IRVINE, Calif. - The Big West announced a slate of 15 men’s and women’s basketball contests to air on Spectrum SportsNet during the 2023-24 season.

Now in its third season, Big West Basketball on Spectrum SportsNet has every Big West men’s basketball team in action at least once alongside a slate of five women’s games featuring eight squads. The Spectrum SportsNet package debuts Saturday, December 30 when new head coach Andy Newman leads his CSUN Matadors against Long Beach State in a 1:00 p.m. tipoff from Walter Pyramid.

UC Davis’ Elijah Pepper, the nation’s 4th leading scorer a year ago, stars in the first of three scheduled double-headers on Saturday, January 6 when UC Davis’ men’s squad travels to the Bren Events Center on the campus  with UC Irvine for a 1:00 p.m. showdown. The women’s version of that same matchup follows at 3:00p.m. when 2023 All-Big West first teamer Evanne Turner leads the Aggies against UC Irvine’s all-conference honoree Nikki Tom.

Games featuring other returning Big West stars include a matchup on Thursday, January 18 when Long Beach State’s top rebounding tandem, Lassina and Aboubacar Traore host University of Hawai’i and Hawai’i guard JoVon McClanahan. McClanahan earned second team All-Big West honors in 2023. Fans can see returning Big West Player of the Year, UCSB’s Ajay Mitchell on Saturday, January 20th when he leads the Gauchos against Cal State Fullerton in a rematch of last year’s Big West Men’s Championship Final. The package concludes with the two-time defending Big West Women’s Champions, the Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine and their all-conference duo of Daejah Phillips and Lily Wahinekapu traveling to Long Beach State on February 24.

The full 15-game slate set to air on Spectrum SportsNet is as follows:

Day	Date	Game	Time (PT))
Saturday	December 30, 2023	CSUN at Long Beach State (men)	1 p.m.
Thursday	January 4, 2024	Long Beach State at Cal Poly (men)	7 p.m.
Saturday	January 6, 2024	UC Davis at UC Irvine (men)	1 p.m.
		UC Irvine at UC Davis (women)	3 p.m.
Saturday	January 13, 2024	Cal State Fullerton at CSUN (men)	1 p.m.
Thursday	January 18, 2024	Hawai’i at Long Beach State (men)	7 p.m.
Saturday	January 20, 2024	Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara (men)	1 p.m.
Saturday	January 27, 2024	Long Beach State at UC Riverside (men)	1 p.m.
Saturday	February 3, 2024	Cal State Bakersfield at UC Santa Barbara (women)	1 p.m.
Saturday	February 10, 2024	Cal State Fullerton at Cal State Bakersfield (men)	1 p.m.
Thursday	February 15, 2024	UC Davis at Long Beach State (women)	7 p.m.
Saturday	February 17, 2024	Hawai’i at UC Santa Barbara (men)	1 p.m.
		UC San Diego at Cal State Fullerton (women)	3 p.m.
Saturday	February 24, 2024	UC Irvine at UC San Diego (men)	1 p.m.
		Hawai’i at Long Beach State (women)	3 p.m.

All 2023-24 Big West men’s and women’s basketball games will also appear on the ESPN family of networks.

About The Big West
The Big West is an NCAA Division I member with 11 members with the shared goal of empowering every student-athlete in competition and in life and uniting its university communities through championship experiences. Formed in 1969, The Big West membership, consists of Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Hawai‘i, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara. The Big West is united in the pursuit of boundless opportunities, enduring integrity, bold activism, fearless innovation and the pacific spirit of freedom, exploration and progress. 

The Big West sponsors 19 sports at the NCAA Division I level: baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s beach volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s water polo.

For more information, visit BigWest.org or follow The Big West on X @BigWestSports.

About Spectrum Networks
Spectrum Networks is a series of 24/7 news and sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR), a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states. Spectrum Networks carry distinct, comprehensive, and exclusive local programming on over 30 networks across Charter’s footprint. More information on Spectrum Networks is available at spectrumlocalnews.com.