The Coast-to-Coast Challenge (currently known as the US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge for sponsorship reasons and formerly known as the Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge) is an annual set of basketball games played in a neutral stadium. The Challenge was set to launch in 2020,[1] but was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge | |
|---|---|
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| Sport | College basketball |
| Conference | Pac-12 (2021-23) Big 12 (2021-present) SEC (2024-present) |
| Number of teams |
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| Current stadium | Dickies Arena |
| Current location | Fort Worth, TX |
| Played | 2021–present |
| Last contest | 2023 |
| Most championships | Texas Longhorns (2) (both Men's and Women's) |
| TV partner(s) | ABC (2021) ESPN (2021-2022) ESPN2 (2022) ESPNU (2023) ESPN+ (2023) |
| Sponsors | |
| MGM Resorts International (2021) US LBM (2022–present) | |
| Host stadiums | |
| T-Mobile Arena (2021) American Airlines Center (2022) Dickies Arena (2023-present) | |
| Host locations | |
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The Challenge launched as a small-scale spiritual successor to the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series, which ran from 2007 to 2010. As such, it was originally contested by both men's and women's teams of the Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences, but in 2023 was open to men's basketball teams of all conferences, with the Pac-12 and Big 12 as the main conferences represented.[2] As a result of the 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment, the Challenge no longer featured Pac-12 teams, and instead became a small-scale spiritual successor to the Big 12/SEC Challenge in 2024.[3] Women's basketball returned in 2024 under the name "USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women’s Basketball Classic".[4]
Every match-up within the Challenge has featured a team from Texas.
Men's Matchups
edit2021 Matchup
edit| Date[5] | Time | Pac-12 team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Stanford | #17 Texas | 60–53 | T-Mobile Arena • Paradise, Nevada | ABC | 1600 |
| WINNER IS IN BOLD. Game Time in Pacific Time. | |||||||
2022 Matchups
edit| Date[6] | Time | Pac-12 team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18 | 12:00 p.m. | Stanford | #7 Texas | 72–62 | American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas | ESPN | 4700 |
| 9:00 p.m. | Washington State | #11 Baylor | 65–59 | ESPN2 | 4200 | ||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time. | |||||||
2023 Matchups
edit| Date[7] | Time | Pac-12/SEC/MW team | Big 12/WAC team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16 | 4:00 p.m. | Air Force | UT Arlington | 76–73 | Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas | ESPN+ | 3,752 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt | Texas Tech | 76–54 | 7,219 | |||
| 9:00 p.m. | Arizona State | TCU | 79–59 | ESPNU | 4,890 | ||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time. | |||||||
2024 Matchups
edit| Date[8] | Time | SEC team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8 | 11:30 a.m. | Vanderbilt | TCU | TBD | Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas | TBD | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Texas A&M | Texas Tech | TBD | TBD | |||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time. | |||||||
Women's Matchups
edit2021 Matchup
edit| Date[9] | Time | Pac-12 team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19 | 2:30 p.m. | San Diego (WCC Team) |
#11 Texas | 74–58 | T-Mobile Arena • Paradise, Nevada | ESPN2 | |
| WINNER IS IN BOLD. Game Times in Pacific Time. | |||||||
Originally, Arizona was to be the Pac-12 representative, but backed out due to COVID-19 protocols
2022 Matchups
edit| Date[10] | Time | Pac-12 team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18 | 2:30 p.m. | USC | Texas | 62–48 | American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas | ESPN2 | 4700 |
| 6:30 p.m. | #20 Arizona | #18 Baylor | 75–54 | ||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time. | |||||||
2024 Matchups
edit| Date[11] | Time | SEC team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8 | 6:00 p.m. | South Carolina | TCU | TBD | Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas | TBD | |
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time. | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Oregon-Baylor women's matchup added to inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge". Archived from the original on November 17, 2023.
- ^ "Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge". MGMResorts.com. MGM Resorts International. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "2024.12.08 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge - Men's Double Header".
- ^ "2024.12.8 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women's Basketball Classic".
- ^ "Matchups announced for inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge presented by MGM Resorts International". Archived from the original on August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Quadruple-header set for second annual Pac-12 US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Dallas". August 2022.
- ^ "U.S. LBM Coast to Coast Challenge".
- ^ "2024.12.08 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge - Men's Double Header".
- ^ "'Hats off to them': The University of San Diego salvages No. 11 Texas' trip to Las Vegas".
- ^ "Pac-12 US LBM Coast to Coast Challenge | American Airlines Center".
- ^ "2024.12.8 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women's Basketball Classic".