The Long Beach St. 49ers open their 2011-2012 college basketball season on Saturday afternoon against the Idaho Vandals in a battle against a former Big West Conference foe at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach. The 49ers have a very tough non-conference schedule, with five games against teams rated in the preseason top 14. Here is a look at the 2011-2012 basketball schedule for Long Beach State:
November
- Saturday 12: Idaho
- Wednesday 16: at Pittsburgh (ESPNU)
- Saturday 19: at San Diego St.
- Tuesday 22: Boise St.
- Saturday 26: at Montana
- Monday 28: at Louisville (ESPNU)
December
- Friday 2: BYU-Hawaii
- Tuesday 6: at Kansas (ESPNU)
- Saturday 10: at North Carolina (ESPN3)
- Monday 19: Eastern New Mexico
- Thursday 22: vs. Xavier (Diamond Head Classic) (ESPNU)
- Friday 23: vs. Auburn or Hawaii (Diamond Head Classic) (ESPNU or ESPN2)
- Sunday 25: vs. TBA (Diamond Head Classic) (TV TBA)
January
- Monday 2: at UC Irvine
- Thursday 5: Cal Poly
- Saturday 7: at Cal State Northridge
- Thursday 12: UC Davis
- Saturday 14: Pacific (Prime Ticket)
- Thursday 19: at Cal Poly
- Saturday 21: at UC Santa Barbara (ESPNU)
- Thursday 26: at UC Riverside
- Saturday 28: Cal State Fullerton (ESPNU)
February
- Saturday 4: Cal State Northridge (TV TBA)
- Thursday 9: at Pacific
- Saturday 11: at UC Davis
- Saturday 18: at Bracketbuster (opponent and TV TBA)
- Wednesday 22: UC Santa Barbara (ESPN2)
- Saturday 25: UC Riverside
- Wednesday 29: UC Irvine
March
- Saturday 3: at Cal State Fullerton (Fox Sports West)
The 2012 Big Conference Basketball West Tournament will be held from March 8-10 at Honda Center in Anaheim.