Men’s basketball, baseball final schedules for next season – St. George News

Isaiah Pope (21) plays for the Trailblazers in a WAC basketball game earlier this season, Jan. 8, 2022 | Photo by E. George Gould

ST. george – While most fans await Utah Tech’s football season at Sacramento State on Sept. 3, two other Trailblazer teams are finalizing schedules for their upcoming seasons – Men’s basketball and baseball.

Men’s basketball non-conference slate

Head coach John Judkins’ team will have two matchups against NCAA Tournament teams from last year before running the gauntlet of the Western Athletic Conference schedule.

Utah Tech will play perennial Pac-12 power Arizona on Nov. 17. The Trailblazers will next face NCAA Tournament team Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 26.

That game will be followed by a day-after Thanksgiving matchup against host University of North Dakota on Nov. 25.

Other early season non-conference highlights include: season tipoff at Nevada Nov. 7; in Washington, Nov. 14; at Idaho Nov. 19; The program’s first-ever matchup will be in Logan at Utah State on Dec. 1 and against in-state rival Weber State in Ogden on Dec. 3.

The WAC conference schedule is still being finalized. Click here to view Utah Tech’s complete non-conference schedule.

Utah Tech (last year as Dixie State) finished 13-18 overall. The Blazers finished 10-6 in the friendly confines of Burns Arena, 6-12 in WAC play, and tied for 10th in the conference standings.

Baseball hosts 19 of the first 24 games.

Head coach Chris Pfatenhauer announced the Trailblazers’ 2023 schedule on Thursday.

“We are excited about the prospect of playing more home games than road games in 2023, the first time since joining DIN,” Pfattenhauer said in a press release.

In its third year as a Division I program, Utah Tech will play 54 games at Bruce Hurst Field, including 29 home dates.

The Trailblazers will have home-and-home matches against five 2022 NCAA regional teams, as well as in-state rivals Utah, BYU and Utah Valley.

Utah Tech will enjoy a 13-game homestand early in the season. Opponents in that stretch are Portland (Feb. 17-19); Wichita State (February 24-26); South Dakota State (March 3-5) and the final game of the homestand at BYU on Tuesday, March 7.

The first road trip of the season takes Utah Tech to Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a four-game series against Big 12 power Oklahoma State (March 10-12). They will play Arizona State on March 14 in the Pac-12 Championship.

“Host teams like BYU, Portland, South Dakota State and Wichita State are huge for a still-transitional program like ours,” Pfattenhauer said.

“Also, having the ability to go to Oklahoma State, Arizona, ASU, BYU, Utah and Oregon on the road will be great experiences and tests for our program,” he said.

Utah Tech opens its Western Athletic Conference schedule with a three-game series at Bruce Hurst Field against defending conference tournament champion New Mexico State (March 17-19).

The Trailblazers are eligible to compete in the 2023 WAC Baseball Championship Tournament, which is May 24-28 at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz.

Click here to view Utah Tech’s complete baseball schedule.

Utah Tech (then Dixie State) finished its second NCAA Division I season with a 22-33 overall record, a 14-16 conference mark and a fourth-place finish in the WAC West Division.

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