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The West Coast Conference announced Thursday that a minimum of 35 men's basketball games involving WCC schools will air nationally on an ESPN network this season.
No few than 12 of those ESPN networks-televised games will involve BYU. Thirteen involve Gonzaga, including both BYU-Zags matchups.
BYU's ESPN games include the Nov. 16 game at Long Beach State that is part of the ESPN Tip-Off Marathon, three games at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic and eight conference games.
Additional WCC non-conference road games on ESPN networks will be announced at a later date.
So here's how BYU's 2015-16 men's basketball schedule looks right now, with tipoff and TV times where known:
Oct. 30 Arizona Christian (exhibition)
Nov. 7 Alaska-Fairbanks (exhibition)
Nov. 13 Utah Valley University, 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 at Long Beach State, 9:45 p.m., ESPN2
Nov. 20 Adams State, 7 p.m.
Nov. 25 Mississippi Valley State, 7 p.m.
Nov. 28 Belmont, 7 p.m.
Dec. 2 at Utah, TBA
Dec. 5 vs. Weber State at EnergySolutions Arena, SLC, 1 p.m.
Dec. 9 Utah State, 7 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Colorado, TBA
Dec. 18 Central Michigan, 7 p.m.
Dec. 22 vs. Harvard at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU
Dec. 23 vs. Auburn or New Mexico at Honolulu, TBA, ESPN networks
Dec. 25 vs. TBA at Honolulu, TBA, ESPN networks
West Coast Conference Games
Dec. 31 at Saint Mary's, 9 p.m., ESPNU
Jan. 2 at Pacific
Jan. 7 vs. Santa Clara, 9 p.m., ESPNU
Jan. 9 vs. San Francisco
Jan. 14 at Gonzaga, 7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Jan. 16 at Portland
Jan. 21 at Loyola Marymount
Jan. 23 at Pepperdine
Jan. 28 vs. Loyola Marymount, 8 p.m., ESPNU
Jan. 30 vs. Pepperdine, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Feb. 4 vs. Saint Mary's
Feb. 6 vs. Pacific
Feb. 11 at San Francisco
Feb. 13 at Santa Clara
Feb. 18 at San Diego, 9 p.m., ESPNU
Feb. 25 vs. Portland, 9 p.m., ESPNU
Feb. 27 vs. Gonzaga, TBA, ESPN or ESPN2
TBA vs. San Diego
Mar 3-8 at WCC Tournament, Las Vegas