Sports network Prime Ticket announced its 15-game Big West Conference basketball schedule on Thursday for the upcoming season.
The Long Beach State men’s basketball team will be featured in at least six of the 15 games. The slate includes matchups with San Diego State, Duke, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Hawaii and a quarterfinal matchup in the conference tournament.
LBSU’s rivalry game against Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20 may also be televised; Fox will choose between that matchup and Hawaii vs. UC Irvine three to four weeks prior to the game date.
The 49ers will host the Aztecs at the Walter Pyramid on Dec. 1. SDSU has won five straight games against LBSU; the last time the 49ers got a win against the Aztecs was in 1998.
Prime Ticket will also broadcast the Dec. 30 matchup between Duke and LBSU at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Fox Sports South will provide the ACC package to Prime Ticket.
LBSU will also appear on Prime Ticket when it hosts conference opponents UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii.
The Anteaters and their 7-foot-6-inch center, junior Mamadou Ndiaye, will visit LBSU on Jan. 14 and the Gauchos will come to the Walter Pyramid on Jan. 28.
The Rainbow Warriors will show up on March 5 for a rematch of last season’s Big West Tournament, in which they eliminated the 49ers.
The 2016 Big West Tournament quarterfinals will begin five days later on March 10.
LBSU’s season starts on Nov. 14 with a matchup against BYU-Hawaii at the Walter Pyramid.
