Michigan State basketball’s opponents and locations for the upcoming Big Ten season were already set.

The defending conference champion now has dates to pair with them and that includes a brutal stretch to close the 2025-26 schedule.

Big Ten schedules were released on Thursday and the Spartans have order to their 20 conference games to pair with a challenging 11-game nonconference slate announced last week .

Michigan State’s three home and road opponents are Michigan, Indiana and Rutgers and the Spartans will host the Wolverines on Jan. 30 before heading to Ann Arbor on March 8. That marks the end of a difficult push to the finish with games at Purdue (Feb. 26) and Indiana (March 1) and a visit from Rutgers (March 5) before a trip to Crisler Center.

The Spartans, who open the regular

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