Little by little, the Maryland basketball team’s schedule has come together.
On June 20, the Big Ten announced Maryland home and away opponents for the upcoming conference season. Ten days later, the Terps announced their nonconference foes, which include Georgetown, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma State.
And Thursday, coach Mark Turgeon’s team learned when and where it will be playing each of their Big Ten games this season. The Terps open conference play by hosting Illinois on Dec. 27 and finish up with a home game against Michigan State on March 5.
The Terps have home-and-away series with the Fighting Illini, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State and Rutgers. They’ll host the Spartans, Indiana, Nebraska and Purdue and travel to Michigan, Northwestern, Penn State and Wisconsin.
Maryland will look to avenge the road losses it suffered to Michigan and Minnesota last season. The Wolverines handed the Terps their first conference loss a year ago, while the Golden Gophers’ win against Maryland was one of the biggest upsets of the season.
There is also a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, to play the Badgers on Feb. 19. At the Kohl Center last January, guard Melo Trimble provided the heroics. He drilled the game-winning three from the top of the arc with 1.3 seconds left as the Terps avoided the upset.
Maryland (27-9 12-6 Big Ten) finished third in the conference standings a year ago before bowing out in the Big Ten tournament semifinals.
Here’s Maryland’s full schedule:
Nov. 5 Catawba College (Exhib.)
Nov. 11 American
Nov. 15 at Georgetown (Verizon Center)
Nov. 17 St. Mary’s College
Nov. 20 Towson
Nov. 22 Stony Brook
Nov. 25 Richmond
Nov. 26 Kansas State/Boston College
Nov. 29 Pittsburgh
Dec. 3 Oklahoma State
Dec. 7 Howard
Dec. 10 Saint Peter’s
Dec. 12 Jacksonville State
Dec. 20 UNC-Charlotte (Baltimore, MD)
Dec. 27 Illinois
Jan. 1 Nebraska
Jan. 7 at Michigan
Jan. 10 Indiana
Jan. 14 at Illinois
Jan. 19 at Iowa
Jan. 24 Rutgers
Jan. 28 at Minnesota
Jan. 31 at Ohio State
Feb. 4 Purdue
Feb. 7 at Penn State
Feb. 11 Ohio State
Feb. 15 at Northwestern
Feb. 19 at Wisconsin
Feb. 22 Minnesota
Feb. 25 Iowa
Feb. 28 at Rutgers
Mar. 5 Michigan State