Michigan State men's basketball 2026-2027 schedule released
Spartan fans can pencil in the full schedule for men's basketball now.
Michigan State men's basketball has its full 2026-2027 schedule out now, including the last remaining non-conference game not previously released until today. The Big Ten Network released the conference dates last week on Wednesday evening while all but the one non-conference game had been released to date. The final regular season matchup is now on the schedule with a visit by Northern Iowa to the Breslin Center slated for Nov. 13.
The full schedule is available below:
October Games
Oct. 2 vs. Incarnate Word (exhibition)
Oct. 20 vs. UConn (exhibition)
Oct. 25 at Marquette (exhibition)
November Games
Nov. 2 vs. Quinnipiac
Nov. 5 vs. Toledo
Nov. 10 vs. Duke (Champions Classic, Chicago, Ill.)
Nov. 13 vs. Northern Iowa
Nov. 17 at Tennessee
Nov. 21 vs. Detroit Mercy
Nov. 26 vs. Arkansas (Thanksgiving Classic, Detroit, Mich.)
December Games
Dec. 2 vs. Minnesota
Dec. 5 vs. Drake
Dec. 9 at Maryland
Dec. 12 vs. Merrimack
Dec. 19 vs. Gonzaga (Acrisure Series, Palm Desert, Calif.)
Dec. 22 vs. Oakland
Dec. 29 vs. Penn
January Games
Jan. 2 at Nebraska
Jan. 5 vs. Washington
Jan. 9 at UCLA
Jan. 12 at USC
Jan. 16 vs. Oregon
Jan. 23 at Ohio State
Jan. 26 vs. Penn State
Jan. 30 vs. Purdue
February Games
Feb. 2 vs. Maryland
Feb. 5 at Illinois
Feb. 10 vs. Rutgers
Feb. 13 at Michigan
Feb. 16 at Iowa
Feb. 20 vs. Nebraska
Feb. 23 at Indiana
Feb. 26 vs. Michigan
March Games
March 2 at Northwestern
March 6 vs. Wisconsin
The Spartans will face early Big Ten action at home versus Minnesota to open December and play at Maryland a week later.
League play resumes on the road in the new year with a trip to Nebraska before hosting Washington. Then it's back out west, this time all the way to the Pacific Coast for road games at UCLA followed by USC before a likely red eye flight home that Wednesday morning Eastern Time.
MSU hosts Oregon to close out West Coast teams on the year before taking the comparatively short flight to Columbus to take on Ohio State. January closes out with the start of a three game homestand facing Penn State and Purdue before closing it out with a February return visit by UMD.
It's back on the road after that with a trip to Illinois before hosting Rutgers. Longtime Scarlet Knights head coach Steve Pikiell will be limited in his role with the team this season as he announced just a week ago he has been diagnosed with and is undergoing treatment for cancer. He will be limited in his capacities as head coach this season as a result while he focuses on the battle ahead.
Looming just after RU will be the first matchup against Michigan, this one in Ann Arbor on Feb. 13. Just a short three days later the Spartans will remain on the road with a trip to Iowa before hosting a return visit by UNL. As February comes to a close, it's back on the road at Indiana before the return visit by the Wolverines to end the month on Feb. 26. While the visit to Ann Arbor falls on a Saturday, the return by UM comes on a Friday instead.
As the calendar flips to Izzo March, MSU closes out the season at Northwestern before hosting Wisconsin to close the season.
Broadcasting information and start times will be released at a later date. Additionally, there remains one more non-conference game that has not yet been released.
This article has been updated since it's original publish date to reflect the final non-conference game announced on Sept. 22, 2026.
