Basketball season is less than two months away, and the Big Ten revealed its full conference schedule for the 2026-27 season. The Wisconsin Badgers are set to play 20 games, which means they’ll double up against three opponents.
Wisconsin’s Big Ten opener will come against the Northwestern Wildcats on December 1st on the road, with their second game. Then, after their annual Marquette game, they return home to face the Purdue Boilermakers on December 8th.
Those are the only two conference games before January, when the rest of the 20-game slate unravels.
Here’s the full schedule:
December 1st: at Northwestern
December 8th: vs. Purdue
January 2nd: vs. Illinois
January 6th: at Iowa
January 9th: vs. Minnesota
January 13th: vs. Penn State
January 16th: at USC
January 19th: at UCLA
January 23rd: vs. Washington
January 26th: at Maryland
January 31st: at Minnesota
February 3rd: vs. Oregon
February 6th: vs. Michigan
February 9th: at Ohio State
February 13th: at Rutgers
February 19th: vs. Indiana
February 24th: vs. Iowa
February 28th: at Illinois
March 3rd: vs. Nebraska
March 6th: at Michigan State
Wisconsin will play Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois twice this year. They’ve got a couple of notable stretches on the schedule, with the late-season slugfest standing out. The Badgers end the season facing Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Michigan State in back-to-back games rotating between home and away.
Wisconsin also won’t have any extended home or road trips; they don’t have a single three-game stretch across the schedule. Their East Coast travel is also consolidated, as they get five and six-day lays following trips to Maryland and Rutgers.
The Badgers do have some fun road trips. They’ll take on Michigan State, UCLA, and Illinois on the road, while Nebraska, Michigan, Purdue, and Illinois all come to the Kohl Center.
This should be a pretty fun and testing schedule for the Badgers alongside a quality non-conference group of opponents.