By USU Athletic Media Relations

Utah State University head basketball coach Stew Merrill announced today the upcoming schedule for the defending back-to-back Big West Conference Tournament champion, which has compiled a 56-12 record over the past two seasons including a 36-3 mark in league play and the school's first NCAA Tournament victory in 31 years.

USU will play a total of 29 games during the 2001-02 season, including two exhibition games, nine non-conference tilts and 18 league games. The Aggies will have 17 games at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, where USU has won 23 consecutive games.

The Big West Conference has dropped Boise State, which has joined the Western Athletic Conference and added UC Riverside and Cal State Northridge.

Along with the challenging league schedule, USU will travel to instate rivals Utah and Weber State, and will play host to Brigham Young. The Aggies also will host Idaho State, Birmingham Southern and Centenary in the eighth annual Gossner Foods Classic, Dec. 28-29.

The 2002 Big West Conference Tournament will once again be in Anaheim, Calif., March 7-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament will be March 14-17.

 

Nov. 2	Southern California All Stars (ex.)
Nov. 10	Next Level (ex.)
Nov. 17	at Montana State
Nov. 24	at Utah
Nov. 28	Idaho State
Dec. 1	BYU
Dec. 4	Montana State
Dec. 8	at Weber State
Dec. 15	Western State (Colo.)
Dec. 20	Cal State Northridge
Dec. 22	Pacific
Dec. 28-29	Gossner Foods Classic
Jan. 3	at Cal Poly
Jan. 5	at UC Santa Barbara
Jan. 10	UC Irvine
Jan. 12	Long Beach State
Jan. 17	at UC Riverside
Jan. 19	at Cal State Fullerton
Jab. 26	at Idaho
Jan. 31	UC Santa Barbara
Feb. 2	Cal Poly
Feb. 7	at Long Beach State
Feb. 9	at UC Irvine
Feb. 14	Cal State Fullerton
Feb. 16	UC Riverside
Feb. 23	Idaho
Feb. 28	at Pacific
March 2	at Cal State Northridge
March 7-9	at Big West Tournament
March 14-17	NCAA First Round

JL
MS

September 1998
October 1998

January 1999
February 1999
March 1999
April 1999
September 1999
October 1999
November 1999
December 1999

January 2000
February 2000
March 2000
April 2000
May 2000
June 2000
July 2000
August 2000
September 2000
October 2000
November 2000
December 2000

January 2001
February 2001
March 2001
April 2001
May 2001
June 2001