NEW YORK – (July 1, 2022) The BIG EAST and Big Ten Conferences have announced the matchups for the seventh Gavitt Tipoff Games, with eight men’s basketball contests set for Nov. 14-18, 2022. Game times and television network assignments will be announced at a later date.  All games will be televised on FS1 or BTN. 
 
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The annual series, which is played on school home courts, features games between some area opponents as well as some attractive intersectional matchups.

The Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule begins on Monday, Nov. 14, with Butler at Penn State and DePaul at Minnesota.        

On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the schedule includes Marquette at Purdue and Northwestern at Georgetown.       

The slate for Wednesday, Nov. 16, has one contest, Iowa at Seton Hall.

On Thursday, Nov. 17, St. John’s hosts Nebraska.           

The Gavitt Tipoff Games conclude on Friday, Nov. 18, with Indiana at Xavier and Villanova at Michigan State.     
 
The 2022 Gavitt Tipoff Games Schedule
 
Monday, Nov. 14
Butler at Penn State
DePaul at Minnesota
 
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Marquette at Purdue
Northwestern at Georgetown
 
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Iowa at Seton Hall  
 
Thursday, Nov. 17
Nebraska at St. John’s
 
Friday, November 18
Indiana at Xavier
Villanova at Michigan State
 
The Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days early in the college basketball season and will span eight years. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times.
 
The distinctive series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball at the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.