Michigan announces 2018-19 basketball schedule

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Michigan’s 2018-19 schedule is complete with today’s announcement of the Big Ten slate.

The Big Ten will utilize a 20-game schedule for the first time in the league’s history this year and teams will play two conference games in early December for the second year in a row. Every conference team plays seven league opponents twice and splits the remaining six opponents home and away.

Michigan’s double-plays are against Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State , Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State and Wisconsin. The league also introduced protected rivalries in 2018-19 which means that Michigan and Michigan State will play twice every year moving forward.

The Wolverines only play home games against Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue and will travel to Illinois, Iowa and Rutgers.

Michigan’s home slate is highlighted by early games against North Carolina (Nov. 28), Purdue (Dec. 1) and South Carolina (Dec. 8). The Wolverines also have marquee weekend home games against Indiana (Jan. 6), Wisconsin (Feb. 9), Maryland (Feb. 16) and Michigan State (Feb. 24). In total, 6 of Michigan’s 10 home conference games will be played on Saturday or Sunday.

For the second year in a row, Michigan won’t play any home games on a Friday night but the Wolverines play two Friday conference road games at Indiana (Jan. 25) and Iowa (Feb. 1).

Michigan will end the 2018-19 regular season with back-to-back road games, finishing things off with a rivalry game in East Lansing (Mar. 9) for Senior Night.

Here’s Michigan’s 2018-19 schedule:

Date	Opponent	Time/TV	Location	Tickets
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Mon, Aug. 22	Madrid Generals	Replay | Highlights	W, 82-72
Thurs, Aug. 23	KK Mega Bemax	Replay | Highlights	L, 81-72
Sat, Aug. 25	Joventut	Replay | Highlights	L, 85-79
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Fri, Nov. 2	Northwood (ex)	Recap | 5KP	W, 90-58
Tues, Nov. 6	Norfolk State	Recap	W, 63-44	1-0
Sat, Nov. 10	Holy Cross	Recap	W, 56-37	2-0
Wed, Nov. 14	at Villanova	Recap	W, 73-46	3-0
Sat, Nov. 17	vs. George Washington	Recap	W, 84-61	4-0
Sun, Nov. 18	vs. Providence	Recap	W, 66-47	5-0
Fri, Nov. 23	UT Chattanooga	Recap	W, 83-55	6-0
Wed, Nov. 28	North Carolina	Recap	W, 84-67	7-0
Sat., Dec. 1	Purdue	Recap	W, 76,57	8-0 (1-0)
Tues, Dec. 4	at Northwestern	Recap	W, 62-60	9-0 (2-0)
Sat, Dec. 8	South Carolina	Recap	W, 89-78	10-0 (2-0)
Sat, Dec. 15	Western Michigan	Recap	W, 70-62	11-0 (2-0)
Sat, Dec. 22	Air Force	Recap	W, 71-50	12-0 (2-0)
Sun, Dec. 30	Binghamton	Recap	W, 74-52	13-0 (2-0)
Thurs, Jan. 3	Penn State	Recap	W, 68-55	14-0 (3-0)
Sun, Jan. 6	Indiana	Recap	W, 74-63	15-0 (4-0)
Thurs, Jan. 10	at Illinois	Recap	W, 79-69	16-0 (5-0)
Sun, Jan. 13	Northwestern	Recap	W, 80-60	17-0 (6-0)
Sat, Jan. 19	at Wisconsin	Recap	L, 64-54	17-1 (6-1)
Tues, Jan. 22	Minnesota	Recap	W, 59-57	18-1 (7-1)
Fri, Jan. 25	at Indiana	Recap	W 69-46	19-1 (8-1)
Tues, Jan. 29	Ohio State	Recap	W, 65-49	20-1 (9-1)
Fri, Feb. 1	at Iowa	Recap	L, 74-59	20-2 (9-2)
Tues, Feb. 5	at Rutgers	Recap	W, 77-65	21-2 (10-2)
Sat, Feb. 9	Wisconsin	Recap	W, 61-52	22-2 (11-2)
Tues, Feb. 12	at Penn State	Recap	L, 75-69	22-3 (11-3)
Sat, Feb. 16	Maryland	Recap	W, 65-52	23-3 (12-3)
Thurs, Feb. 21	at Minnesota	Recap	W, 69-60	24-3 (13-3)
Sun, Feb. 24	Michigan State	Recap	L, 77-70	24-4 (13-4)
Thurs, Feb. 28	Nebraska	Recap	W, 82-53	25-4 (14-4)
Sun, Mar. 3	at Maryland	Recap	W, 69-62	26-4 (15-4)
Sat, Mar. 9	at Michigan State	Recap	L, 75-63	26-5 (15-5)
Fri, Mar. 15	vs. Iowa	Recap	W, 74-53	27-5 (15-5)
Mar. 12-17	vs. Minnesota	3:30 p.m., CBS	Chicago, Ill. (United Center)	Tickets