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Men's Basketball: Time and TV Designations Announced
Dec 02 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Big Ten Conference today announced game times for the initial four Big Ten Conference games in December, as well as television designations for the full 2020-21 conference slate. The Scarlet Knights will appear on national television for every currently scheduled contest the rest of the season, which features 12 games on Big Ten Network, five games on Fox Sports 1 and four games on the ESPN Family of Networks.
The schedule includes seven contests against five ranked teams, as the Big Ten features four teams in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top-25 Poll. RU will face No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 5 Illinois, No. 8 Michigan State and No. 23 Ohio State, along with three teams in the receiving votes section (Indiana, Maryland and Michigan). The Scarlet Knights will play the sixth most difficult remaining schedule in country per the ESPN Power Index.
For the third-consecutive year, each Big Ten school will compete in a 20-game Big Ten schedule. Over the course of the conference season, schools will play seven teams twice -- once at home and once on the road -- and six teams once, with three of those games being at home and the other three away. The Scarlet Knights will play the sixth most difficult remaining schedule in country per the ESPN Power Index.
Rutgers' next currently scheduled game comes Tuesday night against Syracuse in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The contest against the former BIG EAST foe will tip off at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The broadcast will mark the first RU game on ESPN2 since January 5, 2018, a 64-60 home win over Wisconsin.
The Scarlet Knights opened up their season last week with three wins in a five-day span, downing Sacred Heart (86-63), Fairleigh Dickinson (96-75) and Hofstra (70-56). The game against Syracuse will mark the fourth non-conference game of the season, with a maximum allotment of seven non-conference games available to the team under this season's NCAA scheduling rules.
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The schedule includes seven contests against five ranked teams, as the Big Ten features four teams in the top 10 of the Associated Press Top-25 Poll. RU will face No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 5 Illinois, No. 8 Michigan State and No. 23 Ohio State, along with three teams in the receiving votes section (Indiana, Maryland and Michigan). The Scarlet Knights will play the sixth most difficult remaining schedule in country per the ESPN Power Index.
For the third-consecutive year, each Big Ten school will compete in a 20-game Big Ten schedule. Over the course of the conference season, schools will play seven teams twice -- once at home and once on the road -- and six teams once, with three of those games being at home and the other three away. The Scarlet Knights will play the sixth most difficult remaining schedule in country per the ESPN Power Index.
Rutgers' next currently scheduled game comes Tuesday night against Syracuse in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The contest against the former BIG EAST foe will tip off at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The broadcast will mark the first RU game on ESPN2 since January 5, 2018, a 64-60 home win over Wisconsin.
The Scarlet Knights opened up their season last week with three wins in a five-day span, downing Sacred Heart (86-63), Fairleigh Dickinson (96-75) and Hofstra (70-56). The game against Syracuse will mark the fourth non-conference game of the season, with a maximum allotment of seven non-conference games available to the team under this season's NCAA scheduling rules.
| UPCOMING SCHEDULE |
| Day | Date | Opponent | Site | Time | TV |
| Tuesday | December 8 | Syracuse | RAC | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Monday | December 14 | Maryland | College Park, Md. | 6 p.m. | BTN |
| Sunday | December 20 | Illinois | RAC | 1 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Wednesday | December 23 | Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | 4:30 p.m. | BTN |
| Tuesday | December 29 | Purdue | RAC | 7 p.m. | FS1 |
| Saturday | January 2 | Iowa | RAC | TBA | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU |
| Tuesday | January 5 | Michigan State | East Lansing, Mich. | TBA | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Saturday | January 9 | Ohio State | RAC | TBA | BTN |
| Tuesday | January 12 | Penn State | University Park, Pa. | TBA | BTN |
| Friday | January 15 | Wisconsin | RAC | TBA | FS1 |
| Sunday | January 24 | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | TBA | BTN |
| Thursday | January 28 | Michigan State | RAC | TBA | FS1 |
| Sunday | January 31 | Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | TBA | BTN |
| Thursday | February 4 | Minnesota | RAC | TBA | FS1 |
| Wednesday | February 10 | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | TBA | BTN |
| Saturday | February 13 | Northwestern | RAC | TBA | BTN |
| Thursday | February 18 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | TBA | BTN |
| Sunday | February 21 | Maryland | RAC | TBA | BTN |
| Wednesday | February 24 | Indiana | RAC | TBA | BTN |
| Sunday | February 28 | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | TBA | BTN |
| Saturday | March 6 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | TBA | FS1 |
| Wednesday - Sunday | March 10 - 14 | Big Ten Tournament | Chicago, Ill. | TBA | TBA |
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