2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament: Bracket, schedule, TV set

The 2024-2025 college basketball regular season will come to an end after Sunday night. And the 2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament field is officially set. The Michigan State Spartans claimed the No. 1 overall seed in the event, finishing with a record of 26-5 and 17-3 in conference play, sitting atop the Big Ten as the regular season champions.

The top four seeds in the Big Ten Basketball Tournament are given double byes into the quarterfinal, while seeds 5-8 only receive one bye. Action will get underway live from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis beginning on March 12 and will run through the championship game on March 16.

Let’s take a look at the schedule/seeding of the tournament below.

Big Ten Round 1 (March 12th)

Game 1: No. 12 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Northwestern
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST
TV: Peacock

Game 2: No. 10 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Iowa
Time: 25 minutes after Game 1
TV: Peacock

Game 3: No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 USC 
Time: 25 minutes after Game 2
TV: Peacock

Big Ten Round 2 (March 13th)

Game 4: No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Indiana
Time: 12 p.m. EST
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 5: No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Winner of Game 1
Time: 25 minutes after Game 4
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 6: No. 7 Illinois vs. Winner of Game 2
Time: 6:30 p.m. EST
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 7: No. 6 Purdue vs. Winner of Game 3
Time: 9 p.m. EST
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Big Ten Round 3 (March 14th)

Game 8: No. 1 Michigan State vs. Winner of Game 4
Time: 12 p.m. EST
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 9: No. 4 UCLA vs. Winner of Game 5
Time: 25 minutes after Game 4
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 10: No. 2 Maryland vs. Winner of Game 6
Time: 6:30 p.m. EST
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Game 11: No. 3 Michigan vs. Winner of Game 7
Time: 25 minutes after Game 6
TV: Big Ten Network, Fubo

Semifinals (March 15th)

Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9
Time: 1 p.m. EST
TV: CBS, Paramount+, Fubo

Game 13: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 11
Time: 25 minutes after Game 12
TV: CBS, Paramount+, Fubo

Championship Game (March 16th)

Game 14: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST
TV: CBS, Paramount+, Fubo

On3’s Barkley Truax also contributed to this article.