Coast-to-Coast Challenge

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
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Pac-12 (2021–23) Big 12 (2021–present) SEC (2024–present)
Number of teams	4 (2 Men's and 2 Women's, 2021) 8 (4 Men's and 4 Women's, 2022) 6 (Men's, 2023) 6 (4 Men's and 2 Women's, 2024)
Current stadium	Dickies Arena
Current location	Fort Worth, TX
Played	2021–present
Last contest	2024
Most championships	Texas Longhorns (2) (both Men's and Women's)
TV partner(s)	ABC (2021) ESPN (2021-22) ESPN2 (2022, 2024) ESPNU (2023-present) 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
Paradise, Nevada (2021) Dallas, Texas (2022) Fort Worth, Texas (2023–present)

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 Arena • Paradise, 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 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

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

Date[8]	Time	SEC team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance
Dec 8	11:30 a.m.	Vanderbilt	TCU	83–74	Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas	ESPNU
	2:00 p.m.	#22 Texas A&M	Texas Tech	72–67		ESPN2
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 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

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	4,700
	6:30 p.m.	#20 Arizona	#18 Baylor	75–54
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time.

2024 Matchup

Date[11]	Time	SEC team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance
Dec 8	6:00 p.m.	#3 South Carolina	#9 TCU	85–52	Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas	ESPN2	8,004
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Central Time.