Mountain West–Missouri Valley Challenge

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 MWC teams against most of the MVC teams.^[1]

The two conferences agreed to a four-year deal, extending the challenge through 2012.^[2] The challenge was not extended beyond its original term and ended after 2012.^[3]

The MVC–MWC 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 they will renew the series after a 2 year absence.^[4]

Team records

Mountain West Conference (2–1–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Air Force Falcons	1	3
Boise State Broncos	2	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 Rebels	3	1
Utah Utes*	1	1
Utah State Aggies	0	0
Wyoming Cowboys	3	1
Overall	22	13

*Schools that has since left the MWC.

Missouri Valley Conference (1–2–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Bradley Braves	0	3
Creighton Bluejays*	1	3
Drake Bulldogs	2	2
Evansville Purple Aces	0	4
Illinois State Redbirds	1	2
Indiana State Sycamores	1	3
Loyola Chicago Ramblers	0	0
Missouri State Bears	1	2
Northern Iowa Panthers	3	1
Southern Illinois Salukis	1	2
Wichita State Shockers	3	1
Overall	13	22

*School that has since left the MVC.

Results

2009

Date	MVC team	MWC team	Score	Location	MVC	MWC
Nov 13	Bradley	BYU	70–60	Provo, UT		X
Nov 20	Indiana State	Colorado State	65–60	Terre Haute, IN	X
Nov 21	Southern Illinois	UNLV	78–69	Las Vegas, NV		X
Dec 5	Missouri State	Air Force	58–48	Springfield, MO	X
Dec 12	Wichita State	TCU	80–68	Wichita, KS	X
Dec 19	Creighton	New Mexico	66–61	Albuquerque, NM		X
Dec 19	Illinois State	Utah	73–63	Salt Lake City, UT	X
Dec 22	Drake	San Diego State	76–73 OT	Des Moines, IA		X
Dec 23	Northern Iowa	Wyoming	72–54	Cedar Falls, IA	X
Result					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	MWC team	Score	Location	MVC	MWC
Dec 1	Creighton	BYU	77–65	Omaha, NE		X
Dec 1	Drake	Colorado State	78–67	Fort Collins, CO		X
Dec 1	Southern Illinois	New Mexico	74–59	Carbondale, IL		X
Dec 1	Illinois State	UNLV	82–51	Normal, IL		X
Dec 4	Indiana State	Wyoming	81–51	Laramie, WY		X
Dec 4	Northern Iowa	TCU	64–60	Fort Worth, TX	X
Dec 4	Bradley	Utah	68–60	Peoria, IL		X
Dec 4	Wichita State	San Diego State	83–69	San Diego, CA		X
Dec 5	Evansville	Air Force	57–56	Colorado Springs, CO		X
Result					1	8

Note: Northern Iowa is the only MVC team that is 2-0 in the challenge through 2 years.

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 MWC 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	MVC team	MWC team	Location
Nov 13	Illinois State	San Diego State	San Diego, CA
Nov 13	Southern Illinois	Air Force	Carbondale, IL
Nov 14	Northern Iowa	Colorado State	Cedar Falls, IA
Nov 16	Indiana State	Wyoming	Terre Haute, IN
Nov 18	Loyola Chicago	New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM
Dec 1	Missouri State	Utah State	Springfield, MO
Dec 2	Wichita State	UNLV	Wichita, KS
Dec 12	Drake	Nevada	Reno, NV
Dec 20	Bradley	Boise State	Boise, ID
Dec 20	Evansville	Fresno State	Fresno, CA
Result

San Jose State will not partcipate due to finish in last place in the Mountain West last season.

References

↑ "Valley and Mountain West Announce Challenge Series". MVC-Sports.com. October 28, 2008.
↑ "Missouri Valley, MWC to start basketball series". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
↑ Eisenberg, Jeff (May 16, 2012). "Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge won't showcase top teams". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
↑ "MVC and Mountain West Renew Challenge Series". MVC-Sports.com. April 2, 2015.