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PEACOCK IS EXCLUSIVE HOME OF 30+ BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES FOR 2023-24 SEASON – NBC Sports Pressbox
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Peacock Exclusive Schedule Features At Least Five Appearances Each by Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin, With Every Big Ten School Making At Least One Appearance, PLUS Multiple Big Ten Tournament Games
Big Ten Conference Play on Peacock Begins with Doubleheader on Tuesday, Dec. 5, Featuring Wisconsin-Michigan State and Michigan-Indiana
Eligible Students Can Sign-Up to Receive Special Peacock Student Discount Offer for $1.99/Month
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 3, 2023 – Peacock is the exclusive home of more than 30 Big Ten Men’s Basketball games this season, with every Big Ten school making at least one appearance. Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin will each make at least five appearances exclusively on Peacock. The Peacock schedule also includes interconference matchups between expected AP preseason Top 25 teams.
In addition, Peacock will exclusively stream multiple early-round games from the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Eligible students can sign-up for Peacock’s Student Discount offer, available for $1.99/month. For more information and to sign-up, click here.
KEY MATCHUPS AND STORIED RIVALRIES HEADLINE BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL ON PEACOCK
The 2023-24 Big Ten Men’s Basketball schedule on Peacock is headlined by critical conference matchups, storied rivalries, and highly anticipated interconference games. Last season, the Big Ten Conference sent more teams (eight) to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament than any conference.
Peacock’s exclusive Big Ten Men’s Basketball schedule tips off on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. ET as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights face the Princeton Tigers in the inaugural ‘Jersey Jam’ from CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, N.J.
Big Ten conference play on Peacock begins Tuesday, Dec. 5 with a doubleheader as the Michigan State Spartans host the Wisconsin Badgers at 7 p.m. ET and the Indiana Hoosiers visit the Michigan Wolverines at 9 p.m. ET.
The 2022-23 Big Ten champion Purdue Boilermakers and returning senior Zach Edey – the 2023 consensus National Player of the Year – will make their Peacock debut hosting the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 4:30 p.m. ET from Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a highly anticipated interconference matchup featuring two Top 10 teams from last season. Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season and Big Ten Tournament titles last season, earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona — winners of the 2022-23 Pac-12 Tournament — completed the season No. 8 in the AP poll and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The Big Ten on Peacock schedule also features some of college basketball’s most celebrated and intense rivalries, including:
Purdue will make a school-high six regular-season appearances on Peacock this season, while Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin will each appear five times on the platform. Each Big Ten school will make at least one appearance on Peacock this season.
Schools with at least four games exclusively on Peacock this season:
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Entering 2023-24, the Big Ten is loaded with exciting talent featuring returning players, incoming freshmen, and transfers.
The Big Ten had more AP All-Americans (four) than any conference last season – including Purdue’s returning senior Edey, a First-Team All-American and the consensus National Player of the Year, and three players who were selected in the 2023 NBA Draft: Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis, Penn State’s Jalen Pickett, and Iowa’s Kris Murray.
The 7’4 Edey returns to the Boilermakers after averaging over 22 points and 12 rebounds per game last season, sweeping all six major Nation Player of the Year Awards. Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. joins Edey as 2022-23 First-Team All-Big Ten players returning this season. Edey and Shannon Jr. will face off when Illinois hosts Purdue on March 5 at 7 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.
2023 High School All-Americans making their way to the Big Ten this year as incoming freshmen include Indiana’s Mackenzie Mgbako and Michigan State’s duo of Xavier Booker and Jeremy Fears, Jr.
Among transfers, Indiana center Kel’el Ware (No. 2) and Penn State guard Ace Baldwin (No. 18) were both ranked in the Top 20 student-athletes in this off-season’s transfer portal (according to 247Sports).
PEACOCK’S EXCLUSIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2023-24 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON:
BIG TEN ON PEACOCK
Eligible students can sign-up for Peacock’s Student Discount offer, available for $1.99/month. For more information and to sign-up, click here.
NBCUniversal and the Big Ten Conference kicked off their new 7-year agreement last month on Saturday, Sept. 2, with two of college football’s top programs – Penn State and Michigan – opening their 2023 seasons with home games.
NBC Sports’ Big Ten Football package features B1G Saturday Night on NBC and Peacock – marking the first time ever that Big Ten Football will have a dedicated weekly primetime game on a national broadcast network – and nine exclusive games on Peacock.
Peacock simulstreams all of NBC Sports’ college football games and studio shows airing on the NBC broadcast network this season, including B1G Saturday Night and Notre Dame Football home games.
Peacock’s expansive programming offers the most live sports of any streamer in the United States, featuring live coverage including Big Ten Football, Notre Dame Football, Sunday Night Football, Olympic Games, Premier League, NASCAR, NTT IndyCar Series, and much more. Peacock also offers daily sports programming on the NBC Sports channel.
Last year, Peacock presented the inaugural ‘Peacock Classic’ between Baylor and Gonzaga on Nov. 30, 2022, marking the first men’s college basketball game live on the platform. On Nov. 10, 2022, the inaugural Citi Shamrock Classic between Notre Dame and California marked the first-ever live presentation of a women’s college basketball game on NBC and Peacock.
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