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At long last, the Big Ten Conference announced its men’s basketball slate for the 2024-25 season on Wednesday.

With round-robin schedules long consigned to history, the way the Big Ten schedule unfolds has a big influence on the season.

Opponents were announced in May, but the order is important. You want to catch teams at the right times. You want to have long trips on the schedule at the most opportune times.

First, here’s the opponents Indiana will play for the 2024-25 season:

Home: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Rutgers, Southern California, UCLA

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

Home-and-home: Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

Big Ten games begin with the now-established two-game appetizer in December. It’s all Big Ten-all-the-time starting in January.