2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - Mar. 1

The Big Ten had two games on the docket Friday, including a ranked team on the slate: No. 20 Purdue, as we get closer to the tournament.

Purdue beat UCLA 76-66 at home and Northwestern edged out Iowa 68-57 at home as well. The loss for Iowa significantly hampered their chances at getting the final seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

The top 15 teams in the 18-team Big Ten conference make the tournament while the bottom three are done. Without further ado, let’s look at the current field in the Big Ten courtesy of PlayoffStatus.com.

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

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

Big Ten 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 USC
Time: 25 minutes after Game 2

Big Ten 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

Big Ten 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