Duke, the projected No. 1 team in the nation, will host Michigan State while Indiana will host North Carolina in next year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge set for Nov. 28-30.
Both Duke and Michigan State have elite recruiting classes, with the Blue Devils bringing in
Marques Bolden, Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum, Frank Jackson and Jack White, and Michigan State adding
Miles Bridges, Cassius Winston, Josh Langford and Nick Ward.
Duke and Michigan State will also compete in the Champions Classic Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden, with the Blue Devils meeting Kentucky and the Spartans facing Kansas. Meantime, Kansas visits Kentucky in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 28.
The field for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge includes 14 teams who earned berths in the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship:
- NCAA runner-up North Carolina
- Final Four participant Syracuse
- Notre Dame and Virginia, each an Elite Eight team
- Sweet 16 squads from Duke, Indiana, Maryland, Miami and Wisconsin
- Early-round clubs Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Purdue.
The two conferences compete for the Commissioner’s Cup, won the past two years by the Big Ten. The ACC had claimed the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), the Big Ten then claimed three (2009-2011) and the league’s split the results in 2012 and 2013. The ACC leads the all-time series, 10-5-2.
The 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge
| Date |
Matchup |
| Monday, Nov. 28 |
Minnesota at Florida State |
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Wake Forest at Northwestern |
| Tuesday, Nov. 29 |
Syracuse at Wisconsin |
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Michigan State at Duke |
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Pittsburgh at Maryland |
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Iowa at Notre Dame |
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Georgia Tech at Penn State |
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NC State at Illinois |
| Wednesday, Nov. 30 |
Purdue at Louisville |
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North Carolina at Indiana |
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Ohio State at Virginia |
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Virginia Tech at Michigan |
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Rutgers at Miami |
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Nebraska at Clemson |
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