Northwest Note: November 8, 2013

| November 8, 2013 8:00 PM

Vandals open regular season

Saturday vs. Western Illinois

MOSCOW - The Idaho men's basketball team will get its 2013-14 season underway on Saturday when Western Illinois visits Memorial Gym for a 7 p.m. tipoff. The Vandals and Leathernecks have never met before in men's basketball.

Idaho returns two starters and three letterwinners from its 2012-13 team that went 12-18, 7-11 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Vandals were picked to finish second by the media and fourth by the coaches in the revamped WAC in 2013-14.

Senior Stephen Madison and junior Connor Hill, the former Post Falls High standout, earned preseason all-WAC honors after Madison averaged 14.1 points per game and Hill contributed 12.1 in 2012-13.

Western Illinois returns six letterwinners from its 22-win team a season ago.