Networks and Times for 12th Annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge
ESPN has finalized the schedule for the 12th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods to be played Nov. 29-Dec. 1. For the sixth consecutive year, the ACC/Big Ten Challenge will feature 11 games, televised on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. ESPN3.com will simulcast the ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts.
This year’s event – featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner’s Cup – will be highlighted by Michigan State at Duke Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com. Duke is ranked No. 1 and Michigan State No. 3 in an early preseason top 25 poll by ESPN.com senior college basketball writer Andy Katz. Additional teams in the ESPN.com poll comprise No. 2 Purdue at No. 22 Virginia Tech, No. 11 North Carolina at No. 15 Illinois and No. 6 Ohio State at Florida State. The Big Ten won the Commissioner’s Cup last year for the first time in 10 years.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Mon, Nov 29 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at Minnesota | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| Tue, Nov 30 | 7 p.m. | Iowa at Wake Forest | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Northwestern | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 6 Ohio State at Florida State | ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Michigan at Clemson | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 9:30 p.m. | No. 11 North Carolina at No. 15 Illinois | ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| Wed, Dec 1 | 7:15 p.m. | Indiana at Boston College | ESPNU |
| 7:15 p.m. | North Carolina State at Wisconsin | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 2 Purdue at No. 22 Virginia Tech | ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 9:15 p.m. | Maryland at Penn State | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 9:30 p.m. | No. 3 Michigan State at No. 1 Duke | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
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