Braggin' Rights is the annual men's college basketball

College basketball

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 contest between the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 Fighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

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 of the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

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 and the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 Tigers

Missouri Tigers

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 of the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

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First played in 1980, the game takes place in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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, during the month of December. From 1980 to 1993, it was played at the St. Louis Arena

St. Louis Arena

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, and since 1994, it has been played at Scottrade Center

Scottrade Center

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. St. Louis is within convenient driving distance of the two schools' home cities of Columbia, Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

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 (2 hours), and Champaign, Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

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 (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 (Assembly Hall

Assembly Hall (Champaign)

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 for Illinois and Mizzou Arena

Mizzou Arena

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 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 overtime

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s.

Until 2000, the series was fairly evenly matched, with Illinois leading the series 11-9 at the time. However, the Illini went on a decade-long winning streak under Bill Self

Bill Self

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 and Bruce Weber, while at the same time Mizzou basketball floundered with Quin Snyder

Quin Snyder

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 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, a 82-50 drubbing in 2005, one fan threw a full tub of popcorn on him while he sat on the bench. Since hiring Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson (basketball coach)

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 in 2006, though, Missouri's fortunes took an upward turn, culminating in an emphatic win in 2009 with the Scottrade Center playing Prince's

Prince (musician)

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 "1999

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" 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. Through the 2010 game, Illinois holds a 20-10 edge over Missouri. 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.

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

American football

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Results

Year	Date	Winner	Result	Loser
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)
1989	December 20	Illinois (#5)	101-93	Missouri (#4)
1990	December 19	Illinois	84-81	Missouri
1991	December 23	Missouri (#16)	61-44	Illinois
1992	December 23	Missouri	66-65	Illinois
1993	December 22	Missouri	108-107 (3OT)	Illinois (#19)
1994	December 22	Missouri	76-58	Illinois (#23)
1995	December 20	Illinois (#14)	96-85 (OT)	Missouri (#15)
1996	December 28	Illinois	85-69	Missouri
1997	December 23	Missouri	75-69	Illinois
1998	December 22	Missouri (#15)	67-62	Illinois
1999	December 21	Missouri	78-72	Illinois (#15)
2000	December 21	Illinois (#5)	86-81 (OT)	Missouri
2001	December 22	Illinois (#9)	72-61	Missouri (#8)
2002	December 21	Illinois (#12)	85-70	Missouri (#11)
2003	December 23	Illinois (#21)	71-70	Missouri (#11)
2004	December 22	Illinois (#1)	70-64	Missouri
2005	December 21	Illinois (#6)	82-50	Missouri
2006	December 19	Illinois	73-70	Missouri
2007	December 22	Illinois	59-58	Missouri
2008	December 23	Illinois	75-59	Missouri (#25)
2009	December 23	Missouri	81-68	Illinois
2010	December 22	Missouri (#9)	75-64	Illinois (#21)

Notes:

• The rankings listed above were the Associated Press
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   poll
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  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 20-10
• Current Streak: Missouri, 2 wins
• Illinois when ranked: 13-4
• Missouri when ranked: 4-9
• When both teams are ranked: Illinois leads 6-1
• Illinois when unranked: 7-6
• Missouri when unranked: 6-11
• When both teams are unranked: Illinois leads 4-3
• In overtime games: Tied 2-2
• At the St. Louis Arena: Illinois led 9-4
• At Scottrade Center: Illinois leads 11-6
• Illinois' longest winning streak: 9 (2000-08)
• Missouri's longest winning streak: 4 (1991-94)
• Illinois' largest winning margin: 32 points (2005)
• Missouri's largest winning margin: 18 points (1994)
• Closest margin: 1 point, four times (1992, 1993, 2003, 2007)