Ohio State announces 2015/2016 Big Ten men's basketball schedule

Even with football a little less than two weeks away, it's time for Thad Matta's basketball Buckeyes to reenter our collective radars.

On Thursday, the Big Ten Network released the conference's men's basketball schedules for the 2015-2016 season:

Expectations aren't spectacular following the departure of eventual No. 2 in the 2015 NBA Draft D'Angelo Russell. This current iteration of Buckeyes have more questions than answers and may even prove to be a stretch to make the NCAA tournament if they don't gel by league play.

On the other hand, Thad Matta, 20 win seasons, etc.

Here's Ohio State's complete 2015/16 Ohio State men's basketball schedule:

2015-2016 Ohio State basketball schedule

Nov. 15  Mount St. Mary's

Nov. 17 Grambling

Nov. 20 UT Arlington

Nov. 24 Louisiana Tech

Nov. 27 Memphis (in Miami)

Dec. 1  Virginia

Dec. 5  VMI

Dec. 8  Air Force

Dec. 12 at UConn

Dec. 16 Northern Illinois

Dec. 19  Kentucky (in Brooklyn)

Dec. 22 Mercer

Dec. 27 South Carolina State

Dec. 30 Minnesota

Jan. 3 Illinois

Jan. 6 at Northwestern

Jan. 10 at Indiana

Jan. 13 Rutgers

Jan. 16 at Maryland

Jan. 21 at Purdue

Jan. 25 Penn State

Jan. 28 at Illinois

Jan. 31 Maryland

Feb. 4 at Wisconsin

Feb. 9 Northwestern

Feb. 13 at Rutgers

Feb. 16 Michigan

Feb. 20 or Feb. 21 at Nebraska

Feb. 23 Michigan State

Feb. 27 or Feb. 28 Iowa

Mar. 5 or Mar. 6 at Michigan State