Maryland men’s basketball announced its 2025-26 Big Ten home and away opponents on Tuesday morning. In new coach Buzz Williams’ first season, his squad will play a manageable conference slate.
The Terps will play home-and-home series with Illinois, Iowa and Rutgers. Xfinity Center will also host home-only games against Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue and Washington. The road-only slate for league play will include Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, USC, and Wisconsin.
Home and home with Iowa and Rutgers, two of the worst teams in the Big Ten last season will be an advantage. But road contests against Michigan State, UCLA and Wisconsin, some of the toughest venues in the conference, will certainly be a challenge.
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Oregon and Washington will also travel to College Park for the first time. Maryland lost both games on the West Coast last season, so it will look to get revenge for the early-season falters.
With the strength of the conference, Maryland drew a favorable schedule. Avoiding home and home contests against some of the Big Ten’s best and getting to play teams at the bottom of the conference on the road is an advantage.
Still, the Terps schedule is loaded with potential tournament teams. The Big Ten will likely feature strong depth and loaded teams: Purdue, Michigan and Illinois have loaded up in the transfer portal and are primed to be three of the country’s top teams.
Maryland has also agreed to play in the 2025 Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.
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The tournament is already set to feature 18 teams in November. Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Creighton, Gonzaga, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan, Oregon, St. John’s and Tennessee highlight the field. It’s a stacked tournament, one that will become the biggest non-conference event of the college basketball season.
The rest of Maryland’s non-conference schedule as well as game dates, times, and television assignments will be announced at a later date.
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