The basketball season hasn't even officially started yet for the Runnin' Utes and already their conference slate for next year has been released.

Utah opens its inaugural conference season on New Years Eve against Colorado in Boulder. Their first conference home game will be on January 5th, 2012, against Washington State. 

The entire schedule after the jump...

Saturday, Dec. 31st: Utah @ Colorado
Thursday, Jan. 5th: Washington State @ Utah
Saturday, Jan. 7th: Washington @ Utah
Thursday, Jan. 12th: Utah @ Stanford
Saturday, Jan. 14th: Utah @ Cal
Thursday, Jan. 19th: Arizona @ Utah
Saturday, Jan. 21st: Arizona State @ Utah
Thursday, Jan. 26th: Utah @ UCLA
Saturday, Jan. 28th: Utah @ USC
Thursday, Feb. 1st: Oregon @ Utah
Saturday, Feb. 4th: Oregon State @ Utah
Thursday, Feb. 9th: Utah @ Arizona State
Saturday, Feb. 11th: Utah @ Arizona
Saturday, Feb. 18th: Colorado @ Utah
Thursday, Feb. 23th: Cal @ Utah
Saturday, Feb. 25th: Stanford @ Utah
Thursday, Mar. 1st: Utah @ Oregon State
Saturday, Mar. 3rd: Utah @ Oregon Mar. 7th-Mar. 10th: Pac-12 Tournament

So, what are your thoughts?