “protected” rivals that will face Michigan twice every season. Ohio State was added to that list last season when Dusty May and Jake Diebler agreed to play twice every season. The Wolverines swept both rivals last season.

Minnesota finished 8-12 in the league last year in Niko Medved’s first season in charge. That’s a double play that will add some spice because former Wolverines Winters Grady and Malick Kordel both transferred to Medved’s program during the offseason. Williams Arena is also the only Big Ten venue where Dusty May hasn’t won a game since he was hired as Michigan’s head coach.

The Wolverines went 19-1 in Big Ten play last season, won the conference by four games, and won the National Championship.

The full conference schedule is usually announced in September.

In non-conference play, Michigan is set to face Duke, UConn, Marquette, Villanova, and play three games at the Players Era in Las Vegas, with more dates to be announced. Keep track of all future scheduled dates on our future schedules page.

Here’s the full list of Big Ten matchups:

ILLINOIS
Home: Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, USC
Away: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington
Home/Away: Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin

INDIANA
Home: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Maryland, Northwestern, Purdue

IOWA
Home: Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Away: Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Nebraska, Ohio State, Wisconsin

MARYLAND
Home: Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Iowa, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Indiana, Michigan State, Rutgers

MICHIGAN
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Away: Indiana, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State

MICHIGAN STATE
Home: Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska

MINNESOTA
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Away: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin

NEBRASKA
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Illinois, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State

NORTHWESTERN
Home: Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Maryland, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota

OHIO STATE
Home: Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Iowa, Michigan, Penn State

OREGON
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Away: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Home/Away: UCLA, USC, Washington

PENN STATE
Home: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Away: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers

PURDUE
Home: Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, UCLA, USC
Away: Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers

RUTGERS
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Ohio State, Washington
Home/Away: Maryland, Penn State, Purdue

UCLA
Home: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Home/Away: Oregon, USC, Washington

USC
Home: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, Washington

WASHINGTON
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Away: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, USC

WISCONSIN
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Away: Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota

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The Players Era is returning to Las Vegas this year in a new format, as first reported by CBS. The tournament has been expanded to 24 teams, split into two brackets, and will be broadcast on ESPN.

This year’s event will feature an 8-team bracket the week before Thanksgiving and a 16-team bracket during Thanksgiving week.

Michigan is in the 16-team field that includes Alabama, Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, San Diego State, St. John’s, TCU, Tennessee, Texas Tech and Oregon.

Matchups, scheduling, and ticket information are expected later this month, per CBS.

CBS reports that Players Era will “pay some schools more than others to participate” and that the average payout is “slightly north of $1 million, according to the event organizers,” with Kansas receiving the largest share.

The Wolverines won last year’s tournament with blowout victories over San Diego State, Auburn and Gonzaga.

Michigan’s loaded non-conference slate also includes Duke in New York City, UConn in Boston, a game at Villanova, and a home game against Marquette, with more dates to be announced.

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According to a report by Jon Rothstein, Michigan is working to finalize a scheduling agreement with UConn to play on November 6th at the TD Garden in Boston.

The matchup would be an opening-week rematch of Michigan’s 69-63 national championship win over the Huskies.

Michigan played the toughest schedule in college basketball last season, per KenPom, and is on track to face another difficult slate next season.

The Wolverines are also set to return to the Players Era Festival, face Duke at Madison Square Garden, travel to Villanova, and host Marquette with more non-conference dates yet to be announced.

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Michigan will face Duke in a high-profile non-conference game for the second consecutive season.

The Wolverines and Blue Devils will meet on December 21st at Madison Square Garden. The game is one of three Duke non-conference games that will be streamed by Amazon.

Here’s the full Michigan release:

The University of Michigan men’s basketball team announced Thursday (April 30) that it will face Duke for a second straight season in non-conference play on Monday, Dec. 21, at Madison Square Garden.

The matchup is again expected to be one of the marquee games of the 2026-27 season, as the two storied programs renewed their series.

Last season, Michigan and Duke met in Washington, D.C., as part of the Capital Showcase, where the top-ranked Wolverines dropped a tightly contested 68-63 decision to the third-ranked Blue Devils. The game featured 13 first-half lead changes, and U-M cut the deficit to one point with under four minutes remaining before Duke held on down the stretch.

Michigan’s last win over Duke came in 2008, with an 81-73 victory in Ann Arbor (Dec. 6), marking its lone win in the last 12 meetings since 1998. Overall, U-M is 8-23 against the Blue Devils and has dropped its last four matchups. The two programs met once at Madison Square Garden — the 2008 2K Sports Classic championship — where Michigan fell 71-56.

U-M has enjoyed success at the Garden, posting a 27-12 record, including a 13-3 mark in postseason play. The Wolverines have reached the NIT championship weekend five times, winning titles in 1984, 1997 and 2004, and first appeared at MSG during the 1948 NCAA Eastern Regional.

More recently, U-M captured the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title, winning four games in four days. The Wolverines have also competed in two Big Ten Super Saturday events at the Garden, earning wins over Penn State (2016) and Rutgers (2020).

Ticket information, television details and game time will be announced at a later date.

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