IRVINE, Calif. - The Big West has released its 2023-24 men's and women's basketball conference schedules.
 
The league will play a 20-game round robin format. Games are set for Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the regular season with each team receiving two byes. UC Irvine will announce its non-conference slate at a later date.
 
Conference action begins for UCI men's basketball on Thursday, Dec. 28, hosting UC Riverside for their Big West opener. The 'Eaters hit the road for a trip over to CSU Bakersfield on Dec. 30 before opening 2024 with home contests against Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 4) and UC Davis (Jan. 6).
 
UCI will also host UC San Diego on Jan. 18 and CSUN on Jan. 27, while welcoming Hawai'i (Feb. 3), CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 17), and 2022-23 Big West champion UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 22) to the Bren Events Center in February.

UC Irvine opens March with the Black and Blue Rivalry against Long Beach State (March 2) and will have its final home contest of the season versus Cal Poly (Mar. 7).
 
The Anteater women kick off conference action at UC Riverside on Thursday, Dec. 28, before entertaining CSU Bakersfield in their Big West home opener on Saturday, Dec. 30.
 
The 'Eaters are slated to begin the 2024 calendar year with road games at Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 4) and at UC Davis (Jan. 6). They return home to entertain defending Big West tournament champion Hawai'i on Jan. 11. UCI will then host UC Davis (Jan. 20) and Long Beach State (Jan. 25) to close out the month of January.
 
UC Irvine has five home games in February as it is set to welcome Cal Poly (Feb. 1), UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 8), UC Riverside (Feb. 10), UC San Diego (Feb. 24) and CSUN (Feb. 29) to the Bren Events Center. The Anteaters then begin the month of March at Long Beach State and at Cal Poly prior to hosting Cal State Fullerton in the regular-season finale on March 9.

The Big West Championships are back at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada, March 13-16.
 
UC Irvine men's and women's basketball both won the Big West regular-season championship last year. The Anteater men are coming off an 11th-straight winning season and sixth Big West regular-season title; all under head coach Russell Turner, the program's winningest coach, as he enters his 14th season at UC Irvine. The program went 23-12 for its eighth 20-win season under Turner, made its seventh NIT appearance, won the Las Vegas Holiday Classic, and defeated No. 21 ranked Oregon on the road.
 
The UCI women made history in 2022-23, winning the program's first Big West regular-season title, earning their first postseason victory and setting school records in both overall (25) and conference (16) wins. The 'Eaters earned their second consecutive automatic bid to the WNIT and defeated San Diego State in the first round. They closed out the campaign with their third 20-win season in the last five years and were ranked seventh in the nation in scoring defense with a program-best 53.2 points allowed per game.
 

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