Utah Utes women's basketball: Utes release 2011-12 schedule

The Utah women's basketball team has announced its 2011-12 schedule, with the non-conference schedule featuring several in-state rivalries in preparation for the Utes inaugural Pac-12 campaign.

Highlighting the schedule are road games against Big 10 foe Michigan (Nov. 17) and SEC competitor Arkansas (Nov. 20). The Utes also continue their rivalry with BYU with a single game on Dec. 10 in Provo. Other in-state games are against Southern Utah (Nov. 13), Weber State (Dec. 1) and Utah Valley (Dec. 28).

Utah travels to UTSA for a tournament over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Other games include Idaho State (Dec. 6), Texas Southern (Dec. 17) and New Mexico State (Dec. 21).

"I am really excited about our non-conference schedule," Utah head coach Anthony Levrets said. "I feel like this schedule will prepare us for a very difficult Pac-12 schedule. We are happy that we are keeping our in-state rivalries alive while also playing other top teams throughout the country."

The Pac-12 portion of the schedule was released in November. The conference schedule is comprised of 18 games for each institution, scheduled for Thursday-Saturday. Utah will play six opponents both home and away and four opponents on a single-game basis - two at home and two away. The single-play opponents will rotate every two years.

Utah is scheduled to play home-and-away games with Stanford, California, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon and Oregon State, with single dates against Washington State, Washington, UCLA and USC.

2011-12 Utah Women's Basketball Schedule

Nov. 5 Dixie State (Exh.) Salt Lake City

Nov. 13 Southern Utah Salt Lake City

Nov. 17 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich..

Nov. 20 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark.

Nov. 25 at UTSA Tournament San Antonio, Texas

Nov. 26 at UTSA Tournament San Antonio, Texas

Dec. 1 Weber State Salt Lake City