Big Ten Network Announces Hoops Start Times

The Big Ten Network announced start times for the 2016-17 conference games Monday morning, and the Huskers will have 13 of its 18 conference games on BTN this season.

Nebraska’s first six conference games will be on BTN, including its Big Ten opener at Indiana on Dec. 28, which will start at 6 p.m. (central).

Monday’s announcement also set the start time for seven of Nebraska’s nine home games, including its Big Ten home opener with Iowa (8 p.m.) and matchups with Ohio State (Jan. 18, 8 p.m.), Purdue (Jan. 29, 3 p.m.), Wisconsin (Feb. 9, 8 p.m.), Illinois (Feb. 26, 6 p.m.) and Senior Night against Michigan (March 5, 7 p.m.). Nebraska’s January 8th game against Northwestern will start at either 1:15 p.m. or 3:30 p.m., depending on the NFL Playoff games that weekend. That start time will be determined that week.

In addition, the start times for Nebraska’s exhibition game and three non-conference games were set this morning, as all four games will be available on BTN Plus.  The Huskers’ exhibition game on Nov. 7 against Chadron State will tip off at 7 p.m., as will regular-season games against the University of Mary (Nov. 15) and Southern (Dec. 20). NU’s game with South Dakota on Saturday, Dec. 3, will start at 1 p.m.

2016-17 Schedule (as of Sept. 19)

Date	Opponent	Television/Internet	Time
Monday, Nov. 7	Chadron State	BTN Plus	7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 13	Sacramento State	BTN	7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15	University of Mary	BTN Plus	7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19	Louisiana Tech	TBA	TBA (1)
Thursday, Nov. 24	vs. Dayton (Wooden Legacy)	ESPNU	7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 25	vs. UCLA/Portland (Wooden Legacy)	ESPN2 or ESPN3	8:30/11 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27	vs. TBA (Wooden Legacy)	TBA	TBA
Wed., Nov 30	at Clemson (ACC/B1G Challenge)	ESPNU	8 p.m.  (CT)
Saturday, Dec. 3	South Dakota	BTN Plus	1 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 7	Creighton	BTN	8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 10	at Kansas	ESPN	2:15 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18	Gardner Webb	TBD	TBA
Tuesday, Dec. 20	Southern	BTN Plus	7 p.m.
Wednesday,  Dec. 28	at Indiana #	BTN	6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1	at Maryland #	BTN	TBA
Thursday, Jan. 5	Iowa #	BTN	8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 8	Northwestern #	BTN	TBD (2) (1:15/3:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Jan. 14	at Michigan #	BTN	1 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 18	Ohio State #	BTN	8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21	at Rutgers #	TBA	TBA
Thursday, Jan. 26	at Northwestern #	BTN	7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 29	Purdue #	BTN	3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2	Michigan State #	TBA0	TBA
Sunday, Feb. 5	at Iowa #	BTN	1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9	Wisconsin #	BTN	8 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14	Penn State #	BTN	8 p.m.
Sat./Sun. Feb. 18/19	at Ohio State #	TBA	TBA (3)
Thursday. Feb. 23	at Michigan State #	TBA	TBA
Sunday, Feb. 26	Illinois #	BTN	6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2	at Minnesota #	TBA	TBA
Sunday, March 5	Michigan #	BTN	7 p.m.

#-Big Ten Conference games; All times listed are Central; All games carried on the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network;

Notes: (1) - Nov. 14 start time determined after Nebraska football start time vs.Maryland announced; Will start no earlier than 7 p.m.; (2) - Jan 8 times announced by Jan. 2; (3) - Feb. 18-19 times and TV announced by Jan. 30