New York — The Big Ten made it official on Thursday, announcing it would move to a 20-game conference schedule in men’s basketball beginning with the 2018-19 season.
It’s something most coaches have been in favor of, and for Michigan and Michigan State, it means no more seasons when the rivals meet just once. That’s the case this season as the Spartans and Wolverines face each other Jan. 13 in East Lansing, but that ends starting next season.
Michigan and Michigan State, along with Purdue-Indiana and Illinois-Northwestern, will play twice in every season. That’s something both Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Michigan’s John Beilein wanted.