Preseason basketball schedule released

by JazzyUte on Jun 25, 2008 4:00 PM MDT in Basketball Comment 0 comments

While we're all probably in football mode, we can't ignore basketball and the 2008 preseason schedule has been released, 1320 KFAN is reporting.

My first thoughts: This schedule is great. I love it and hopefully Utah has a good team, because a schedule like this could make for a fun season.

Here's is is with my thoughts below:

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Nov. 8	Grand Valley State (exh.)	Salt Lake City	TBA
Nov. 15	Southwest Baptist	Salt Lake City	TBA
Nov. 18	Wisc-Green Bay (GW Classic)	Salt Lake City	TBA
Nov. 21	Glen Wilkes Classic	Dayton Beach, FL	TBA
Nov. 22	Glen Wilkes Classic	Dayton Beach, FL	TBA
Nov. 23	Glen Wilkes Classic	Dayton Beach, FL	TBA
Nov. 28	Missouri State	Springfield, MO	7:00
Dec. 3	Oregon	Salt Lake City	TBA
Dec. 6	Idaho State	Pocatello, Idaho	7:05
Dec. 10	California	Salt Lake City	TBA
Dec. 13	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
Dec. 20	Weber State	Salt Lake City	TBA
Dec. 22	Utah State	Logan, Utah	7;00
Dec. 27	UC-Irvine	Irvine, CA	7:00
Dec. 31	Gonzaga	Salt Lake City	TBA
Jan. 6	LSU	Salt Lake City	TBA

The Glen Wilkes Classic looks like a fairly easy tournament, with Mississippi, UW-Green Bay, Marshall, IUPUI and Morgan State joining Utah.

If Utah were to meet Mississippi in the Classic, they will have five games power conference teams and 3 solid mid-major programs (Gonzaga, Missouri State and Utah State). The Oklahoma game should be fun, since it'll be the first meeting between the two since Utah beat them to advance to the 2005 Sweet Sixteen.

I'm excited for this season and hope Utah can make some progress. With a schedule like this, 20 wins could be enough for an NCAA berth, however, that's probably too optimistic.

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