SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 Conference has announced the weekly pairings and site designations for league action during the 2018-19 men’s basketball season. The announcement showcases the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the regular season. Specific dates and times for each game will be announced at a later date once television selections are finalized. Every conference game will be shown by either ESPN/2/U, FOX/FS1, CBS or the Pac-12 Network.
Washington will open conference play at home as it takes on in-state rival Washington State the weekend of January 4. It will be the latest in the year that the Huskies have opened league action since the 2012-13 season when they started at WSU on Jan. 5.
The Dawgs then head to the mountain schools to take on Utah and Colorado the week of Jan. 9. For the first two-game home-stretch of the year, Washington will welcome Stanford and California to Alaska Airlines Arena Jan. 16-20. Returning to the road the week of Jan. 23-27, Washington will hit I-5 South and head down to face Oregon and Oregon State in their home arenas.
Up next is the lone meeting with the LA schools of the season which will take place in Seattle this season the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3. This is the last year in the two-year rotation where the Huskies will face UCLA and USC just after having just played them both once a year ago in Los Angeles.
Following that will be meetings with the other two schools UW will only face once this season as the Dawgs head to take on Arizona and Arizona State the weekend of Feb. 6-10 in Arizona, having not been there since the 2015-16 season.
The next week brings a rematch with the Cougars in Pullman the week of Feb. 13-18 before hosting Colorado and Utah the week of Feb. 20-24 at Hec Ed. Washington will then head to take on Cal then Stanford, Feb. 27-March 3 before closing out the season at home with Oregon State and Oregon, March 6-10. It will be the second-straight year UW will close the season at home with the Oregon schools.
The 2019 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament once again returns to Las Vegas March 13-16 at the T-Mobile Arena.
(home games marked in bold)
Jan. 2-6 – Washington State
Jan. 9-13 – at Utah/Colorado
Jan. 16-20 – Stanford/California
Jan. 23-27 – at Oregon/Oregon State
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 – UCLA/USC
Feb. 6-10 – at Arizona/Arizona State
Feb. 13-17 – at Washington State
Feb. 20-24 – Colorado/Utah
Feb. 27-March 3 – at California/Stanford
March 6-9 – Oregon State/Oregon
