The Big Ten has put the full 2026-27 men’s basketball broadcast map on the board, and Indiana now knows when and where a long list of its games will land.
The league announced tip times and television designations Tuesday afternoon, and IU’s schedule page has already been updated with those details along with ticket links. The Hoosiers will appear across BTN, B1G+, FOX, FS1, Peacock/NBCSN and CBS throughout the season, with several of the biggest matchups getting prime windows.
Indiana’s first stretch of attention comes early. The Hoosiers open the preseason with a road game at Butler on Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. on WISH-TV, then host North Carolina on Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. on B1G+ and Western Kentucky on Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. on B1G+.
In the regular season, IU will be on B1G+ for Eastern Illinois on Nov. 2 and Jacksonville on Nov. 24, while BTN carries Tennessee Tech on Nov. 12 and Bowling Green on Nov. 27.
Peacock/NBCSN picks up Bellarmine on Nov. 5, Arkansas on Nov.
17, USC on Jan. 2, Washington on Jan.
9, Purdue on Feb. 16 and Michigan State on Feb. 23.
FOX and FS1 will be a major part of the Hoosiers’ slate, with 11 games across the two networks. That group includes Rutgers on Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., at Iowa on Dec.
7, UCF on Dec. 12, Missouri on Dec.
18, Maryland on Jan. 12, at Penn State on Feb. 2, and at Wisconsin on Feb. 19, plus the March 5 trip to Purdue. The Nebraska road game on Feb. 6 will be on FOX with a listed start time of 2:30/6/8 p.m.
CBS gets five Indiana games, beginning with Kentucky on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium. The network also has Michigan on Jan.
16, Illinois on Jan. 24, UCLA on Jan. 30 and Ohio State on Feb.
The Big Ten also highlighted a handful of conference road and home dates for IU. The Hoosiers will play at Oregon on Jan. 6 at 10:30 p.m. on BTN, at Minnesota on Jan. 20 at 8:30 p.m. on BTN, and both meetings with Northwestern - Jan. 27 at Welsh-Ryan and Feb. 9 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall - on BTN. Indiana’s home game against Purdue on Feb. 16 and home game against Michigan State on Feb. 23 are both set for 7 p.m. on Peacock/NBCSN.
The Big Ten Tournament is set for March 9-14, 2027, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It will be the 30th edition of the event and the second straight tournament to feature an 18-team field.
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