On Thursday, the Big Ten put out a press release detailing the upcoming conference opponent matchups for the league next season. This is the first season where the Big Ten will be protecting rivalry games. The Illinois-Northwestern, Indiana-Purdue, and Michigan-Michigan State games will now be played twice every season.

This is also the first season where the Big Ten will move to a 20-game slate. In previous seasons, the Big Ten only played 18 conference games. This is in hopes of creating a more balanced schedule. A more detailed version of the schedule will be released by the the Big Ten at a later date.

Big Ten Conference Schedule Matchups

-Illinois Fighting Illini

• Home: Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers
• Away: Iowa, Maryland, Purdue
• Home/Away: Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin

-Indiana Hoosiers

• Home: Nebraska, Ohio State, Wisconsin
• Away: Maryland, Minnesota, Penn State
• Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

-Iowa Hawkeyes

• Home: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan
• Away: Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue
• Home/Away: Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin

-Maryland Terrapins

• Home: Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern
• Away: Iowa, Michigan State, Rutgers
• Home/Away: Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

-Michigan Wolverines

• Home: Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue
• Away: Illinois, Iowa, Rutgers
• Home/Away: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Wisconsin

-Michigan State Spartans

• Home: Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern
• Away: Illinois, Penn State, Wisconsin
• Home/Away: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers

-Minnesota Golden Gophers

• Home: Indiana, Iowa, Penn State
• Away: Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State
• Home/Away: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

-Nebraska Cornhuskers

• Home: Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
• Away: Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers
• Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue

-Northwestern Wildcats

• Home: Minnesota, Penn State, Purdue
• Away: Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska
• Home/Away: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin

-Ohio State Buckeyes

• Home: Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin
• Away: Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska
• Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers

-Penn State Nittany Lions

• Home: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State
• Away: Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State
• Home/Away: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin

-Purdue Boilermakers

• Home: Illinois, Iowa, Rutgers
• Away: Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin
• Home/Away: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State

-Rutgers Scarlet Knights

• Home: Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska
• Away: Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin
• Home/Away: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State

-Wisconsin Badgers

• Home: Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers
• Away: Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio State
• Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State

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Stay tuned for BTPowerhouse as more scheduling information becomes available for the 2017-18 college basketball season.