With season tip-off just a week away, the Big Ten finally announced the 2020-21 schedule today.
The conference is sticking with its typical 20-game schedule.
Michigan has single plays at home against Illinois, Iowa and Rutgers with road single plays at Nebraska, Ohio State at Purdue. The Wolverines play every other team in the league twice.
The Wolverines tip off Big Ten play on December 13th against Penn State. Here’s Michigan’s complete 2020-21 schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Location | |
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| Weds. | November 25, 2020 | Bowling Green | W, 96-82 | 1-0 | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sun. | November 29, 2020 | Oakland | W, 81-71 (OT) | 2-0 | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Weds | December 2, 2020 | Ball State | W, 84-65 | 3-0 | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sun. | December 6, 2020 | Central Florida | W, 80-58 | 4-0 | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Weds. | December 9, 2020 | North Carolina State | Postponed | Postponed | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Weds. | December 9, 2020 | Toledo | W, 91-71 | 5-0 | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sun. | December 13, 2020 | Penn State | W, 62-58 | 6-0 (1-0) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Fri. | December 25, 2020 | at Nebraska | W, 80-69 | 7-0 (2-0) | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Thurs. | December 31, 2020 | at Maryland | W, 84-73 | 8-0 (3-0) | College Park, Md. |
| Sun. | January 3, 2021 | Northwestern | W, 85-66 | 9-0 (4-0) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Weds. | January 6, 2021 | Minnesota | W, 82-57 | 10-0 (5-0) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Tues. | January 12, 2021 | Wisconsin | W, 77-54 | 11-0 (6-0) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sat. | January 16, 2021 | at Minnesota | L, 75-57 | 11-1 (6-1) | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Tues. | January 19, 2021 | Maryland | W, 87-63 | 12-1 (7-1) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Fri. | January 22, 2021 | at Purdue | W, 70-53 | 13-1 (8-1) | West Lafayette, Ind. |
| Weds. | January 27, 2021 | at Penn State | Postponed | State College, Pa. |
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| Sat. | January 30, 2021 | Indiana | Postponed | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
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| Weds. | February 3, 2021 | at Northwestern | Postponed | Evanston, Ill. |
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| Sun. | February 14, 2021 | at Wisconsin | W, 67-59 | 14-1 (9-1) | Madison, Wis. |
| Thurs. | February 18, 2021 | Rutgers | W, 71-64 | 15-1 (10-1) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sun. | February 21, 2021 | at Ohio State | W, 92-87 | 16-1 (11-1) | Columbus, Ohio |
| Thurs. | February 25, 2021 | Iowa | W, 79-56 | 17-1 (12-1) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sat. | February 27, 2021 | at Indiana | W, 73-57 | 18-1 (13-1) | Bloomington, Ind. |
| Tues. | March 2, 2021 | Illinois | L, 76-53 | 18-2 (13-2) | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Thurs. | March 4, 2021 | Michigan State | 7:00 PM | ESPN | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Sun. | March 7, 2021 | at Michigan State | 4:30 PM | CBS | East Lansing, Mich. |
Big Ten Tournament | |||||
| Weds. | March 10, 2021 | Big Ten First Round | TBA | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
| Thurs. | March 11, 2021 | Big Ten Second Round | TBA | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
| Fri. | March 12, 2021 | Big Ten Quarterfinals | TBA | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
| Sat. | March 13, 2021 | Big Ten Semifinals | TBA | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
| Sun. | March 14, 2021 | Big Ten Final | TBA | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
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CoryR
Having these kids play on Christmas is just stupid in my opinion. I don’t get that at all.
ReegsShannon
Gonna be a lot of time for this team to grow and gel… Gonna go 11 games before playing a likely tournament team.
umhoops
If that’s not enough… 7pm on NYE
Lobstrycz2
Given the green vs red matchup for Wisconsin-MSU, I think Gard and Izzo should both have to coach in Santa costumes.
And Loyer & Davidson should have to play with elf ears. Davidson is definitely a South Pole though.
silverblue
I mean this in the kindest possible way. I honestly think we should just be thankful that we have college basketball and Michigan Basketball in particular. On March 12 of last year 15 minutes or so before the scheduled tipoff of Michigan’s opening round game in the B1G Tournament, as I sat in front of my TV excitedly awaiting the game, I had no idea that there would be no more basketball for the rest of the year. If we cannot play NC State on Wednesday, and that seems probable at this point, I would love to watch Michigan play Wake or Western or just about anyone.
This is going to get worse before it gets better and we need, I think, to cherish every game our young men get to play and every game that we are privileged to watch. This is just the perspective of a little old silver haired Michigan Basketball fan who dearly wants to see our guys play, SAFELY, as many times as possible until we can get on the other side of this pandemic. I just know that it can be taken away at any moment, and that nothing is a given, at this point. If we can’t play NC State I would love to watch a UM vs Wake game!