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The USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge is returning to Dickies Arena on Sunday, December 7, 2025.

Dickies Arena will once again host a premier men’s college basketball doubleheader as LSU, Texas Tech, TCU, and North Texas take the court for the USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge on Sunday, December 7, 2025.

The event will tip off with LSU vs. Texas Tech at TBD CT, followed by TCU vs. North Texas at TBD CT.

“We’re excited about returning to Fort Worth and competing against LSU,” Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland said. “It’s always great to play in front of our DFW alumni and fanbase who make Dickies Arena feel like we’re at home.” Texas Tech is coming off the program’s third trip to the NCAA Elite Eight and a season which finished with a 28-9 overall record. Through two seasons leading the program, head coach Grant McCasland is 51-20 after guiding the team to a 15-5 mark in Big 12 play last season before three wins in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Raiders return JT Toppin who earned consensus All-America Second Team and was named the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Year along with Christian Anderson after he earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors last season.

Coach Matt McMahon enters his fourth season as head coach at LSU with a roster that has added more depth and talent at key positions this year for the Tigers. Two players who should play key roles as returnees are redshirt junior Jalen Reed and sophomore Robert Miller. The rest of the

LSU roster is made up of a transfer portal class ranked No. 16 in the Sports247 composite rankings which includes four four-star players – point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., Rashad King, Marquel Sutton and Michael Nwoko. The team also has four freshmen entering LSU including Ron Zipper, who played in the Israeli professional leagues for four years, along with four-stars Mazi Mosley, Jalen Reece and Matt Gilhool.

TCU returns four players who contributed to last season’s team including David Punch, who made 15 starts as a true freshman. Other experienced returners are Malick Diallo, Jace Posey and Micah Robinson. The Horned Frogs welcome seven newcomers including guards Brock Harding (Iowa), Liutauras Lelevicius (Oregon State) and Jayden Pierre (Providence) who started at high-major programs. Jamie Dixon is in his 10th season at TCU and 23rd season overall as a head coach. Last season, Dixon eclipsed 500 career wins.

The UNT men’s basketball team, which is one of just 18 programs in the nation to win at least 120 games over the last five seasons, is under the leadership of new head coach Daniyal Robinson who arrives to North Texas after leading Cleveland State to three straight 20-win seasons. The Mean Green have averaged 24 wins a season since 2021 by having one of the nation’s best defenses. Robinson racked up 65 total wins in his three years at CSU, it’s the second-most wins among active DI head coaches with three years or less of experience.

Robinson has revamped the Mean Green roster including bringing all-conference guard Je’Shawn Stevenson and all-conference forwards Dylan Arnett and Reece Robinson — his son

— to UNT from Cleveland State.

“We are excited the USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge is returning to Dickies Arena with these great teams across AAC, SEC and Big 12 conferences,” said Matt Homan, General Manager at Dickies Arena. “This double-header match-up will continue to build this event into a fan favorite in Fort Worth.