What stands out from Utah basketball’s first Big 12 schedule

Back in June, the Big 12 Conference released the scheduling matrix for men’s and women’s basketball for the upcoming season, revealing how often and where each of the league’s 16 institutions would play their conference opponents.
On Thursday, the dates for those matchups were released.
For Utah, that meant getting their first Big 12 schedule in hand.
The Utah men head into their inaugural season in the Big 12 coming off a year where the Runnin’ Utes advanced to the NIT semifinals, but the team went through heavy personnel changes — involving both players and coaches — following a 22-15 season.
The Utah women have advanced to the NCAA tournament each of the past three seasons — including reaching the second round last year as part of a 23-11 year — while the Utes must replace All-American forward Alissa Pili.
What will that first season in the Big 12 — 20 conference games for the men, and 18 for the women — look like for both programs?
Here’s a look at the full schedule for the Utah women this season, broken into nonconference and Big 12 play:
Nonconference schedule
* at Landers Center (Southaven, Mississippi)
& Mountain to Sea Showcase (at Huntsman Center)
^ at Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Big 12 schedule
Here’s a look at the full schedule for the Utah women this season, broken into nonconference and Big 12 play:
Nonconference schedule
Big 12 schedule