ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference and the Mountain West Conference have announced next season's pairings for the Challenge Series between the two conferences. Nine of the 10 games will take place on the same date - Dec. 3, 2016. The agreement between the Mountain West and Missouri Valley conferences is in the second year of a four-year term.
The University of Northern Iowa will match up against the University of Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie, Wyo., on Dec. 3, 2016. UNI and Wyoming met in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament with the Panthers scoring a 71-54 victory in Seattle, Wash.