Maryland to Play Illinois in ACC-Big Ten Challenge On Nov. 28
5/2/2006 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
May 2, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland will face the Illinois Fighting Illini as part of the 2006 ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Terps' first official date of the upcoming season was released Tuesday with the announcement of the pairings of the eighth annual event, which features college basketball's top programs vying for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup. Maryland will travel to Champaign, Ill., to face the Illini on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in a nationally-televised game on ESPN.
Maryland's complete 2006-07 schedule will be released in mid-August.
The Terps are 4-3 all-time in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, including an 83-66 win over Minnesota in College Park this past season, while the ACC has claimed all seven Challenge titles over the Big Ten. Since 2000, the two conferences have combined to make 13 Final Four appearances and have captured four of the last seven national championships. In addition, the ACC and Big Ten rank either first or second in all-time NCAA Tournament bids, victories and Final Four appearances.
Maryland is 3-2 all-time against Illinois, including a 76-63 victory over the Illini at Cole Field House in the 2001 ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Terps faced Illinois four consecutive years from 1998-2001, including match-ups in the NCAA Tournament (1998), BB&T Classic (1999) and the Maui Invitational (2000).
For the second consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games from 11 different college campuses. Each contest will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with nine of the games airing live on ESPN and ESPN2.
2006 ACC-Big Ten Challenge Schedule (All Times ET)
Monday, Nov. 27
7 p.m. ESPN2 Michigan at N.C. State
Tuesday, Nov. 28 7:00 p.m. ESPN Maryland at Illinois 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Florida State at Wisconsin 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Penn State at Georgia Tech 9:00 p.m. ESPN Indiana at Duke 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Miami at Northwestern
Wednesday, Nov. 29 7:00 p.m. ESPN Michigan State at Boston College 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Virginia at Purdue 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Iowa at Virginia Tech 9:00 p.m. ESPN Ohio State at North Carolina 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Clemson at Minnesota
