Most are familiar with the idea of a home-and-home series, but what about one that takes place in the same season?

According to CBS Sports Jon Rothstein, that's exactly what the Oregon Ducks and Boise State Broncos will do this December. According to a tweet sent out by Rothstein Tuesday morning, Oregon will host the Broncos this season and then travel to Boise a few weeks later for a second meeting.

"Oregon and Boise State are doing a home-and-home series in the same season, per a source," Rothstein said in a tweet. "First game in Eugene on 12/15/18, second in Boise on 12/29/18."

This is a scheduling anomaly in college basketball today. Teams may face the same non-conference team in the same season, but one of those meetings is typically due to a preseason or postseason tournament draw.

This will be the fourth consecutive year the teams have met. Boise State has won two of the three contests. Last season's game was a thriller, as the BSU's Lexus Williams split up a tie game with a half court game winner at the regulation buzzer to lift the Broncos over the Ducks 73-70 at Matthew Knight Arena on Dec. 1. The Ducks won in 2016-17 68-63 at MKA in another tight contest, while the Broncos won in Boise in 2015-16 by a score of 74-72.

Both schools are expected to compete for conference championships this season. The Ducks are considered favorites to win the Pac-12 behind a strong returning core led by Payton Pritchard, Kenny Wooten and Paul White and the addition of the nation's third-ranked recruiting class. The Broncos are led by sharp-shooter Justinian Jessup, who knocked in five three-pointers in last season's meeting, and three the previous season.

The rest of Oregon's non-conference schedule remains largely unveiled. Oregon has already announced that it will take part in the 2K Classic in early November. They'll host Portland State (Nov. 9) and then head east where they'll face Iowa on Nov. 15 at historic Madison Square Garden. They'll then play either Connecticut or Syracuse on Nov. 16 in NYC. They'll wrap up play in the 2K Classic against Green Bay on Nov. 20. That game will be held in Eugene.

Oregon will also play at Houston on Dec. 1 to open the Cougars' new arena, the Fertitta Center.