Utes have 2 'Big Mondays'

Utah will make two appearances on ESPN's "Big Monday" and play in the Great Alaska Shootout in 2004-05. The Utes' complete schedule was released Tuesday.

Utah also has matchups with Arizona, Colorado and LSU during the nonconference season, and will play four times in the ESPN+Plus Mountain West Conference game of the week in coach Ray Giacoletti's first season.

A number of game times and the local television lineup on KJZZ-TV 14 are still to be determined and will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Utes open their Mountain West schedule against UNLV on ESPN on Jan. 10 in Salt Lake City. Utah's other ESPN appearance comes against instate rival BYU in Provo on Jan. 31.

Utah has been invited to the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, Nov. 24-27 in Anchorage, Alaska. Joining the Utes in the tournament field are Alabama, Alaska Anchorage, Furman, High Point, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Washington. The Utes play Washington in the first round on Nov. 25 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. In all, Utah will have at least seven games on national or regional television this season, the most of any team in the Mountain West Conference.

Utah is host to Colorado of the Big 12 on Dec. 30 and LSU of SEC on Jan. 3 in the Huntsman Center. The Utes begin a home-and-home series with Arizona this season, playing the first game on Dec. 11 in Tucson, Ariz.

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2004-05 Utah Men's Basketball Schedule

    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 6	Carroll Coll. (exb.)	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 13	W. St. Coll. (exb.)	Noon
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 19	Stony Brook	8 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Great Alaska Shootout
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 25	vs. Washington	7:30 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 26	Semifinals	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 27	Finals	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Nov. 30	Southern Utah	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 4	at Utah State	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 8	Western Montana	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 11	at Arizona	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 17	Northern Colorado	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 20	Coppin State	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 22	at Cal Poly	8 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 28	Weber State	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Dec. 30	Colorado	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 3	LSU	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 5	Whitworth	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 10	UNLV	10 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 15	at Wyoming	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 17	at Colorado State	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 22	New Mexico	1 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 24	Air Force	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Jan. 31	at BYU	10 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 5	San Diego State	8 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 7	at UNLV	8:30 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 12	Colorado State	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 14	Wyoming	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 19	at Air Force	1 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 21	at New Mexico	7 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
Feb. 26	BYU	1 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
March 5	San Diego State	1 p.m.
    
            

        	
		
        
                
March 10	MWC tourney	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
March 11	MWC tourney	TBA
    
            

        	
		
        
                
March 12	MWC tourney	TBA