2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 5

We are basically at the end of the regular season so the Big Ten Tournament is just about set now that we’re firmly into March.

The top 15 of the 18 teams in the Big Ten make the tournament and vie for a chance to win the conference crown. At this point, Iowa is the only team who can go up from the cut line to knock out a team like USC.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the current Big Ten Tournament lineup with the bracket and schedule.

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 Rutgers vs. No. 13 Nebraska
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST

Game 2: No. 11 Minnesota 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 Maryland  vs. Winner of Game 5
Time: 25 minutes after Game 4

Game 10: No. 3 Purdue 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