2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 9

It’s the final day of the regular season in the Big Ten. That means it’s time to finally set the Big Ten Basketball Tournament in stone. Still, even with just one day’s worth of games left to be played, there is still plenty of room in the Big Ten for movement in the seeding.

There were four games played on Saturday. Perhaps the headline of the day was Penn State upsetting Wisconsin. That game won’t get the Nittany Lions into the tournament but it did knock the Badgers backwards and cost them the double bye. Meanwhile, Sunday is going to be headlined by the Michigan vs. Michigan State game, which the Wolverines are hoping to use to lock themselves into the two-seed.

For now, there is still some basketball to be played. That means the Big Ten Tournament isn’t all the way set. For now, though, here’s a look at the Big Ten Tournament bracket and the schedule as of March 9th.

Big Ten Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

The Big Ten has expanded to 18 teams, and with that, the conference made the decision that the bottom three teams in the conference standings won’t make the Big Ten Tournament. Two of those teams, Washington and Penn State, are locked into the bottom two seeds. Iowa is currently in position to also miss but is not locked in. Nebraska could still fall into that slot. In total, eight other teams are locked into their current seeds, but there could still be a shuffle to impact matchups.

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 Purdue 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 UCLA 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)

Game 14: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST