2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - Feb. 28th

The Big Ten only had one game on the schedule on Thursday. However, besides the wild ending, it also had an impact on the bracket for the Big Ten Tournament.

No. 15 Michigan had a buzzer-beating three from Nimari Burnett last night to win 84-82 over Rutgers. It put the Wolverines at 22-6 (14-3) overall, and they’re currently a projected top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament while it sent the Scarlet Knights, who were second away from their biggest win on the season, back under .500 at 14-15 (7-11).

With that, Michigan remains right there for the regular-season title in the Big Ten. They stayed tied with Michigan State, who hit a buzzer-beater of their own this week, with a week and a half to go, including a rematch in their season finale’s that could decide the No. 1 seed in the conference. Rutgers then dropped a seed because of the loss as they swapped with Nebraska at No. 11 and No. 12 respectively in the league’s bracket.

Here’s how the Big Ten Tournament looks as of today per the projections at PlayoffStatus.com:

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

(No. 16 USC, No. 17 Penn State, and No. 18 Washington are all currently out of the Big Ten Tournament)

Round 1 (March 12th)

Game 1: No. 12 Rutgers vs. No. 13 Northwestern
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST

Game 2: No. 11 Nebraska vs. No. 14 Minnesota
Time: 25 minutes after Game 1

Game 3: No. 10 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Iowa
Time: 25 minutes after Game 2

Round 2 (March 13th)

Game 4: No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Indiana
Time: 12 p.m. EST

Game 5: No. 5 Maryland vs. Winner of Game 1
Time: 25 minutes after Game 4

Game 6: No. 6 UCLA vs. Winner of Game 2
Time: 6:30 p.m. EST

Game 7: No. 7 Illinois vs. Winner of Game 3
Time: 25 minutes after Game 6

Round 3 (March 14th)

Game 8: No. 1 Michigan State vs. Winner of Game 4
Time: 12 p.m. EST

Game 9: No. 4 Purdue vs. Winner of Game 5
Time: 25 minutes after Game 4

Game 10: No. 3 Wisconsin vs. Winner of Game 6
Time: 6:30 p.m. EST

Game 11: No. 2 Michigan vs. Winner of Game 7
Time: 25 minutes after Game 6

Semifinals (March 15th)

Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9
Time: 1 p.m. EST

Game 13: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 11
Time: 25 minutes after Game 12

Championship Game (March 16th)

Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST