Michigan State-Duke and North Carolina-Indiana highlight the ACC/Big Ten Challenge beginning Monday.
The field for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge includes 14 teams who earned berths in the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship:
- NCAA runner-up North Carolina
- Final Four participant Syracuse
- Notre Dame and Virginia, each an Elite Eight team
- Sweet 16 squads from Duke, Indiana, Maryland, Miami and Wisconsin
- Early-round clubs Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Purdue.
The two conferences compete for the Commissioner’s Cup, won the past two years by the Big Ten. The ACC had claimed the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), the Big Ten then claimed three (2009-2011) and the league’s split the results in 2012 and 2013. The ACC leads the all-time series, 10-5-2.
The 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge
-Monday, Nov. 28
Florida State 75, Minnesota 67
Northwestern 65, Wake Forest 58
-Tuesday, Nov. 29
Pittsburgh 73, Maryland 59
Penn State 67, Georgia Tech 60
Wisconsin 77, Syracuse 60
Notre Dame 92, Iowa 78
Illinois 88, NC State 74
Duke 78, Michigan State 69
-Wednesday, Nov. 30
- Purdue at Louisville, 7 p.m. – ESPN
- Virginia Tech at Michigan, 7 p.m. – ESPN2
- Rutgers at Miami (Fla.), 7 p.m. – ESPNU
- North Carolina at Indiana, 9 p.m. – ESPN
- Ohio State at Virginia, 9 p.m. – ESPN2
- Nebraska at Clemson, 9 p.m. – ESPNU
