ACC–Big Ten Challenge

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Beginning in 1999, the ACC – Big Ten Challenge (or Big Ten – ACC Challenge as the inaugural event was called, 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. The ACC has won 10 out of the 12 challenges; the Big Ten's first win was in 2009, ending the ten-year ACC stranglehold. Seven of the challenges, including both of the Big Ten's victories, have been won by a single game.

The ACC – Big Ten Challenge occurs early in the season, typically around late November/early December. Each game is hosted by one of the participating schools, with teams typically alternating home and away status in each successive year. 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 2006, meaning that one ACC team would not play. It is expected that when Nebraska joins the Big Ten, the challenge will be expanded to 12 games and every member from both conferences will participate.

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

Despite the ACC's advantage in the series, both conferences have had significant success on the national stage. Since the inception of the Challenge, a total of 9 teams from each of these conferences have gone on to play in the Final Four, with 2000 national champion Michigan State, 2001 and 2010 national champion Duke, 2002 national champion Maryland, and 2005 and 2009 national champion North Carolina among them.

In the year 2007, the ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge was founded.

Team records

Atlantic Coast Conference (10–2)

Institution	Wins	Loss	Home Wins	Home Losses	Away Wins	Away Losses	Neutral Wins	Neutral Losses	Current Streak
Boston College Eagles	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	Won 5
Clemson Tigers	8	4	4	2	4	2	0	0	Lost 2
Duke Blue Devils	11	1	4	0	3	1	4	0	Won 1
Florida State Seminoles	6	6	4	2	2	4	0	0	Lost 3
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	4	7	3	1	1	5	0	1	Lost 3
Maryland Terrapins	9	3	5	0	3	1	1	2	Won 6
Miami Hurricanes	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	Won 1
NC State Wolfpack	5	6	4	1	1	5	0	0	Lost 3
North Carolina Tar Heels	6	6	2	3	2	3	2	0	Lost 1
Virginia Cavaliers	6	5	4	1	2	4	0	0	Won 1
Virginia Tech Hokies	2	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	Lost 1
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	9	2	6	0	3	2	0	0	Won 1
Overall	72	47	41	13	24	31	7	3

Big Ten Conference (2–10)

Institution	Wins	Loss	Home Wins	Home Losses	Away Wins	Away Losses	Neutral Wins	Neutral Losses	Current Streak
Illinois Fighting Illini	5	7	3	2	2	2	0	3	Won 2
Indiana Hoosiers	3	7	1	3	1	4	1	0	Lost 3
Iowa Hawkeyes	2	8	2	2	0	4	0	2	Lost 5
Michigan Wolverines	4	6	2	3	1	3	1	0	Won 1
Michigan State Spartans	5	6	4	1	1	4	0	1	Lost 3
Minnesota Golden Gophers	4	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	Lost 2
Northwestern Wildcats	5	7	4	2	1	5	0	0	Won 3
Ohio State Buckeyes	5	5	3	2	2	2	0	1	Won 3
Penn State Nittany Lions	4	6	2	3	2	3	0	0	Lost 1
Purdue Boilermakers	4	6	3	2	1	4	0	0	Won 2
Wisconsin Badgers	6	6	4	1	1	5	1	0	Won 3
Overall	47	72	31	24	13	41	3	7

Results

2010

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Challenge Leader
Mon., Nov. 29	7:00PM	Virginia	#13 Minnesota	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	12,089	Virginia (87-79)	ACC (1-0)
Tue., Nov. 30	7:00PM	Wake Forest	Iowa	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	9,086	Wake Forest (76-73)	ACC (2-0)
	7:00PM	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	4,455	Northwestern (91-71)	ACC (2-1)
	7:30PM	Florida State	#2 Ohio State	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	10,457	Ohio State (58-44)	Tied (2-2)
	9:00PM	Clemson	Michigan	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	ESPN2	7,237	Michigan (69-61)	Big Ten (3-2)
	9:30PM	North Carolina	#21 Illinois	Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL	ESPN	16,618	Illinois (79-67)	Big Ten (4-2)
Wed., Dec. 1	7:15PM	Boston College	Indiana	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	5,329	Boston College (88-76)	Big Ten (4-3)
	7:15PM	NC State	Wisconsin	Kohl Center • Madison, WI	ESPN2	17,230	Wisconsin (87-48)	Big Ten (5-3)
	7:30PM	Virginia Tech	#18 Purdue	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	9,847	Purdue (58-55 OT)	Big Ten (6-3)
	9:15PM	Maryland	Penn State	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA	ESPN2	9,078	Maryland (62-39)	Big Ten (6-4)
	9:30PM	#1 Duke	#6 Michigan State	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN	9,314	Duke (84-79)	Big Ten (6-5)
Game Times in EST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/29). Miami did not play due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2009–2010 season. The North Carolina/Illinois match-up was a rematch of the 2005 NCAA Championship game and is the fourth in the ACC/B10 Challenge (ILL 3-1). Virginia and Minnesota also met for the fourth time in the event (Tied 2-2).

2009

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Challenge Leader
Mon., Nov. 30	7:00PM	Virginia	Penn State	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	8,898	Penn State (69-66)	Big Ten (1-0)
Tue., Dec. 1	7:00PM	Wake Forest	#4 Purdue	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	14,123	Purdue (69-58)	Big Ten (2-0)
	7:00PM	NC State	Northwestern	RBC Center • Raleigh, NC	ESPNU	11,913	Northwestern (65-53)	Big Ten (3-0)
	7:30PM	Maryland	Indiana	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN	ESPN2	17,039	Maryland (80-68)	Big Ten (3-1)
	9:00PM	#10 North Carolina	#9 Michigan State	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	21,346	North Carolina (89-82)	Big Ten (3-2)
	9:30PM	Virginia Tech	Iowa	Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	8,755	Virginia Tech (70-64)	Tied (3-3)
Wed., Dec. 2	7:15PM	#18 Clemson	Illinois	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC	ESPN	10,000	Illinois (76-74)	Big Ten (4-3)
	7:15PM	Miami	Minnesota	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL	ESPNU	5,157	Miami (63-58)	Tied (4-4)
	7:30PM	Boston College	Michigan	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	10,718	Boston College (62-58)	ACC (5-4)
	9:15PM	#6 Duke	Wisconsin	Kohl Center • Madison, WI	ESPN	17,230	Wisconsin (73-69)	Tied (5-5)
	9:30PM	Florida State	#15 Ohio State	Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH	ESPN2	13,514	Ohio State (77-64)	Big Ten (6-5)
Game Times in EST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/30). At the time of the poll Florida State was ranked #21 in the AP poll but unranked in the ESPN poll. Georgia Tech did not play due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2008–2009 season. The North Carolina/Michigan St. match-up was a rematch of the 2008–09 NCAA Championship game.

2008

Date	Time	ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Television	Attendance	Winner	Challenge Leader
Mon., Dec. 1	7:00PM	Virginia Tech	Wisconsin	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	9,847	Wisconsin (74-72)	BigTen (1-0)
Tue., Dec. 2	7:00PM	Boston College	Iowa	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	4,084	Boston College (57-55)	Tied (1-1)
	7:00PM	#22 Miami (FL)	Ohio State	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL	ESPN	5,870	Ohio State (73-68)	BigTen (2-1)
	7:30PM	Clemson	Illinois	Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	14,741	Clemson (76-74)	Tied (2-2)
	9:00PM	#4 Duke	#10 Purdue	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	14,123	Duke (76-60)	ACC (3-2)
	9:30PM	Virginia	Minnesota	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	12,424	Minnesota (66-56)	Tied (3-3)
Wed., Dec. 3	7:15PM	#17 Wake Forest	Indiana	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	12,445	Wake Forest (83-58)	ACC (4-3)
	7:30PM	Maryland	Michigan	Comcast Center • College Park, MD	ESPNU	17,950	Maryland (75-70)	ACC (5-3)
	7:30PM	Georgia Tech	Penn State	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA	ESPN2	7,900	Penn State (85-83)	ACC (5-4)
	9:15PM	#1 North Carolina	#12 Michigan State	Ford Field • Detroit, MI (Basketbowl II)	ESPN	25,267	North Carolina (98-63)	ACC (6-4)
	9:30PM	Florida State	Northwestern	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	3,537	Northwestern (73-59)	ACC (6-5)
Game Times in EST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll. North Carolina State did not play due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2007–2008 season.

2007

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Iowa	WF 56–47[2]	Iowa City, IA	X
Georgia Tech	Indiana	IND 83–79[3]	Bloomington, IN		X
Florida State	Minnesota	FSU 75–61[4]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 94–52[5]	Charlottesville, VA	X
Duke	Wisconsin	Duke 82–58[6]	Durham, NC	X
Clemson	Purdue	CLEM 61–58[7]	Clemson, SC	X
NC State	Michigan State	MSU 81–58[8]	East Lansing, MI		X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 69–61[9]	College Park, MD	X
Boston College	Michigan	BC 77–64[10]	Ann Arbor, MI	X
North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 66–55[11]	Columbus, OH	X
Virginia Tech	Penn State	PSU 66–61[12]	State College, PA		X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Notes: Miami did not play.

2006

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
NC State	Michigan	NCSU 74–67[13]	Raleigh, NC	X
Maryland	Illinois	UMD 72–66[14]	Champaign, IL	X
Florida State	Wisconsin	WISC 81–66[15]	Madison, WI		X
Georgia Tech	Penn State	GT 77–73[16]	Atlanta, GA	X
Duke	Indiana	Duke 54–51[17]	Durham, NC	X
Miami	Northwestern	NW 61–59[18]	Evanston, IL		X
Boston College	Michigan State	BC 65–58[19]	Chestnut Hill, MA	X
Virginia	Purdue	PUR 61–59[20]	West Lafayette, IN		X
Virginia Tech	Iowa	VT 69–65[21]	Blacksburg, VA	X
North Carolina	Ohio State	UNC 98–89[22]	Chapel Hill, NC	X
Clemson	Minnesota	CLEM 90–68[23]	Minneapolis, MN	X
RESULT		ACC		8	3

Notes: Wake Forest did not play.

2005

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Virginia Tech	Ohio State	OSU 69–56[24]	Columbus, OH		X
Wake Forest	Wisconsin	WF 91–88[25]	Winston-Salem, NC	X
Florida State	Purdue	FSU 97–57[26]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Clemson	Penn State	CLEM 96–88[27]	State College, PA	X
North Carolina	Illinois	ILL 68–64[28]	Chapel Hill, NC		X
Miami	Michigan	MICH 74–53[29]	Ann Arbor, MI		X
Georgia Tech	Michigan State	MSU 88–86[30]	East Lansing, MI		X
Maryland	Minnesota	UMD 83–66[31]	College Park, MD	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 72–57[32]	Charlottesville, VA	X
Duke	Indiana	Duke 75–67[33]	Bloomington, IN	X
NC State	Iowa	Iowa 45–42[34]	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 2004–2005 NCAA Championship game.

2004

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
NC State	Purdue	NCST 60–53[35]	Raleigh, NC	X
Georgia Tech	Michigan	GT 99–68[36]	Atlanta, GA	X
Florida State	Minnesota	FSU 70–69[37]	Minneapolis, MN	X
Duke	Michigan State	Duke 81–74[38]	Durham, NC	X
Maryland	Wisconsin	WISC 69–64[39]	Madison, WI		X
Wake Forest	Illinois	ILL 91–73[40]	Champaign, IL		X
Clemson	Ohio State	CLEM 80–73[41]	Clemson, SC	X
Virginia	Northwestern	UVA 48–44[42]	Evanston, IL	X
North Carolina	Indiana	UNC 70–63[43]	Bloomington, IN	X
RESULT		ACC		7	2

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

2003

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Outcome	Location	ACC	B10
Florida State	Northwestern	FSU 71–53 [44]	Tallahassee, FL	X
Wake Forest	Indiana	WF 100–67 [45]	Winston-Salem, NC	X
NC State	Michigan	MICH 68–61[46]	Ann Arbor, MI		X
North Carolina	Illinois	UNC 88–81[47]	Greensboro, NC	X
Maryland	Wisconsin	UMD 73–67[48]	College Park, MD	X
Georgia Tech	Ohio State	GT 73–53[49]	Columbus, OH	X
Clemson	Purdue	PUR 76–64[50]	West Lafayette, IN		X
Duke	Michigan State	Duke 72–50[51]	East Lansing, MI	X
Virginia	Minnesota	UVA 86–78[52]	Charlottesville, VA	X
RESULT		ACC		7	2

Notes: Iowa, Penn State did not play.

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 2001–2002 NCAA national title game in Atlanta, GA.

2001

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Score	Location	ACC	B10
Wake Forest	Minnesota	85–79	Winston-Salem, NC	X
Duke	Iowa	80–62	Chicago, IL	X
NC State	Ohio State	64–50	Columbus, OH		X
Maryland	Illinois	76–63	College Park, MD	X
North Carolina	Indiana	79–66	Chapel Hill, NC		X
Clemson	Penn State	79–66	State College, PA	X
Georgia Tech	Wisconsin	62–61	Atlanta, GA	X
Florida State	Northwestern	57–50	Evanston, IL		X
Virginia	Michigan St.	Cancelled	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 at the time the game was called.

2000

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

Notes: Indiana and Ohio State did not play.

1999

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

Notes: Indiana and Ohio State did not play.

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