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June 9, 2004
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The University of Virginia men’s basketball team will play at Northwestern University on December 1 in the sixth ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The game will be televised by ESPN2 at 9:30 p.m.
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge is scheduled for November 29-December 1 and matches nine teams from each conference.
Virginia defeated Minnesota 86-78 at University Hall in last season’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Other games scheduled for December 1 include Wake Forest at Illinois, Ohio State at Clemson and North Carolina at Indiana.
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge opens with Purdue playing at North Carolina State on November 29. Games scheduled for November 30 include Michigan at Georgia Tech, Florida State at Minnesota, Michigan State at Duke and Maryland at Wisconsin.
The ACC has won the Commissioner’s Cup the five previous years of the Challenge. The ACC won seven of the nine games last season.
Virginia lost at Minnesota (74-62) in the first ACC/Big Ten Challenge during the 1999-2000 season and then defeated Purdue (98-79) at University Hall during the 2000-01 season.
Virginia played Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge during the 2001-02 season, but the game was halted with 15:04 left in the contest due to wet floor conditions at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va. The unseasonably warm temperature (70 degrees) combined with the ice surface under the playing court produced condensation on the court causing slippery conditions that forced the game to be halted. UVa led 31-28 when play was stopped.
UVa lost at Michigan State (82-75) during the 2002-03 season before defeating Minnesota at home in last season’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge.