Coast-to-Coast Challenge

Collegiate basketball tournament
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Current stadiumDickies ArenaCurrent locationFort Worth, TXPlayed2021–presentLast contest2023Most championshipsTexas Longhorns (2) (both Men's and Women's)TV partner(s)ABC (2021)
ESPN (2021-2022)
ESPN2 (2022)
ESPNU (2023)
ESPN+ (2023)SponsorsMGM Resorts International (2021)
US LBM (2022–present)Host stadiumsT-Mobile Arena (2021)
American Airlines Center (2022)
Dickies Arena (2023-present)Host locations
  • Paradise, Nevada (2021)
  • Dallas, Texas (2022)
  • Fort Worth, Texas (2023-present)

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.

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

2021 Matchup

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 ArenaParadise, Nevada ABC 1600
WINNER IS IN BOLD.
Game Time in Pacific Time.

2022 Matchups

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 CenterDallas, 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

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 ArenaFort 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

Date[8] Time SEC team Big 12 team Score Location Television Attendance
Dec 8 11:30 a.m. Vanderbilt TCU TBD Dickies ArenaFort 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

2021 Matchup

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 ArenaParadise, 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

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 CenterDallas, Texas ESPN2 4700
6:30 p.m. #20 Arizona #18 Baylor 75–54
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.
Game Time in Central Time.

2024 Matchups

Date[11] Time SEC team Big 12 team Score Location Television Attendance
Dec 8 6:00 p.m. South Carolina TCU TBD Dickies ArenaFort Worth, Texas TBD
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.
Game Time in Central Time.

References

  1. ^ "Oregon-Baylor women's matchup added to inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge". Archived from the original on November 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge". MGMResorts.com. MGM Resorts International. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2024.12.08 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge - Men's Double Header".
  4. ^ "2024.12.8 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women's Basketball Classic".
  5. ^ "Matchups announced for inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge presented by MGM Resorts International". Archived from the original on August 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Quadruple-header set for second annual Pac-12 US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Dallas". August 2022.
  7. ^ "U.S. LBM Coast to Coast Challenge".
  8. ^ "2024.12.08 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge - Men's Double Header".
  9. ^ "'Hats off to them': The University of San Diego salvages No. 11 Texas' trip to Las Vegas".
  10. ^ "Pac-12 US LBM Coast to Coast Challenge | American Airlines Center".
  11. ^ "2024.12.8 USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women's Basketball Classic".
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