Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern
2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall8-90.471
Conference0-60.000
StreakL4
Home6-3
Away1-3
Neutral1-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 (Sun) | Noon CT | Away | #16 Iowa State (Exhibition) | Ames, Iowa | L 72-80 | |
| Oct 29 (Wed) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Illinois State (Exhibition) | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 100-65 | |
| Nov 3 (Mon) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Mercyhurst | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 70-47 | |
| Nov 7 (Fri) | 5 p.m. CT | Home | Boston University | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 76-52 | |
| Nov 10 (Mon) | 7:30 p.m. CT | Home | Cleveland State | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 110-63 | |
| Nov 14 (Fri) | 7:30 p.m. CT | Away | DePaul | Chicago, Ill. | W 81-79 | |
| Nov 21 (Fri) | 4 p.m. CT | Neutral | Virginia | White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. | Greenbrier Tip-Off | L 78-83 |
| Nov 23 (Sun) | 4 p.m. CT | Neutral | South Carolina | White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. | Greenbrier Tip-Off | W 79-77 |
| Nov 27 (Thu) | 9:30 p.m. CT | Neutral | Oklahoma State | Chicago, Ill. | Thanksgiving Classic Chicago | L 81-86 |
| Dec 3 (Wed) | 8 p.m. CT | Away | Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. | L 73-85 | |
| Dec 6 (Sat) | 1 p.m. CT | Home | Ohio State | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | L 82-86 | |
| Dec 13 (Sat) | 1 p.m. CT | Home | Jackson State | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 93-53 | |
| Dec 16 (Tue) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Valparaiso | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 86-70 | |
| Dec 20 (Sat) | 3 p.m. CT | Neutral | Butler | Indianapolis, Ind. | Indy Classic | L 58-61 |
| Dec 30 (Tue) | 4 p.m. CT | Home | Howard | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | W 80-60 | |
| Jan 3 (Sat) | 4 p.m. CT | Home | Minnesota | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | L 78-84 | |
| Jan 8 (Thu) | 5:30 p.m. CT | Away | #12 Michigan State | East Lansing, Mich. | L 66-76 | |
| Jan 11 (Sun) | 4 p.m. CT | Away | Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. | L 75-77 | |
| Jan 14 (Wed) | 7:30 p.m. CT | Home | #13 Illinois | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | L 68-79 | |
| Jan 17 (Sat) | 3 p.m. CT | Home | #8 Nebraska | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Jan 21 (Wed) | 10 p.m. CT | Away | USC | Los Angeles, Calif. | - | |
| Jan 24 (Sat) | 5 p.m. CT | Away | UCLA | Los Angeles, Calif. | - | |
| Jan 29 (Thu) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Penn State | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Jan 31 (Sat) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Washington | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Feb 4 (Wed) | 8 p.m. CT | Away | Illinois | Urbana-Champaign, Ill. | - | |
| Feb 8 (Sun) | 2 p.m. CT | Away | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | - | |
| Feb 11 (Wed) | 7:30 p.m. CT | Home | Michigan | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Feb 14 (Sat) | Noon CT | Away | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | - | |
| Feb 18 (Wed) | 7 p.m. CT | Home | Maryland | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Feb 24 (Tue) | 6 p.m. CT | Away | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | - | |
| Feb 28 (Sat) | 1 p.m. CT | Home | Oregon | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Mar 4 (Wed) | 7:30 p.m. CT | Home | Purdue | Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena) | - | |
| Mar 7 (Sat) | 8 p.m. CT | Away | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | - | |
| Mar 10 (Tue) | Neutral | Big Ten | Chicago, Ill. | Big Ten Tournament | - |