ACC–Big Ten Challenge

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Beginning in 1999, the ACC - Big Ten Challenge (or Big Ten - ACC Challenge - the named order changes each year) is an in-season NCAA college basketball series, matching up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference. ESPN was a key part of the creation of the challenge, and holds the broadcast rights to all the games. Although some of the series have been close, the ACC has won every challenge thus far.

The ACC-Big Ten Challenge occurs early in the season, typically around late November/early December. The games are hosted by each of the schools. Nine games were played for each of the first 6 challenges, leaving two teams from the 11-team Big Ten Conference without an opponent. With the expansion of the ACC to 12 teams with the addition of Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech, the field was expanded to 11 games in 2005, meaning that one ACC team would not play.

ESPN, the ACC and the Big Ten announced in early 2005 that they were extending the challenge for an additional six years.[1]

Only one Big Ten team, Michigan State University, has managed a winning record in the challenge. Despite the ACC's decided advantage, both conferences have had significant success on the national stage. Since the inception of the Challenge, a total of 9 teams from these two conferences have gone on to play in the Final Four, with 2000 national champion Michigan State, 2001 national champion Duke, 2002 national champion Maryland, and 2005 national champion North Carolina among them.

Team records

Atlantic Coast Conference (9-0)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Duke Blue Devils	9	0
Boston College Eagles	2	0
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	7	1
Clemson Tigers	7	2
Florida State Seminoles	6	3
Maryland Terrapins	6	3
Virginia Cavaliers	5	3
NC State Wolfpack	5	4
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	4	5
North Carolina Tar Heels	4	5
Virginia Tech Hokies	1	2
Miami Hurricanes	0	2
Overall	56	30

Big Ten Conference (0-9)

Institution	Wins	Loss
Michigan State Spartans	5	3
Michigan Wolverines	3	4
Indiana Hoosiers	3	4
Illinois Fighting Illini	3	6
Wisconsin Badgers	3	6
Minnesota Golden Gophers	3	6
Ohio State Buckeyes	2	5
Purdue Boilermakers	2	5
Iowa Hawkeyes	2	5
Penn State Nittany Lions	2	5
Northwestern Wildcats	2	7
Overall	30	56

Results

1999

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Wisconsin	WF 67-48	Winston-Salem, NC	X
Maryland	Iowa	UMD 83-65	Baltimore, MD	X
Duke	Illinois	Duke 72-69	Chicago, IL	X
Virginia	Minnesota	MINN 74-62	Minneapolis, MN		X
Georgia Tech	Michigan	MICH 80-77	Atlanta, GA		X
N.C. State	Purdue	NCSU 61-59	West Lafayette, IN	X
Clemson	Penn State	PSU 85-75	State College, PA		X
North Carolina	Michigan State	MSU 86-76	Chapel Hill, NC		X
Florida State	Northwestern	FSU 60-46	Evanston, IL	X
RESULT		ACC		5	4

Notes: Indiana and Ohio State did not play.

2000

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Michigan	WF 71-60	Ann Arbor, MI	X
Duke	Illinois	Duke 78-77	Greensboro, NC	X
Clemson	Northwestern	CLEM 57-44	Clemson, SC	X
Georgia Tech	Iowa	Iowa 85-67	Iowa City, IA		X
North Carolina	Michigan State	MSU 77-64	East Lansing, MI		X
NC State	Penn State	NCSU 84-76	Raleigh, NC	X
Virginia	Purdue	UVA 98-79	Charlottesville, VA	X
Maryland	Wisconsin	WISC 78-75(OT)	Milwaukee, WI		X
Florida State	Minnesota	MINN 79-71	Tallahassee, FL		X
RESULT		ACC		5	4

Notes: Indiana and Ohio State did not play.

2001

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Minnesota	WF 85-79	Winston-Salem, NC	X
Duke	Iowa	Duke 80-62	Chicago, IL	X
NC State	Ohio State	OSU 64-50	Columbus, OH		X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 76-63	College Park, MD	X
North Carolina	Indiana	IND 79-66	Chapel Hill, NC		X
Clemson	Penn State	CLEM 79-66	State College, PA	X
Georgia Tech	Wisconsin	GT 62-61	Atlanta, GA	X
Florida State	Northwestern	NW 57-50	Evanston, IL		X
Virginia	Michigan St.		Richmond, VA
RESULT		ACC		5	3

Notes:

• Michigan and Purdue did not play.
• Michigan State vs. Virginia, at Richmond Coliseum, was cancelled during the game's second half due to unsafe court conditions. (Virginia led 31-28 after a 12-0 run to begin the second half)

2002

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Florida State	Iowa	FSU 80-67	Tallahassee, FL	X
Duke	Ohio State	Duke 91-76	Greensboro, NC	X
North Carolina	Illinois	ILL 92-65	Champaign, IL		X
Maryland	Indiana	IND 80-74(OT)	Indianapolis, IN		X
Clemson	Penn State	CLEM 79-70	Anderson, SC	X
Wake Forest	Wisconsin	WF 90-80	Madison, WI	X
NC State	Northwestern	NCSU 74-49	Raleigh, NC	X
Virginia	Michigan State	MSU 82-75	East Lansing, MI		X
Georgia Tech	Minnesota	MINN 64-63	Minneapolis, MN		X
RESULT		ACC		5	4

Notes:

• Michigan and Purdue did not play.
• The Indiana/Maryland game was a rematch of the 2001-02 NCAA national title game in Indianapolis, IN.

2003

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Florida State	Northwestern	FSU 71-53 [2]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Wake Forest	Indiana	WF 100-67 [3]	Winston-Salem, NC	X
NC State	Michigan	MICH 68-61[4]	Ann Arbor, MI		X
North Carolina	Illinois	UNC 88-81[5]	Greensboro, NC	X
Maryland	Wisconsin	UMD 73-67[6]	College Park, MD	X
Georgia Tech	Ohio State	GT 73-53[7]	Columbus, OH	X
Clemson	Purdue	PUR 76-64[8]	West Lafayette, IN		X
Duke	Michigan State	Duke 72-50[9]	East Lansing, MI	X
Virginia	Minnesota	UVA 86-78[10]	Charlottesville, VA	X
RESULT		ACC		7	2

Notes: Iowa, Penn State did not play.

2004

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
NC State	Purdue	NCST 60-53[11]	Raleigh, NC	X
Georgia Tech	Michigan	GT 99-68[12]	Atlanta, GA	X
Florida State	Minnesota	FSU 70-69[13]	Minneapolis, MN	X
Duke	Michigan State	Duke 81-74[14]	Durham, NC	X
Maryland	Wisconsin	WISC 69-64[15]	Madison, WI		X
Wake Forest	Illinois	ILL 91-73[16]	Champaign, IL		X
Clemson	Ohio State	CLEM 80-73[17]	Clemson, SC	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 48-44[18]	Evanston, IL	X
North Carolina	Indiana	UNC 70-63[19]	Bloomington, IN	X
RESULT		ACC		7	2

Notes: Penn State, Iowa, Miami, Virginia Tech did not play.

2005

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Virginia Tech	Ohio State	OSU 69-56[20]	Columbus, OH		X
Wake Forest	Wisconsin	WF 91-88[21]	Winston-Salem, NC	X
Florida State	Purdue	FSU 97-57[22]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Clemson	Penn State	CLEM 96-88[23]	State College, PA	X
North Carolina	Illinois	ILL 68-64[24]	Chapel Hill, NC		X
Miami	Michigan	MICH 74-53[25]	Ann Arbor, MI		X
Georgia Tech	Michigan State	MSU 88-86[26]	East Lansing, MI		X
Maryland	Minnesota	UMD 83-66[27]	College Park, MD	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 72-57[28]	Charlottesville, VA	X
Duke	Indiana	Duke 75-67[29]	Bloomington, IN	X
NC State	Iowa	Iowa 45-42[30]	Iowa City, IA		X
RESULT		ACC		6	5

Notes:

• Boston College did not play.
• The North Carolina/Illinois match-up was a rematch of the 2004-05 NCAA Championship game.

2006

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
NC State	Michigan	NCSU 74-67[31]	Raleigh, NC	X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 72-66[32]	Champaign, IL	X
Florida State	Wisconsin	WISC 81-66[33]	Madison, WI		X
Georgia Tech	Penn State	GT 77-73[34]	Atlanta, GA	X
Duke	Indiana	Duke 54-51[35]	Durham, NC	X
Miami	Northwestern	NW 61-59[36]	Evanston, IL		X
Boston College	Michigan State	BC 65-58[37]	Chestnut Hill, MA	X
Virginia	Purdue	PUR 61-59[38]	West Lafayette, IN		X
Virginia Tech	Iowa	VT 69-65[39]	Blacksburg, VA	X
North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 98-89[40]	Chapel Hill, NC	X
Clemson	Minnesota	CLEM 90-68[41]	Minneapolis, MN	X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Notes: Wake Forest did not play.

2007

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Iowa	WF 56-47[42]	Iowa City, IA	X
Georgia Tech	Indiana	IND 83-79[43]	Bloomington, IN		X
Florida State	Minnesota	FSU 75-61[44]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 94-52[45]	Charlottesville, VA	X
Duke	Wisconsin	Duke 82-58[46]	Durham, NC	X
Clemson	Purdue	CLEM 61-58[47]	Clemson, SC	X
NC State	Michigan State	MSU 81-58[48]	East Lansing, MI		X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 69-61[49]	College Park, MD	X
Boston College	Michigan	BC 77-64[50]	Ann Arbor, MI	X
North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 66-55[51]	Columbus, OH	X
Virginia Tech	Penn State	PSU 66-61[52]	State College, PA		X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Notes: Miami did not play.

2008

The highlight of the 2008 edition of the ACC - Big Ten Challenge will be a game between North Carolina and Michigan State, two of their respective conferences' perennial powers, at Detroit's Ford Field on December 3. The game has been dubbed "BasketBowl II". The Ford Field contest will serve as a prelude to the 2009 Final Four to conclude that season on April 4 and April 6 in Detroit.

The remaining games are as follows:

• December 1 - Wisconsin at Virginia Tech.
• December 2 - Duke at Purdue, Clemson at Illinois, Ohio State at Miami (Florida), Virginia at Minnesota, Iowa at Boston College.
• December 3 - Indiana at Wake Forest, Michigan at Maryland, Florida State at Northwestern, Penn State at Georgia Tech.

Due to their last-place finish in the ACC in 2007-08, North Carolina State will not play in the challenge this year.

References

• http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112606aaf.html
• http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/06accbig10recs.pdf
• http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-sched.html