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According to bigten.org, '15 Final Four participants Wisconsin and Michigan State are among the teams in this season's 17th Annual Big Ten/ACC Men's Basketball Challenge from Monday, November 30th to Wednesday, December 2nd.
2015 17th Annual Big Ten/ACC Men's Basketball Challenge schedule (times and networks will be announced at a later date):
Monday, November 30th:
Clemson at Minnesota
Wake Forest at Rutgers
Tuesday, Deccember 1st:
# 4 Maryland at # 2 North Carolina
#5 Virginia at Ohio State
Michigan at NC State
Purdue at Pittsburgh
Northwestern at Virginia Tech
Miami (FL) at Nebraska
Wednesday, December 2nd:
#14 Indiana at # 7 Duke
#21 Louisville at #12 Michigan State
#13 Notre Dame at Illinois
# 25 Wisconsin at Syracuse
Florida State at Iowa
Penn State at Boston College
The Big Ten captured the Commissioner's Cup last season, winning eight of the 14 matchups. The two conferences split the previous two events, winning six Challenge games each in 2012 and 2013. The ACC won the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008) while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011). In the event of a tie, the Commissioner's Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year.
ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup. All 14 games will also be available via WatchESPN.
