Notable Games
- September 1, 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game. In the first football game ever broadcast by the network, Football Championship Subdivision team Appalachian State pulls off a 34-32 upset over the then-number-five Michigan, blocking a field goal on the game's final play.
- November 17, 2007: Indiana vs. Purdue (Football). A last-second field goal propels Indiana to its first bowl game in 13 years for their late coach Terry Hoeppner.
- February 24, 2008: Indiana vs. Northwestern (Men's Basketball). The Hoosiers edge the Wildcats in the first game under interim head coach Dan Dakich, after a scandal involving unauthorized telephone calls to recruits forced Kelvin Sampson to resign. Tom Crean later became the permanent successor and Dakich later became an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
- March 14, 2008: Minnesota vs. Indiana (Men's Basketball). Trailing by 1 with 1.5 seconds left, Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber hauls in a 75-foot inbounds pass, spins away from two defenders and nails an off-balance desperation heave to beat the Hoosiers.
- October 3, 2009: Michigan vs. Michigan State and Northwestern vs. Purdue (Football). The network's most-viewed football Saturday featured Michigan State defeating the Wolverines in overtime 26-20 and Northwestern's come-from-behind-win at Purdue 27-21.
- February 10, 2010: Ohio State vs. Purdue (Men's Basketball): both teams were ranked in the Associated Press top 10.
- March 12, 2010: Minnesota vs. Michigan State (Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal). The highest-rated basketball game in network history, drawing a 2.2 household rating and an estimated audience of more than a half-million viewers.
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