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, 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. 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. Women's basketball returned in 2024 under the name "USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge featuring the Hoopfest Women’s Basketball Classic".
Every match-up within the Challenge has featured a team from Texas.
Men's Matchups 2021 Matchup
DateTimePac-12 teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendanceDec 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 DateTimePac-12 teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance 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 DateTimePac-12/SEC/MW teamBig 12/WAC teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance Dec 16 4:00 p.m. Air Force UT Arlington 76–73 Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas ESPN+ 3,7526:30 p.m. Vanderbilt Texas Tech 76–54 7,2199:00 p.m. Arizona State TCU 79–59 ESPNU 4,890 WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.Game Time in Central Time.
2024 Matchups DateTimeSEC teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance 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.
2025 Matchups DateTimeSEC/AAC teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance Dec 8 2:00 p.m. LSU #19 Texas Tech 82–58 Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, Texas ESPN2 4:30 p.m. North Texas TCU 65–55 ESPN+ WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.Game Time in Central Time.
Women's Matchups 2021 Matchup DateTimePac-12 teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendanceDec 19 2:30 p.m. (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 DateTimePac-12 teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance 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 DateTimeSEC teamBig 12 teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendance 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.
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