Indiana’s Big Ten home and away opponents are out for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season.
Here are IU basketball’s Big Ten matchups for the 2026-27 season
Of course, this only shows the matchups and venues on tap for the Hoosiers this coming season. The actual schedule, typically released in August or September, should be more illuminating as to how the year could play out for Darian DeVries’ program.
But here are two things that stand out about IU’s slate of Big Ten opponents.
Staying home
Indiana will have a strong home-court slate in conference play this coming season.
Of the top seven Big Ten teams in Torvik’s early 2027 projections, excluding IU (No. 24), six will come to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Five of those six are home-only matchups: No. 2 Michigan, No. 7 Michigan State, No. 12 Illinois, No. 18 Ohio State, and No. 21 UCLA. Purdue, at No. 27, is a double play — as always. The one Big Ten team in that top seven in Torvik whom IU will only play on the road is No. 16 Nebraska.
Of course, simply playing at home doesn’t necessarily mean anything for the Hoosiers. They’ve lost plenty of conference games in Bloomington in recent years, and good opponents are still good regardless of the venue. But it’s more likely to help them than hurt them to have the Assembly Hall crowd behind them for big games.
Chances to end streaks
Indiana will have opportunities to put multiple frustrating losing streaks to rest in 2026-27.
The Hoosiers will play Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, which has not treated them well. IU has lost 21 straight games in Madison, Wis. and hasn’t won there since the year the Kohl Center opened in 1998. DeVries hasn’t led a team at the building as a head coach, as the lone Indiana-Wisconsin matchup in 2025-26 occurred in Bloomington — a 78-77 Indiana win in overtime. IU’s last game in Madison was Feb. 4, 2025, in Mike Woodson’s last year leading the program. So this will be DeVries’ first crack at ending the slump.
Additionally, Indiana will have two cracks at Northwestern this season, with games at Welsh-Ryan Arena and Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are on a seven-game losing streak against the Wildcats, dating back to 2022. IU’s last win over Northwestern was on Feb. 10, 2021 — Archie Miller’s final year in Bloomington.
Unlike the road losing streak against Wisconsin, DeVries had multiple opportunities against the Wildcats in his first campaign. NU stunned Indiana at Assembly Hall on Feb. 24 — a loss that might have been the difference between making and missing the NCAA Tournament. The teams rematched a few weeks later in the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago, which turned into a lifeless 74-61 defeat for IU.
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