Basketball schedules

Cal State Long Beach opens the men's basketball season at Southern Illinois on Nov. 17, returning to The Pyramid for its home opener against Air Force on Nov. 21, the university announced as it released schedules for both the men and women's teams this week.

Highlighting the men's home slate are games against Pacific 10 Conference power Stanford on Dec. 2 and West Coast Conference favorite Pepperdine on Dec. 6. Both reached the NCAA Tournament last season.

The women have six games on the road before opening at The Pyramid against Northwestern on Dec. 15.
 
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Men's Basketball Schedule
(*= home games at The Pyramid)
*Mon., Nov. 6 (exhibition) vs. E. Los Angeles
All-Stars, 7:35 p.m.
*Sat., Nov. 11 (exhibition) vs. W. Los Angeles
All-Stars, 7:35 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 17 at Southern Illinois, 5:05 p.m.
*Tue., Nov. 21 vs. Air Force, 7:30 p.m.
*Sat., Dec. 2 vs. Stanford, 7:30 p.m.
*Wed., Dec. 6 vs. Pepperdine, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 9 at Idaho, 7:30 p.m.
*Thurs., Dec. 14 vs. CS Dominguez Hills, 7:30 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 18 at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m.
*Fri., Dec. 22 vs. Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.
*Sat., Dec. 30 at USC, tba
*Wed., Jan. 3 at Utah, 6:35 p.m.
*Sat., Jan. 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 11 at Utah State, 6 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 13 at Boise State, 6 p.m.
Thur., Jan. 18 at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 24 at UC Riverside, 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27 at Pacific, 7 p.m.
*Thurs., Feb. 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 7:30 p.m.
*Sat., Feb. 3 vs. UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 8 at Cal Poly, 7 p.m.
*Sat., Feb. 10 vs. Idaho, 7:30 p.m.
*Wed., Feb. 14 vs. Boise State, 7:30 p.m.
*Sat., Feb. 17 vs. Utah State, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 22 at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 24 at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.
*Wed., Feb. 28 vs. UC Riverside, 7:30 p.m.
*Sun., March 4, vs. Pacific, 2 p.m.

Women's Basketball Schedule
(*=home games at The Pyramid)
*Sat., Nov. 11 vs. alumni, 2 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 17 at University of San Diego, 7 p.m.
Sat.-Sun, Nov. 25-26 at Maryland Terrapin Classic
Sun., Dec. 3 at Ohio State, 11 a.m.
Tues., Dec. 5 at Ohio, 4 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 9 at UCLA, 2 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 15 vs. Northwestern, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Wed., Dec. 19-20, Beach Classic
Wed-Thur., Dec. 27-28 at Tulane Double Tree Classic
Tues., Jan. 2 vs. San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 5 vs. Loyola Marymount, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 12 vs. UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 14 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 2 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19 at Idaho, 7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 21 at Boise State, 1 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26 vs. Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2 vs. Cal Poly, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 4 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 9 at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 11 at Cal State Fullerton, 2 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 16 vs. Idaho, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 18 vs. Boise State, 2 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 25 at Pacific, 2 p.m.
Thurs., March 1 vs. Cal Poly, 7 p.m.
Sat., March 3 at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m