The University of Utah’s men’s basketball schedule for the 2022-23 season has been finalized with Thursday’s release of the Pac-12 schedule.
The schedule includes two early December conference games, as Utah will host Arizona on Dec. 1 and travel to Washington State on Dec. 4.
Utah went 11-20 overall last year in coach Craig Smith’s first season at the helm. The team was 4-16 in Pac-12 play.
After returning to nonconference play in late December, the Utes will repeat last year’s pattern of playing a couple of games after the Christmas break away from the Huntsman Center.
They will play at Cal on Dec. 29 and at Stanford on Dec. 31; last year, the Utes opened the new year by playing at Oregon State and Oregon.
Utah opens Year 2 in the Smith era by facing nearby Westminster College in an exhibition game at the Huntsman Center on Nov. 2. The Utes’ first official game is against LIU in the Huntsman Center on Nov. 7.
Just before Christmas, the Utes end their nonconference slate with a couple of tough contests: at rival BYU on Dec. 17, and then a rematch with the Big 12’s TCU at Vivint Arena in downtown Salt Lake City.
BYU and TCU dropped the Utes last year in SLC and Fort Worth, Texas, respectively.
The Utah Jazz are hosting the NBA’s All-Star Weekend in February, but the Utes will be on the road facing Arizona on Feb. 16 and Arizona State on Feb. 18.
The Pac-12 Tournament is scheduled for March 8-11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Utah men’s basketball schedule, 2022-23
Nov. 2 — vs. Westminster (exhibition)
Nov. 7 — vs. LIU
Nov. 14 — vs. Idaho State
Nov. 17 — vs. Sam Houston State
Nov. 21 — vs. Georgia Tech at Fort Myers, Florida
Nov. 23 — vs. Mississippi State or Marquette, Fort Myers, Florida
Nov. 26 — vs. St. Thomas
Dec. 1 — vs. Arizona
Dec. 4 — at Washington State
Dec. 8 — vs. Jacksonville State
Dec. 13 — vs. UTSA
Dec. 17 — at BYU
Dec. 21 — vs. TCU at Vivint Arena, SLC
Dec. 29 — at Cal
Dec. 31 — at Stanford
Jan. 5 — vs. Oregon State
Jan. 7 — vs. Oregon
Jan. 12 — at UCLA
Jan. 14 — at USC
Jan. 19 — vs. Washington State
Jan. 21 — vs. Washington
Jan. 26 — at Oregon State
Jan. 28 — at Oregon
Feb. 2 — vs. Stanford
Feb. 5 — vs. Cal
Feb. 11 — vs. Colorado
Feb. 16 — at Arizona
Feb. 18 — at Arizona State
Feb. 23 — vs. UCLA
Feb. 25 — vs. USC
March 4 — at Colorado
March 8-11 — Pac-12 Tournament, Las Vegas