We already knew the Ohio State men's basketball team would tip off its Big Ten season on Jan. 1 in Champaign, Illinois against the Illini.
Monday, we learned a start time: 7 p.m. ET. BTN will broadcast.
Game time announcement! The B1G Conference starts for us New Year's Day at 7pm ET #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/tBFMsQ6bTG
— OSU BASKETBALL (@OhioStateHoops) December 26, 2016
Illinois, 10-3 and winner of the last six, opens Big Ten play Tuesday afternoon in College Park, Maryland.
The game will be a return to action for Ohio State, who was last active Dec. 22 with a 79-77 win over UNC-Asheville in Columbus.
