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Big Ten Tournament 2023: Bracket, schedule, TV info released for March 8

Spenser Davis

By Spenser Davis

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The Big Ten Tournament gets underway on Wednesday with a pair of matchups in Chicago.

No. 13-seeded Ohio State and No. 12-seeded Wisconsin will play the 1st game of the Big Ten Tournament at 6:30 p.m. ET. Following that game, No. 11 seeded Nebraska will face No. 14-seeded Minnesota.

Wisconsin is on the NCAA Tournament bubble while the other 3 teams in action on Wednesday would likely need to win the Big Ten Tournament to make the field of 68.

Here’s a look at the bracket for the 2023 Big Ten Tournament:

Here are the start times and TV listings for Day 1 of the Big Ten Tournament:

  • Game 1: No. 13 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Wisconsin — Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
  • Game 2: No. 11 Nebraska vs. No. 14 Minnesota — Wednesday (25 minutes after Game 1) on Big Ten Network.

Wisconsin enters this weekend amongst the “First Four out” of Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology projection. A win over the 13-18 Buckeyes might not be enough to put them in the field, but it’s possible they could make a deep run in the Big Ten Tournament.

Ohio State has had a tough season in 2022-23, failing to meet lofty preseason expectations. The Buckeyes went just 5-15 in Big Ten play this season. Nebraska and Minnesota also struggled to gain traction in the Big Ten this season.

On Thursday, the winners of both of those matchups will move on to the 2nd round. The winner of Ohio State/Wisconsin will face Iowa while the better of Nebraska/Minnesota will be matched up with Maryland.

Here’s a look at the full schedule for the week in Chicago:

1st round (Wednesday)

  • Game 1: No. 13 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Wisconsin — Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 2: No. 11 Nebraska vs. No. 14 Minnesota — Wednesday (25 minutes after Game 1)

2nd round (Thursday

  • Game 3: No. 9 Rutgers vs. No. 8 Michigan — Thursday at 12 p.m. ET
  • Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 Iowa — Thursday (25 minutes after Game 3)
  • Game 5: No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 7 Illinois — Thursday at 5:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 6 Maryland — Thursday (25 minutes after Game 5)

Quarterfinals (Friday)

  • Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 Purdue — Friday at 12 p.m. ET
  • Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 4 Michigan State — Friday (25 minutes after Game 7)
  • Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 2 Northwestern — Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET
  • Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 3 Indiana — Friday (25 minutes after Game 9)

Semifinals (Saturday)

  • Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner — Saturday at 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner — Saturday (25 minutes after Game 11)

Championship Game (Sunday)

  • Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner — Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET
Spenser Davis

Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.