IU men’s basketball finalized its 2014-15 schedule by announcing its non-conference schedule Friday afternoon. The Hoosiers will play 31 games this season, with 13 of those against opponents outside the Big Ten Conference.
The Hoosiers’ 2014-15 season opener is scheduled for Nov. 14, when Mississippi Valley State comes to Bloomington. Each of IU’s first nine contests will take place at Assembly Hall, with the Hoosiers playing outside of Indiana only once in their first 11 games.
The non-conference schedule’s highest-profile clashes come against a triplet of East Coast programs, with Pittsburgh coming to Bloomington and a pair of trips to Madison Square Garden to take on Louisville and Georgetown in December.
IU will open Big Ten Conference play with a trip to Nebraska on Dec. 31, kicking off an 18-game conference slate culminating in the Big Ten Tournament from March 11-15.
The Hoosiers’ schedule features four opponents who finished the 2013-14 season in the USA Today Coaches’ Top 25: Big Ten foes Wisconsin (No. 4), Michigan (No. 6) and Michigan State (No. 8), as well as Louisville (No. 9).
IU Men’s Basketball Schedule 2014-15
DATE DAY OPPONENT SITE TIME TV
November 10 Monday Indianapolis (Exhibition) Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
November 14 Friday Mississippi Valley State Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
HOOSIERS SHOWCASE
November 17 Monday Texas Southern Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
November 20 Thursday SMU Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
November 22 Saturday Lamar Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
November 24 Monday Eastern Washington Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
November 28 Friday UNC-Greensboro Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE
December 2 Tuesday Pittsburgh Bloomington, Indiana 7 p.m. ESPN2
December 6 Saturday Savannah State Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
JIMMY V CLASSIC
December 9 Tuesday Louisville (at Madison Square Garden) New York, New York 9 p.m. ESPN
December 13 Saturday Grand Canyon Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
CROSSROADS CLASSIC (Bankers Life Fieldhouse)
December 20 Saturday Butler Indianapolis, Indiana TBA TBA
December 22 Monday New Orleans Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
December 27 Saturday Georgetown (at Madison Square Garden) New York, New York Noon ESPN2
December 31 Wednesday at Nebraska* Lincoln, Nebraska TBA TBA
January 5 Monday at Michigan State* East Lansing, Michigan TBA TBA
January 10 Saturday Ohio State* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
January 13 Tuesday Penn State* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
January 18 Sunday at Illinois* Champaign, Illinois TBA TBA
January 22 Thursday Maryland* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
January 25 Sunday at Ohio State* Columbus, Ohio TBA TBA
January 28 Wednesday at Purdue* West Lafayette, Indiana TBA TBA
January 31 Saturday Rutgers* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
February 3 Tuesday at Wisconsin* Madison, Wisconsin 7 p.m. ESPN
February 8 Sunday Michigan* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
February 11 Wednesday at Maryland* College Park, Md. TBA BTN
February 15 Sunday Minnesota* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
February 19 Thursday Purdue* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
February 22 Sunday at Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. TBA TBA
February 25 Wednesday at Northwestern* Evanston, Illinois TBA TBA
March 3 Tuesday Iowa* Bloomington, Indiana 7 p.m. ESPN
March 7 Saturday Michigan State* Bloomington, Indiana TBA TBA
Big Ten Tournament (United Center, Chicago)
March 11-15 Wed/Th/Fr/Sat/Sun Big Ten Tournament Chicago, Illinois TBA TBA
NCAA 2nd and 3rd Round
March 19-21 Thu./Sat. Jacksonville, Fla./Louisville, Ky./Pittsburgh, Pa./Portland, Ore.
March 20-22 Fri./Sun. Charlotte, N.C./Columbus, Ohio/Omaha, Neb./Seattle, Wash.
NCAA Regional
March 26-28 Thu./Sat. Cleveland, Ohio (Midwest)/Los Angeles, Cal. (West)
March 27-29 Fri./Sun. Houston, Texas (South)/Syracuse, N.Y. (East)
NCAA Final Four
April 4-6 Sat./Mon. Indianapolis, Indiana (Lucas Oil Stadium)
* Big Ten Conference opponent All-Times are Eastern
Alden Woods
