by Shawn
Siegel
June
29th, 2005
ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule Announced
ESPN announced the schedule for the 2005
ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The made for TV event features a
rematch of the 2005 NCAA Championship, and little else worthy of
excitement. This is the seventh annual year the two
conferences will square off in the Challenge, with this year's
games being played between November 28-30.
Besides the UNC/Illinois game, the other
games with some sizzle are Duke playing at Indiana and Georgia
Tech heading to Michigan State. Last year, Indiana hosted
UNC is the Challenge's highest rated game (2.0), and the Duke
game could experience similar success. Indiana Coach Mike
Davis thinks his players are already excited for the game.
"I think our players and coaches are looking forward to this
game against Duke." Coach David added, "Duke is consistently one
of the top teams in the country and it will be a good barometer
of where we are at as a team early in the season."
The ACC has absolutely dominated this event,
winning all six years of its existence, with a 34 win to 19 loss
differential. This year's event should be closer than last
year's 7-2 drubbing by the ACC, but a 6-5 ACC margin still seems
likely.
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge increases to 11 games from nine in the six previous
years, with the extra two being shown on ESPNU.
2005 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule (ALL
TIMES ET)
Monday, Nov. 28
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Virginia
Tech at Ohio State
Tuesday, Nov. 29
7:00 p.m. ESPN Wisconsin
at Wake Forest
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Purdue at
Florida State
8:00 p.m. ESPNU Clemson at
Penn State
9:00 p.m. ESPN Illinois
at North Carolina
9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Miami at
Michigan
Wednesday, Nov. 30
7:00 p.m. ESPN Georgia
Tech at Michigan State
7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Minnesota
at Maryland
8:00 p.m. ESPNU
Northwestern at Virginia
9:00 p.m. ESPN Duke at
Indiana
9:30 p.m. ESPN2 N.C. State
at Iowa
Yearly Results
1999: ACC 5-4
2000: ACC 5-4
2001: ACC 5-3
2002: ACC 5-4
2003: ACC 7-2
2004: ACC 7-2
