Future Pac-12 Basketball Schedules Released: Cal To Visit Colorado & Utah Next Year

I know we haven't even started this season, but it's never too early to take a look at what the 2011-12 season will hold for our California Golden Bears men's basketball team. With 11 opponents and an 18 game schedule, we can't maintain our current home-and-away structure for future opponents. We will have to play some of our teams twice and some of our teams once, subject to rotation year-by-year.

Unlike college football, we won't be guaranteed our full slate of games with the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins; their matchups will be part of the rotation too. Thus there will be some years down the road where we don't travel to Pauley Pavilion and the Galen Center. Regardless of rotation, we are guaranteed to face the Furd twice a year though.

So here's what it looks like down the road (Click here for the official PDF):

2011-12 & 2012-13 seasons
Home and away (two games): USC, UCLA, Oregon Ducks, Oregon St. Beavers, Colorado Buffaloes, Utah Utes 
Home or away (one game): Arizona Wildcats, Arizona St. Sun Devils, Washington Huskies, Washington St. Cougars

2013-14 & 2014-15 seasons
Home and away: Arizona, Arizona St., USC, UCLA, Washington, Washington St.
Home or away: Oregon, Oregon St., Colorado, Utah

After the jump, more future schedule rotations and next year's preliminary conference schedule for Cal.

2015-16 & 2016-17 seasons
Home and away: Arizona, Arizona St., Oregon, Oregon St., Colorado, Utah
Home or away: Washington, Washington St., USC, UCLA

2017-18 & 2018-19 seasons
Home and away: Arizona, Arizona St., USC, UCLA, Washington, Washington St.
Home or away: Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Oregon St.

2019-20 & 2020-21 seasons
Home and away: Oregon, Oregon St., Washington, Washington St., Colorado, Utah
Home or away: USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona St.

Here's what the conference slate looks like next year (dates may be adjusted for television purposes).

Thursday, December 29, 2011: home versus UCLA
Saturday, December 31: vs. USC
Thurs., January 5, 2012: away at Oregon St.
Sat., January 7: at Oregon
Thurs., January 12: vs. Colorado
Sat., January 14: vs. Utah
Thurs., Jan. 19: at Washington
Sat., Jan. 21: at Washington St.
Sat., Jan. 28: vs. Furd
Thurs., February 2: vs. Arizona
Sat., Feb. 4: vs. Arizona St.
Thurs., Feb. 9: at USC
Sat., Feb. 11: at UCLA
Thurs., Feb. 16: vs. Oregon
Sat., Feb. 18: vs. Oregon St.
Thurs., Feb. 23: at Utah
Sat., Feb. 25: at Colorado
Sat., Mar. 3: at Furd
Wed., Mar. 7-Sat., Mar. 10: Pac-10 Tournament