For the first time in five seasons, Michigan State and Tom Izzo will enter the men’s Big Ten tournament as the No. 1 seed.
The seventh-ranked Spartans officially locked up the top seed in the conference tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Thursday with a 91-84 win against Iowa. Since the start of the Big Ten tournament in 1998, the Spartans are 35-20 in conference tournament games under Izzo.
Watch select 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament games live with Fubo (free trial)
No. 15 Michigan, No. 14 Maryland and UCLA will all join Michigan State in the quarterfinals, as all four programs earned double-byes.
With the Big Ten expanding over the offseason, only 15 of the conference’s 18 programs will make the trip to Indianapolis in hopes of clinching an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Penn State and Washington enter the final day of regular season competition already eliminated from tournament contention.
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With that, here’s the full schedule for the men’s Big Ten tournament, including bracket, schedule, seeding and more:
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Big Ten basketball tournament bracket 2025
This section will be updated throughout the day as seeding is finalized.
- Michigan State *
- TBD *
- TBD *
- TBD *
- TBD **
- TBD **
- TBD **
- TBD **
- TBD **
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD ***
- Penn State ***
- Washington ***
* double-bye
** first-round bye
*** did not qualify for tournament
Big Ten basketball tournament schedule 2025
All times Eastern.
First round: Wednesday, March 12
- Game 1: 3:30 p.m. | Peacock
- Game 2: 25 minutes after Game 1 | Peacock
- Game 3: 25 minutes after Game 2 | Peacock
Second round: Thursday, March 13
- Game 4: Noon | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 5: 25 minutes after Game 4 | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 6: 6:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 7: 25 minutes after Game 6 | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
Quarterfinals: Friday, March 14
- Game 8: Noon | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 9: 25 minutes after Game 8 | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 10: 6:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
- Game 11: 25 minutes after Game 10 | Big Ten Network (Fubo)
Semifinals: Saturday, March 15
- Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9 | 1 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
- Game 13: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 11 | 25 minutes after Game 12 | CBS (Fubo)
Championship: Sunday, March 16
- Game 14: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13 | 3:30 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
What channel is the Big Ten basketball tournament on?
The 2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament will be carried on a variety of networks and platforms. All three first-round games will be streamed exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming platform. The Big Ten Network will televise the second-round and quarterfinals games, while CBS will handle the semifinals and championship game.
Streaming options include the Fox Sports Go app (with a TV login) and then Fubo, the latter of which carries both the Big Ten Network and CBS and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
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