ACC–Big Ten Challenge

The ACC–Big Ten Challenge (or Big Ten–ACC Challenge as it was called in alternating years) was an in-season NCAA Division I men's college basketball series that matched up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big Ten Conference (B1G). ESPN was a key part of the creation of the challenge and held the broadcast rights to all the games. The ACC–Big Ten Challenge occurred early in the non-conference season, typically around late November/early December. Each game was hosted by one of the participating schools, with teams typically alternating home and away status in each successive year.

ACC-Big Ten Challenge

Conference	Big Ten Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
League	NCAA Division I
Founded	1999
Ceased	2022
Sports fielded	College Basketball
Last champion(s)	ACC
Most titles	ACC (13)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+

This article is about the men's college basketball series. For the women's series, see ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge.

Duke v OSU basketball game in the ACC - B1G Challenge 2021

Played yearly from 1999 to 2022, the ACC held a record of 13–8–3 in the series and 152–127 in games. The ACC won the first 10 consecutive challenges, but only two of the next 13 challenges. In the 24 years of the event, 17 of the Challenges were decided by a single game or ended in a tie. Six of the other seven Challenges were won by the ACC by larger margins.

The popularity of the Challenge led other conferences to form similar partnerships in which their members go head-to-head against each other. Examples include the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (2007–2010), SEC–Big East Challenge (2007–2012), Mountain West–Missouri Valley Challenge (2009–2018), Big 12/SEC Challenge (2013–2022), Big East–Big 12 Battle (2019–present) and the Gavitt Tipoff Games between the Big East and Big Ten (2015–2022). A sister series to the Challenge featuring women's basketball called the ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (2007–2022) was held for all but the first eight years.

The ACC initially played a short-lived interconference basketball series called the ACC–Big East Challenge (1989–1991),^[1][2] Big East coaches such as the late Georgetown coach John Thompson voted to end the ACC–Big East Challenge in 1991, which led to the ACC immediately looking to schedule a new series with the Big Ten as its preferred partner.^[1]

On November 28, 2022, amid ESPN losing its media rights to the Big Ten, it was announced that the series would be discontinued after the 2022–23 season. ESPN arranged an ACC–SEC Challenge as a replacement beginning in the 2023–24 season.^[3][4]

Format

Typically, match-ups are selected for their expected interest in the game. Higher profile teams are chosen to play each other to enhance television ratings for ESPN. Minnesota and Florida State have had the most matches together, with six games. Seven other pairs of teams have faced each other five times in the Challenge.

With the exception of two years (2011–12), the imbalance of the number of teams in each conference result in up to three teams not playing. Nine games were scheduled for each of the first six challenges, leaving two teams from the 11-team Big Ten without an opponent. With the expansion of the ACC to 12 teams with the addition of Boston College, Miami, and Virginia Tech, the field was expanded to 11 games in 2006, meaning that one ACC team would not play. With Nebraska joining the Big Ten in 2011, the challenge expanded to 12 games and every member from both conferences participated. In 2013, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame joined the ACC, leaving three ACC teams excluded from the competition. In 2014, Maryland withdrew from the ACC and joined the Big Ten along with Rutgers, giving that conference 14 teams, and Louisville joined the ACC replacing Maryland and maintaining the conference's 15-team membership. The conference realignments have thus led to the challenge being expanded to 14 games. When the challenge was expanded to 12 games, and later 14 games, the changes resulted in the possibility that the challenge could end in a tie. In the event of a tie, the previous year's winner retains the Commissioner's Cup. This scenario occurred most recently when the ACC retained the Cup in 2018 based on its 11–3 win in 2017, while the Big Ten retained the Cup in 2012 and 2013 based on its 8–4 win in 2011.^[5]

Yearly results

Year	Winner	ACC Wins	B1G Wins	Series
2022	ACC	8	6	ACC 13–8–3
2021	B1G	6	8	ACC 12–8–3
2020	B1G	5	7	ACC 12–7–3
2019	B1G	6	8	ACC 12–6–3
2018	Tie	7	7	ACC 12–5–3
2017	ACC	11	3	ACC 12–5–2
2016	ACC	9	5	ACC 11–5–2
2015	B1G	6	8	ACC 10–5–2
2014	B1G	6	8	ACC 10–4–2
2013	Tie	6	6	ACC 10–3–2
2012	Tie	6	6	ACC 10–3–1
2011	B1G	4	8	ACC 10–3
2010	B1G	5	6	ACC 10–2
2009	B1G	5	6	ACC 10–1
2008	ACC	6	5	ACC 10–0
2007	ACC	8	3	ACC 9–0
2006	ACC	8	3	ACC 8–0
2005	ACC	6	5	ACC 7–0
2004	ACC	7	2	ACC 6–0
2003	ACC	7	2	ACC 5–0
2002	ACC	5	4	ACC 4–0
2001	ACC	5	3	ACC 3–0
2000	ACC	5	4	ACC 2–0
1999	ACC	5	4	ACC 1–0
Overall		152	127	N/A

Team records

The University of Maryland, College Park has a unique record in the Challenge, having competed for both sides after switching conferences in 2014. The Terrapins established a 10–5 record representing the ACC against Big Ten teams, but had just a 2–7 record representing the Big Ten against ACC teams. Maryland's overall record is 12–12 but is listed below according to its relevant conference affiliations.

Atlantic Coast Conference (13–8–3)

Duke was the most successful team in either conference in Challenge competition by a large margin, holding a 20–4 record. Two other ACC schools (Virginia and Wake Forest) won more games in the Challenge than any Big Ten school. Seven ACC schools overall had winning records while two others have a .500 record.

Institution	Wins	Loss	Win Pct.	Out	Home wins	Home losses	Away wins	Away losses	Neutral wins	Neutral losses
Boston College Eagles	7	7	.500	4	4	3	3	4	0	0
Clemson Tigers	13	10	.565	1	7	5	6	5	0	0
Duke Blue Devils	20	4	.833	0	10	1	6	3	4	0
Florida State Seminoles	10	14	.417	0	7	5	3	9	0	0
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	9	13	.409	2	6	4	3	9	0	0
Louisville Cardinals	4	5	.444	0	4	1	0	4	0	0
Maryland Terrapins (1999–2013)	10	5	.667	0	5	1	4	2	1	2
Miami Hurricanes	10	6	.625	3	6	2	4	4	0	0
North Carolina Tar Heels	11	13	.458	0	6	5	3	8	2	0
NC State Wolfpack	9	12	.429	1†	8	3	1	9	0	0
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5	5	.500	0	4	1	1	4	0	0
Pittsburgh Panthers	5	4	.556	1	2	2	3	2	0	0
Syracuse Orange	4	6	.400	0	3	2	1	4	0	0
Virginia Cavaliers	14	8	.636	0‡	7	3	7	5	0	0
Virginia Tech Hokies	7	9	.438	3	4	4	3	5	0	0
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	14	6	.700	4	8	2	6	4	0	0

• The column "Out" indicates the number of Challenges from which the team was excluded. This does not include cancellations.
• †North Carolina State has also had one game cancelled, in 2020.
• ‡Virginia has also had two games cancelled, in 2001 due to court conditions^[6] and in 2020.

Big Ten Conference (8–13–3)

Purdue (13–9) was the Big Ten team with the best record in the Challenge and the only Big Ten team with an overall winning record. Four schools had a .500 record.

Institution	Wins	Loss	Win Pct.	Out	Home wins	Home losses	Away wins	Away losses	Neutral wins	Neutral losses
Illinois Fighting Illini	11	13	.458	0	7	4	4	6	0	3
Indiana Hoosiers	9	13	.409	2	6	4	2	9	1	0
Iowa Hawkeyes	10	12	.455	2	7	3	3	7	0	2
Maryland Terrapins (2014 to 2022)	2	7	.222	0	1	4	1	3	0	0
Michigan Wolverines	8	13	.381	2†	5	5	3	8	0	0
Michigan State Spartans	9	13	.409	0‡	8	3	1	9	0	1
Minnesota Golden Gophers	12	12	.500	0	8	4	4	8	0	0
Nebraska Cornhuskers	6	6	.500	0	3	3	3	3	0	0
Northwestern Wildcats	10	14	.417	0	6	6	4	8	0	0
Ohio State Buckeyes	10	12	.455	2	6	5	4	6	0	1
Penn State Nittany Lions	11	11	.500	2	6	5	5	6	0	0
Purdue Boilermakers	13	9	.591	2	9	2	4	7	0	0
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	4	5	.444	0	2	2	2	3	0	0
Wisconsin Badgers	12	12	.500	0	7	4	4	8	1	0

• The column "Out" indicates the number of Challenges from which the team was excluded. This does not include cancellations.
• †Michigan has also had one game cancelled, in 2020.
• ‡Michigan State has also had two games cancelled, in 2001 due to court conditions^[6] and in 2020.

Results

2022 ACC 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 28	7:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Minnesota	67–57	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN2	7,870	ACC 1–0
	9:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Northwestern	87–58	Welsh–Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois		2,606	ACC 2–0
Nov 29	7:00 p.m.	Louisville	No. 22 Maryland	54–79	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	12,211	ACC 2–1
		Clemson	Penn State	101–942OT	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	5,861	ACC 3–1
	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 16 Illinois	44–73	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	15,544	ACC 3–2
	9:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wisconsin	78–75	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	14,435	ACC 4–2
		Georgia Tech	Iowa	65–81	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPNU	10,450	ACC 4–3
	9:30 p.m.	No. 3 Virginia	Michigan	70–68	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	12,200	ACC 5–3
Nov 30	7:15 p.m.	No. 17 Duke	No. 25 Ohio State	81–72	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC 6–3
		Florida State	No. 5 Purdue	69–79	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	5,282	ACC 6–4
		Miami (FL)	Rutgers	68–61	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	5,668	ACC 7–4
	9:15 p.m.	No. 18 North Carolina	No. 10 Indiana	65–77	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,222	ACC 7–5
		Notre Dame	No. 20 Michigan State	70–52	Joyce Center • South Bend, Indiana	ESPN2	7,854	ACC 8–5
		Boston College	Nebraska	67–88	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	13,080	ACC 8–6
Winners are in bold Game times in EST NC State did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source:^[7][8][9]

2021 Big Ten 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 29	7:00 p.m.	Virginia	Iowa	74–75	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	13,542	B1G 1–0
	9:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	Illinois	72–82	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois		14,907	B1G 2–0
Nov 30	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Indiana	112–1102OT	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York	ESPN2	21,330	B1G 2–1
		Pittsburgh	Minnesota	53–54	Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	7,736	B1G 3–1
	7:30 p.m.	Florida State	No. 2 Purdue	65–93	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN	14,804	B1G 4–1
	9:00 p.m.	Clemson	Rutgers	64–74	Jersey Mike's Arena • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	8,050	B1G 5–1
		Wake Forest	Northwestern	77–73 OT	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	3,711	B1G 5–2
	9:30 p.m.	No. 1 Duke	Ohio State	66–71	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	18,809	B1G 6–2
Dec 1	7:15 p.m.	Louisville	No. 22 Michigan State	64–73	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	B1G 7–2
		Virginia Tech	Maryland	62–58	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	15,988	B1G 7–3
		NC State	Nebraska	104–1004OT	PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	19,722	B1G 7–4
	9:15 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 24 Michigan	72–51	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	19,938	B1G 7–5
		Miami	Penn State	63–58	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	8,221	B1G 7–6
		Georgia Tech	No. 23 Wisconsin	66–70	McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN2	6,302	B1G 8–6
Winners are in bold Game times in EST Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source:^[10][11]

2020 Big Ten 7–5

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 8	5:00 p.m.	Miami	Purdue	58–54	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPN2	0	ACC 1–0
	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Minnesota	80–85OT	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPNU	0	Tied 1–1
	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 North Carolina	No. 3 Iowa	80–93	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN	583	B1G 2–1
	7:30 p.m.	Notre Dame	No. 22 Ohio State	85–90	Edmund P. Joyce Center • South Bend, Indiana	ESPN2	156	B1G 3–1
	9:00 p.m.	No. 15 Virginia Tech	Penn State	55–75	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	250	B1G 4–1
	9:30 p.m.	No. 10 Duke	No. 6 Illinois	68–83	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	0	B1G 5–1
	9:30 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 21 Rutgers	69–79	Rutgers Athletic Center • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	0	B1G 6–1
Dec 9	5:00 p.m.	Clemson	Maryland	67–51	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	1,876	B1G 6–2
	7:15 p.m.	NC State	Michigan	Canceled	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	Canceled	Canceled	Canceled
	7:15 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Nebraska	75–64	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	0	B1G 6–3
	7:15 p.m.	No. 20 Florida State	Indiana	69–67OT	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	2,956	B1G 6–4
	9:15 p.m.	No. 18 Virginia	No. 4 Michigan State	Canceled	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	Canceled	Canceled	Canceled
	9:15 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Northwestern	71–70	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPNU	0	B1G 6–5
Dec 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Louisville	No. 12 Wisconsin	48–85	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	0	B1G 7–5
Winners are in bold Game times in EST Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G. The NC State/Michigan, and Virginia/Michigan State games were canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests for NC State, and Virginia.[12][13] The Louisville/Wisconsin game was postponed due to COVID-19 issues at Louisville, but the game was eventually played on December 19.[14][15]

Source:^[16][17]

2019 Big Ten 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 2	7:00 pm	Miami	Illinois	81–79	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	11,819	ACC (1–0)
	9:00 pm	Clemson	Minnesota	78–60	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	10,148	Tied (1–1)
Dec 3	7:00 pm	Boston College	Northwestern	82–64	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	4,004	B1G (2–1)
	7:00 pm	Syracuse	Iowa	68–54	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York	ESPN2	20,844	B1G (3–1)
	7:30 pm	No. 1 Louisville	No. 4 Michigan	58–43	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	21,674	B1G (3–2)
	9:00 pm	No. 17 Florida State	Indiana	80–64	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN2	17,222	B1G (4–2)
	9:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Rutgers	71–60	Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	7,894	B1G (4–3)
	9:30 pm	No. 10 Duke	No. 11 Michigan State	87–75	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	Tied (4–4)
Dec 4	7:15 pm	No. 5 Virginia	Purdue	69–40	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	14,804	B1G (5–4)
	7:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Nebraska	73–56	McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPNU	5,133	Tied (5–5)
	7:30 pm	Notre Dame	No. 3 Maryland	72–51	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN	15,529	B1G (6–5)
	9:15 pm	NC State	Wisconsin	69–54	PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	16,035	Tied (6–6)
	9:15 pm	Wake Forest	Penn State	76–54	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	6,476	B1G (7–6)
	9:30 pm	No. 7 North Carolina	No. 6 Ohio State	74–49	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,115	B1G (8–6)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST Virginia Tech did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2018 Tied 7–7

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 26	7:00 pm	Clemson	Nebraska	68–66	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	6,974	B1G (1–0)
	9:00 pm	Boston College	Minnesota	68–56	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPN2	4,389	Tied (1–1)
Nov 27	7:00 pm	Notre Dame	Illinois	76–74	Edmund P. Joyce Center • South Bend, Indiana	ESPNU	8,053	ACC (2–1)
	7:00 pm	No. 13 Virginia Tech	Penn State	63–62	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	8,373	Tied (2–2)
	7:30 pm	Louisville	No. 9 Michigan State	82–78 OT	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	15,477	ACC (3–2)
	9:00 pm	NC State	No. 22 Wisconsin	79–75	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	17,012	Tied (3–3)
	9:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 14 Iowa	69–68	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPNU	10,158	B1G (4–3)
	9:30 pm	No. 3 Duke	Indiana	90–69	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	Tied (4–4)
Nov 28	7:00 pm	Miami	Rutgers	57–54	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	6,376	B1G (5–4)
	7:00 pm	Syracuse	No. 16 Ohio State	72–62	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	16,962	Tied (5–5)
	7:30 pm	No. 4 Virginia	No. 24 Maryland	76–71	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN	17,950	ACC (6–5)
	9:15 pm	No. 15 Florida State	No. 19 Purdue	73–72	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	9,978	ACC (7–5)
	9:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	67–61	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPNU	6,378	ACC (7–6)
	9:30 pm	No. 11 North Carolina	No. 7 Michigan	84–67	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	12,707	Tied (7–7)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2017 ACC 11–3

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 27	7:00 pm	Syracuse	Maryland	72–70	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York	ESPN2	20,852	ACC (1–0)
	9:00 pm	No. 18 Virginia	Wisconsin	49–37	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	13,911	ACC (2–0)
Nov 28	7:00 pm	Florida State	Rutgers	78–73	Louis Brown Athletic Center • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPNU	4,853	ACC (3–0)
	7:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	52–51	McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN2	5,562	ACC (4–0)
	8:00 pm	No. 17 Louisville	Purdue	66–57	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN	14,804	ACC (4–1)
	9:00 pm	Wake Forest	Illinois	80–73	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN2	5,782	ACC (5–1)
	9:15 pm	Virginia Tech	Iowa	79–55	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	7,101	ACC (6–1)
Nov 29	7:15 pm	Clemson	Ohio State	79–65	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	17,189	ACC (7–1)
	7:15 pm	NC State	Penn State	85–78	PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	15,270	ACC (8–1)
	7:30 pm	No. 13 North Carolina	Michigan	86–71	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	19,036	ACC (9–1)
	9:00 pm	No. 10 Miami	No. 12 Minnesota	86–81	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	14,625	ACC (10–1)
	9:15 pm	Boston College	Nebraska	71–62	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	10,742	ACC (10–2)
	9:30 pm	No. 1 Duke	Indiana	91–81	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,222	ACC (11–2)
Nov 30	7:00 pm	No. 5 Notre Dame	No. 3 Michigan State	81–63	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	ACC (11–3)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 27).[18] Pittsburgh did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source^[19][20][21]

2016 ACC 9–5

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 28	7:00 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	75–67	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPNU	5,993	ACC (1–0)
	9:00 pm	Wake Forest	Northwestern	65–58	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPNU	6,386	Tied (1–1)
Nov 29	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Maryland	73–59	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	17,144	ACC (2–1)
	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Penn State	67–60	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	6,032	Tied (2–2)
	7:30 pm	No. 22 Syracuse	No. 17 Wisconsin	77–60	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	17,287	B1G (3–2)
	9:00 pm	Notre Dame	Iowa	92–78	Edmund P. Joyce Center • Notre Dame, Indiana	ESPN2	7,660	Tied (3–3)
	9:00 pm	NC State	Illinois	88–74	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPNU	13,481	B1G (4–3)
	9:30 pm	No. 5 Duke	Michigan State	78–69	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	Tied (4–4)
Nov 30	7:00 pm	No. 14 Louisville	No. 15 Purdue	71–64	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	21,841	ACC (5–4)
	7:00 pm	Virginia Tech	Michigan	73–70	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN2	9,981	ACC (6–4)
	7:00 pm	Miami	Rutgers	73–61	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	7,064	ACC (7–4)
	9:00 pm	Clemson	Nebraska	60–58	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	6,545	ACC (8–4)
	9:00 pm	No. 6 Virginia	Ohio State	63–61	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	14,566	ACC (9–4)
	9:00 pm	No. 3 North Carolina	No. 13 Indiana	76–67	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,222	ACC (9–5)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 28).[22] Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source^[23][24][25]

2015 Big Ten 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 30	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	Rutgers	69–68	Louis Brown Athletic Center • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPNU	3,817	ACC (1–0)
	9:00 pm	Clemson	Minnesota	89–83	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	10,229	Tied (1–1)
Dec 1	7:00 pm	NC State	Michigan	66–59	PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	17,645	B1G (2–1)
	7:00 pm	Virginia Tech	Northwestern	81–79OT	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	4,879	B1G (3–1)
	7:30 pm	No. 10 Virginia	Ohio State	64–58	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	12,445	B1G (3–2)
	9:00 pm	No. 21 Miami	Nebraska	77–72OT	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	15,646	Tied (3–3)
	9:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 11 Purdue	72–59	Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	9,439	B1G (4–3)
	9:30 pm	No. 9 North Carolina	No. 2 Maryland	89–81	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,163	Tied (4–4)
Dec 2	7:15 pm	No. 24 Louisville	No. 3 Michigan State	71–67	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	B1G (5–4)
	7:15 pm	No. 14 Syracuse	Wisconsin	66–58OT	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York	ESPN2	22,360	B1G (6–4)
	7:15 pm	Boston College	Penn State	67–58	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	2,165	B1G (7–4)
	9:15 pm	No. 7 Duke	Indiana	94–74	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	B1G (7–5)
	9:15 pm	Notre Dame	Illinois	84–79	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	14,953	B1G (7–6)
	9:15 pm	Florida State	Iowa	78–75OT	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPNU	11,247	B1G (8–6)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 30).[26] Georgia Tech did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2014 Big Ten 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 1	7:00 pm	Florida State	Nebraska	70–65	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	6,406	B1G (1–0)
	7:00 pm	Clemson	Rutgers	69–64	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	6,285	B1G (2–0)
Dec 2	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Indiana	81–69	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN2	17,472	B1G (3–0)
	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	Minnesota	84–69	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	8,112	B1G (4–0)
	7:30 pm	Syracuse	No. 17 Michigan	68–65	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	12,707	B1G (5–0)
	9:00 pm	No. 15 Miami	No. 24 Illinois	70–61	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPN2	6,086	B1G (5–1)
	9:00 pm	NC State	Purdue	66–61	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPNU	12,023	B1G (6–1)
	9:30 pm	No. 5 Louisville	No. 14 Ohio State	64–55	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	22,784	B1G (6–2)
Dec 3	7:15 pm	Notre Dame	No. 19 Michigan State	79–78OT	Edmund P. Joyce Center • South Bend, Indiana	ESPN2	9,149	B1G (6–3)
	7:15 pm	Virginia Tech	Penn State	61–58	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	7,326	B1G (7–3)
	7:30 pm	No. 12 North Carolina	Iowa	60–55	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	18,040	B1G (8–3)
	9:15 pm	No. 7 Virginia	No. 21 Maryland	76–65	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	15,371	B1G (8–4)
	9:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	66–58	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPNU	6,133	B1G (8–5)
	9:30 pm	No. 4 Duke	No. 2 Wisconsin	80–70	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	17,279	B1G (8–6)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 1).[27] Challenge expanded to 14 games with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the B1G. Rutgers and Louisville made their inaugural appearances in the event. Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G. First Challenge in which Maryland represented the B1G, as they left the ACC following the 2013–14 season.

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2013 Tied 6–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 3	7:15 pm	No. 4 Syracuse	Indiana	69–52	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York	ESPN	26,414	ACC (1–0)
	7:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Illinois	67–64	Hank McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN2	6,516	ACC (2–0)
	7:30 pm	Pittsburgh	Penn State	78–69	Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh	ESPNU	12,510	ACC (3–0)
	9:15 pm	No. 10 Duke	No. 22 Michigan	79–69	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC (4–0)
	9:15 pm	Notre Dame	No. 23 Iowa	98–93	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN2	15,400	ACC (4–1)
	9:30 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	71–61	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPNU	11,386	ACC (4–2)
Dec 4	7:00 pm	Maryland	No. 5 Ohio State	76–60	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	16,206	ACC (4–3)
	7:00 pm	Virginia	No. 8 Wisconsin	48–38	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	11,142	Tied (4–4)
	7:30 pm	NC State	Northwestern	69–48	PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	11,459	ACC (5–4)
	9:00 pm	North Carolina	No. 1 Michigan State	79–65	Breslin Student Events Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	ACC (6–4)
	9:30 pm	Boston College	Purdue	88–67	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	12,926	ACC (6–5)
	9:30 pm	Miami	Nebraska	60–49	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	15,088	Tied (6–6)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 2).[29] Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse made their inaugural appearances in the event. Clemson, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having three more teams than the B1G. Last Challenge in which Maryland represented the ACC, as they joined the B1G following the season.

2012 Tied 6–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 27	7:15 pm	Virginia Tech	Iowa	95–79	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	5,647	ACC (1–0)
	7:15 pm	Florida State	No. 21 Minnesota	77–68	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	7,941	Tied (1–1)
	7:30 pm	No. 18 NC State	No. 3 Michigan	79–72	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	12,693	B1G (2–1)
	9:15 pm	Wake Forest	Nebraska	79–63	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	6,508	B1G (3–1)
	9:15 pm	Maryland	Northwestern	77–57	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	6,009	B1G (3–2)
	9:30 pm	No. 14 North Carolina	No. 1 Indiana	83–59	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,472	B1G (4–2)
Nov 28	7:00 pm	Virginia	Wisconsin	60–54	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	16,690	B1G (4–3)
	7:15 pm	Clemson	Purdue	73–61	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	7,632	B1G (5–3)
	7:30 pm	Miami	No. 13 Michigan State	67–59	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPN	5,791	B1G (5–4)
	9:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 22 Illinois	75–62	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	12,224	B1G (6–4)
	9:15 pm	Boston College	Penn State	73–61	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	6,889	B1G (6–5)
	9:30 pm	No. 2 Duke	No. 4 Ohio State	73–68	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	Tied (6–6)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 26).[30]

2011 Big Ten 8–4

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 29	7:00 pm	Virginia	No. 14 Michigan	70–58	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	10,564	ACC (1–0)
	7:15 pm	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	76–60	Philips Arena • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPNU	5,619	Tied (1–1)
	7:30 pm	Maryland	Illinois	71–62	Comcast Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN	13,187	B1G (2–1)
	9:00 pm	Miami	Purdue	76–65	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	13,927	B1G (3–1)
	9:15 pm	Clemson	Iowa	71–55	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPNU	10,449	B1G (3–2)
	9:30 pm	No. 3 Duke	No. 2 Ohio State	85–63	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	18,809	B1G (4–2)
Nov 30	7:15 pm	NC State	Indiana	86–75	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	16,597	B1G (5–2)
	7:15 pm	Boston College	Penn State	62–54	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	4,326	B1G (6–2)
	7:30 pm	Florida State	Michigan State	65–49	Breslin Student Events Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,797	B1G (7–2)
	9:15 pm	Virginia Tech	Minnesota	58–55	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	10,487	B1G (8–2)
	9:15 pm	Wake Forest	Nebraska	55–53	Bob Devaney Sports Center • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	9,769	B1G (8–3)
	9:30 pm	No. 5 North Carolina	No. 9 Wisconsin	60–57	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,750	B1G (8–4)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 28).[31] Nebraska made its inaugural appearance in the event.

2010 Big Ten 6–5

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 29	7:00 pm	Virginia	No. 15 Minnesota	87–79	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	12,089	ACC (1–0)
Nov 30	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	Iowa	76–73	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPNU	9,086	ACC (2–0)
	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Northwestern	91–71	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	4,455	ACC (2–1)
	7:30 pm	Florida State	No. 2 Ohio State	58–44	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	10,457	Tied (2–2)
	9:00 pm	Clemson	Michigan	69–61	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	7,237	B1G (3–2)
	9:30 pm	North Carolina	No. 20 Illinois	79–67	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	16,618	B1G (4–2)
Dec 1	7:15 pm	Boston College	Indiana	88–76	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	5,329	B1G (4–3)
	7:15 pm	NC State	Wisconsin	87–48	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	17,230	B1G (5–3)
	7:30 pm	Virginia Tech	No. 22 Purdue	58–55OT	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN	9,847	B1G (6–3)
	9:15 pm	Maryland	Penn State	62–39	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	9,078	B1G (6–4)
	9:30 pm	No. 1 Duke	No. 6 Michigan State	84–79	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	B1G (6–5)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 29).[32] Miami did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2009 Big Ten 6–5

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 30	7:00 pm	Virginia	Penn State	69–66	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	8,898	B1G (1–0)
Dec 1	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	No. 4 Purdue	69–58	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN	14,123	B1G (2–0)
	7:00 pm	NC State	Northwestern	65–53	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPNU	11,913	B1G (3–0)
	7:30 pm	Maryland	Indiana	80–68	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN2	17,039	B1G (3–1)
	9:00 pm	No. 10 North Carolina	No. 9 Michigan State	89–82	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,346	B1G (3–2)
	9:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Iowa	70–64	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN2	8,755	Tied (3–3)
Dec 2	7:15 pm	No. 18 Clemson	Illinois	76–74	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN	10,000	B1G (4–3)
	7:15 pm	Miami	Minnesota	63–58	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	5,157	Tied (4–4)
	7:30 pm	Boston College	Michigan	62–58	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN2	10,718	ACC (5–4)
	9:15 pm	No. 6 Duke	Wisconsin	73–69	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	17,230	Tied (5–5)
	9:30 pm	No. 21 Florida State	No. 15 Ohio State	77–64	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	13,514	B1G (6–5)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 30).[33] Georgia Tech did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G. The North Carolina/Michigan State match-up was a rematch of the 2009 NCAA Championship game.

2008 ACC 6–5

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 1	7:00 pm	Virginia Tech	Wisconsin	74–72	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN2	9,847	B1G (1–0)
Dec 2	7:00 pm	Boston College	Iowa	57–55	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPNU	4,084	Tied (1–1)
	7:00 pm	No. 21 Miami	Ohio State	73–68	BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPN	5,870	B1G (2–1)
	7:30 pm	Clemson	Illinois	76–74	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	14,741	Tied (2–2)
	9:00 pm	No. 4 Duke	No. 9 Purdue	76–60	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN	14,123	ACC (3–2)
	9:30 pm	Virginia	Minnesota	66–56	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	12,424	Tied (3–3)
Dec 3	7:15 pm	No. 15 Wake Forest	Indiana	83–58	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN	12,445	ACC (4–3)
	7:30 pm	Maryland	Michigan	75–70	Comcast Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPNU	17,950	ACC (5–3)
	7:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Penn State	85–83	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN2	7,900	ACC (5–4)
	9:15 pm	No. 1 North Carolina	No. 13 Michigan State	98–63	Ford Field • Detroit, Michigan	ESPN	25,267	ACC (6–4)
	9:30 pm	Florida State	Northwestern	73–59	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	3,537	ACC (6–5)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 1).[34] NC State did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2007 ACC 8–3

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 26	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	Iowa	56–47	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN2	9,120	ACC (1–0)
Nov 27	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 15 Indiana	83–79	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,230	Tied (1–1)
	7:30 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	75–61	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	9,349	ACC (2–1)
	8:00 pm	Virginia	Northwestern	94–52	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPNU	12,609	ACC (3–1)
	9:00 pm	No. 7 Duke	No. 20 Wisconsin	82–58	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC (4–1)
	9:30 pm	No. 18 Clemson	Purdue	61–58	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	7,350	ACC (5–1)
Nov 28	7:00 pm	No. 24 NC State	No. 10 Michigan State	81–58	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,759	ACC (5–2)
	7:30 pm	Maryland	Illinois	69–61	Comcast Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	17,950	ACC (6–2)
	8:00 pm	Boston College	Michigan	77–64	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPNU	8,716	ACC (7–2)
	9:00 pm	No. 1 North Carolina	Ohio State	66–55	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	19,049	ACC (8–2)
	9:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Penn State	66–61	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	9,368	ACC (8–3)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 26).[35] Miami did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2006 ACC 8–3

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 27	7:00 pm	NC State	Michigan	74–67	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	13,135	ACC (1–0)
Nov 28	7:00 pm	No. 23 Maryland	Illinois	72–66	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	16,618	ACC (2–0)
	7:30 pm	Florida State	No. 12 Wisconsin	81–66	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	17,190	ACC (2–1)
	8:00 pm	No. 21 Georgia Tech	Penn State	77–73	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPNU	9,191	ACC (3–1)
	9:00 pm	No. 11 Duke	Indiana	54–51	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC (4–1)
	9:30 pm	Miami	Northwestern	61–59	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	3,938	ACC (4–2)
Nov 29	7:00 pm	Boston College	Michigan State	65–58	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPN	8,606	ACC (5–2)
	7:30 pm	No. 25 Virginia	Purdue	61–59	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	11,534	ACC (5–3)
	8:00 pm	Virginia Tech	Iowa	69–65	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	9,847	ACC 6–3)
	9:00 pm	No. 7 North Carolina	No. 3 Ohio State	98–89	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,750	ACC (7–3)
	9:30 pm	Clemson	Minnesota	90–68	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	10,142	ACC (8–3)
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 27).[36] Boston College made its inaugural appearance in the event. Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2005 ACC 6–5

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 28	7:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Ohio State	69–56	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	13,218	B1G 1–0
Nov 29	7:00 pm	No. 22 Wake Forest	Wisconsin	91–88	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN	14,655	Tied 1–1
	7:30 pm	Florida State	Purdue	97–57	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	7,022	ACC 2–1
	8:00 pm	Clemson	Penn State	96–88	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	6,108	ACC 3–1
	9:00 pm	North Carolina	No. 12 Illinois	68–64	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,273	ACC 3–2
	9:30 pm	Miami	Michigan	74–53	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN2	8,257	Tied 3–3
Nov 30	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 13 Michigan State	88–86	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,759	B1G 4–3
	7:30 pm	No. 23 Maryland	Minnesota	83–66	Comcast Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	17,950	Tied 4–4
	8:00 pm	Virginia	Northwestern	72–57	University Hall • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPNU	7,331	ACC 5–4
	9:00 pm	No. 1 Duke	No. 17 Indiana	75–67	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,343	ACC 6–4
	9:30 pm	No. 24 NC State	No. 14 Iowa	45–42	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN2	13,043	ACC 6–5
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 28).[37] Miami and Virginia Tech made their inaugural appearances in the event. No. 8 Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G. The North Carolina/Illinois match-up was a rematch of the 2005 NCAA Championship game.

2004 ACC 7–2

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 29	7:00 pm	No. 16 NC State	Purdue	60–53	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	13,918	ACC 1–0
Nov 30	7:00 pm	No. 4 Georgia Tech	Michigan	99–68	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN	9,191	ACC 2–0
	7:30 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	70–69	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	9,081	ACC 3–0
	9:00 pm	No. 10 Duke	No. 11 Michigan State	81–74	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC 4–0
	9:30 pm	No. 12 Maryland	No. 25 Wisconsin	69–64	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	17,142	ACC 4–1
Dec 1	7:00 pm	No. 1 Wake Forest	No. 5 Illinois	91–73	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	16,618	ACC 4–2
	7:30 pm	Clemson	Ohio State	80–73	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	7,800	ACC 5–2
	9:00 pm	No. 9 North Carolina	Indiana	70–63	Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,404	ACC 6–2
	9:30 pm	No. 24 Virginia	Northwestern	48–44	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	4,283	ACC 7–2
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 29).[38] No. 23 Iowa, Penn State, Miami, and Virginia Tech did not play.

2003 ACC 7–2

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 1	7:00 pm	Florida State	Northwestern	71–53	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	5,487	ACC 1–0
Dec 2	7:00 pm	No. 18 Wake Forest	Indiana	100–67	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN	13,249	ACC 2–0
	7:30 pm	NC State	Michigan	68–61	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN2	11,789	ACC 2–1
	9:00 pm	No. 10 North Carolina	No. 11 Illinois	88–81	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, North Carolina	ESPN	16,211	ACC 3–1
	9:30 pm	Maryland	No. 15 Wisconsin	73–67	Comcast Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	17,950	ACC 4–1
Dec 3	7:00 pm	No. 13 Georgia Tech	Ohio State	73–53	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN	13,859	ACC 5–1
	7:30 pm	Clemson	No. 20 Purdue	76–64	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	11,217	ACC 5–2
	9:00 pm	No. 6 Duke	No. 5 Michigan State	72–50	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,759	ACC 6–2
	9:30 pm	Virginia	Minnesota	86–78	University Hall • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	7,084	ACC 7–2
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 1).[39] Iowa and Penn State did not play due to the B1G having two more teams than the ACC.

2002 ACC 5–4

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Dec 2	9:00 pm	Florida State	Iowa	80–67	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	6,060	ACC 1–0
Dec 3	7:30 pm	No. 4 Duke	Ohio State	91–76	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, North Carolina	ESPN	16,064	ACC 2–0
	7:30 pm	Clemson	Penn State	79–70	Anderson Civic Center • Anderson, South Carolina	ESPN2	5,000	ACC 3–0
	9:00 pm	No. 9 Maryland	No. 10 Indiana	80–74OT	Conseco Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, Indiana	ESPN	15,715	ACC 3–1
	9:30 pm	No. 14 North Carolina	No. 25 Illinois	92–65	Assembly Hall • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	16,500	ACC 3–2
Dec 4	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 20 Minnesota	64–63	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN	12,783	TIE 3–3
	7:30 pm	NC State	Northwestern	74–49	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	3,833	ACC 4–3
	9:00 pm	No. 22 Virginia	No. 21 Michigan State	82–75	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN	14,759	TIE 4–4
	9:30 pm	Wake Forest	No. 23 Wisconsin	90–80	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	16,624	ACC 5–4
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 2).[40] Michigan and Purdue did not play due to the B1G having two more teams than the ACC. The Indiana/Maryland game was a rematch of the 2002 NCAA national title game in Atlanta, Georgia.

2001 ACC 5–3

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 27	7:00 pm	No. 5 Maryland	No. 2 Illinois	76–63	Cole Field House • College Park, Maryland	ESPN	14,500	ACC 1–0
	7:30 pm	NC State	Ohio State	64–50	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	15,091	TIE 1–1
	9:00 pm	No. 1 Duke	No. 7 Iowa	80–62	United Center • Chicago, Illinois	ESPN	17,296	ACC 2–1
	9:30 pm	No. 25 Wake Forest	Minnesota	85–79	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN2	9,227	ACC 3–1
Nov 28	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Wisconsin	62–61	Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN	4,242	ACC 4–1
	7:30 pm	No. 11 Virginia	No. 22 Michigan State	Cancelled	Richmond Coliseum • Richmond, Virginia	ESPN2	11,666	ACC 4–1
	8:00 pm	Clemson	Penn State	79–66	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania		7,839	ACC 5–1
	9:00 pm	North Carolina	Indiana	79–66	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	18,358	ACC 5–2
	9:30 pm	Florida State	Northwestern	57–50	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	3,371	ACC 5–3
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 26).[41] Michigan and Purdue did not play due to the B1G having two more teams than the ACC. The Michigan State/Virginia game was cancelled during the game's second half due to unsafe court conditions. Virginia led 31–28 at the time the game was called.[6]

2000 ACC 5–4

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 28	7:00 pm	No. 12 Wake Forest	Michigan	71–60	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	9,767	ACC 1–0
	7:30 pm	Clemson	Northwestern	57–44	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPN2	7,500	ACC 2–0
	9:00 pm	No. 1 Duke	No. 9 Illinois	78–77	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, North Carolina	ESPN	17,966	ACC 3–0
	9:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Iowa	85–67	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN2	15,500	ACC 3–1
Nov 29	7:00 pm	No. 21 Virginia	Purdue	98–79	University Hall • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN	8,296	ACC 4–1
	7:30 pm	No. 6 North Carolina	No. 3 Michigan State	77–64	Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN2	14,759	ACC 4–2
	8:00 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	79–71	Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN Regional		ACC 4–3
	9:00 pm	No. 13 Maryland	No. 23 Wisconsin	78–75OT	Bradley Center • Milwaukee, Wisconsin	ESPN	7,521	TIE 4–4
	9:30 pm	NC State	Penn State	84–76	RBC Center • Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2		ACC 5–4
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 27).[42] Indiana and Ohio State did not play due to the B1G having two more teams than the ACC.

1999 ACC 5–4

Date	Time	ACC team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 30	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	Wisconsin	67–48	LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN	11,245	ACC 1–0
	7:30 pm	No. 24 Maryland	Iowa	83–65	Baltimore Arena • Baltimore, Maryland	ESPN2	12,310	ACC 2–0
	9:00 pm	No. 17 Duke	No. 16 Illinois	72–69	United Center • Chicago, Illinois	ESPN	20,143	ACC 3–0
	9:30 pm	Virginia	Minnesota	74–62	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota	ESPN2	13,485	ACC 3–1
Dec 1	7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Michigan	80–77	Philips Arena • Atlanta, Georgia	ESPN	11,423	ACC 3–2
	7:30 pm	NC State	No. 19 Purdue	61–59	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	13,939	ACC 4–2
	8:00 pm	Clemson	Penn State	85–75	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	8,868	ACC 4–3
	9:00 pm	No. 2 North Carolina	No. 8 Michigan State	86–76	Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ESPN	21,572	TIE 4–4
	9:00 pm	Florida State	Northwestern	60–46	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2		ACC 5–4
Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 29).[43] No. 23 Indiana and No. 15 Ohio State did not play due to the B1G having two more teams than the ACC.