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Guess which Notre Dame player is on this list.
With the Thanksgiving tournaments in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and the beginning of ACC play. Of course, we only will be getting a small taste of conference action. That will begin in earnest right before New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, here’s who’s been handling nonconference opponents the best so far:
One Notre Player makes this list.
With the Thanksgiving tournaments in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and the beginning of ACC play. Of course, we only will be getting a small taste of conference action. That will begin in earnest right before New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, here’s who’s been handling nonconference opponents the best so far:
A look at the 2022 ACC/Big Ten challenge:
The Big Ten and the ACC will go head to head this November for the Commissioner’s Cup.
Earlier today, the conferences announced each matchup in a challenge that’s headlined by 13 squads that participated in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Going by ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, there are six ranked teams currently part of the challenge.
The games will take place during the final week of November, with all games available on the ESPN family of networks.
The Big Ten is coming off of an 8-6 win in the 2021 challenge, and the Badgers were able to defeat Georgia Tech on the road to help the conference last season.
Here is a complete look at the 2022 matchups:
The Irish are dancing!
After a championship week that went anything but smoothly for Notre Dame, all of South Bend can take a collective exhale. For the first time since 2017, the Irish have qualified for the NCAA Tournament after being placed in the West Regional. They will take on Rutgers in a battle of No. 11 seeds as part of the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of this game will play sixth-seeded Alabama in the first round.
The Irish have an all-time record of 20-13 against the Scarlet Knights. The former Big East rivals last faced each other in the second round of the 2013 conference tournament. The Irish won that game, 69-61. In fact, nine of the past 11 meetings have gone their way.
It was fitting that these programs met in the 2013 Big East Tournament because both programs left that conference after that season. Now, they get to face each other in an unofficial ACC-Big Ten Challenge with much bigger stakes than conference pride. Getting into the Round of 64 by playing an extra game may not have been a goal either program wanted to achieve, but that’s just how it goes sometimes. Still, they likely will be thinking less about that than being one of 68 teams who still can win it all.
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Yes, there was a basketball game going on while a major football story was breaking.
Notre Dame picked up two wins in its first two home games of the season. It then lost two of three at the Maui Invitational. Now, it’s wondering where this season might be headed after dropping its Big Ten/ACC Challenge contest to Illinois, 82-72. All of this is happening just ahead of visiting a Boston College team that’s undefeated at home, which will be followed by hosting one of the country’s top programs in Kentucky.
The Irish (3-3) hung around for most of the first half before the Illini (5-2) went on a 10-2 run to extend their lead to 11. Though the Irish were able to cut that lead to seven by halftime, the Illini proved to be the better team during the second half. To the Irish’s credit, they brought a 15-point deficit down to five with just over three minutes left. However, that was as good as it got as the Illini made all the free throws they needed to put the game away.
All-American Kofi Cockburn lived up to his billing by leading all scorers with 28 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the field. Not far behind was Alfonso Plummer, who scored 21 and made all eight of his free throws.
South Bend native and freshman Blake Wesley continues to impress as he set a new scoring high for his young career with 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting off the bench. Dane Goodwin scored 15 points, and Nate Laszewski added 13.
Oh yeah, and something happened with the football team right before this game tipped off. The Illini fans decided to let the Irish know in case they were unaware:
Illinois student body behind Irish bench start a "Brian Kelly" chant.
And "LSU" for good measure
— Tom Noie (@tnoieNDI) November 30, 2021
See the recently released game details for Michigan State’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchup vs. Louisville
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We now know a little bit more about the Spartans’ upcoming Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchup with the Louisville Cardinals.
Michigan State announced on Thursday the game time for this home game vs. the Cardinals. The game will officially tipoff at 7:15 p.m. EDT on Dec. 1, and will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2.
OFFICIAL: Our game vs Louisville will tip at 7:15 PM ET on ESPN/2. https://t.co/e7PR93bQdd
— Michigan State Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) October 14, 2021
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Michigan State’s upcoming road trip to Butler this season is considered one of the top Gavitt Games and Big Ten-ACC Challenge match-ups, according to Andy Katz.
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Michigan State’s upcoming road trip to Butler this season is considered one of the top Gavitt Games and Big Ten-ACC Challenge match-ups, according to Andy Katz.
With the announcement of the Gavitt Games and Big Ten-ACC Challenge match-ups in the past week, Katz took a look at the top games and put together a top 10 list. The Spartans’ battle with Louisville as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge didn’t crack the list, but their road trip to Hinkle Fieldhouse to play Butler did.
Click on the video below to see where Katz ranks the Spartans’ Nov. 17 match-up at Butler:
Sup, @BIGEAST and @accnetwork? 👀
The 2021 Gavitt Games matchups dropped last week. The B1G/ACC Challenge matchups dropped this week. 🏀
And @TheAndyKatz is ranking the Top 🔟 Matchups in the two upcoming challenges 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙. pic.twitter.com/StmoYiDyXL
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) June 29, 2021
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Wisconsin has their Big Ten/ACC Challenge opponent for the 2021-22 season
Nothing marks the true dog days of summer like CBSSports’ Jon Rothstein releasing the matchups for the upcoming Big Ten/ACC Challenge all in separate Tweets.
For the Wisconsin basketball program, scheduling and recruiting news is a welcome sight at this point after last week’s fallout from the locker room audio leak.
That’s what we get today in the form of schedule news as Rothstein reported that the Badgers will travel to Atlanta, Georgia and take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as a part of this year’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Source: Georgia Tech will host Wisconsin in the 2021 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 28, 2021
Wisconsin was triumphant in last year’s crossover event, blowing out Louisville 85-48 at the Kohl Center.
Georgia Tech is coming off a 17-9 2020-21 campaign which included a first-round NCAA Tournament exit at the hands of Loyola Chicago.
The game will take place December 1 at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion.
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In a rescheduled game from the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the No. 12-ranked Wisconsin Badgers will host the No. 23-ranked Louisville Cardinal…
In a rescheduled game from the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the No. 12-ranked Wisconsin Badgers will host the No. 23-ranked Louisville Cardinals at the Kohl Center on Saturday.
Related: Breaking: Wisconsin basketball vs. Louisville is back on this week
Wisconsin has played extremely well following their heartbreaking loss to the Marquette Golden Eagles, with two solid wins against Rhode Island and Loyola-Chicago. Micah Potter has emerged as a star for this Badgers’ team, leading Wisconsin in both points and rebounds. Potter has averaged 12.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists a game this season, including an outstanding 54.3 average field goal percentage on the season. Wisconsin will look to keep rolling against the Cardinals.
The initial matchup between the teams on Dec. 9 was postponed because of positive cases for COVID-19 on the Cardinals. The Louisville outbreak forced them to cancel their matchup against UNC-Greensboro, and an outbreak on North Carolina State forced the matchup against the Cardinals to be postponed.
Despite their struggles with COVID-19, the Louisville Cardinals are 4-0 so far this season including a close win against Seton Hall. They are led by guard Carlik Jones, who is averaging 17.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.3 assists a game this season. Louisville will be an important early-season test for the Badgers before they enter their Big Ten schedule next week.
Here is how to watch Wisconsin basketball’s game against the Louisville Cardinals tomorrow.
How to watch:
Matchup: Louisville Cardinals at Wisconsin Badgers
Where: Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
When: Dec. 19, 2020 at 11:00 AM CST
Where to watch: ESPN 2
Where to stream: ESPN app or online at ESPN.com/Watch
Where to listen: Badger Sports Network on the iHeartRadio app, or Satellite on Sirius XM
Although not surprising, the still unfortunate word on the rest of his 2019-20 season came this morning in a release from the Notre Dame Athletic Communications Department:
With under a minute to go last night in their loss at No. 3 Maryland, Notre Dame guard Robby Carmody suffered what looked to be a brutal knee injury.
Although not surprising, the still unfortunate word on the rest of his 2019-20 season came this morning in a release from the Notre Dame Athletic Communications Department:
Sophomore guard Robby Carmody has suffered a left ACL injury – confirmed by an MRI conducted this morning – and will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
Carmody had played in seven of Notre Dame’s eight games to date and was averaging 5.4 points and 1.6 rebounds per contest in this, his sophomore season.
Notre Dame returns to the court Saturday as they host 4-5 Boston College.
