Mountain West–Missouri Valley Challenge

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MWC-MVC Challenge logo

The Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge is an in-season NCAA college basketball series, matching up teams from the Mountain West Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference. The series began in November 2009 and featured all of the MW teams against most of the MVC teams.

The two conferences agreed to a four-year deal, extending the challenge through 2012. The challenge was not extended beyond its original term and ended after 2012.

The MW–MVC Challenge occurred from late November through December. The games were hosted by each of the schools. The first two series had nine games played each year, leaving one team from the 10-team Missouri Valley Conference without an opponent. In 2011, only eight games were played, leaving two teams from the Missouri Valley Conference without an opponent.

It was announced on April 2, 2015, that the conferences would renew the series after a 2-year absence. Since the MW now has 11 members to the MVC's 10, all MVC members are competing in the renewed series, with one MW team sitting out.

Team records

Mountain West Conference (3–1–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Air Force Falcons	1	3
Boise State Broncos	3	0
BYU Cougars*	2	0
Colorado State Rams	2	2
Fresno State Bulldogs	0	1
New Mexico Lobos	4	0
Nevada Wolf Pack	0	1
San Diego State Aztecs	3	1
San Jose State Spartans	0	0
TCU Horned Frogs*	1	2
UNLV Runnin' Rebels	3	1
Utah Utes*	1	1
Utah State Aggies	0	0
Wyoming Cowboys	3	1
Overall	23	13

*School that has since left the MW.

Missouri Valley Conference (1–3–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Bradley Braves	0	3
Creighton Bluejays*	2	3
Drake Bulldogs	2	2
Evansville Purple Aces	0	4
Illinois State Redbirds	1	3
Indiana State Sycamores	2	3
Loyola Chicago Ramblers	0	1
Missouri State Bears	1	3
Northern Iowa Panthers	3	2
Southern Illinois Salukis	2	2
Wichita State Shockers	4	1
Overall	15	26

*School that has since left the MVC.

Results

2009

Date	MVC team	Score	MWC team	Location	Challenge leader
Nov 13	Bradley	60–70	BYU	Provo, UT	MWC (1–0)
Nov 20	Indiana State	65–60	Colorado State	Terre Haute, IN	Tie (1–1)
Nov 21	Southern Illinois	69–78	UNLV	Las Vegas, NV	MWC (2–1)
Dec 5	Missouri State	58–48	Air Force	Springfield, MO	Tie (2–2)
Dec 12	Wichita State	80–68	TCU	Wichita, KS	MVC (3–2)
Dec 19	Creighton	66–61	New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	Tie (3–3)
Dec 19	Illinois State	73–63	Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	MVC (4–3)
Dec 22	Drake	76–73 (OT)	San Diego State	Des Moines, IA	Tie (4–4)
Dec 23	Northern Iowa	72–54	Wyoming	Cedar Falls, IA	MVC (5–4)

Notes: Evansville, by virtue of finishing the 2007–08 MVC regular season in 10th place, did not participate in the 2009 Challenge.

2010

Date	MVC team	Score	MWC team	Location	Challenge leader
Dec 1	Creighton	65–77	BYU	Omaha, NE	MWC (1–0)
Dec 1	Drake	67–78	Colorado State	Fort Collins, CO	MWC (2–0)
Dec 1	Southern Illinois	59–74	New Mexico	Carbondale, IL	MWC (3–0)
Dec 1	Illinois State	51–82	UNLV	Normal, IL	MWC (4–0)
Dec 4	Indiana State	51–81	Wyoming	Laramie, WY	MWC (5–0)
Dec 4	Northern Iowa	64–60	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	MWC (5–1)
Dec 4	Bradley	60–68	Utah	Peoria, IL	MWC (6–1)
Dec 4	Wichita State	69–83	San Diego State	San Diego, CA	MWC (7–1)
Dec 5	Evansville	56–57	Air Force	Colorado Springs, CO	MWC (8–1)

2011

Date	MVC team	MWC team	Score	Location	MVC	MWC
Nov 30	#22 Creighton	San Diego State	85–83	San Diego, CA	X
Dec 3	Drake	Air Force	62–60	Des Moines, IA	X
Dec 3	Indiana State	Boise State	74–65	Boise, ID		X
Dec 3	Northern Iowa	Colorado State	83–77	Cedar Falls, IA	X
Dec 3	Missouri State	New Mexico	76–60	Albuquerque, NM		X
Dec 3	Evansville	TCU	70–68	Evansville, IN		X
Dec 3	Bradley	Wyoming	66–49	Laramie, WY		X
Dec 4	Wichita State	#20 UNLV	89–70	Wichita, KS	X
Result					4	4

• The Mountain West Conference had two member schools leave the conference (BYU and Utah) and added Boise State, leaving the MW with 8 member schools allowing for a 4–4 tie in the series in 2011.

2012

Date	MVC team	MWC team	Score	Location	MVC	MWC
Nov 17	Missouri State	#23 San Diego State	60–44	Springfield, MO		X
Nov 28	#11 Creighton	Boise State	83–70	Omaha, NE		X
Nov 28	Southern Illinois	Fresno State	57–54	Carbondale, IL	X
Nov 30	Drake	Nevada	76–66	Reno, NV	X
Dec 1	Evansville	Colorado State	79–72	Fort Collins, CO		X
Dec 1	Indiana State	#25 New Mexico	77–68 OT	Terre Haute, IN		X
Dec 2	Wichita State	Air Force	72–69	Colorado Springs, CO	X
Dec 4	Illinois State	Wyoming	81–67	Normal, IL		X
Dec 19	Northern Iowa	#21 UNLV	73–59	Las Vegas, NV		X
Result					3	6

• The Mountain West Conference had one member school leave the conference (TCU) and added Nevada and Fresno St, is back with a 9 member schools.

2015

Date	Time	MVC team	MWC team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Challenge leader
Fri., Nov. 13	6:00 PM	Southern Illinois	Air Force	SIU Arena • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	4,759	Southern Illinois 77–75	Missouri Valley (1–0)
	8:00 PM	Illinois State	San Diego State	Viejas Arena • San Diego, CA	ESPN3	12,414	San Diego State 71–61	Tie (1–1)
Sat., Nov. 14	10:00 AM	Northern Iowa	Colorado State	McLeod Center • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	4,455	Colorado State 84–78	Mountain West (2–1)
Mon., Nov. 16	5:00 PM	Indiana State	Wyoming	Hulman Center • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	3,601	Indiana State 70–55	Tie (2–2)
Wed., Nov. 18	7:00 PM	Loyola–Chicago	New Mexico	The Pit • Albuquerque, NM	Root Sports	11,951	New Mexico 75–51	Mountain West (3–2)
Tue., Dec. 1	6:00 PM	Missouri State	Utah State	JQH Arena • Springfield, MO	ESPN3	3,694	Utah State 69–68	Mountain West (4–2)
Wed., Dec. 9	6:00 PM	Wichita State	UNLV	Charles Koch Arena • Wichita, KS	ESPN2	10,506	Wichita State 56–50	Mountain West (4–3)
Sat., Dec. 12	5:00 PM	Drake	Nevada	Lawlor Events Center • Reno, NV		5,541	Nevada 79–71	Mountain West (5–3)
Sun., Dec. 20	12:00 PM	Bradley	Boise State	Taco Bell Arena • Boise, ID	Root Sports	4,405	Boise State 90–70	Mountain West (6–3)
	2:00 PM	Evansville	Fresno State	Save Mart Center • Fresno, CA		5,251	Evansville 85–77	Mountain West (6–4)
Game Times in MST. Home team is italicized. San Jose State did not participate due to its last-place finish in the Mountain West in 2014–15.