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Quote: Originally Posted by dunnyduns

No, the Big Ten has had imbalanced schedules in basketball ever since Penn State joined. It just took until 2001 for it to rotate so that IU and Purdue played each other once a season. That IU/Purdue game in 2002 is the only time I have seen conference teams play a non-conference game. Until this season of course. So, it's probably very rare for it to happen.

The only other scenario I could see is if two teams in the same conference played in the same preseason tournament. But I can't think of any instances like that.