Michigan releases 20-game B1G schedule highlighted by trip to Palestra
Michigan and the rest of the Big Ten is out with its conference schedule, and the Wolverines are set to play Penn State at the famed Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Wolverines will open with their lone regular-season meeting with Indiana on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Michigan will look to snap its 3-game losing streak to the Hoosiers before it heads to Iowa on Sunday, Dec. 10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Wolverines will restart Big Ten play by hosting Minnesota on Thursday, Jan. 4 in their only regular-season game before heading to downtown Philadelphia to play Penn State on Jan. 7 at one of the most storied sporting venues in the country, The Palestra.
Opened in 1927, The Palestra is the oldest major college arena — and home to Penn — still in use today. It has hosted more games, more visiting teams and more NCAA Tournaments than any other facility. The neutral-site contest is the lone matchup against the Nittany Lions and new head coach Mike Rhoades.
Michigan will play Maryland on Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Xfinity Center, then begin a stretch of 3 of 4 games in Ann Arbor — Ohio State (Jan. 15) on MLK Day, Illinois (Jan. 18) and Iowa (Jan. 27). The lone away game during the two-week stretch will be at Purdue (Jan. 23).
Against Michigan State, the series begins in East Lansing at the Breslin Center on Tuesday, Jan. 30 before the Spartans head to Ann Arbor on Saturday, Feb. 17.
With early February home games against Rutgers (Feb. 3) and the lone game with Wisconsin (Feb. 7), Michigan finds itself with 5 of its final 8 games away from Crisler Center. The regular season will close with a home contest against Nebraska (March 10).