Braggin' Rights

This article is about the men's college basketball contest. For the professional wrestling pay-per-view, see WWE Bragging Rights.

Illinois Fighting Illini–Missouri Tigers

Braggin' Rights History
First Meeting	December 10, 1980
First Result	Illini 84 - Mizzou 62
Latest Meeting	December 23, 2015
Latest Result	Illini 68 - Mizzou 63
Next Meeting	2016
Total Number of Meetings	46
Largest Victory	Illini: 32 points (2005) Mizzou: 18 points (1994)
Current Streak	Illini-3
All-time Series	Illinois leads 30-16

Braggin' Rights (known for sponsorship reasons as Bud Light Braggin' Rights, previously Busch Braggin' Rights) is the annual men's college basketball contest between the University of Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference and University of Missouri Tigers of the SEC.

First played in 1980, the game takes place in St. Louis, Missouri, during the month of December. From 1980–93, it was played at the St. Louis Arena, and since 1994, it has been played at Scottrade Center. St. Louis is within convenient driving distance of the two schools' home cities of Columbia, Missouri (2 hours), and Champaign, Illinois (3 hours); many students at both schools come from the area; both schools have a large alumni base in greater St. Louis; and the Scottrade Center has a larger capacity than either school's home arena (State Farm Center for Illinois and Mizzou Arena for Missouri). It is traditionally held over the students' holiday break near the end of December and is nationally televised. One of the most closely contested games in the series was the final game held at the St. Louis Arena on December 22, 1993. Missouri defeated Illinois 108-107 in a game that lasted three overtimes.

Before 2000, the series was fairly evenly matched, with Illinois leading the series 11-8 before the game held in 2000. However, the Illini went on a decade-long winning streak under Bill Self and Bruce Weber, while at the same time Mizzou basketball floundered with Quin Snyder as coach. Tiger fan frustration with not being able to win one of their marquee games boiled over so much that in Snyder's final game, an 82-50 drubbing in 2005, one fan threw a full tub of popcorn on him while he was exiting the arena. Since hiring Mike Anderson in 2006, though, Missouri's fortunes took an upward turn, culminating in an emphatic win in 2009 with the Scottrade Center playing Prince's "1999" following the victory, as a sly reference to the last time Mizzou had won in St. Louis.

The game was not played in 1982, but has been played every year since 1983. The name of the victorious team is engraved on a large trophy that, unlike other college rivalry trophies, does not travel home with the winning team. The trophy is displayed in a glass case in the Scottrade Center lobby, where it occupies either an orange-and-blue or black-and-gold space in the cabinet, depending on who won. The other side has a plastic square reading "THE TROPHY BELONGS HERE NEXT YEAR" in the position where the trophy would go.

Prior to 1980, the Tigers and the Illini had an "on-again, off-again" relationship with their interstate rivalry. The official first meeting between the two schools occurred on December 21, 1932, where the Tigers hosted the Illini at Brewer Fieldhouse. The meeting placed Illini head coach Craig Ruby back at the school where he not only excelled as a player, but also where he began his coaching career. Illinois would win the game by a final score of 36-24. The following year the Illini would host the Tigers at Huff Hall and win again by the same score of 36-24. For the next half-century, the two teams would meet for an additional nine times, culminating with a back-and-forth series known as the "Show-Me Classic". This event began in December of 1976 in Columbia, Missouri at the Hearnes Center, where Missouri would defeat Illinois by a final score of 76-75. Over the next three years (1977-79) the two teams would reciprocate home courts until the decision to play on a neutral court was developed and sponsored by Anheuser-Busch prior to the 1980-81 season.

The Braggin' Rights Hoops rivalry has also been crossed over to other NCAA sports, most notably football.

Results

Year	Date	Winner	Result	Loser	Attendance
1980	December 10	Illinois	84-62	Missouri (#14)
1981	December 8	Missouri (#13)	78-68 (OT)	Illinois
1983	December 28	Illinois (#20)	66-60	Missouri
1984	December 6	Illinois (#7)	65-50	Missouri
1985	December 21	Illinois (#15)	67-55	Missouri
1986	December 23	Illinois (#9)	92-74	Missouri
1987	December 22	Illinois	75-63	Missouri (#17)
1988	December 19	Illinois (#5)	87-84	Missouri (#10)	18,561
1989	December 20	Illinois (#5)	101-93	Missouri (#4)	18,398
1990	December 19	Illinois	84-81	Missouri	17,253
1991	December 23	Missouri (#16)	61-44	Illinois	18,034
1992	December 23	Missouri	66-65	Illinois	18,379
1993	December 22	Missouri	108-107 (3OT)	Illinois (#19)
1994	December 22	Missouri	76-58	Illinois (#23)	21,714
1995	December 20	Illinois (#14)	96-85 (OT)	Missouri (#15)	21,901
1996	December 28	Illinois	85-69	Missouri	22,371
1997	December 23	Missouri	75-69	Illinois	22,371
1998	December 22	Missouri (#15)	67-62	Illinois	22,471
1999	December 21	Missouri	78-72	Illinois (#15)	22,484
2000	December 21	Illinois (#5)	86-81 (OT)	Missouri	22,089
2001	December 22	Illinois (#9)	72-61	Missouri (#8)	22,153
2002	December 21	Illinois (#12)	85-70	Missouri (#11)	22,153
2003	December 23	Illinois (#21)	71-70	Missouri (#11)	22,153
2004	December 22	Illinois (#1)	70-64	Missouri	22,153
2005	December 21	Illinois (#6)	82-50	Missouri	22,153
2006	December 19	Illinois	73-70	Missouri	22,153
2007	December 22	Illinois	59-58	Missouri	21,941
2008	December 23	Illinois	75-59	Missouri (#25)	19,586
2009	December 23	Missouri	81-68	Illinois	20,497
2010	December 22	Missouri (#9)	75-64	Illinois (#21)	21,906
2011	December 22	Missouri (#9)	78-74	Illinois (#25)	22,087
2012	December 22	Missouri (#12)	82-73	Illinois (#10)	22,139
2013	December 21	Illinois	65-64	Missouri (#23)	21,987
2014	December 20	Illinois	62-59	Missouri	20,079
2015	December 23	Illinois	68-63	Missouri	14,456

Notes:

The rankings listed above were the Associated Press poll rankings at the time of the contest. A blank ranking indicates the team was unranked.
(OT) denotes an overtime game. (3 OT) denotes a game that required three overtime periods.

Series statistics

Series Record: Illinois leads 30 to 16
Current Streak: Illinois, 3 win
Illinois when ranked: 13-6
Missouri when ranked: 6-10
When both teams are ranked: Illinois leads 6-3
Illinois when unranked: 8-6
Missouri when unranked: 6-11
When both teams are unranked: Illinois leads 5-3
In overtime games: Tied 2-2
At the St. Louis Arena: Illinois led 21-13
At Scottrade Center: Illinois leads 13-8
Illinois' longest winning streak: 9 (2000–08)
Missouri's longest winning streak: 4 (1991–94, 2009-12)
Illinois' largest winning margin: 32 points (2005)
Missouri's largest winning margin: 18 points (1994)
Closest margin: 1 point, four times in regulation (1992, 2003, 2007, 2013) and once in three overtimes (1993)

Early meetings

Year	Date	Winner	Result	Loser	Location
1932	December 21	Illinois	36-24	Missouri	Brewer Fieldhouse
1934	January 3	Illinois	36-24	Missouri	Huff Hall
1942	December 14	Illinois	51-30	Missouri	Huff Hall
1943	December 18	Illinois	39-29	Missouri	Brewer Fieldhouse
1946	December 16	Missouri	55-50	Illinois	Brewer Fieldhouse
1954	December 4	Illinois	77-69	Missouri	Huff Hall
1955	December 10	Missouri	74-73 (OT)	Illinois	Brewer Fieldhouse

Show-Me Classic

Year	Date	Winner	Result	Loser	Location
1976	December 3	Missouri	75-76	Illinois	Hearnes Center
1977	December 6	Illinois	96-85	Missouri	Assembly Hall
1978	December 5	Illinois	69-57	Missouri	Hearnes Center
1979	December 4	Missouri	67-66 (OT)	Illinois	Assembly Hall

References

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Missouri Tigers men's basketball

Venues	Rothwell Gymnasium (1906–1929) Brewer Fieldhouse (1929–1972) Hearnes Center (1972–2004) Mizzou Arena (2004–present)

Rivalries	Illinois Kansas

Culture & lore	The Antlers Truman the Tiger

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys All-Americans

Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

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