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Hoop fans, get yourself ready for the 15th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge coming December 3rd & 4th!
ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise all 12 games of the two-day event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioners Cup.
If you want to get tuned in to for the tip-offs, the times and televison networks are as follows:
* All times Central
Tuesday, December 3rd:
Indiana at Syracuse: 6:15 pm (ESPN)
Illinois at Georgia Tech: 6:15 pm (ESPN2)
Penn State at Pittsburgh: 6:30 pm (ESPNU)
Michigan at Duke: 8:15 pm (ESPN)
Notre Dame at Iowa: 8:15 pm (ESPN2)
Florida State at Minnesota: 8:30 pm (ESPNU)
Wednesday, December 4th:
Maryland at Ohio State: 6:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN2)
Wisconsin at Virginia: 6:00 pm (ESPN/ESPN2)
Northwestern at North Carolina State: 6:30 pm (ESPNU)
North Carolina at Michigan State: 8:00 pm (ESPN)
Boston College at Purdue: 8:00 pm (ESPN2)
Miami (FL) at Nebraska: 8:30 pm (ESPNU)
The ACC and Big Ten split last year's Challenge with six wins each. In the event of a tie, the Commissioner's Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year, which was the Big Ten in 2011. 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).
Notre Dame, Pitt, and Syracuse will make their inaugural appearances in the event. Clemson, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest will not play in this year's event.
