VT & UVA pairings set in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
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Media General News Service
Published: July 18, 2008
The ACC yesterday finalized the matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge basketball event. Virginia will play at Minnesota on Dec. 2 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Virginia Tech will host Wisconsin on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Cavaliers are 4-1 against Minnesota, which went 20-14 last season and lost to Maryland in the National Invitation Tournament’s first round. The Golden Gophers are entering their second season under coach Tubby Smith, who won the national title at Kentucky in 1998. Virginia has played Minnesota twice in the Challenge, losing in Minneapolis in 1999 and winning in Charlottesville in 2003. The Cavaliers are 5-3 in the Challenge.
The Hokies have never played Wisconsin, which last season won the Big Ten regularseason title and tournament and lost to Davidson in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. Tech is 1-2 in the Challenge, with its lone win coming in 2006 at home over Iowa. It lost at Penn State last year.
The Challenge’s marquee game is North Carolina versus Michigan State on Dec. 3 at Detroit’s Ford Field, site of next year’s Final Four. The ACC has won the Challenge in each of the first nine years, winning 56 of 86 games overall.
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