The Big Ten announced the 2016-17 women’s basketball conference schedule on Monday. Northwestern will open on the road against Nebraska on December 28th. The Wildcats will play their home opener on New Year’s Eve against Purdue. 

Northwestern will close the season on February 26th against Purdue in West Lafayette. 

The Full Northwestern 2016-17 Big Ten Schedule:

December 28th: @ Nebraska

December 31st: vs. Purdue

January 3rd: vs. Ohio State

January 7th: @ Maryland

January 11th: @ Minnesota

January 14th: vs. Indiana

January 17th: vs. Michigan State

January 25th: @ Michigan

January 29th: @ Rutgers

February 1st: vs. Wisconsin

February 5th: vs. Penn State

February 11th: @ Indiana

February 16th: @ Iowa

February 19th: vs. Illinois

February 23rd: vs. Rutgers

February 26th: @ Purdue

The Wildcats will open up the regular season at Welsh-Ryan Arena on November 11th against Hampton. 

As always, every home game and every conference game will be broadcast live on WNUR.