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Pac-12 Announces 2016-17 Men's Basketball Weekly Pairings
July 26, 2016 | Men's Basketball
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 Conference has released the weekly matchups and site designations for the league's 2016-17 men's basketball season.
The announcement reflects the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the Pac-12 regular season. Specific dates and times for each game within a week will be announced later this summer after selections by the league's television partners are finalized. All Conference games will be televised by either ESPN, FOX, CBS or Pac-12 Network.
Colorado will begin with three straight on the road, opening at Utah the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 1 and then a trip to Arizona-Arizona State in the only meeting of the regular season with those two programs between Jan. 4-8.
The Buffaloes will open conference play at the Coors Events Center the week of Jan. 11-15 with the Los Angeles schools, USC and UCLA, coming to Boulder. Colorado will host defending Pac-12 champion Oregon and Oregon State the week of Jan. 25-29.
With a road-heavy early schedule, Colorado is rewarded at the tail-end of the season, ending with five its last seven games at home. After hosting the Washington schools the week of Feb. 8-12, the Buffaloes travel to the Oregon programs Feb. 15-19.
Colorado ends with three straight at home. The Buffaloes play their second game against Utah the week of Feb. 22-26 at the Coors Events Center and then conclude regular season by hosting Stanford and California.
The conference regular-season schedule will conclude on Saturday, March 4, 2017, ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament's debut at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 8-11.
Pac-12 men's basketball enjoyed one of its most exciting and competitive seasons in 2015-16. A record seven teams earned bids to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, nine teams finished the year ranked in the RPI Top 100, all 12 teams posted Top 100 Strengths of Schedule, and league play featured seven matchups between AP Top 25 teams, the most for the conference since 2007-08.
The announcement reflects the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the Pac-12 regular season. Specific dates and times for each game within a week will be announced later this summer after selections by the league's television partners are finalized. All Conference games will be televised by either ESPN, FOX, CBS or Pac-12 Network.
Colorado will begin with three straight on the road, opening at Utah the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 1 and then a trip to Arizona-Arizona State in the only meeting of the regular season with those two programs between Jan. 4-8.
The Buffaloes will open conference play at the Coors Events Center the week of Jan. 11-15 with the Los Angeles schools, USC and UCLA, coming to Boulder. Colorado will host defending Pac-12 champion Oregon and Oregon State the week of Jan. 25-29.
With a road-heavy early schedule, Colorado is rewarded at the tail-end of the season, ending with five its last seven games at home. After hosting the Washington schools the week of Feb. 8-12, the Buffaloes travel to the Oregon programs Feb. 15-19.
Colorado ends with three straight at home. The Buffaloes play their second game against Utah the week of Feb. 22-26 at the Coors Events Center and then conclude regular season by hosting Stanford and California.
The conference regular-season schedule will conclude on Saturday, March 4, 2017, ahead of the Pac-12 Tournament's debut at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 8-11.
Pac-12 men's basketball enjoyed one of its most exciting and competitive seasons in 2015-16. A record seven teams earned bids to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, nine teams finished the year ranked in the RPI Top 100, all 12 teams posted Top 100 Strengths of Schedule, and league play featured seven matchups between AP Top 25 teams, the most for the conference since 2007-08.
2016-17 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Pairings (Wednesday-Sunday)
Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 1
Colorado at Utah
Arizona/Arizona State at California/Stanford
UCLA/USC at Oregon/Oregon State
Washington State at Washington
Week of Jan. 4-8
Colorado/Utah at Arizona/Arizona State
California/Stanford at UCLA/USC
Oregon/Oregon State at Washington/Washington State
Week of Jan. 11-15
UCLA/USC at Colorado/Utah
Washington/Washington State at California/Stanford
Arizona State at Arizona
Oregon State at Oregon
Week of Jan. 18-22
Colorado/Utah at Washington/Washington State
Arizona/Arizona State at UCLA/USC
California/Stanford at Oregon/Oregon State
Week of Jan. 25-29
Oregon/Oregon State at Colorado/Utah
Washington/Washington State at Arizona/Arizona State
Stanford at California
UCLA at USC
Week of Feb. 1-5
Colorado/Utah at California/Stanford
Arizona/Arizona State at Oregon/Oregon State
UCLA/USC at Washington/Washington State
Week of Feb. 8-12
Washington/Washington State at Colorado/Utah
California/Stanford at Arizona/Arizona State
Oregon/Oregon State at UCLA/USC
Week of Feb. 15-19
Colorado/Utah at Oregon/Oregon State
Arizona/Arizona State at Washington/Washington State
California at Stanford
USC at UCLA
Week of Feb. 22-26
Utah at Colorado
Oregon/Oregon State at California/Stanford
UCLA/USC at Arizona/Arizona State
Washington at Washington State
Week of March 1-4 (Regular season concludes Saturday, March 4)
California/Stanford at Colorado/Utah
Washington/Washington State at UCLA/USC
Arizona at Arizona State
Oregon at Oregon State
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