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B1G-ACC Challenge: Date, time, TV channels for annual basketball series
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Football is king, no doubt about it. However, we are entering the time of year where casual fans head toward the hardwood when the pigskin isn’t being flung around.
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Each year, in college basketball, the Big Ten and ACC conferences meet up and participate in a challenge, pitting teams from the conferences against each other. Bragging rights and potential NCAA Tournament seeding is at stake, despite it only being early-December.
All 14 Big Ten teams get in on the action and games start Monday, Dec. 2. Six games take place on Tuesday, Dec. 3 and then another six will tip-off on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Below are the date, time and TV channels for each of the B1G-ACC games. All times listed are ET.
Monday, Dec. 2:
- Miami-Illinois, 7 p.m., ESPN2
- Clemson-Minnesota, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Tuesday, Dec. 3:
- Northwestern-Boston College, 7 p.m., ESPNU
- Iowa-Syracuse, 7 p.m., ESPN2
- Michigan-Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
- Florida State-Indiana, 9 p.m., ESPN2
- Rutgers-Pittsburgh, 9 p.m., ESPNU
- Duke-Michigan State, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, Dec. 4:
- Virginia-Purdue, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2
- Nebraska-Georgia Tech, 7:15 p.m., ESPNU
- Notre Dame-Maryland, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
- Wake Forest-Penn State, 9:15 p.m., ESPNU
- Wisconsin-NC State, 9:15 p.m., ESPN2
- Ohio State-North Carolina, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.