The University of Washington basketball team, with a new coach, team and conference membership, will travel to seven Big Ten cities this coming season — making stops at Michigan State, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa and Wisconsin.
This week, the conference revealed the dates for every team’s schedules, with the UW also disclosing that a non-conference game against Nicholls State at home on Nov. 13 has been cancelled because of a scheduling conflict for that team.
The Huskies now have a 30-game schedule, with 17 outings played at Alaska Airlines Arena, before turning to the Big Ten Tournament. Many of the weekly series involve Wednesday and Saturday games.
Here are the conference schedule dates for @UW_MBB 🤩#B1GMBBall pic.twitter.com/wl92MF66Nz
— Washington on BTN (@WashingtonOnBTN) September 19, 2024
The UW’s first Big Ten conference game will come against UCLA, its former Pac-12 compatriot, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
USC, with former Husky assistant coaches Will Conroy and Quincy Pondexter and guard Wesley Yates III returning to Seattle, will play the Huskies on Saturday, Dec. 7,
Maryland and Illinois will face the UW on Jan. 2 and 5, respectively, as the first Midwest members from the Big Ten to travel to Montlake.
The followiing week, the Huskies will make their first trip to the Midwest to play at Michigan State on Jan. 9 and at Michigan on Jan. 12.
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HUSKIES’ BIG TEN SCHEDULE |
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Dec. 3 — Washington at UCLA |
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Dec. 7 — USC at Washington |
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Jan. 2 — Maryland at Washington |
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Jan. 5 — Illinois at Washington |
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Jan. 9 — Washington at Michigan State |
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Jan. 12 — Washington at Michigan |
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Jan. 15 — Purdue at Washington |
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Jan. 21 — Washington at Oregon |
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Jan. 24 — UCLA at Washington |
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Feb. 1 — Washington at Minnesota |
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Feb. 5 — Nebraska at Washington |
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Feb. 8 — Northwestern at Washington |
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Feb. 12. — Washington at Ohio State |
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Feb. 15 — Washington at Penn State |
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Feb. 19 — Rutgers at Washington |
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Feb. 22 — Washington at Iowa |
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Feb. 25 — Washington at Wisconsin |
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March 1 — Indiana at Washington |
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March 5 — Washington at USC |
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March 9 — Oregon at Washington |
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March 12-15 — Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis |
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* home games in bold face type |
Certain to be big draws as Big Ten games in Seattle are visits by national runner-up Purdue on Jan. 15 and by basketball-crazy Indiana on March 1.
The Boilermakers haven’t played in Montlake since 1967, when they split a pair of games with high-scoring Rick Mount, losing to the UW 98-87 and winning 84-77.
The Hoosiers have never visited Seattle, instead facing the Huskies in three separate tournaments, including two in the same season in 1978 — the Indiana Classic and the Far West Classic. Indiana and the UW last met in 2913 at the Sports Classic at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Hoosiers won all three of those games.
Consider your calendars marked
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— Washington Men’s Basketball (@UW_MBB) September 19, 2024
The Huskies open the season against UC Davis on Nov. 5 at Alaska Airlines Arena.
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