MWC Connection · Dec 5, 2018
MVC-MW No More, Now What?
Photo by David Becker/Getty ImagesFollowing New Mexico’s win over Bradley this weekend, the final iteration of the Missouri Valley-Mountain West challenge came to a fitting end: stalemate.
After two incarnations of the challenge, it’s finally over. The idea was for both the MW and the Missouri Valley conferences to use the challenge to get a quality non-conference game to help impress the selection committee come March. Some years, it delivered. Other times, the travel requirements were were gargantuan with very few tangible benefits.