PROVO — The West Coast Conference recently announced it is changing the men's league schedule from 18 games to 16 games to enhance the league's stature on a national level.
On Thursday, the WCC released the first 16-game schedule, which tips off Jan. 3, 2019.
The schedule is based on a league formula including multi-year team RPI, last year's WCC seedings and a spring survey of the WCC's 10 head coaches.
BYU will face Pepperdine (at home) and Santa Clara (on the road) only once. Perennial WCC champion Gonzaga plays Pepperdine (at home) and Santa (Clara) only once.