Mark your calendar for the 2016 Mountain West and Missouri Valley challenge dates.
The Mountain West and Missouri Valley Conference announced their 2016 tip dates for the second year of four agreement between the two leagues. This year all but one game will be played on Saturday Dec. 3, with the lone exception being the Southern Illinois game at UNLV which is Monday Dec. 19.
The matchups are based up on a variety of factors which include the previous year's success, record and RPI rankings, as well as predicting what teams will look like next year. The last statement is odd since the non-conference slate is not even over.