The Mountain West – Missouri Valley Challenge is an in-season NCAAcollege 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 first challenge was held in 2009. The 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. However, it was announced on April 2, 2015 that the conferences would renew the series in 2015. Since the Mountain West now has 11 members to the MVC's 10, all Missouri Valley members are competing in the renewed series, with one MW team sitting out. The MW–MVC Challenge occurs from late November through December. The games are hosted by each of the schools. The first two series had nine games played each year, leaving one team from the 10-team MVC without an opponent. In 2011, only eight games were played, leaving two MVC teams without an opponent. With changes to the conference schools, each Challenge since the renewal of the series in 2015 has featured 10 games. The MW leads the series with three wins, one loss, and two ties. New Mexico and Wichita State have the best records at 5–1 each. However, Wichita State will not participate in any further Challenges since the school joined the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2017.
Team records
Mountain West Conference (3–1–2)
*School that has since left the MW.
Missouri Valley Conference (1–3–2)
*School that has since left the MVC.
Results
2009
Evansville did not participate in the 2009 Challenge.
2010
Missouri State did not participate in the 2010 Challenge.
2011
The Mountain West Conference had two member schools leave the conference and added Boise State prior to the 2011 Challenge, leaving the MW with eight member schools. Accordingly, only eight games were played.
Illinois State and Southern Illinois did not participate in the 2011 Challenge.
2012
The Mountain West Conference had one member leave the conference and added Nevada and Fresno State prior to the 2012 Challenge, returning the conference to nine member schools. Accordingly, nine games were played.
Bradley did not participate in the 2012 Challenge.
