Clemson Again Faces Illinois In ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Michigan State at North Carolina, a December 1 rematch of this past year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game, will highlight the matchups for the 11th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com, November 30-December 2. 
This year’s event—once again featuring top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner’s Cup—will also include Big Ten Conference Tournament Champion Purdue against Wake Forest (December 1) and ACC Champion Duke at Wisconsin (December 2).
For the fifth consecutive year, the Challenge will feature 11 games and include two telecasts on ESPNU with ESPN and ESPN2 combining to televise the remaining nine games.  ESPN360.com, the broadband sports television network from ESPN, will simulcast the ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts. 
2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge schedule (times and networks are to be determined):
Monday, Nov. 30
        Penn State at Virginia
Tuesday, Dec. 1
        Maryland at Indiana
        Michigan State at North Carolina
        Northwestern at N.C. State
        Virginia Tech at Iowa
        Wake Forest at Purdue
Wednesday, Dec. 2
        Boston College at Michigan
        Duke at Wisconsin
        Florida State at Ohio State
        Illinois at Clemson
        Minnesota at Miami
History: The ACC has won each of the 10 Challenges played to date with ACC teams winning 62 of the 97 games. Duke (10-0) and Boston College (3-0) are the only undefeated teams in Challenge play.
Last Year: A year ago, the ACC won its tenth-straight Challenge by a 6-to-5 margin. Road teams won six of the 11 games in 2008 and six of the contests were decided by five points or less, including four by two points.
NCAA Tournament Notes: The ACC (.665) and the Big Ten (.617) rank first and third, respectively, among conferences in NCAA Tournament winning percentage. Since 1988, the ACC (22) and the Big Ten (16) have had 38 of the 88 teams in the Final Four and have won nine national titles.
Teams from the ACC (338) and the Big Ten (305) have combined for 643 NCAA Tournament victories. The ACC (28) and the Big Ten (18) have combined to produce 38 percent of the No. 1 seeds since the NCAA started assigning seeds in 1979.
Since 2000, the ACC (9) and the Big Ten (8) have combined for 17 Final Four appearances and five national titles - North Carolina (2009 and 2005), Maryland (2002), Duke (2001) and Michigan State (2000). The ACC and the Big Ten also rank 1-2, respectively, in all-time NCAA Tournament bids, NCAA Tournament victories and Final Four appearances.
Familiar Foes: In addition to meeting in the Championship Game and last year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Michigan State and North Carolina played in the first two Challenges (1999 and 2000) with the Spartans winning both games.  North Carolina won both games last year.
First-Ever Meeting: Minnesota and Miami will square off in the first meeting between the two programs.
Pursuing Perfection: Two teams will look to continue their undefeated streaks in the Challenge: Duke is 10-0 while Boston College has won all three of its games.
First Challenge Matchup: In addition to Minnesota at Miami, Penn State at Virginia, Wake Forest at Purdue and Florida State at Ohio State will all meet for their first-ever Challenge showdown.
Unfamiliar Opponent: Ohio State has won all four of its games against Florida State with a victory in 2000’s Great Alaska Shootout the most recent.  Penn State and Virginia last played in the 1984-85 season (Virginia holds a 5-2 series lead) while Purdue and Wake Forest last played in 1989 (Purdue holds a 3-2 series lead).
Results by Year:

1999 (ACC 5-4)                      Score         Series
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin             67-48         ACC 1-0
Maryland d. Iowa                     83-65         ACC 2-0
Duke d. Illinois                       72-69         ACC 3-0
Minnesota d. Virginia                 74-62         ACC 3-1
Michigan d. Georgia Tech             80-77         ACC 3-2
NC State d. Purdue                   61-59         ACC 4-2
Michigan St. d. N. Carolina           86-76         ACC 4-3
Florida State d. Northwestern         60-46         ACC 5-3
Penn State d. Clemson               85-75         ACC 5-4
                                                   
2000 (ACC 5-4)                      Score         Series
Wake Forest d. Michigan             71-60         ACC 1-0
Clemson d. Northwestern             57-44         ACC 2-0
Duke d. Illinois                       78-77         ACC 3-0
Iowa d. Georgia Tech                 85-67         ACC 3-1
Virginia d. Purdue                     98-79         ACC 4-1
Michigan State d. N. Carolina         77-64         ACC 4-2
Minnesota d. Florida State           76-71         ACC 4-3
Wisconsin d. Maryland (ot)          78-75         Tied 4-4
NC State d. Penn State               84-76         ACC 5-4
                                                   
2001 (ACC 5-3)                      Score         Series
Maryland d. Illinois                   76-63         ACC 1-0
Ohio State d. NC State               64-50         Tied 1-1
Duke d. Iowa                         80-62         ACC 2-1
Wake Forest d. Minnesota             85-79         ACC 3-1
Georgia Tech d. Wisconsin           62-61         ACC 4-1
Michigan St. & Virginia cancelled
Clemson d. Penn State               79-66         ACC 5-1
Indiana d. North Carolina             79-66         ACC 5-2
Northwestern d. Florida State         57-50         ACC 5-3
                                                   
2002 (ACC 5-4)                      Score         Series
Florida State d. Iowa                 80-67         ACC 1-0
Duke d. Ohio State                   91-76         ACC 2-0
Clemson d. Penn State               79-70         ACC 3-0
Indiana d. Maryland (ot)              80-74         ACC 3-1
Illinois d. North Carolina             92-65         ACC 3-2
Minnesota d. Georgia Tech           64-63         Tied 3-3
NC State d. Northwestern             74-49         ACC 4-3
Michigan State d. Virginia             82-75         Tied 4-4
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin             90-80         ACC 5-4
2003 (ACC 7-2)                      Score         Series
Florida State d. Northwestern         71-53         ACC 1-0
Wake Forest d. Indiana               100-67       ACC 2-0
Michigan d. NC State                 68-61         ACC 2-1
North Carolina d. Illinois             88-81         ACC 3-1
Maryland d. Wisconsin               73-67         ACC 4-1
Georgia Tech d. Ohio State           73-53         ACC 5-1
Purdue d. Clemson                   76-64         ACC 5-2
Duke d. Michigan State               72-50         ACC 6-2
Virginia d. Minnesota                 86-78         ACC 7-2
2004 (ACC 7-2)                      Score         Series
NC State d. Purdue                   60-53         ACC 1-0
Georgia Tech d. Michigan             88-68         ACC 2-0
Florida State d. Minnesota           70-69         ACC 3-0
Duke d. Michigan State               81-74         ACC 4-0
Wisconsin d. Maryland               69-64         ACC 4-1
Illinois d. Wake Forest               91-73         ACC 4-2
Clemson d. Ohio State               80-73         ACC 5-2
North Carolina d. Indiana             70-63         ACC 6-2
Virginia d. Northwestern             48-44         ACC 7-2
2005 (ACC 6-5)                      Score         Series
Ohio State d. Virginia Tech           69-56         Big Ten 1-0
Wake Forest d. Wisconsin             91-88         Tied 1-1
Florida State d. Purdue               97-57         ACC 2-1
Clemson d. Penn State               96-88         ACC 3-1
Illinois d. North Carolina             68-64         ACC 3-2
Michigan d. Miami                   74-53         Tied 3-3
Michigan St. d. Georgia Tech         88-86         Big Ten 4-3
Maryland d. Minnesota               83-66         Tied 4-4
Virginia d. Northwestern             72-57         ACC 5-4
Duke d. Indiana                       75-67         ACC 6-4
Iowa d. NC State                     45-42         ACC 6-5
2006 (ACC 8-3)                      Score         Series
NC State d. Michigan                 74-67         ACC 1-0
#19 Maryland d. Illinois             72-66         ACC 2-0
#12 Wisconsin d. Florida State       81-66         ACC 2-1
#21 Georgia Tech d. Penn State       77-73         ACC 3-1
#10 Duke d. Indiana                 54-51         ACC 4-1
Northwestern d. Miami               61-59         ACC 4-2
Boston College d. Michigan State     65-58         ACC 5-2
Purdue d. #25 Virginia               61-59         ACC 5-3
Virginia Tech d. Iowa                 69-65         ACC 6-3
#6 North Carolina d. #1 Ohio State 98-89         ACC 7-3
Clemson d. Minnesota               90-68         ACC 8-3
2007 (ACC 8-3)                      Score         Series
Wake Forest d. Iowa                 56-47         ACC 1-0
Indiana d. Georgia Tech               83-79         tied 1-1
Virginia d. Northwestern             94-52         ACC 2-1
Florida State d. Minnesota           75-61         ACC 3-1
#7 Duke d. #20 Wisconsin           82-58         ACC 4-1
#18 Clemson d. Purdue               61-58         ACC 5-1
Boston College d. Michigan           77-64         ACC 6-1
#10 Michigan State d. NC State       81-58         ACC 6-2
Maryland d. Illinois                   69-61         ACC 7-2
#1 North Carolina d. Ohio State     66-55         ACC 8-2
Penn State d. Virginia Tech           66-61         ACC 8-3
2008 (ACC 6-5)                      Score         Series
Wisconsin d. Virginia Tech           74-72         Big Ten 1-0
Boston College d. Iowa               57-55         Tied 1-1
Ohio State d. Miami                 73-68         Big Ten 2-1
Clemson d. Illinois                   76-74         Tied 2-2
Duke d. Purdue                       76-60         ACC 3-2
Minnesota d. Virginia                 66-56         Tied 3-3
Wake Forest d. Indiana               83-58         ACC 4-3
Penn State d. Georgia Tech           85-83         Tied 4-4
Maryland d. Michigan                 75-70         ACC 5-4
North Carolina d. Michigan State     98-63         ACC 6-4
Northwestern d. Florida State         73-59         ACC 6-5
Results by Team:

ACC                     H       R         N       W-L
Boston College         2-0     1-0       0-0     3-0
Clemson                 4-0     4-2       0-0     8-2
Duke                   3-0     3-0       4-0     10-0
Florida State           4-1     2-3       0-0     6-4
Georgia Tech           3-1     1-4       0-1     4-6
Maryland               5-0     1-1       1-2     7-3
Miami                   0-1     0-2       0-0     0-3
North Carolina           1-3     3-2       1-0     5-5
NC State                 4-0     1-4       0-0     5-4
Virginia                 4-0     1-4       0-0     5-4
Virginia Tech           1-1     0-2       0-0     1-3
Wake Forest             5-0     3-1       0-0     8-1
Big Ten                 H       R         N       W-L
Illinois                 2-2     1-2       0-3     3-7
Indiana                 1-2     1-3       1-0     3-5
Iowa                   2-0     0-3       0-2     2-5
Michigan               2-2     0-3       1-0     3-5
Michigan State         4-2     1-2       0-0     5-4
Minnesota               3-2     1-4       0-0     4-6
Northwestern           3-2     0-5       0-0     3-7
Ohio State               2-2     1-2       0-1     3-5
Penn State             2-3     1-3       0-0     3-6
Purdue                 2-2     0-4       0-0     2-6
Wisconsin               2-1     1-5       1-0     4-6