Last year, the Mountain West Conference and Missouri Valley Conference kicked off the MWC/MVC Challenge series. Major conferences have been developing these kinds of series (most notable the annual Big 10/ACC challenge) for some time now. Although the Mountain West and Missouri Valley conferences have both gained a lot of respect in recent years, these kinds of series are necessary to boost the strength of schedule for both conferences. This series is contracted through the 2012-2013 season.
010 CHALLENGE DATES
Series Records
Dec. 1
BYU at Creighton (BYU leads, 5-3; last meeting 12/7/2002)
Dec. 1
Drake at Colorado State (CSU leads, 5-4; last meeting 12/4/2004)
Dec. 1
New Mexico at Southern Illinois (First meeting)
Dec. 1
UNLV at Illinois State (UNLV leads, 2-1; last meeting 1/13/1978)
Dec. 4
Indiana State at Wyoming (Wyoming leads, 2-1; last 12/30/2003)
Dec. 4
UNI at TCU (First meeting)
Dec. 4
Utah at Bradley (Utah leads, 3-2; last meeting 12/4/1992)
Dec. 4
Wichita State at San Diego State (WSU leads, 5-0; last 12/4/1976)
Dec. 5
Evansville at Air Force (UE leads, 1-0; only meeting 12/29/1977)
| 2009 CHALLENGE (MVC won, 5-4) | Results |
| Nov. 13 | BYU 70, Bradley 60 |
| Nov. 20 | Indiana State 65, Colorado State 60 |
| Nov. 21 | UNLV 78, Southern Illinois 69 |
| Dec. 5 | Missouri State 58, Air Force 48 |
| Dec. 12 | Wichita State 80, TCU 68 |
| Dec. 19 | New Mexico 66, Creighton 61 |
| Dec. 19 | Illinois State 73, Utah 63 |
| Dec. 22 | San Diego State 76, Drake 73 |
| Dec. 23 | UNI 72, Wyoming 54 |