Alex Pribble<\/a> of Idaho’s 12-game slate. “Much like last year, we want to be playing our best basketball in February and March, so it’s important that we learn the right lessons early in the year.”<\/p>\nThe Vandals will begin the new season on Monday, November 2, inside the friendly confines of ICCU Arena against George Fox, before traveling to Fort Collins, Colorado, to face Colorado State, who are coming off a 21-win season that saw the Rams qualify for postseason play for the fifth time in six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s nice to have seven non-conference home games, including a North Dakota State team that won 27 games last year, and a couple of Big West teams that we expect to be very good this year,” Pribble said when discussing Idaho’s home schedule. “We are also excited about the opportunity to play against top-level competition from the Big 12, Pac-12, and Mountain West.”<\/p>\n
UI’s non-conference slate features seven home games, with multiple DI opponents visiting Moscow. The Big West’s Cal Poly (Nov. 13) and CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 20) will each visit the Palouse after Idaho faced them in the Golden State a year ago, while North Dakota State’s December 8 trip to ICCU Arena will be its first to Moscow since 2008.<\/p>\n
“With the additional conference games this year, we have the added challenge of playing tough Big Sky road games early in December,” Pribble added.<\/p>\n
The game against the Bison will follow a nearly two-week interruption of the Vandals’ non-conference schedule for two Big Sky contests against Northern Colorado and Portland State.<\/p>\n
Additional features of Idaho’s 2026-27 schedule include November 18 in Reno against 2026 NIT quarterfinalists Nevada, the 281st Battle of the Palouse against Washington State on November 27, and a December 23 trip to Arizona State.<\/p>\n
Idaho’s entire 2026-27 schedule, including the previously announced Big Sky slate, can be seen below.<\/p>\n
(Home games marked in BOLD, Big Sky games marked with *)<\/p>\n
11\/2 \u2013 George Fox\u00a0
\n11\/6 \u2013 at Colorado State\u00a0
\n11\/8 \u2013 Lincoln\u00a0
\n11\/13 \u2013 Cal Poly\u00a0
\n11\/18 \u2013 at Nevada\u00a0
\n11\/20 \u2013 CSU Bakersfield\u00a0
\n11\/23 \u2013 Dickinson State
\n11\/27 \u2013 at Washington State\u00a0
\n12\/3 \u2013 at Northern Colorado*
\n12\/5 \u2013 at Portland State*
\n12\/8 \u2013 North Dakota State\u00a0
\n12\/12 \u2013 at South Dakota State
\n12\/18 \u2013 NW Indian College\u00a0
\n12\/23 \u2013 at Arizona State
\n12\/31 \u2013 Utah Tech*
\n1\/2 \u2013 Southern Utah*
\n1\/9 \u2013 Northern Arizona*
\n1\/14 \u2013 at Montana*
\n1\/16 \u2013 at Montana State*
\n1\/18 \u2013 at Weber State*
\n1\/23 \u2013 Eastern Washington*
\n1\/25 \u2013 Idaho State*
\n1\/28 \u2013 Portland State*
\n1\/30 \u2013 Northern Colorado*
\n2\/4 \u2013 at Southern Utah*
\n2\/6 \u2013 at Utah Tech*
\n2\/11 \u2013 Montana State*
\n2\/13 \u2013 Montana*
\n2\/18 \u2013 at Northern Arizona*
\n2\/22 \u2013 Weber State*
\n2\/27 \u2013 at Eastern Washington*
\n3\/1 \u2013 at Idaho State*<\/p>\n
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