WSU releases Pac-12 men’s basketball schedule

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 be broadcast on ESPNU. The Cougars will wrap up their regular season in Seattle against the Washington Huskies. That game will 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 do 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.

Juniors Ike Iroegbu and Josh Hawkinson give the Cougars a decent foundation – Iroegbu improved as the year went on and Hawkinson was the only Pac-12 player to average a double-double.

The Cougars begin their conference season in Pullman on Jan. 1 against USC at 6 p.m.