On top of dealing with the stress of dead week at the end a full-time school schedule, the Idaho men’s and women’s basketball teams have played only power-five conference teams.
The Idaho men’s team fell to Southern California — a Pac-12 team — 74-55 Monday in Los Angeles and beat Washington State — another Pac-12 team — Thursday night at the Cowan Spectrum.
The Idaho women’s team lost to Texas Tech — a Big 12 team — 78-62 Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas and will take on seventh-ranked Oregon State at 2 p.m. Saturday in Corvallis, Oregon.
Combined, the teams will travel over 6,000 miles between Monday and Saturday.