BYU Basketball Schedules UNLV Exhibition, Non-Conference Slate Nearly Complete

BYU Basketball’s non-conference schedule is nearly done, and we got another piece to the puzzle Tuesday. UNLV Head Coach Josh Pastner said on Las Vegas radio said that UNLV will host BYU in an exhibition game Saturday, October 24 in the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. BYU already has an exhibition game versus Nebraska Friday, October 16 in Provo. Exhibitions are preseason games and do not count against a team’s win totals — BYU played exhibitions last season at Nebraska and versus North Carolina in the Delta Center. The NCAA is allowing teams to play three exhibition games this season, up from two last year. One source told me earlier this offseason that BYU may elect to have its third exhibition as a closed-door scrimmage.

Below is what we know about the non-conference schedule. BYU will play 18 Big 12 games and 14 non-conference games. For the 14 non-conference contests, I expect seven Q1/Q2 type games and seven “buy” games in Provo. A buy game is when a team pays another lesser team to come to its home gym.

I am tracking 13 of the 14 non-conference games (not counting exhibitions).

Exhibitions

• vs Nebraska, 10/16 in Provo
• at UNLV, 10/24 in Las Vegas
• One more — potentially a closed-door scrimmage

Q1/Q2 games

• vs Ohio State, 11/2 in SLC — this is the regular season opener. Ohio State was an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament last year
• vs Northwestern, 12/5 in SLC
• vs Utah State, 12/9 in Provo
• vs San Diego State, 12/19 in Palm Springs
• 3 games in Maui Invitational over Thanksgiving week — Field includes Arizona, Washington, VCU, Providence, Ole Miss, Colorado State, Clemson

I expect those to be BYU’s 7 Q1/Q2 non-conference games. There was talk last year about BYU returning the Wisconsin game, but sources told me that will end up being a one-off and not be returned.

Other Games

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• vs Queens, 11/10 in Provo
• vs Montana State, 11/12 in Provo
• vs Northern Colorado, 11/18 in Provo
• vs Cal State Fullerton, 12/12 in Provo
• vs Weber State, 12/15 in Provo
• vs La Salle, 12/22 in Provo

BYU has one more game to fill out its non-conference slate.

Games in Chronological Order

• 10/16 – vs Nebraska in Provo (exhibition)
• 10/24 – at UNLV in Las Vegas (exhibition)
• TBD Exhibition/Closed-Door Scrimmage
• 11/2 – vs Ohio State in SLC
• 11/10 – vs Queens in Provo
• 11/12- vs Montana State in Provo
• 11/18 – vs Northern Colorado in Provo
• 11/23-11/25 – 3 games in Maui Invitational; Field includes Arizona, Washington, VCU, Providence, Ole Miss, Colorado State, Clemson
• 12/5 – vs Northwestern in SLC
• 12/9 – vs Utah State in Provo
• 12/12 – vs Cal State Fullerton in Provo
• 12/15 – vs Weber State in Provo
• 12/19 – vs San Diego State in Palm Springs
• 12/22 – vs La Salle in Provo
• One other game TBD