After losing each of the first ten years of the Big Ten / ACC Challenge, the B1G Conference has turned the table and won it for the third straight year. In the first year of a 12-team conference (and therefore a 12-game challenge), the B1G took 8 of the games and won the annual event 8-4. Below we have the results of all 12 games, as well as some stats for each. The B1G won 4 out of 6 games in each of the two days and entered Wednesday needing 3 wins to clinch. After winning the first 3 games of the day, the conference fans could rest easy and enjoy some solid basketball in the Wednesday late games.
(home team listed on bottom, winning team in bold italic)
TUESDAY GAMES:
63 #4 Duke (7-1, 0-1 away) – A Rivers: 22 pts, 3 ast, 8-18 FG
85 #2 Ohio State (7-0, 7-0 home) - A Craft: 17 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast
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58 #15 Michigan (5-2, 0-1 away) – Z Novak: 12 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
70 Virginia (6-1, 4-0 home) - M Scott: 18 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast
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71 Illinois (7-0, 1-0 away) – S Maniscalco: 24 pts, 5-8 3pFG, 7-7 FT
62 Maryland (3-3, 2-1 home) - T Stoglin: 25 pts, 3 reb, 4-9 3pFG
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58 #15 Michigan (5-2, 0-1 away) – Z Novak: 12 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
70 Virginia (6-1, 4-0 home) - M Scott: 18 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast
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76 Northwestern (6-0, 4-0 neutral) – J Shurna: 25 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk
60 Georgia Tech (4-3, 1-3 neutral) - J Morris: 21 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast
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65 Miami FL (4-2, 0-2 away) – S Larkin: 16 pts, 2 ast, 4-4 3pFG
76 Purdue (7-1, 5-0 home) - R Hummel: 17 pts, 5 reb, 5-8 FG
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71 Clemson (4-2, 2-0 away) – A Young: 19 pts, 4 ast, 5-6 3pFG
55 Iowa (4-3, 4-2 home) - J Oglesby: 15 pts, 3 reb, 3-4 3pFG
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(L-R) Julian Welch, Keith Appling, Jared Sullinger, Meyers Leonard
WEDNESDAY:
57 #7 Wisconsin (6-1, 0-1 away) – J Berggren: 14 pts, 5 reb, 3 stl
60 #5 North Carolina (6-1, 3-0 home) - J Henson: 8 pts, 17 reb, 5 blk
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86 Indiana (7-0, 2-0 away) – J Hulls: 20 pts, 5 ast, 3-4 3pFG
75 NC State (5-2, 4-1 home) - L Brown: 19 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast
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49 Florida State (5-3, 0-1 away) – B James: 13 pts, 13 reb, 3 blk
65 Michigan State (2-0, 2-0 home) - K Appling: 24 pts, 7 reb, 2 blk
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62 Penn State (6-2, 1-1 away) – T Frazier: 22 pts, 8 reb, 3-6 3pFG
54 Boston College (2-5, 1-2 home) - M Humphrey: 15 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast
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55 Virginia Tech (5-2, 0-1 away) – E Green: 25 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast
58 Minnesota (7-1, 5-0 home) - R Williams: 14 pts, 8 reb, 6-7 FG
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55 Wake Forest (5-2, 1-0 away) – C Desrosiers: 13 pts, 12 reb, 2 blk
53 Nebraska (4-2, 3-2 home) - J Diaz: 12 pts, 5 reb, 6-10 FG
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