University of North Carolina Athletics
Time & TV Announced For Maryland Game
August 11, 2015 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—North Carolina will host Maryland in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on December 1 in Chapel Hill. ESPN, the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten on Tuesday announced the gametimes and television networks for the 2014 event.
The Tar Heels will host former ACC member Maryland at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday December 1 in the Smith Center on ESPN.
ESPN networks will combine to cover every game of the 17th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge – the early-season men's basketball showdown to be played the last week of November – highlighted by a matchup of two of the projected top two teams in the nation when Maryland travels to Carolina. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise the 14 games of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge – including all 14 Big Ten schools and 14 of 15 ACC teams – from Monday, Nov. 30 through Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The Big Ten captured last year's Commissioner's Cup, winning eight of the 14 matchups. The two conferences split the previous two events, winning six Challenge games each in 2012 and 2013. The ACC won the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-11). In the event of a tie, the Commissioner's Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year.
Big Ten/ACC Challenge Highlights:
- • Eight teams in the ESPN.com men's preseason top 25 poll: No. 1 Maryland, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Virginia, No. 6 Duke, No. 14 Indiana, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 19 Michigan State and No. 24 Wisconsin.
- • The potential of two top-15 matchups:
- • No. 1 Maryland traveling to former ACC foe No. 2 North Carolina on Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
- • A Challenge culmination of No. 14 Indiana at No. 6 Duke on Wednesday, at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN.
- • No. 4 Virginia travels to Ohio State on Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
- • Wednesday's ESPN schedule begins with No. 12 Michigan State hosting Louisville at 7:15 p.m.
- • ESPN2's Wednesday night schedule features No. 25 Wisconsin at Syracuse at 7:15 p.m., followed by No. 16 Notre Dame at Illinois' newly-renovated arena at 9:15 p.m.
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
TV |
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Mon, Nov 30 |
7 p.m. |
Wake Forest at Rutgers |
ESPNU |
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9 p.m. |
Clemson at Minnesota |
ESPN2 |
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Tue, Dec 1 |
7 p.m. |
Michigan at NC State |
ESPN2 |
|
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Northwestern at Virginia Tech |
ESPNU |
|
|
|
7:30 p.m. |
Virginia at Ohio State |
ESPN |
|
|
9 p.m. |
Miami (Fla.) at Nebraska |
ESPNU |
|
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Purdue at Pittsburgh |
ESPN2 |
|
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|
9:30 p.m. |
Maryland at North Carolina |
ESPN |
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Wed, Dec 2 |
7:15 p.m. |
Louisville at Michigan State |
ESPN |
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Wisconsin at Syracuse |
ESPN2 |
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Penn State at Boston College |
ESPNU |
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9:15 p.m. |
Indiana at Duke |
ESPN |
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Notre Dame at Illinois |
ESPN2 |
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Florida State at Iowa |
ESPNU |
