The newly-opened Viking Pavilion at the Peter W. Stott Center will welcome back Portland State's Men's Basketball team this fall with 16 home dates and one exhibition as the Viking schedule has been released.

The Viking men, led by second-year Head Coach Barret Peery, return home after a season of playing off campus due to Viking Pavilion construction. Despite playing mostly in foreign territory Portland State had a 20-14 record in 2017-18, reaching the CollegeInsider.com post-season tournament. Peery returns two starters and seven letterwinners from that team.

The first official game in the Pavilion will be against UC Riverside on Nov. 10. The Vikings will host West Coast Conference teams Portland (Dec. 5) and Loyola Marymount (Dec. 15) as part of the non-conference schedule. All three are return games as PSU had road wins at those three schools last year, beating Portland, 80-75; UC Riverside, 94-82; and Loyola Marymount, 94-85.

Portland State will have an exhibition game on Nov. 2 against Multnomah. Lower division schools Willamette (Nov. 17) and Portland Bible (Dec. 1) also dot the non-conference schedule.

The Vikings will have an impressive group of opponents on the road during non-conference play. PSU's season-opener is at the University of Oregon on Nov. 6. The Vikings battled the Ducks close in Eugene last year before losing 95-84. 

On Thanksgiving weekend, Portland State travels to Boise for a four-team tournament. The Vikings will face UC Santa Barbara of the Big West on Friday night then Northwest Nazarene on Saturday, with both games at CenturyLink Arena. Idaho will also be participating in the event. It will be important both competitively and familiarity-wise as CenturyLink Arena is the new home of the Big Sky Conference Championship Tournament, coming next March.

Another Pac-12 opponent on the schedule will be Stanford on Nov. 28 at Maples Pavilion. The Vikings defeated the Cardinal, 87-78, last year at PK80 Invitational.

The final non-conference road game comes against a WCC school. PSU will travel to BYU to face the Cougars on Dec. 12. It will mark the first meeting between the schools in 40 years and only the second ever.

Western Athletic Conference foe CSU Bakersfield battles the Vikings in the Pavilion on Dec. 20 to wrap up non-conference play.

Big Sky Conference play begins on Dec. 31 for the Vikings as Northern Colorado comes to town. That begins a new 20-game conference schedule. The league has dropped to 11 teams with the departure of North Dakota, creating a new, balanced home-and-home schedule. Due to the uneven number of teams the new league schedule also necessitates two Monday games, including Northern Colorado and a Feb. 11 game at Sacramento State.

After the UNC game, the Vikings will play eight of 11 Big Sky contests on the road. It will be a challenging stretch, but the benefit comes with playing six of their final eight games at home, which would potentially create momentum leading to the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Big Sky home games include Weber State (Jan. 12), Eastern Washington (Jan. 24), Idaho (Jan. 26), Northern Arizona (Feb. 14), Southern Utah (Feb. 16), Idaho State (Feb. 21), Sacramento State (Feb. 23), defending Big Sky Champion Montana (Mar. 7) and Montana State (Mar. 9).

The Big Sky Conference Tournament takes place Mar. 13-16 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise. The format has changed to Wednesday through Saturday. The bottom six seeds will compete in first-round play on Wednesday. The top five seeds will earn quarterfinal round berths and open play on Thursday. Semifinals are on Friday, with the Championship on Saturday. The winner advances to the NCAA Tournament.

2018-19 PORTLAND STATE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Fri., Nov. 2, MULTNOMAH (exhibition), 7:05 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 6, at Oregon
Sat., Nov. 10, UC RIVERSIDE, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 17, WILLAMETTE, 7:05 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 23, vs. UC Santa Barbara (Boise, ID)
Sat., Nov. 24, vs. Northwest Nazarene (Boise, ID)
Wed., Nov. 28, at Stanford
Sat., Dec. 1, PORTLAND BIBLE, 7:05 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 5, PORTLAND, 7:05 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 12, at BYU
Sat., Dec. 15, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, 7:05 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 20, CSU BAKERSFIELD, 7:05 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 31, NORTHERN COLORADO*, 2:05 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 3, at Montana State*
Sat., Jan. 5, at Montana*
Sat., Jan. 12, WEBER STATE*, 7:05 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 17, at Southern Utah*
Sat., Jan. 19, at Northern Arizona*
Thurs., Jan. 24, EASTERN WASHINGTON*, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 26, IDAHO*, 7:05 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 31, at Weber State*
Sat., Feb. 2, at Idaho State*
Thurs., Feb. 7, at Northern Colorado*
Sat., Feb. 11, at Sacramento State*
Thurs., Feb. 14, NORTHERN ARIZONA*, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 16, SOUTHERN UTAH*, 7:05 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 21, IDAHO STATE*, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 23, SACRAMENTO STATE*, 7:05 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 28, at Idaho*
Sat., Mar. 2, at Eastern Washington*
Thurs., Mar. 7, MONTANA*, 7:05 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 9, MONTANA STATE*, 7:05 p.m.
Wed.-Sat., Mar. 13-16, Big Sky Conference Tournament, Boise, ID

* Big Sky Conference game