The annual series of games between the best attended conference and the conference that just won’t stop winning national championships has always been one of the highlights of college basketball’s non-conference season. The Big Ten lost every single challenge with the ACC since the beginning, until last year. The likelihood of the Midwest getting another challenge victory in 2010 is entirely dependent on the pairings, as both conferences will have several ranked teams this coming season, matchups that were conveniently released today.
ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule Released; Michigan State-Duke Marquee Game
The notable pairings include:
Michigan State at Duke, the game that could have been your national championship last season.
North Carolina at Illinois, only the second game between the two teams since the 2005 National Championship, Champaign will be very inhospitable.
Purdue at Virginia Tech, a game between two teams that will likely finish in the top four of their respective conferences.
The full schedule of games:
Monday, November 29
Virginia at Minnesota
Tuesday, November 30
North Carolina at Illinois
Ohio State at Florida State
Michigan at Clemson
Georgia Tech at Northwestern
Iowa at Wake Forest
Wednesday, December 1
Michigan State at Duke
Purdue at Virginia Tech
North Carolina State at Wisconsin
Indiana at Boston College
Maryland at Penn State
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