2003-04 UCLA Men's Basketball Schedule
June 25, 2003
Three teams from last season's NCAA 'Elite Eight' - Kentucky (at the Wooden Classic in Anaheim on Dec. 6), Michigan State (Dec. 20 in Pauley Pavilion) and defending Pac-10 regular season champion Arizona (Jan. 17 in Pauley Pavilion/Feb. 14 at Tucson); 'Sweet 16' Notre Dame (Feb. 28 in Pauley Pavilion) and five other NCAA participants - Vermont (Nov. 29 in Pauley Pavilion), 2003 Pac-10 Tournament Champion Oregon (Jan. 4 in Pauley Pavilion/March 6 at Eugene), Arizona State (Jan. 15 in Pauley Pavilion/Feb. 12 at Tempe), Stanford (Jan. 22 at Palo Alto/Feb. 21 in Pauley Pavilion) and California (Jan. 24 at Berkeley/Feb. 19 in Pauley Pavilion).
St. John's (Jan. 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City) won the 2003 NIT title (and beat the Bruins last season at home 80-65 on Jan. 11) and UC Santa Barbara (Dec. 17 in Pauley Pavilion) also played in last year's NIT (new Bruin head coach Ben Howland was an assistant coach at UCSB from 1983-94).
'This is one of the toughest schedules in America,' Howland said. 'We are going to be put to the test right at the start of the year and the overall competitiveness of our schedule, both nonconference and conference, will continue throughout the season.'
Tentative 2003-04 UCLA Men's Basketball Schedule
DATE | OPPONENT | |
Regular Season Games | ||
Wed., Nov. 12 | EA Sports All-Stars | |
Tue., Nov. 18 | Southern California All-Stars | |
Sat., Nov. 29 | Vermont | |
Wed., Dec. 3 | UC Riverside | |
Sat., Dec. 6 | Kentucky @ Wooden Classic | |
Dec. 8-12 | Finals Week | |
Sat., Dec. 13 | Loyola | |
Wed., Dec. 17 | UCSB | |
Sat., Dec. 20 | Michigan State | |
Sat., Dec. 27 | @ Michigan | |
Fri., Jan. 2 | Oregon State | |
Sun., Jan. 4 | Oregon | |
Thurs., Jan. 8 | @ Washington State | |
Sat., Jan. 10 | @ Washington | |
Thurs., Jan. 15 | Arizona State | |
Sat., Jan. 17 | Arizona | |
Thurs., Jan. 22 | @ Stanford | |
Sat., Jan. 24 | @ California | |
Wed., Jan. 28 | USC | |
Sat., Jan. 31 | @ St. John's | |
Thurs., Feb. 5 | Washington State | |
Sat., Feb. 7 | Washington | |
Thurs., Feb. 12 | @ Arizona State | |
Sat., Feb. 14 | @ Arizona | |
Thurs., Feb. 19 | California | |
Sat., Feb. 21 | Stanford | |
Wed., Feb. 25 | @ USC | |
Sat., Feb. 28 | Notre Dame | |
Thurs., Mar. 4 | @ Oregon State | |
Sat., Mar. 6 | @ Oregon | |
Postseason Dates | ||
Mar. 11 - Mar. 13 | Pac-10 Tournament @ Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA | |
Mar. 18 - Mar. 21 | NCAA First and Second Round | |
Mar. 25 - Mar. 28 | NCAA Regional | |
Apr. 3 - Apr. 5 | NCAA Final Four | |
All times Pacific. | ||
All games broadcast on Fox Sports Radio AM 1150 and the Bruin Network. |