Iowa men to open Big Ten at home against Purdue

Iowa's men's basketball team willl open its 2011-2012 Big Ten season at home on Dec. 28 against Purdue, according to schedules released today by the Big Ten Conference.

Iowa upset then-No. 6-ranked Purdue to end the regular season last year. The game is televised by BTN and airs at 8:30 p.m.

Iowa then will play at noon on New Year's Eve at Wisconsin.

Iowa plays four Saturday afternoon Big Ten games at refurbished Carver-Hawkeye Arena. and only one Sunday afternoon game (Feb. 19 vs. Indiana) at home.

Other notes:

Iowa welcomes Big 12 newcomer to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 26 for an ESPNU game. The Hawkeyes play at Nebraska on Feb. 29.

Iowa faces three of its four single-play opponents in succession beginning Jan. 7 at home against Ohio State. The Hawkeyes then travel to Michigan State on Jan. 10 and host Michigan on Jan. 14. Iowa plays its other single-play opponent, Illinois, in Champaign, Ill., at 5 p.m. Feb. 26.

Iowa will play Penn State twice with 12 days, starting with a Feb. 4 game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes then will travel to Penn State on Feb. 16.

Here's the schedule:

Sun., Nov. 6 - NW Missouri State (Exhibition), 3:30 p.m., BTN.com

Fri., Nov. 11 - Chicago State, 7 p.m., BTN.com

Mon., Nov. 14 - North Carolina A&T, 7 p.m., BTN.com

Thurs., Nov. 17  - Northern Illinois, 7 p.m., BTN.com

Sun., Nov. 20 - vs. Creighton (Des Moines), 3 p.m., BTN

Wed., Nov. 23 - Campbell, 7 p.m., BTN.com

Sat., Nov. 26 - IPFW, noon, BTN.com

Tues., Nov. 29 - Clemson, 8:15 p.m., ESPNU

Sat., Dec. 3 - Brown, 2 p.m., BTN.com

Tues., Dec. 6 - at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m., TBD

Fri., Dec. 9 - at Iowa State, 7 p.m., CTN

Sat., Dec. 17 - Drake, 8 p.m., BTN

Mon., Dec. 19  - Central Arkansas, 7 p.m., BTN.com

Thurs., Dec. 22 - Boise State, 7:30 p.m., BTN.com

Wed., Dec. 28 - Purdue, 8:30 p.m., BTN

Sat., Dec. 31 - at Wisconsin, noon, BTN

Wed., Jan. 4 - at Minnesota, 8 p.m., BTN

Sat., Jan. 7 - Ohio State, 2 p.m., BTN

Tues., Jan. 10 - at Michigan State, 6 p.m., BTN

Sat., Jan. 14 - Michigan, noon, BTN

Tues., Jan. 17 - at Purdue, 7 p.m., BTN

Thurs., Jan. 26 - Nebraska, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Sun., Jan. 29 - at Indiana, 5 p.m., BTN

Wed., Feb. 1 - Minnesota, 7:30 p.m., BTN

Sat., Feb. 4 - Penn State, 2 p.m., ESPNU

Thurs., Feb. 9 - at Northwestern, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Thurs., Feb. 16 - at Penn State, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Sun., Feb. 19 - Indiana, TBD, CBS/BTN

Thurs., Feb. 23 - Wisconsin, 8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2

Sun., Feb. 26 - at Illinois, 5 p.m., BTN

Wed., Feb. 29 - at Nebraska, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Sat., March 3 - Northwestern, 1:30 p.m., BTN

Thurs.-Sun., Mar. 8-11 - at Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.