2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Schedule; Printable Bracket, TV Broadcasts

2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Schedule

The 2025 Big Ten basketball tournament schedule takes place between March 12-16, 2025. The tournament is being held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The printable bracket and schedule in PDF are included for you for free when finalized. This will be the 14th time that the TIAA Big Ten men’s basketball tournament is held in Indianapolis. The 2025 tournament is the first one post-conference expansion to 18 teams. Only the top 15 will earn spots in the tourney. 

2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament

Unlike the 2024 Big Ten men’s basketball tournament that all 14 teams were invited to participate in, 2025 is limited to the top 15 teams from regular season play. The tournament games all take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The TV schedule is expected to be similar to last year’s tournament starting on Peacock for the opening games. The final seeds for the tournament are set at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season. 

2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Schedule

The 2025 Big Ten basketball tournament dates are confirmed. The notional schedule and brackets listed below are based off of the 2024 Big Ten basketball tournament schedule. The times, matchups, and TV assignments are all subject to confirmation by the Big Ten closer to time for the tournament. 

GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 12
11:30 PMNo. 12 vs No. 13TBDPeacock
25:30 PMNo. 11 vs No. 14TBD
38:00 PMNo. 10 vs No. 15TBD
Second round – Thursday, March 13
41:30 PMNo. 8 vs No. 9TBDBTN
54:00 PMNo. 7 vs Winner Game #3TBD
65:30 PMNo. 6 vs Winner Game #2TBD
78:00 PMNo. 5 vs Winner Game #1TBD
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
81:30 PMNo. 1 vs Winner No. 8/No.9TBDBTN
94:00 PMNo. 2 vs Winner No. 10/No. 15/No. 7TBD
105:30 PMNo. 3 vs Winner No. 6/No. 11/No. 14TBDBTN
118:00 PMNo. 4 vs Winner No. 5/No. 12/No. 13TBD
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
121:00 PMWinner Game 9 vs Winner Game 12TBDCBS
132:30 PMWinner Game 10 vs Winner Game 11TBD
Championship – Sunday, March 16
143:30 PMWinner Game 13 vs Winner Game 14CBS
*Game times in ET
2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Schedule

Printable 2025 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Bracket

If you are looking for a printable 2025 Big Ten bracket, we will have one posted for you once the league confirms details on the seeding. We also have a local copy of the blank 2024 Big Ten basketball tournament bracket. You can download it here since it was removed from the Big Ten site if you want to see how the bracket was setup last season. 

All of the game times listed for 2025 are in Eastern Time for now. The team who wins the Big Ten tournament will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the 2025 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. If you are looking for a printable, blank 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket, we have one posted for you.

2024 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Highlights

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Will Lewis Editor, Author
Have been covering sports of all types for more than 18 years. March Madness is his favorite time of year before we hit the NBA and NHL playoffs. Will is a lifelong Kentucky Wildcats fan and rooted for the Bengals way back when Joe Montana dashed our hopes and dreams. Now a Padres fan as well. He covers all sports here at Sports Brackets.

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