2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 6

The regular season is rapidly coming to an end in college basketball. Now nearly a week into March, the Big Ten Tournament is right around the corner and, with that, the field for the tournament is coming into place.

Wednesday was a busy day around the Big Ten. There were three games played, including a massive win for the Maryland Terrapins over the Michigan Wolverines. All of that led to a shuffling of the teams around the tournament, including within the teams who are currently getting a double bye and those on the edge of not making the field.

Nothing is set in stone just yet. However, here is a look at the Big Ten Tournament bracket and the schedule, as well as when the games are going to be played, as of March 6.

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

This season, as the Big Ten expanded to 18 teams, the conference made the decision that the bottom three teams in the conference standings won’t make the Big Ten Tournament. So far, Washington and Penn State already know that they’re not going to miss out on the conference tournament. Iowa is also in a position to miss the field, but there is time for that to change. Meanwhile, Michigan State is locked into the top overall seed.

Big Ten Round 1 (March 12th)

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

Game 2: No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 USC 
Time: 25 minutes after Game 1

Game 3: No. 10 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Nebraska 
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