University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels To Play At Ohio State In Big Ten/ACC Challenge
April 17, 2007 | Men's Basketball
April 17, 2007
by ACC Media Relations
Greensboro, N.C. -- Matchups for the ninth annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge have been determined with the event featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. On Wednesday Nov. 28, North Carolina will play at Ohio State at 9 p.m. on ESPN.
In 2006-07, the Tar Heels defeated the Buckeyes, 98-89, at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
The ACC won last year's Challenge by an 8-3 margin and has captured each of the eight Big Ten/ACC Challenges played to date. ACC teams have won 48 of the 75 games played in the Challenge.
For the third consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games (an increase from nine in the six previous years) from 11 different college campuses and include two telecasts on ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the remaining nine games. This year's event will be played on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after Thanksgiving (November 26-28).
This year's schedule will be highlighted by the first-ever meeting between basketball powers Wisconsin and Duke, a rematch of last year's Ohio State-North Carolina Challenge game and first-ever Challenge showdowns -- Georgia Tech-Indiana, Wake Forest-Iowa, Boston College-Michigan, N.C. State-Michigan State and Virginia Tech-Penn State.
(All Times ET)
Monday, Nov. 26
7:00 p.m. - ESPN2 - Wake Forest at Iowa
Tuesday, Nov. 27
7:00 p.m. - ESPN - Georgia Tech at Indiana
7:30 p.m. - ESPN2 - Minnesota at Florida State
8:00 p.m. - ESPNU - Northwestern at Virginia
9:00 p.m. - ESPN - Wisconsin at Duke
9:30 p.m. - ESPN2 - Purdue at Clemson
Wednesday, Nov. 28
7:00 p.m. - ESPN - N.C. State at Michigan State
7:30 p.m. - ESPN2 - Illinois at Maryland
8:00 p.m. - ESPNU - Boston College at Michigan
9:00 p.m. - ESPN - North Carolina at Ohio State
9:30 p.m. - ESPN2 - Virginia Tech at Penn State
