Plenty to look forward to on Indiana's basketball schedule

It's a very important year for Archie Miller as the Hoosiers try to make it back to the NCAA Tournament.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — After missing the NCAA Tournament during each of his first two years, there's no denying that this is an important season for Indiana coach Archie Miller. Now we know the when and were of IU's schedule for the 2019-20 season.

The Hoosiers open with Western Illinois on Nov. 5 and, as usual, never leave the confines of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in November, playing seven games, all of which they will be favored to win.

The first real test is against Florida State on Dec. 3 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Seminoles are very good, and this is the first meeting between the two in the two-decade history of the event. IU is 4-0 al-time against Florida State.

The Big Ten season starts a few days later when IU travels to Wisconsin on Dec. 7. The other early conference game is against Nebraska on Dec. 13.

Other December nonconference highlights include meeting the Connecticut at Madison Square Garden in New York (Dec. 10), Notre Dame in Indianapolis (Dec. 21) and Arkansas in Bloomington (Dec. 29).

The other 18 Big Ten games are after the first of the year. Indiana plays home and home series with Purdue, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland, Ohio State, Minnesota and Penn State. They only play Michigan State, Michigan, Northwestern, Iowa, Rutgers and Illinois once.

The Big Ten tournament is March 11-15, and it's back in Indianapolis this season.   

Hoosier Hysteria gets it all started on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. There is no football game that weekend.

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2019-20 schedule

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION

NOVEMBER


Nov. 5    Western Illinois           Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 9    Portland State            Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 12   North Alabama          Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 16   Troy                           Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 20   Princeton                  Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 25   Louisiana Tech         Bloomington, Indiana

Nov. 30  South Dakota State  Bloomington, Indiana

DECEMBER

Dec. 3    Florida State             Bloomington, Indiana (Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Dec. 7    at  Wisconsin            Madison, Wisconsin

Dec. 10  Connecticut             New York, New York (Jimmy V Classic

Dec. 13  Nebraska                   Bloomington, Indiana

Dec. 21  Notre Dame              Indianapolis, Indiana (Crossroads Classic

Dec. 29  Arkansas                   Bloomington, Indiana

JANUARY

Jan. 4    at Maryland                College Park, Maryland

Jan. 8    Northwestern            Bloomington, Indiana

Jan. 11   Ohio State                 Bloomington Indiana

Jan 15   at Rutgers                  Piscataway, New Jersey

Jan. 18  at                                Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska

Jan. 23  Michigan State          Bloomington, Indiana

Jan. 26  Maryland                   Bloomington, Indiana

Jan. 29  at Penn State            University Park, Pennsylvania

FEBRUARY

Feb. 1    at Ohio State              Columbus, Ohio

Feb. 8   Purdue                        Bloomington, Indiana

Feb. 13  Iowa                           Bloomington, Indiana

Feb. 16  at Michigan                Ann Arbor, Michigan

Feb. 19  at Minnesota              Minneapolis, Minnesota

Feb. 23  Penn State                 Bloomington, Indiana

Feb. 27  at Purdue                   West Lafayette, Indiana

MARCH

March 1  at Illinois                  Champaign, Illinois

March 4  Minnesota               Bloomington, Indiana

March 7  Wisconsin                Bloomington, Indiana

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
March 11-15 Indianapolis, Indiana