Michigan basketball schedule: Wolverines announces complete 2025-26 nonconference slate

After trickling in like a leaky faucet, the Michigan basketball nonconference schedule has officially solidified.

In 2024, coach Dusty May said he wanted to make sure that his Wolverines played a number of various styles of teams in order to prepare for what it hoped would be a lengthy postseason slate.

It paid off, as U-M not only won the Big Ten tournament, but advanced to the Sweet 16 in the first year of the May era.The schedule for the 2025-26 season is every bit as tough, if not a step above.The program plays a number of big name programs including Villanova at home (Tuesday, Dec.

9) and Duke at a neutral site (Feb.

21, Washington, D.C.) in addition to the return trips of last year's matchups with Wake Forest coming to Detroit and U-M facing TCU on the road in mid-November.With the "Players Era Festival" tournament in Las Vegas that carries a $1 million purse, there's plenty more tough contests before Big Ten play picks up with teams like San Diego State and Auburn, which knocked the Wolverines out of the NCAA tournament a season ago.Here's a complete look at the 2025-26 nonconference schedule as well as a reminder of which Big Ten teams U-M plays on the road, at home and the three teams it will see twice this upcoming season.2025-26 Michigan basketball nonconference scheduleOct.

25 (exhibition): vs.

St.

Johns (Madison Square Garden)Nov.

3: Oakland (Crisler Center)Nov.

11: vs.

Wake Forest (Detroit, Little Caesars Arena)Nov.

14: at TCUPlayers Era Festival (Tournament Info)Nov.

24 (Players Era Festival): San Diego State (Las Vegas, 10:30 p.m.)Nov.

25 (Players Era Festival): Auburn (Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m.)Nov.

26/27: TBD based on first two gamesDec.

9: Villanova (Crisler Center)Dec.

21: La Salle (Crisler Center)Dec.

29: McNeese (Crisler Center)Feb.

21: vs.

Duke (Washington, D.C.)Michigan basketball's 2025-26 Big Ten slateHome/Away: Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State.Home: Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin.Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington.Tony Garcia is the Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press.

Email him at [email protected] and follow him on "X" at @RealTonyGarcia.This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan basketball schedule: Wolverines announce nonconference slate.

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