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Big Ten basketball schedule isn’t doing USC any favors

The Big Ten schedule for USC women’s basketball contains some odd components. Hopefully the Trojans can navigate them without many problems.

As USC women’s basketball prepares for an early Sunday game against Indiana, it is worth noting some of the details of the Trojans’ upcoming Big Ten basketball schedule.

The Big Ten schedule for the coming week is simple and convenient. USC goes to Indiana on Sunday and nearby Purdue on Wednesday, January 22. That’s fine. Then the schedule gets weird. USC gets a full week off before playing Minnesota at home on Thursday, January 30. That in itself isn’t problematic. What is problematic is that USC then has to play an early Sunday game — 10:30 a.m. Pacific time — at Iowa. Why the Minnesota game isn’t on Tuesday, Jan. 28 or Wednesday, Jan. 29 to give USC more time in between the Minnesota and Iowa games (with multi-time-zone travel involved) is a mystery.

After the Iowa game on Sunday, Feb. 2, USC then goes to Wisconsin on Feb. 5 and then has to fly home for the huge Ohio State game on Saturday, Feb. 8.

The overview of this Big Ten schedule sequence: USC plays no games in a seven-day span from Jan. 23-29, and then plays four games in a 10-day span from Jan. 30-Feb. 8. USC has to fly cross-country twice in situations in which it has just two days off between games, meaning that one of the two off days is a travel day. That really cuts down the amount of recuperation time between games.

The schedule which would have made a lot more sense: Jan. 28 or 29 for Minnesota, Feb. 2 for Iowa, Feb. 5 for Wisconsin, and then Sunday, Feb. 9 for the Ohio State game.

It has been said that life isn’t fair. USC women’s basketball will just have to work around these scheduling inconveniences. Getting big minutes from the bench will be important in this four-game stretch from Jan. 30-Feb. 8.

Where Wisconsin basketball ranks in AP Poll entering New Year

Where Wisconsin basketball ranks in AP Poll entering New Year

Wisconsin basketball (10-3, 0-2 Big Ten) is unranked in the latest AP Poll.

The Badgers dropped voting points after an idle week. They entered the week with 18 votes, the 37th-most in the nation. Now, the team received seven votes.

Related: Updated game-by-game predictions for Wisconsin basketball entering 2025 Big Ten schedule

Wisconsin has played just one game since Dec. 14: a 76-53 win over Detroit Mercy. Its inactivity and lack of recent signature wins have led to the slight downgrade. The Badgers also dropped out of the receiving votes section of the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll.

Tennessee (12-0) leads the AP Poll entering the New Year. Auburn (11-1) follows at No. 2. Iowa State (10-1), Duke (10-2) and Alabama (11-2) round out the top five.

Ranked Big Ten teams entering the full conference schedule are No. 9 Oregon (12-1, 1-1 Big Ten), No. 15 UCLA (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten), No. 18 Michigan State (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten), No. 20 Purdue (9-4, 1-1 Big Ten) and No. 22 Illinois (9-3, 1-1 Big Ten). The deep conference also has Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State and Nebraska in the receiving votes section.

Wisconsin begins what is a brutal rest-of-season schedule with a home matchup against Iowa on Jan. 3. The Badgers need to string some wins if they hope to return to the top-11 AP Poll ranking they held in early December.

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Where Wisconsin lands in ESPN bracketology entering 2025, Big Ten schedule

Where Wisconsin lands in Joe Lunardi Bracketology entering 2025

Wisconsin basketball enters 2025 and its full Big Ten schedule with a 10-3 (0-2 Big Ten) record.

The first stage of the season was mostly successful for Greg Gard’s team. It started 8-0 with impressive wins over then-No. 9 Arizona and Pittsburgh. While a three-game losing streak halted its momentum, two losses came in tight fashion to Big Ten rivals Michigan and Illinois.

Related: Updated game-by-game predictions for Wisconsin basketball entering 2025 Big Ten schedule

Wisconsin went 10-1 overall against its nonconference foes. The only loss was an 88-74 road defeat to then-No. 5 Marquette.

That mark puts the team in a strong position entering its full Big Ten slate. While its Big Ten record of 0-2 is currently tied for last, each team still has yet to play 90% of its conference schedule.

Wisconsin’s wins over Arizona, Pittsburgh, UCF and Butler build a strong initial resume for future NCAA Tournament consideration. That resume is enough to slot the team as a No. 8 seed (No. 32 overall) in Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology entering the New Year.

Wisconsin is on the No. 8-seed line along with Georgia, Clemson and San Diego State. Notably, several of the Badgers’ previous opponents are included in the projected field, with Marquette as a No. 2-seed, Illinois as a No. 5-seed, Pittsburgh as a No. 6-seed and Michigan as a No. 7-seed. Arizona and UCF both narrowly missed the cut, ranked No. 77 and No. 84 overall, respectively.

The Badgers return to the Kohl Center court on Jan. 3 at home against Iowa. That game begins an 18-game conference gauntlet. Wisconsin will need to recapture its strong early-season form if it is to rise in the bracket before March Madness begins.

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Michigan State baseball releases Big Ten schedule

Check out what MSU’s 2025 Big Ten schedule looks like

Michigan State baseball is coming into a pivotal year for the program in 2025. Jake Boss Jr. is coming into his 16th year with the program and will be looking to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012.

The Spartans had a successful season in 2023, going 33-22 and qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament, but in 2024, the Spartans floundered back down to 24-27 and missing the Big Ten Tournament.

In 2025, Boss is feeling some heat under his seat and is going to need to see his Spartans have a bounce back performance. On Wednesday, the team’s Big Ten schedule was released:

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5 takeaways from Penn State’s 2024 Big Ten football schedule

Five main takeaways on Penn State’s new-look Big Ten 2024 schedule where three new opponents enter the fray.

The new-look Big Ten released its 2024 football schedule Thursday afternoon, and with 18 teams now in the fold, the slate of marquee matchups is even more extensive. It is never too early to look ahead to next year and which opponents are lined up to face Penn State. There is an endless amount of intrigue with the additions of four West Coast powers: UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington. 

Here is a look at some of our top takeaways from the 2024 schedule.

Wisconsin’s entire 2024 football schedule has been officially announced

The 2024 Wisconsin football schedule is here

The Big Ten Conference revealed the full 2024 football schedule on Thursday afternoon, as the conference welcomes USC, Oregon, UCLA, and Washington into the fold.

Wisconsin will see a pair of those new schools in 2024 as they travel to USC and host Oregon. Wisconsin will also see powerhouse Alabama at Camp Randall in their third and final non-conference game of the year.

Wisconsin will always be playing Iowa and Minnesota, even with the expanded conference structure. Rivalry games being kept was a key for conference leaders in the expansion.

The Big Ten will do away with divisions, but still have a Big Ten Championship set for December 7 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Here is a look at Wisconsin’s complete 2024 schedule:

Oregon Ducks 2024 Big Ten schedule officially released

The official schedule and dates for the Oregon Ducks’ first year in the Big Ten has officially been announced.

We’ve know for a while what teams the Oregon Ducks were going to face in the 2024 season, their first as members of the Big Ten Conference, but now we officially know which order the games will come in as well.

On Thursday afternoon, the Big Ten officially announced their 2024 schedule for all teams in the conference. The conference released the schedule months ago, but had to rework things once it was announced that both the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies would be joining the conference as well.

We knew that some big games would take place for Dan Lanning and the Ducks next year, such as a home game against Ohio State, and a road game at Michigan. Now we know when those games will take place. Take a look at the full schedule below:

USC will visit Michigan in revised 2024 Big Ten football schedule

#B1G game, #B1G news: #USC will travel to Ann Arbor to play Michigan in 2024. The Trojans will visit the Big House.

USC football fans got some big news from the Big Ten on Thursday. The Big Ten Conference didn’t provide times and dates for 2024 football games, but the league did release the new sets of opponents for each Big Ten school.

USC was originally scheduled to host Michigan in 2024, before Oregon and Washington joined the Big Ten and forced a restructuring of the schedule. Now the Trojans have learned they will go to Ann Arbor and the Big House to face the Wolverines next year.

247Sports has more details:

“USC’s 2024 conference home opponents will be Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers and Wisconsin, according to a release from USC. The Trojans’ Big Ten Conference away games will include Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and UCLA.”

Penn State was originally a road game. Now the Trojans will face the Nittany Lions at home.

The schedules for Big Ten football — with the lists of opponents, not dates or times (those will come later) — have been set through the 2028 season. Oregon and Washington will join USC and UCLA in the Big Ten.

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Major takeaways from Oregon’s Ducks’ Big Ten schedule release for 2024 and beyond

Major takeaways from Oregon’s Ducks’ Big Ten schedule release in 2024 and beyond

Thursday morning brought massive news, and I hope you were prepared.

We finally gained a look at the schedule of opponents that each Big Ten team will face over the coming five season, starting in 2024. While we don’t know the order the games will be played in or the dates they will occur, we now know which teams the Oregon Ducks will play and whether they will be at home or on the road over the next five years.

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There is a great deal of information to parse and numerous takeaways to be had.

We broke it all down and give our biggest takeaways from the schedule release as a whole.

Social media reacts to Oregon’s Big Ten schedule release for 2024 and beyond

Social media reacts to Oregon’s Big Ten schedule release for 2024 and beyond

Thursday brought news that fans of the Oregon Ducks and every other team in the Big Ten have been waiting on for quite some time.

The Big Ten schedule of opponents for each team has been released for the next five years. While we don’t know the order or dates in which each matchup will take place, we now have an idea of which teams each school will face and where.

For the Oregon Ducks, there are some incredible matchups on the docket, including hosting Ohio State at Autzen in 2024 and traveling to Michigan and Wisconsin.

As you would expect, fans and media members had a great time on social media reacting to the schedule of opponents released on Thursday. Here are some of the top reactions: