The UCLA and USC basketball teams Tuesday released game dates and times for the upcoming season, and each will have every game televised on an ESPN channel, FS1, Pac-12 Networks or CBS.
The Pac-12 Conference schedule has promoted the local rivalry, which has gained new relevance as USC joined UCLA as a contender the last two seasons, to prime television slots. Both meetings are slated for Saturdays, and both will air on ESPN or ESPN2. The game at Galen Center is the final regular-season game of the season for both teams.
UCLA will face early tests in November at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., against Creighton and either Baylor or Wisconsin. In December, the Bruins have games at Michigan, home against Cincinnati and against Kentucky in New Orleans as part of the CBS Sports Classic.
USC will face its three stiffest nonconference games, all in a row, beginning in late November: at home against Texas A&M, away at Southern Methodist and at Staples Center against Oklahoma.
Both local schools will play perennial conference power Arizona only once this season, on the road. However, they also avoid a trip to Washington and Washington State.
Each will open the season Nov. 10. They will do so in different parts of the world. USC will host Cal State Fullerton at Galen Center. UCLA will play Georgia Tech in Shanghai.
And both will play evening home games on New Year's Eve _ USC against Washington State and UCLA against Washington.
