Single plays for the 2013-2014 Big Ten schedule were announced Tuesday afternoon and Indiana will play Iowa (home), Minnesota (away), Ohio State (home) and Purdue (away) just once next season.

In the past, the conference rotated single plays, meaning IU would have kept the same single play opponents next season but swapped venues. That’s unlikely to be the case in 2014-2015 as Maryland and Rutgers join the league. With 14 teams in the Big Ten beginning next season, teams will play five league opponents twice and eight opponents once, which could result in an extremely unbalanced schedule for some teams.

It is possible, according to Scott Dochterman of The Gazette, that protected rivalries could be enacted as early as next season, but the Big Ten has no plans to split basketball into divisions.

The complete 2013-2014 Indiana schedule won’t be released until later this summer, but in addition to the 18 league games, five non-conference games have already been announced. Indiana will play two of the following three teams in Madison Square Garden in the 2K Sports Classic: Boston College, Connecticut and Washington, at Syracuse in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, Evansville at Assembly Hall and Notre Dame at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the Crossroads Classic.

Up to eight additional non-conference games will be announced at a later date, two of which will be part of the 2K Sports Classic to be played at Assembly Hall.

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Indiana University announced the complete men’s basketball schedule for the 2012-2013 season this morning. The entire non-conference schedule had already been revealed, but now the finalized schedule with all Big Ten dates is out.

Start times, broadcast information and an exhibition game will be solidified at a later date.

Indiana’s non-conference portion of the schedule is highlighted by a home game with North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, a neutral court meeting at Conseco Fieldhouse with Butler in the Crossroads Classic and a trip to Brooklyn to play Georgia and Georgetown or UCLA in the new Barclays Center.

The Hoosiers will open the Big Ten season on Monday, Dec. 31 in Iowa City against Iowa. IU will play just one game against Illinois (away), Northwestern (away), Nebraska (home) and Wisconsin (home) while facing every other Big Ten team twice.

Indiana will also host Michigan for College GameDay on ESPN on Saturday, Feb. 2.

“The thing I am most excited about is that all of our conference home games are sold out. It will make for unbelievable environments, especially for Gameday,” Indiana coach Tom Crean said in a release. “The Legends Classic is an excellent early season tournament that will allow us to prepare for three distinct styles in Georgia, Georgetown or UCLA. I like the fact that we are able to have a game with an emerging in-state opponent like Ball State. Obviously our game with North Carolina will draw a lot of interest nationally and the Crossroads Classic has a big following throughout the state. I think without question the Big Ten will be as good as any league in the country again this year.”

You can find the complete 2012-13 schedule after the jump or on our schedule page.

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