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Friday / November 22.
  • Michigan State-Duke, North Carolina-Indiana Highlight ACC/Big Ten Challenge

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    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
      Wake Forest at Northwestern
    Tuesday, Nov. 29 Syracuse at Wisconsin
      Michigan State at Duke
      Pittsburgh at Maryland
      Iowa at Notre Dame
      Georgia Tech at Penn State
      NC State at Illinois
    Wednesday, Nov. 30 Purdue at Louisville
      North Carolina at Indiana
      Ohio State at Virginia
      Virginia Tech at Michigan
      Rutgers at Miami
      Nebraska at Clemson
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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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