Men's Basketball | 9/5/2024 10:00:00 AM

(St. George, Utah - Sept. 5, 2024) - Utah Tech men's basketball head coach Jon Judkins unveiled the Trailblazers' complete 2024-25 schedule on Thursday. 

The season gets started with an exhibition on Oct. 30 against Justice College before opening the season at Oregon State on Nov. 4.

The next two contests bring the Trailblazers back home to take on New Mexico State in the WAC/Conferene USA Alliance on Nov. 9 and take on Bethesda University (Calif.) on Nov. 13.

The next eight contests take Utah Tech on the road traveling to Wyoming (Nov. 16) and Utah (Nov. 22) before heading to Missoula, Mont., for three games facing CSUN (Nov. 24), host Montana (Nov. 25) and Denver (Nov. 26).

Following the tournament in Montana, the Trailblazers head to Portland State (Nov. 30), Boise State (Dec. 3) and Utah State (Dec. 7) to round out the road swing. With both hailing from the Mountain West, the Broncos and Aggies are each coming off berths in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

The non-conference slate wraps up with home dates against Weber State (Dec. 13), Whittier College (Dec. 16) and South Dakota (Dec. 19) and finishes with the second of two WAC/C-USA Alliance games at Florida International on Dec. 30 in Miami.

The WAC released the Trailblazers' 16 conference matchups on Aug. 12. Utah Tech will start the WAC slate at home on Jan. 9 hosting UT Arlington followed by Tarleton State on Jan. 11.

Other home WAC contests feature defending WAC Tournament champion Grand Canyon on Jan. 25, Abilene Christian on Feb. 6, Utah Valley on Feb. 20, Southern Utah on Feb. 27, California Baptist on March 1 and Seattle U on March 8.

The road WAC slate gets underway on Jan. 16 traveling to Seattle U before heading to Utah Valley two days later on Jan. 18.

The Trailblazers head to Tarleton State on Jan. 30, UT Arlington on Feb. 1, Southern Utah on Feb. 13, California Baptist on Feb. 15, Abilene Christian on Feb. 22 and Grand Canyon on March 6.

The 2025 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament will be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on March 12-15. 

New to the WAC tournament this upcoming season is that the opening round games between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds in the men's brackets will be played inside the Burns Arena on Tuesday, March 11. 

Season and single ticket information for the 2024-25 Trailblazer men's basketball season will be announced in the coming weeks.

Utah Tech finished its fourth NCAA Division I season in 2023-24 with an 11-20 overall record and a 7-13 record in the WAC.

A look at the Trailblazers' 2024-25 opponents
Oregon State
    - 2023-24 Record: 13-19
    - Pac-12 Record/Finish: 5-15/12th

New Mexico State
    - 2023-24 Record: 13-19
    - Conference USA Record/Finish: 7-9/T-4th

Bethesda University
    - 2023-24 Record: 10-20

Wyoming
    - 2023-24 Record: 15-17
    - Mountain West Record/Finish: 8-10/8th

Utah
    - 2023-24 Record: 22-15
    - Pac-12 Record/Finish: 9-11/T-6th
    - Postseason Finish: Advanced to NIT Semifinals

CSUN
    - 2023-24 Record: 19-15
    - Big West Finish: 9-11/T-7th

Montana
    - 2023-24 Record: 24-12
    - Big Sky Record/Finish: 12-6/T-2nd
    - Postseason Finish: Advanced to College Basketball Invitational Second Round

Denver
    - 2023-24 Record: 17-17
    - Summit League Record/Finish: 6-10/7th

Portland State
    - 2023-24 Record: 17-15
    - Big Sky Record/Finish: 8-10/6th

Boise State
    - 2023-24 Record: 22-11
    - Mountain West Record/Finish: 13-5/T-2nd
    - Postseason Finish: Advanced to NCAA Tournament First Four

Utah State
    - 2023-24 Record: 28-7
    - Mountain West Record/Finish: 14-4/1st
    - Postseason Finish: Advanced to NCAA Tournament Second Round

Weber State
    - 2023-24 Record: 20-12
    - Big Sky Record/Finish: 11-7/4th

Whittier College
    - 2023-24 Record: 6-19

South Dakota
    - 2023-24 Record: 12-20
    - Summit League Record/Finish: 5-11/T-8th

Florida International
    - 2023-24 Record: 11-22
    - Conference USA Record/Finish: 5-11/9th

UT Arlington
    - 2023-24 Record: 20-14
    - WAC Record/Finish: 13-7/3rd

Tarleton State
    - 2023-24 Record: 25-10
    - WAC Record Finish: 16-4/2nd

Seattle U
    - 2023-24 Record: 23-14
    - WAC Record/Finish: 11-9/T-4th
    - Postseason Finish: Won the College Basketball Invitational

Utah Valley
    - 2023-24 Record: 16-16
    - WAC Record/Finish: 11-9/T-4th

Grand Canyon
    - 2023-24 Record: 30-5
    - WAC Record/Finish: 17-3/1st
    - Postseason Finish: Won the WAC Tournament, advanced to NCAA Tournament Second Round

Abilene Christian
    - 2023-24 Record: 16-18
    - WAC Record/Finish: 10-10/T-6th

Southern Utah
    - 2023-24 Record: 10-21
    - WAC Record/Finish: 5-15/10th

California Baptist
    - 2023-24 Record: 16-17
    - WAC Record/Finish: 8-12/8th