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The Big Ten captured the Commissioner’s Cup in 2015 and 2014, winning eight of the 14 matchups both years. 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. The ACC holds the 10-5-2 winning record in the previous 17 years.
According to bigten.org, two teams from the 2016 Final Four, North Carolina and Syracuse, are among the participants in the 18th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge to be played Monday, November 28th through Wednesday, November 30th.
The scheduled games of the ACC/BigTen Challenge are as follows:
Monday, November 28th:
Minnesota at Florida State
Wake Forest at Northwestern
Tuesday, November 29th:
Syracuse at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Duke
Pittsburgh at Maryland
Iowa at Notre Dame
Georgia Tech at Penn State
N.C. State at Illinois
Wednesday, November 30th:
Purdue at Louisville
North Carolina at Indiana
Ohio State at Virginia
Virginia Tech at Michigan
Rutgers at Miami (FL)
Nebraska at Clemson
Schedule highlights:
• Two rematches from the 2015 Challenge, Syracuse at Wisconsin, who played to a 66-58 overtime Badger victory, and Ohio State at Virginia, who defeated the Buckeyes 64-58
• Seven games will have first-time Challenge matchups: Wake Forest-Northwestern; Pittsburgh-Maryland; NC State-Illinois; Virginia Tech-Michigan; Purdue-Louisville; Rutgers-Miami and Nebraska-Clemson.
Team highlights:
• 14 teams competed in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship: NCAA runner-up North Carolina; Final Four team Syracuse; Elite Eight teams Notre Dame and Virginia; Sweet 16 teams Duke, Indiana, Maryland, Miami (FL), and Wisconsin, as well as Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, and Purdue.
