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April 17, 2007
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The Virginia men’s basketball team will play Northwestern at the John Paul Jones Arena on Nov. 27 in the ninth Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The game will be televised by ESPNU at 8 p.m.
This is the third meeting between Virginia and Northwestern in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Cavaliers won at Northwestern 48-44 in 2004 and defeated the Wildcats 72-57 in Charlottesville in 2005.
UVa lost at Purdue 61-59 in last year’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Cavaliers have a 4-3 record in the Challenge.
The 2007 Big Ten/ACC Challenge is scheduled for Nov. 26-28 and features 11 games.
Other games scheduled for Nov. 27 include Georgia Tech at Indiana, Minnesota at Florida State, Wisconsin at Duke and Purdue at Clemson.
The Big Ten/ACC Challenge opens with Wake Forest playing at Iowa on Nov. 26. Games scheduled for Nov. 28 include NC State at Michigan State, Illinois at Maryland, Boston College at Michigan, North Carolina at Ohio State and Virginia Tech at Penn State.
The ACC has won the Commissioner’s Cup the eight previous years of the Challenge. The ACC won eight of the 11 games last season.
Virginia lost at Minnesota (74-62) in the first Big Ten/ACC 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 Big Ten/ACC 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.
The Cavaliers lost at Michigan State (82-75) during the 2002-03 season, defeated Minnesota (86-78) at University Hall in 2003-04, won at Northwestern 48-44 during the 2004-05 season and defeated Northwestern at home 72-57 in the 2005-06 season.