Oregon’s men’s basketball team will get a demanding start to its 2026-27 Big Ten slate, opening league play Dec. 1 on the road against UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
The conference schedule released Wednesday gives the Ducks 20 Big Ten games split evenly between home and away, with 10 contests at Matthew Knight Arena and 10 on the road. After the trip to Los Angeles, Oregon returns home to face Southern California on Dec. 5 before heading into a three-week break from conference play.
Big Ten action picks back up with Oregon’s longest road trip of the season by distance: games at Ohio State on Dec. 30 and Penn State on Jan. 2.
The Ducks also have home-and-away matchups with UCLA, USC and Washington. That means the Bruins, Trojans and Huskies will each show up twice on Oregon’s league calendar.
One of the marquee road games comes Jan. 19 at Michigan, the reigning national champion. That trip begins Jan. 16 at Michigan State.
At Matthew Knight Arena, Oregon will host Indiana on Jan. 6, Nebraska on Jan.
10, Northwestern on Jan. 23, Rutgers on Jan.
27, Washington on Feb. 7, Maryland on Feb.
17, Illinois on Feb. 20, Purdue on Feb. 24 and UCLA on March 3.
The Ducks are coming off a 12-20 season overall and a 5-15 mark in conference play. That was their first losing season in 16 years under Dana Altman, who responded by reshaping the roster with eight transfers and two freshmen.
The full season schedule will be announced later.
Oregon's 2026-27 Big Ten Conference men's basketball schedule
Dec. 1 - at UCLA
Dec. 5 - vs. USC
Dec. 30 - at Ohio State
Jan. 2 - at Penn State
Jan. 6 - vs. Indiana
Jan. 10 - vs. Nebraska
Jan. 16 - at Michigan State
Jan. 19 - at Michigan
Jan 23 - vs. Northwestern
Jan. 27 - vs. Rutgers
Feb. 3 - at Wisconsin
Feb. 7 - vs. Washington
Feb. 10 - at Iowa
Feb. 13 - at Minnesota
Feb. 17 - vs. Maryland
Feb. 20 - vs. Illinois
Feb. 24 - vs. Purdue
Feb. 27 - at USC
March 3 - vs. UCLA
March 6 - at Washington
March 9-14 - Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis
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