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Iowa’s complete 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule has been released
Ben McCollum’s first game as Iowa’s coach is Nov. 4. His first matchup with a Big Ten foe is Dec. 2 at Michigan State.
Sep. 18, 2025 3:22 pm, Updated: Sep. 18, 2025 4:12 pm
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The Big Ten released its men’s and women’s conference basketball schedules Thursday.
It also announced it will have all 18 of its teams in the men’s postseason tournament while the women’s tourney will remain at 15 teams.
Here is Iowa’s complete 2025-26 schedule (Times and TV/streaming to be announced):
Nov. 4 — Robert Morris
Nov. 7 -- Western Illinois
Nov. 14 — Xavier
Nov. 18 -- Southeast Missouri State
Nov. 20 -- Chicago State
Nov. 25-26 — Mississippi (24-12), and Grand Canyon (26-8) or Utah (16-17), Acrisure Classic, Palm Springs, Calif.
Dec. 2 -- at Michigan State
Dec. 6 -- Maryland
Dec. 11 — at Iowa State
Dec. 14 -- Western Michigan
Dec. 20 — Bucknell in Des Moines
Dec. 29 -- UMass Lowell
Jan. 3 -- UCLA
Jan. 6 -- at Minnesota
Jan. 11 -- Illinois
Jan. 14 -- at Purdue
Jan. 17 -- at Indiana
Jan. 20 -- Rutgers
Jan. 28 -- USC
Feb. 1 -- at Oregon
Feb. 4 -- at Washington
Feb. 8 -- Northwestern
Feb. 11 -- at Maryland
Feb. 14 -- Purdue
Feb. 17 -- Nebraska
Feb. 22 -- at Wisconsin
Feb. 25 -- Ohio State
Feb. 28 -- at Penn State
March 5 -- Michigan
March 8 -- at Nebraska
March 10-14 -- Big Ten tourney in Chicago
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