Indiana basketball announces full non-conference schedule for 2024-25 season

The Indiana basketball program has a clearer picture of what the 2024-25 schedule will look like as it released its non-conference slate on Tuesday morning.

Indiana will have notable matchups with South Carolina at Assembly Hall and the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas over Thanksgiving week.

Indiana basketball is coming off of a 19-14 season last year when it failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time under Mike Woodson.

Woodson has been adamant about putting together difficult schedules to prepare his team for Big Ten play and did so again with multiple difficult non- high major programs as well. But, it does lack the punch it’s had in recent years with marquee home matchups against high major programs.

Here is the full list of conference games:

Home: UCLA, USC, Illinois, Maryland Michigan, Minnesota, Rutgers

Away: Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Northwestern

Home and away: Purdue, Ohio State, Penn State

Below is the full release from the Indiana basketball program.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men’s basketball program will host an eight-game non-conference home slate, highlighted by a matchup with South Carolina.

“My staff and I put together a non-conference schedule that will lead to long-term success this season,” said head coach Mike Woodson. “We have a new team this year that we are excited to showcase in front of the sold-out crowds in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

“We will be tested by some veteran, well-coached ball clubs early in the season that will prepare us for a 20-game conference schedule. We are looking forward to playing in one of the best in-season tournaments in our game in the Battle 4 Atlantis. The matchups, no matter how they fall, will create a great test for our team.”

The Hoosiers will open the season against SIU-Edwardsville (Nov. 6), Eastern Illinois (Nov. 10), and South Carolina (Nov. 16) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

For the first time in program history, Indiana will compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Indiana will be joined by Arizona, Davidson, Gonzaga, Louisville, Oklahoma, Providence, and West Virginia in the three-day event played at the Imperial Arena, a grand ballroom transformed into a truly unique basketball venue. Games are televised on ESPN networks throughout the tournament. All games will be played between Nov. 27-29.

The Hoosiers will return to Bloomington for games against Sam Houston State (Dec. 3), Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 6), UT-Chattanooga (Dec. 21), and Winthrop (Dec. 28) to close non-conference play.

The Big Ten schedule, tip times, and television designations will be announced at a later date.

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