The Washington State men's basketball team will play three nationally televised conference games during the 2015-16 season.

Those include a home game against Utah on Jan. 21 that will be televised on Fox Sports 1, and a Feb. 21 game in Pullman against California that will broadcast on ESPNU. The Cougars will wrap up their regular season in Seattle with a rivalry game against the Huskies that will also air on ESPNU.

The Cougars have a Pac-12 slate full of late games, with 11 of the 18 conference contests tipping off at 6 p.m. or later. WSU will skip the Bay Area road trip this year, but will host Stanford (Feb. 18) and California (Feb. 21).

WSU finished 7-11 in conference play last year, a four-win improvement over the previous season, en route to a 13-18 record in Ernie Kent's first season as the Cougars' head coach.

Rising juniors Ike Iroegbu and Josh Hawkinson give the Cougars a decent foundation to pair with six newcomers: Iroegbu improved played his best ball toward the end of the season and Hawkinson was the only Pac-12 player to average a double-double, scoring 14.7 points and collecting 10.8 rebounds per game, breaking the school record for double-doubles in a season with 20.

The Cougars begin their conference season at home on Jan. 1 against USC in a 6 p.m. game. You can view the entire WSU schedule here.

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