Big Ten Announces Dates for Full Men’s Basketball Conference Schedule

The final dates on Penn State men’s basketball’s schedule have been revealed.

The Big Ten on Wednesday evening released the dates for all conference games during the 2026-27 season. Previously, the Nittany Lions had announced information for their full nonconference schedule and their conference opponents, but not dates for the latter.

Penn State will host defending national champion Michigan on Feb. 23 and will welcome defending Big Ten Tournament champion Purdue on Jan. 20. Mike Rhoades’ squad will face Ohio State twice, on the road on Jan. 17 and at the Bryce Jordan Center on Feb. 6. The team’s lone West Coast trip will include games at UCLA and USC in late February/early March.

The team’s full schedule is as follows (new dates in bold):

Monday, Nov. 2 vs. Canisius
Thursday, Nov. 5 vs. Chattanooga
Sunday, Nov. 8 vs. Pittsburgh (The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Thursday, Nov. 12 vs. Mercyhurst
Sunday, Nov. 15 vs. New Haven
Wednesday, Nov. 18 vs. IU Indy
Nov. 25-27 Battle 4 Atlantis (Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Tuesday, Dec. 1 vs. Albany
Tuesday, Dec. 8 vs. Nebraska
Saturday, Dec. 12 at Illinois
Wednesday, Dec. 16 vs. UT Martin
Saturday, Dec. 19 vs. Lafayette
Tuesday, Dec. 22 vs. Saint Joseph’s (GIANT Center, Hershey, Pa.)
Saturday, Jan. 2 vs. Oregon
Wednesday, Jan. 6 at Minnesota
Sunday, Jan. 10 vs. Northwestern
Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Wisconsin
Sunday, Jan. 17 at Ohio State
Wednesday, Jan. 20 vs. Purdue
Saturday, Jan. 23 at Iowa
Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Michigan State
Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Maryland
Tuesday, Feb. 2 vs. Indiana
Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Ohio State
Friday, Feb. 12 at Nebraska
Wednesday, Feb. 17 vs. Washington
Saturday, Feb. 20 at Rutgers
Tuesday, Feb. 23 vs. Michigan
Saturday, Feb. 27 at UCLA
Tuesday, March 2 at USC
Sunday, March 7 vs. Rutgers