2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 2

March is here. With that, the end of the regular season in college basketball and the beginning of the Big Ten Tournament are rapidly approaching. Still, there is time for movement as the season marches on and after the Big Ten played another four games on Saturday.

Maryland survived an upset bid by Penn State. Then, Minnesota would win a close game against Nebraska. The other two games weren’t as close, however, with Oregon beating USC and Indiana beating Washington by double digits each.

With that in mind, here’s a look at the current Big Ten Tournament bracket and the schedule for when the games are going to be played, as of March 2.

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

This is the first season where the Big Ten has extended to 18 teams. With the expansion, not every team is set to make it to the Big Ten Tournament. Instead, the bottom three will miss the tournament. There will also be five teams who earn one bye game and four teams that earn a double bye.

As of now, Iowa, Penn State, and Washington are the three teams set to miss the Big Ten Tournament. However, USC is close to that line and looking to hold on to a spot in the tournament through the final week of the regular season.

Big Ten Round 1 (March 12th)

Game 1: No. 12 Minnesota  vs. No. 13 Nebraska
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST

Game 2: No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 Northwestern
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