We finally have the complete Michigan State basketball schedule, with the Spartans unveiling this year’s slate on Wednesday evening.
The wait is over…Our full 2020-21 schedule 🏀 pic.twitter.com/bYfjDRQORV
— Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) November 18, 2020
The Spartans will open the season against Eastern Michigan on Nov. 25 — which will be the first of seven non-conference games. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. EST and the game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
From there, MSU will play three ACC opponents (Notre Dame, Duke and Virginia) and three more in-state mid-major programs (Detroit Mercy, Western Michigan and Oakland).
The conference slate will include 20 Big Ten games, with the first game at Northwestern on Dec. 20. That game is followed up by a rare Christmas Day tilt against Wisconsin at the Breslin Center. The regular season will wrap-up with a season-finale against Michigan at the Breslin Center on March 7, 2021.
With 20 conference games, the Spartans will play seven Big Ten teams twice (home and away) and six teams only once. The seven teams they’ll play twice are Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue and Rutgers. The six teams MSU will play once are Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State and Wisconsin.
Here is the complete 2020-21 MSU Basketball schedule:
- Nov. 25 – Eastern Michigan
- Nov. 28 – Notre Dame
- Dec. 1 – at Duke (Champion’s Classic)
- Dec. 4 – Detroit Mercy
- Dec. 6 – Western Michigan
- Dec. 9 – at Virginia (ACC-Big Ten Challenge)
- Dec. 13 – Oakland
- Dec. 20 – at Northwestern
- Dec. 25 – Wisconsin
- Dec. 28 – at Minnesota
- Jan. 2 – at Nebraska
- Jan. 5 – Rutgers
- Jan. 8 – Purdue
- Jan. 14 – at Iowa
- Jan. 17 – Indiana
- Jan. 23 – Illinois
- Jan. 28 – at Rutgers
- Jan. 31 – at Ohio State
- Feb. 3 – Nebraska
- Feb. 6 – at Michigan
- Feb. 9 – Penn State
- Feb. 13 – Iowa
- Feb. 16 – at Purdue
- Feb. 20 – at Indiana
- Feb. 25 – Ohio State
- Feb. 28 – at Maryland
- March 7 – Michigan
Game times and television details will be announced at a later date.
Earlier on Wednesday, I took a closer look at the seven non-conference opponents that make up the Spartans’ schedule. Click here to learn more on each of those opponents.
