ACC/Big Ten Gametimes Announced

Below is the schedule for this year’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

The ACC holds a 10-3-1 Challenge record, winning the first 10 events (1999-2008) while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011).

7:15 p.m.       Indiana at Syracuse     ESPN

7:15 p.m.       Illinois at Georgia Tech        ESPN2

7:30 p.m.       Penn State at Pittsburgh         ESPNU

9:15 p.m.       Michigan at Duke        ESPN

9:15 p.m.       Notre Dame at Iowa       ESPN2

9:30 p.m.       Florida State at Minnesota      ESPNU

7:00 p.m.       Maryland at Ohio State  ESPN or ESPN2

7:00 p.m.       Wisconsin at Virginia   ESPN or ESPN2

7:30 p.m.       Northwestern at NC State        ESPNU

9:00 p.m.       North Carolina at Michigan State        ESPN

9:00    p.m.    Boston College at Purdue        ESPN2

9:30 p.m.       Miami at Nebraska       ESPNU

Boston College  3-1     3-0     0-0     6-1     Won 1

Clemson 4-3     5-2     0-0     9-5     Lost 1

Duke    5-0     3-2     4-0     12-2    Won 1

Florida State   4-3     2-5     0-0     6-8     Lost 5

Georgia Tech    3-2     1-6     0-1     4-9     Lost 5

Maryland        5-1     4-1     1-2     10-4    Won 1

Miami   2-1     0-3     0-0     2-4     Won 1

North Carolina  3-3     2-4     2-0     7-7     Lost 1

NC State        4-2     1-6     0-0     5-8     Lost 5

Notre Dame      0-0     0-0     0-0     0-0     —

Pittsburgh      0-0     0-0     0-0     0-0     —

Syracuse        0-0     0-0     0-0     0-0     —

Virginia        5-1     3-4     0-0     8-5     Won 3

Virginia Tech   2-2     1-3     0-0     3-5     Won 1

Wake Forest     6-1     4-2     0-0     10-3    Lost 1

  Totals        46-20   29-38   7-3     82-61

Illinois        4-2     3-2     0-3     7-7     Won 4

Indiana 2-3     2-4     1-0     5-7     Won 2

Iowa    2-3     0-5     0-2     2-10    Lost 7

Michigan        3-3     1-4     1-0     5-7     Won 1

Michigan State  5-1     1-5     0-1     6-7     Lost 1

Minnesota       4-3     2-5     0-0     6-8     Won 2

Nebraska        1-1     1-0     0-1     1-1     Won 1

Northwestern    4-3     2-5     0-0     6-8     Lost 1

Ohio State      4-2     2-3     0-1     6-6     Lost 1

Penn State      2-4     3-3     0-0     5-7     Lost 1

Purdue  4-2     2-4     0-0     6-6     Won 4

Wisconsin       4-2     1-6     1-0     6-8     Lost 2

  Totals        38-29   20-46   3-7     61-82

Virginia Tech d. Iowa   95-79   ACC 1-0

#21 Minnesota d. Florida State  77-68   Tied 1-1

#3 Michigan d. #18 NC State     79-72   Big Ten 2-1

Nebraska d. Wake Forest 79-63   Big Ten 3-1

Maryland d. Northwestern        77-57   Big Ten 3-2

#1 Indiana d. #14 North Carolina        83-59   Big Ten 4-2

Virginia d. Wisconsin   60-54   Big Ten 4-3

Purdue d. Clemson       73-61   Big Ten 5-3

Miami d. #13 Michigan State     67-59   Big Ten 5-4

#22 Illinois d. Georgia Tech    75-62   Big Ten 6-4

Boston College d. Penn State    73-61   Big Ten 6-5

#2 Duke d. #4 Ohio State        73-68   Tied 6-6

Tourney Teams: 14 teams between the two conferences played in the 2012 NCAA Tournament: Duke, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse from the ACC, and Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin from the Big Ten.

Seven of the 12 games will mark first-time Challenge matchups: Michigan at Duke, Maryland at Ohio State, Miami at Nebraska, and Boston College at Purdue, plus the debut of the three new ACC members: Syracuse against Indiana, Notre Dame at Iowa and Pittsburgh against Penn State.

Syracuse and Indiana have met five previous times, with Syracuse winning the past four games, including last season’s NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen matchup.

Duke is 21-8 all-time against Michigan, including victories in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational.

In addition to first-time Challenge games, several of the teams are infrequent opponents: Nebraska holds a 3-1 record against Miami; Purdue won both previous meetings against Boston College; Ohio State and Maryland last played in 1985 with Ohio State winning three of five overall; and Notre Dame will play Iowa for the first time since 1990 and holds a 8-5 series lead.

Pennsylvania rivals Pitt and Penn State will meet for the first time since 2005 with Pitt winning the past five contests.

Following a First with a Rematch: Illinois and Georgia Tech, and Wisconsin and Virginia will follow their first-time Challenge meetings in 2012 with a rematch in the 2013 event. Illinois defeated Georgia Tech, and Virginia beat Wisconsin in last year’s Challenge.

Best Three Out of Five: North Carolina and Michigan State, and Minnesota and Florida State will meet in the Challenge for the fifth time with each program holding a 2-2 record against their opponent.

North Carolina, with an 11-3 overall record against Michigan State, won games in 2008 and 2009. Michigan State won the games in 1999 and 2000.

Northwestern and NC State will square off in the Challenge for the third time. Northwestern won in 2009 and NC State in 2002.

The ACC (.658) and the Big Ten (.612) rank first and third, respectively, among conferences in all-time NCAA Tournament winning percentage.

Since 1988, the ACC (23) and the Big Ten (19) have provided 42 of the 96 teams in the Final Four and have won a combined 10 national titles.

At least one ranked team has played in 71of the 143 Challenge games to date … 29 games have had both teams ranked … in the 2001 game between Michigan State and Virginia that was cancelled because of a slippery floor, both teams were ranked.