2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 3

The calendar is now through the first weekend of March and with that, there is only a week left in the regular season for college basketball. On top of that, the Big Ten basketball tournament is taking its shape with only a few games left.

The Big Ten had two major games being played on Sunday involving some of the conference’s best teams. The most notable of those was between Michigan State and Wisconsin, which the Spartans won to further solidify themselves as the top team in the conference standings. Meanwhile, Wisconsin fell out of position to earn a double bye with the loss.

After that Sunday of movement in the Big Ten, here’s how the current Big Ten Tournament bracket and the schedule for when the games are going to be played, as of March 3rd.

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

This season, the bottom three teams in the Big Ten aren’t going to make it into the conference tournament. As of now, Washington and Penn State both know that they’re going to miss the Big Ten Tournament. Iowa is, as of now, the third team set to miss the conference tournament.

There will be five Big Ten teams who get a bye in the conference tournament and another four who will get a double bye. Six other teams are set to make the conference tournament this year, making for a 15-team total tournament.

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 Wisconsin 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 Maryland 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