The Big Ten Conference announced the 2022-2023 men’s basketball slate on Thursday, and Indiana athletics released the team’s full schedule shortly after.
[Related: Indiana women’s basketball announces 2022-2023 schedule]
The Hoosiers’ nonconference schedule, which had already been posted prior to the Big Ten matchups, is considered one of the most challenging in all of college basketball by analysts and fans. With opponents like reigning national champion University of Kansas, runner-up University of North Carolina and a Sweet 16-qualifying University of Arizona program within a sub-three-week span, Indiana will have plenty of challenges in preparation for conference play.
Still, the second half of the season for head coach Mike Woodson and the Hoosiers won’t be much easier. Indiana will face Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, and Nebraska at home in between the North Carolina and Arizona contests at the beginning of December.
One of Indiana’s biggest tests will come on Jan. 19 against Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. The Hoosiers and Illini sit at the top of many analysts’ Big Ten preseason rankings, and a true road game at State Farm Arena will provide an electric environment.
Top five Big Ten teams entering the season per @RobbieHummel:
1.Indiana
2. Illinois
3.Michigan State
4. Purdue
5. Ohio State
— Inside the Hall (@insidethehall) September 8, 2022
The final five games of the regular season are arguably one of the most difficult stretches of play. Indiana will face Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue, Iowa and Michigan, with away games against the Spartans and Boilermakers. The results of the Hoosiers’ home stretch could make or break their national ranking heading into the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments.
With a slew of returning talent and momentum from the 2021-2022 season, Indiana is hopeful for its best season in recent years. Both the nonconference and Big Ten schedules are far from a walk in the park for the Hoosiers, but if they can outplay some of the country’s best teams in big games, Indiana just might find itself near the top of the conference and the country for the majority of the 2022-2023 season.
Indiana men’s basketball schedule
vs Marian | october 29 | Exhibition
vs Saint Francis | Nov 3 | Exhibition
vs. Morehead State | Nov 7
vs. Bethune Cookman | Nov 10
at Xavier University | Nov 18 | Gavit Games
vs Miami (OH) | Nov 20 | Indianapolis, Indiana
vs Little Rock | Nov 23
vs Jackson State | Nov 25
vs North Carolina | Nov 30 | ACC/Big Ten Challenge
at Rutgers | Dec 3
vs Nebraska | Dec 7
vs Arizona | Dec 10 | Las Vegas, Nevada
at Kansas | Dec 17
vs Elon | Dec 20
vs Kennesaw State | Dec 23
at Iowa | Jan 5
vs Northwest | Jan 8
at Penn State | Jan 11
vs Wisconsin | Jan 14
at Illinois | Jan 19
vs Michigan State | Jan 22
at Minnesota | Jan 25
vs Ohio State | Jan 28
at Maryland | Jan 31
vs. Purdue | Feb 4
vs Rutgers | Feb 7
at Michigan | Feb 11
at Northwestern | Feb 15
vs Illinois | Feb 18
at Michigan State | Feb 21
at Purdue | Feb 25
vs. Iowa | Feb 28
vs Michigan | March 5
Big Ten Tournament | Mar 8-12 | Chicago, Illinois
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