# 2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Zac Claus, the Vandals played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, home games were switched to venerable Memorial Gymnasium (1928). The 2020 football season in the Big Sky was delayed until early 2021; football practice started in late January in the Kibbie Dome, and the first of six games was held in late February.
This was intended to be the 46th and final season for men's basketball in the Kibbie Dome, configured as the "Cowan Spectrum" for basketball since February 2001. The university plans to open the new Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, located north of the Kibbie Dome's west end, for the 2021–22 season. They finished the season 1-21, 1-17 in Big Sky Play to finish in last place. They lost in the First Round of the Big Sky tournament to Montana.

## Previous season

The Vandals finished the 2019–20 season at 8–24 (4–16 in Big Sky, last). They were the tenth seed in the conference tourney and lost 69–75 in the opening round to seventh-seeded Southern Utah.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* 2:00 pm | | vs. Seattle Portland Invitational | Canceled | Canceled | Chiles Center Portland, OR |
| November 27, 2020* 4:00 pm | | at Portland Portland Invitational | Canceled | Canceled | Chiles Center Portland, OR |
| November 30, 2020* 6:05 pm | | vs. William Jessup Portland Invitational | Canceled | Canceled | Chiles Center Portland, OR |
| December 3, 2020 5:05 pm, Pluto TV | | at Sacramento State | L 55–77 | 0–1 (0–1) | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| December 5, 2020 10:35 am, Pluto TV | | at Sacramento State | L 57–73 | 0–2 (0–2) | Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA |
| December 9, 2020* 6:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State Battle of the Palouse | L 58–61 | 0–3 | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA |
| December 12, 2020* 1:00 pm | | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 66–76 | 0–4 | Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA |
| December 14, 2020* 6:00 pm | | at No. 1 Gonzaga | Canceled | Canceled | McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA |
| December 18, 2020* 6:00 pm | | at Utah | L 41–79 | 0–5 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT |
| December 31, 2020 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Northern Arizona | L 65–78 | 0–6 (0–3) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| January 2, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Northern Arizona | L 78–83 $^{OT}$ | 0–7 (0–4) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| January 7, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | at Southern Utah | L 80–85 | 0–8 (0–5) | America First Event Center Cedar City, UT |
| January 9, 2021 11:00 am, Pluto TV | | at Southern Utah | L 67–83 | 0–9 (0–6) | America First Event Center Cedar City, UT |
| January 14, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Northern Colorado | L 54–74 | 0–10 (0–7) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| January 16, 2021 12:00 pm, SWX | | Northern Colorado | L 61–75 | 0–11 (0–8) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| January 28, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Weber State | L 56–81 | 0–12 (0–9) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| January 30, 2021 12:00 pm, SWX | | Weber State | L 62–81 | 0–13 (0–10) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| February 4, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Eastern Washington | L 75–89 | 0–14 (0–11) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| February 6, 2021 12:05 pm, SWX | | at Eastern Washington | L 64–90 | 0–15 (0–12) | Reese Court Cheney, WA |
| February 11, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV | | at Idaho State Battle of the Domes | L 43–69 | 0–16 (0–13) | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID |
| February 13, 2021 11:00 am, Pluto TV | | at Idaho State Battle of the Domes | L 58–64 | 0–17 (0–14) | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID |
| February 18, 2021 7:05 pm, Pluto TV | | at Portland State | L 64–84 | 0–18 (0–15) | Viking Pavilion Portland, OR |
| February 20, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Portland State | L 40–71 | 0–19 (0–16) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| February 25, 2021 6:00 pm, SWX | | Montana State | W 74–69 | 1–19 (1–16) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| February 27, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV | | Montana State | L 61–71 | 1–20 (1–17) | Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID |
| March 4, 2021 4:00 pm, SWX | | at Montana | Canceled | Canceled | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT |
| March 6, 2021 11:00 am | | at Montana | Canceled | Canceled | Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2021 2:30 pm, Pluto TV | (11) | vs. (6) Montana First Round | L 64–69 | 1–21 | Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. ||||||
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