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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the single-play and home-and-away conference opponents for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season.
For the seventh straight season, the league will play a 20-game league schedule and with the addition of the four West Coast teams, teams will play just three home-and-away contests during the upcoming season. Over the previous six years with the 20-game schedule, Purdue owns the league’s best record with an 84-35 (.706) record, the Big Ten’s best mark by eight-and-a-half games (Illinois – 76-44).
Home-and-Away Series (3)
Indiana
Michigan
Rutgers
Single-Play Home Games (7)
Maryland
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
UCLA
USC
Wisconsin
Single-Play Road Games (7)
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan State
Minnesota
Oregon
Penn State
Washington
Purdue’s Home Games: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Purdue’s Road Games: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Finalized dates, times and television assignments will come at a later date.
Last season, Purdue finished with a 34-5 overall record, won the Big Ten regular-season title for the second straight year and reached the National Championship game. The Boilermakers return three starters and are ranked in the top 15 of almost all “way-too-early” top-25 polls.
SCHEDULE NOTES
- Purdue will carry an 11-game home winning streak against Big Ten opponents into the season.
- It will mark the second straight season that Purdue will play Indiana, Michigan and Rutgers both home-and-away.
- UCLA will visit Mackey Arena for the first time since Dec. 30, 2000. The Bruins and Boilermakers opened Mackey Arena’s doors for its first game on Dec. 6, 1967, when Lew Alcindor and the top-ranked Bruins defeated Rick Mount and the Boilermakers 73-71.
- USC has never played in Mackey Arena and its last trip to West Lafayette came in 1939.
- Purdue will make its first trip to Seattle to face Washington since Dec. 9, 1967, when the Boilermakers completed a two-game series with the Huskies on Dec. 8 and 9, 1967.
- Purdue’s last visit to Eugene, Oregon, came on Dec. 23, 1988.
- Purdue IS SCHEDULED to play at the Bryce Jordan Center against Penn State for the first time since Jan. 8, 2022. Purdue played the Nittany Lions at The Palestra in Philadelphia in its last road game against Penn State on Jan. 8, 2023.