OGDEN, Utah—The Big Sky Conference announced its 2018-19 women's basketball schedule on Tuesday. Teams will begin conference play on December 29, culminating with the Big Sky Tournament Mar. 11-16 in Boise, Idaho.

The Big Sky moves to a 20-game conference schedule with the departure of North Dakota.  All 11 teams will play a home and away contest against each other.

Games are set for Thursday, Saturday and Monday tipoffs for the upcoming season. Times have not been announced.

Five of Idaho's first six Big Sky contests are out on the road. The conference season will open at in-state rival Idaho State on Dec. 29. The opening trip also includes Weber State (Dec. 31) and Eastern Washington (Jan. 3). Idaho returns home on Jan. 5 to take on Northern Colorado before heading back out on the road to face Montana State (Jan. 10) and Montana (Jan. 19).

The Vandals remaining home dates include: Sacramento State (Jan. 24), Portland State (Jan. 26), Montana (Feb. 7), Montana State (Feb. 9), Eastern Washington (Feb. 18), Northern Arizona (Feb. 21) Southern Utah (Feb. 23), Weber State (Mar. 7) and Idaho State (Mar. 9).

The conference tournament shifts to CenturyLink Arena in downtown Boise, kicking off a three-year agreement with the conference. The 2019 championship will be the fourth neutral site basketball championship in the Big Sky's history after holding the event in Reno, Nevada, the previous three seasons.

Idaho's non-conference schedule will be released at a later date.

Idaho's 2018-19 Big Sky Conference Schedule
 

12/29/18	Idaho	at	Idaho State	Pocatello, Idaho
12/31/18	Idaho	at	Weber State	Ogden, Utah
1/3/19	Idaho	at	Eastern Washington	Cheney, Wash.
1/5/19	Northern Colorado	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
1/10/19	Idaho	at	Montana State	Bozeman, Mont.
1/19/19	Idaho	at	Montana	Missoula, Mont.
1/24/19	Sacramento State	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
1/26/19	Portland State	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
1/31/19	Idaho	at	Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, Ariz.
2/2/19	Idaho	at	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah
2/7/19	Montana	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
2/9/19	Montana State	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
2/16/19	Idaho	at	Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colo.
2/18/19	Eastern Washington	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
2/21/19	Northern Arizona	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
2/23/19	Southern Utah	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
2/28/19	Idaho	at	Portland State	Portland, Ore.
3/2/19	Idaho	at	Sacramento State	Sacramento, Calif.
3/7/19	Weber State	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
3/9/19	Idaho State	at	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho