The Big Sky Conference has released the 2022-23 men's basketball schedule, and Portland State Vikings' fans will see changes from previous seasons.
Now a 10-team league, the Big Sky's schedule has moved to an 18-game, double-round robin format. It had previously been 20 games but Southern Utah has left the Big Sky to join the Western Athletic Conference.
League play now begins the week after Christmas with an almost exclusive Thursday-Saturday format. The only alteration is a season-finale Monday contest on Feb. 27 to accommodate an earlier start to the Big Sky Conference Tournament.
The Big Sky Tourney runs Mar. 4-8 at Boise's Idaho Central Arena. It will also have a change in format with a first-round of games (9 vs. 10 and 7 vs. 8) on Mar. 4. Games on Mar. 5 will include the top seed vs. the 9/10 winner and the number two seed vs. the 7/8 winner. On Mar. 6, games will feature 4 vs. 5 and 3 vs. 6. Winners of Mar. 5 and 6 games will meet in the semifinals on Mar. 7. The championship game takes place on Mar. 8.
Once again, all Big Sky Conference games will be live-streamed on ESPN+. That includes Big Sky Tournament games with the exception of the championship which airs on Mar. 8.
PORTLAND STATE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NOTES
- Portland State plays five of its first seven league games on the road. Eight of 12 games in the middle of the schedule will be at home, including a four-game home stand from Jan. 26-Feb. 4... all Portland State home games take place in the 3,094-seat Viking Pavilion arena at the Peter W. Stott Center.
- PSU will play in the Phil Knight Legacy 2022 Tournament during the preseason. The Legacy field includes Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Oregon State, Portland State, Purdue, West Virginia and Xavier. Each team will play one game per day in the bracket-style format on November 24, 25 and 27. All games will take place at The Rose Quarter's Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and the Chiles Center at the University of Portland… The Phil Knight Invitational (PKI) will be running simultaneous to the Phil Knight Legacy 2022 at the same venues. That tournament includes Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Portland, UConn and Villanova.
- The entire non-conference schedule has not been completed and will be released at a later date. PSU is likely to have four non-conference home games, but should play eight total non-conference games in the city of Portland.
- Last season, the first under new Head Coach Jase Coburn, the Vikings were 14-17 overall, including 10-10 in the Big Sky. PSU reached the Big Sky Tournament semifinals with wins over Idaho State and second-seeded Southern Utah.
- All home games and Big Sky road games are live streamed on ESPN+.
Dec. 31, at Sacramento State
Jan. 5, at Eastern Washington
Jan. 7, at Idaho
Jan. 12, NORTHERN ARIZONA
Jan. 14, NORTHERN COLORADO
Jan. 19, at Weber State
Jan. 21, at Idaho State
Jan. 26, MONTANA STATE
Jan. 28, MONTANA
Feb. 2, IDAHO
Feb. 4, EASTERN WASHINGTON
Feb. 9, at Northern Colorado
Feb. 11, at Northern Arizona
Feb. 16, IDAHO STATE
Feb. 18, WEBER STATE
Feb. 23, at Montana
Feb. 25, at Montana State
Feb. 27, SACRAMENTO STATE
BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Boise, ID, Idaho Central Arena
Mar. 4, 1st Round (#9 vs. #10 and #7 vs. #8)
Mar. 5, 2nd Round (#1 vs. #9/10 and #2 vs. #7/8)
Mar. 6, 3rd Round (#4 vs. #5 and #3 vs. #6)
Mar. 7, Semifinals (2nd Round Winners vs. 3rd Round Winners)
Mar. 8, Championship
Also: PSU will play in the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament, Nov. 24-27. All other non-conference games to be announced.
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