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College Basketball has the perfect after Thanksgiving dessert. The BigTen/ACC Challenge features two handfuls of ranked teams and some top-tier matchups. The schedule has Iowa taking on Virginia in Charlottesville and Notre Dame travelling to Illinois to open the 23rd annual series on Monday, November 29. There are five head to head games that are firsts in the Challenge. The aforementioned Iowa-Virginia faceoff, Minnesota-Pitt, Miami-Penn State, Nebraska-NC State and Maryland-Virginia Tech. The ACC has a 12-7-3 advantage in the men’s basketball competition with a 138-113 overall record.
Fourteen teams from both conferences are scheduled to play with one rotating ACC team. This year, Boston College gets to sit it out.
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BigTen/ACC Challenge
The three days of games continues on Tuesday, November 30 with the following matchups –
- Clemson at Rutgers
- Duke at Ohio State
- Florida State at Purdue
- Minnesota at Pitt
- Indiana at Syracuse
- Northwestern at Wake Forest
Early season rankings points to the Blue Devils and Buckeyes as well as the Seminoles and Boilermakers delivering some top-flight action
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On Wednesday, December 1 the schedule has these teams going head to head –
- Wisconsin at Georgia Tech
- Louisville at Michigan State
- Miami at Penn State
- Michigan at North Carolina
- Nebraska at NC State
- Virginia Tech at Maryland
Again, the early season chatter points to the Cardinals and Trojans, Wolverines and Tar Heels and Hokies and Terrapins as being the must watch games.
The reigning ACC men’s basketball champions, Georgia Tech will face off with Wisconsin for the first time since the third event in 2001.
ACC Men’s Basketball Schedule
- Monday, November 29
- Iowa vs Virginia 7:00pm ET ESPN2
- Notre Dame vs Illinois 9:00pm ET ESPN2
- Tuesday, November 30
- Florida State vs Purdue 7/7:30pm ET ESPN/ESPN2
- Indiana vs Syracuse 7/7:30pm ET ESPN/ESPN2
- Minnesota vs Pitt 7:00pm ET ESPNU
- Clemson vs Rutgers 9:00pm ET ESPN2
- Northwestern vs Wake Forest 9:00pm ET ESPNU
- Duke vs Ohio State 9:30pm ET ESPN
- Wednesday, December 1
- Louisville vs Michigan State 7:15pm ET ESPN/ESPN2
- Virginia Tech vs Maryland 7:15pm ET ESPN/ESPN2
- Nebraska vs NC State 7:15pm ET ESPNU
- Michigan vs North Carolina 9:15pm ET ESPN
- Wisconsin vs Georgia Tech 9:15pm ET ESPN2
- Miami vs Penn State 9:15pm ET ESPNU
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