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

The two conferences have agreed to a four year deal, extending the challenge through at least 2012.^[2]

The MVC-MWC Challenge Series will occur from late November through December. The games will be hosted by each of the schools. The first two series had nine games will be 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.

Team records

Mountain West Conference (1–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Air Force Falcons	1	1
BYU Cougars	2	0
Colorado State Rams	1	1
New Mexico Lobos	2	0
San Diego State Aztecs	2	0
TCU Horned Frogs	0	2
UNLV Rebels	2	0
Utah Utes	1	1
Wyoming Cowboys	1	1
Overall	12	6

Missouri Valley Conference (1–1)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Bradley Braves	0	2
Creighton Bluejays	0	2
Drake Bulldogs	0	2
Evansville Purple Aces	0	1
Illinois State Redbirds	1	1
Indiana State Sycamores	1	1
Missouri State Bears	1	0
Northern Iowa Panthers	2	0
Southern Illinois Salukis	0	2
Wichita State Shockers	1	1
Overall	6	12

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					X

Notes: Evansville, by virtue of finishing the 2007–08 MVC regular season in 10th place, will be the Valley school that does not participate in the 2009 Challenge Series.

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						X

2011

Date	MVC Team	MWC Team	Score	Location	MVC	MWC
Nov. 30	Creighton	San Diego State		San Diego, CA
Dec. 3	Drake	Air Force		Des Moines, IA
Dec. 3	Indiana State	Boise State		Boise, ID
Dec. 3	Northern Iowa	Colorado State		Cedar Falls, IA
Dec. 3	Missouri State	New Mexico		Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 3	Evansville	TCU		Evansville, IN
Dec. 3	Bradley	Wyoming		Laramie, WY
Dec. 4	Wichita State	UNLV		Wichita, KS
RESULT

References

1. ^ "Valley and Mountain West Announce Challenge Series". MVC-Sports.com. 28 October 2008. http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=1612887. 
2. ^ "Missouri Valley, MWC to start basketball series". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 15, 2009. http://www.lvrj.com/sports/37627364.html. Retrieved January 16, 2009.