The Big 12 released its conference opponent schedule yesterday.

The league features three coaches making their Big 12 debuts this season - Randy Bennett (Arizona State), Jarrod Calhoun (Cincinnati), and Casey Alexander (Kansas State).

Arizona swept last year's regular season and conference tournament titles. The Wildcats finished 16-2 and knocked off Houston in an epic tourney title game.

Eight of the league's 16 teams made the NCAA Tournament, while West Virginia won the illustrious College Basketball Crown.

Some one-off matchups to circle when the full schedule comes out: Arizona vs. Iowa State, Iowa State vs. Houston, Kansas vs. Arizona, Texas Tech vs. Kansas.

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The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee announced four new members. Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua, Ole Miss Athletic Director Keith Carter, Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Jeff Jackson, and Northwestern Athletic Director Mark Jackson will begin their terms later this year.

The new members will replace four outgoing members - Sun Belt Conference Commissioner and current committee Chair Keith Gill, Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne, and Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle, whose terms expire at the end of August. Syracuse Athletic Director John Wildhack is retiring on July 1.

This year's committee will be the first to select a 76-team field for the NCAA Tournament.

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More scheduling news!

Oklahoma State and Northwestern will play in Oklahoma City on December 20.

California and Minnesota will play at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on November 28.

Washington will play Baylor and Seattle will play Washington State in a doubleheader on December 19 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

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