8th Annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Matchups Set |
Clemson to Face Minnesota in ACC vs. Big Ten Challenge
Tigers and Gophers Will Play final Game of 8th Annual Series Clemson, SC-The eighth Annual ACC vs. Big Ten Challenge could come down to the Clemson vs. Minnesota game on Wednesday, November 29th. That will be the final game of the 11 contests in the challenge series that will be played between November 27-29 at various campus sites. Clemson will take on the Gophers in Williams Arena in Minneapolis, MN in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPN2. Tip-off is slated for 9:30 PM eastern time. This will mark the second straight year that Clemson has had to go on the road for the ACC vs. Big Ten Challenge. Clemson and Miami (FL) are both in that situation this year, marking just the second and third times an ACC team has had to play on the road in consecutive years. Georgia Tech had back-to-back road games in the Challenge in 2002 and 2003. Clemson has a 5-2 record in its seven previous ACC-Big Ten Challenge games, tied for third best among ACC teams. Duke has a 7-0 record in its previous seven appearances, while Wake Forest is 6-1. Clemson and Florida State are both 5-2. Last year Clemson defeated Penn State in State College, PA. The ACC has a 40-22 overall lead in the games played over the previous seven seasons and the ACC has won the season series all seven years. Four of the previous seven the ACC's margin has been by just one game, including last year when the ACC won by a 6-5 margin. This will be the sixth meeting between Clemson and Minnesota. The Gophers have a 4-1 lead in the series. Clemson's only win came at Littlejohn Coliseum in 1995-96 by a 79-66 score. The two schools met twice in the 1996-97 season, a year Clemson advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Minnesota downed Clemson 75-62 in the championship game of the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico in November, then the Gophers stopped the Tigers 90-84 in double overtime in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio, TX. Minnesota had a 16-15 record last year and advanced to the second round of the NIT. They defeated Wake Forest in the first round at home, 73-58, before losing at Cincinnati in the second round, 76-62. ACC Notes Matchups for the eighth annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge have been determined with the event featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner’s Cup. Following last year’s 6-5 victory, the ACC has won the first six ACC-Big Ten Challenges. For the second consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games (an increase from nine in the six previous years) from 11 different college campuses and include two telecasts on ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the remaining nine games. This year’s event will be played on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after Thanksgiving (November 27-29). Since 2000, these two conferences have combined to make 13 Final Four appearances and captured four of the last seven NCAA Championships. In addition, the ACC and Big Ten rank either first or second in all-time NCAA Tournament bids, victories and Final Four appearances. 2006 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule (All Times ET)
Monday, Nov. 27
2006 Challenge highlights:
** Challenge Rematch: College basketball tradition-rich programs Duke and Indiana will meet for the second consecutive year Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. on ESPN. The Hoosiers rank third all-time with five national titles, while the Blue Devils rank fifth with three. Duke, the only team to go undefeated in the Challenge at 7-0, won last year’s game 75-67.
** Four Challenge Rematches: There will be four rematches from the previous seven Challenges:
- Michigan defeated N.C. State 68-61 (2003)
- Maryland defeated Illinois 76-63 (2001)
- Duke defeated Indiana 75-67 (2005)
- Virginia defeated Purdue 98-79 (2000)
** New Team to the Challenge: The ACC’s Boston College will make its first Challenge appearance hosting Michigan State Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
ESPNU Televises Two Games: For the second consecutive year, ESPNU will televise two games, both at 8 p.m.: Penn State at Georgia Tech Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Iowa at Virginia Tech Wednesday, Nov. 29. Commissioner’s Cup: The ACC has won the Commissioner’s Cup seven straight years.
LAST YEAR’S COVERAGE INCLUDED THE HIGHEST RATED CHALLENGE GAME
Last year’s Duke at Indiana game was ESPN’s highest-rated and most-viewed Challenge telecast ever, averaging a 2.5 rating and 2,285,000 households. It surpassed the previous high of a 2.0 rating and 1,749,000 households for North Carolina at Indiana in 2004.
ESPN’s coverage of the 2005 Big Ten/ACC Challenge experienced audience growth over the 2004 event. ESPN’s four telecasts in 2005 averaged a 1.7 rating and 1,493,000 households for increases of 6% (vs. 1.6) and 5% (vs. 1,423,000) over the four games in 2004.
PAST SCORES:
1999 (5-4) Score Series
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin 67-48 ACC 1-0
Maryland d. Iowa 83-65 ACC 2-0
Duke d. Illinois 72-69 ACC 3-0
Minnesota d. Virginia 74-62 ACC 3-1
Michigan d. Georgia Tech 80-77 ACC 3-2
NC State d. Purdue 61-59 ACC 4-2
Michigan St. d. N. Carolina 86-76 ACC 4-3
Florida State d. Northwestern 60-46 ACC 5-3
Penn State d. Clemson 85-75 ACC 5-4
2000 (5-4) Score Series
Wake Forest d. Michigan 71-60 ACC 1-0
Clemson d. Northwestern 57-44 ACC 2-0
Duke d. Illinois 78-77 ACC 3-0
Iowa d. Georgia Tech 85-67 ACC 3-1
Virginia d. Purdue 98-79 ACC 4-1
Michigan State d. N. Carolina 77-64 ACC 4-2
Minnesota d. Florida State 76-71 ACC 4-3
Wisconsin d. Maryland (ot) 78-75 Tied 4-4
NC State d. Penn State 84-76 ACC 5-4
2001 (5-3) Score Series
Maryland d. Illinois 76-63 ACC 1-0
Ohio State d. NC State 64-50 Tied 1-1
Duke d. Iowa 80-62 ACC 2-1
Wake Forest d. Minnesota 85-79 ACC 3-1
Georgia Tech d. Wisconsin 62-61 ACC 4-1
Michigan St. & Virginia cancelled
Clemson d. Penn State 79-66 ACC 5-1
Indiana d. North Carolina 79-66 ACC 5-2
Northwestern d. Florida State 57-50 ACC 5-3
2002 (5-4) Score Series
Florida State d. Iowa 80-67 ACC 1-0
Duke d. Ohio State 91-76 ACC 2-0
Clemson d. Penn State 79-70 ACC 3-0
Indiana d. Maryland (ot) 80-74 ACC 3-1
Illinois d. North Carolina 92-65 ACC 3-2
Minnesota d. Georgia Tech 64-63 Tied 3-3
NC State d. Northwestern 74-49 ACC 4-3
Michigan State d. Virginia 82-75 Tied 4-4
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin 90-80 ACC 5-4
2003 (7-2) Score Series
Florida State d. Northwestern 71-53 ACC 1-0
Wake Forest d. Indiana 100-67 ACC 2-0
Michigan d. NC State 68-61 ACC 2-1
North Carolina d. Illinois 88-81 ACC 3-1
Maryland d. Wisconsin 73-67 ACC 4-1
Georgia Tech d. Ohio State 73-53 ACC 5-1
Purdue d. Clemson 76-64 ACC 5-2
Duke d. Michigan State 72-50 ACC 6-2
Virginia d. Minnesota 86-78 ACC 7-2
2004 (7-2) Score Series
NC State d. Purdue 60-53 ACC 1-0
Georgia Tech d. Michigan 88-68 ACC 2-0
Florida State d. Minnesota 70-69 ACC 3-0
Duke d. Michigan State 81-74 ACC 4-0
Wisconsin d. Maryland 69-64 ACC 4-1
Illinois d. Wake Forest 91-73 ACC 4-2
Clemson d. Ohio State 80-73 ACC 5-2
North Carolina d. Indiana 70-63 ACC 6-2
Virginia d. Northwestern 48-44 ACC 7-2
2005 (6-5) Score Series
Ohio State d. Virginia Tech 69-56 Big Ten 1-0
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin 91-88 Tied 1-1
Florida State d. Purdue 97-57 ACC 2-1
Clemson d. Penn State 96-88 ACC 3-1
Illinois d. North Carolina 68-64 ACC 3-2
Michigan d. Miami 74-53 Tied 3-3
Michigan State d. Georgia Tech 88-86 Big Ten 4-3
Maryland d. Minnesota 83-66 Tied 4-4
Virginia d. Northwestern 72-57 ACC 5-4
Duke d. Indiana 75-67 ACC 6-4
Iowa d. NC State 45-42 ACC 6-5
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