What we know about 2012 ACC/B1G Challenge

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1. Indiana and Michigan will be home teams. They have played on the road each of the last 2 seasons.

2. Boston College and the Gophers will go on the road. They have played at home each of the last 2 challenges.

The rest is pretty much guesswork. ...

Home Teams?
Duke (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Florida State (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Illinois (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Indiana
Maryland (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Miami (split H/R last 2, with last on the road)
Michigan
Michigan State (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Northwestern (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Penn State (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Virginia Tech (2 of last 3 have been on the road)
Wake Forest (2 of last 3 have been on the road)

Road Teams?
Boston College
Clemson (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Georgia Tech (split H/R last 2, with last at home)
Iowa (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Minnesota
Nebraska (maiden appearance was at home)
North Carolina (2 of last 3 have been at home)
NC State (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Ohio State (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Purdue (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Virginia (2 of last 3 have been at home)
Wisconsin (2 of last 3 have been at home)

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The Projected Matchups (not yet knowing complete exempt-tourney fields)
ACC Home Games
1. Ohio State @ Duke (rematch)
2. Wisconsin @ Florida State
3. Gophers @ Virginia Tech (rematch)
4. Iowa @ Maryland
5. Purdue @ Miami (rematch)
6. Nebraska @ Wake Forest (rematch)

B1G Home Games
1. NC State @ Michigan
2. North Carolina @ Indiana
3. Virginia @ Michigan State
4. Clemson @ Northwestern
5. Boston College @ Illinois
6. Georgia Tech @ Penn State
 

How often do they have rematches? It would seem like that would be something they would try to avoid, although I feel like Minnesota has played Virginia in consecutive years. Ohio State played Duke last year, did you just forget to list them as a rematch? Also is it a guarantee that we play on the road next year, or just highly likely? Has a team ever played 3 straight at home or on the road?
 

Cayman said:
How often do they have rematches? It would seem like that would be something they would try to avoid, although I feel like Minnesota has played Virginia in consecutive years. Ohio State played Duke last year, did you just forget to list them as a rematch? Also is it a guarantee that we play on the road next year, or just highly likely? Has a team ever played 3 straight at home or on the road?
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I want to see MN / UNC ... A guy can dream right?? With Atlantis that could end up giving us that most difficult big 10 schedule joe likes to talk about.
 

Cayman said:
How often do they have rematches? It would seem like that would be something they would try to avoid, although I feel like Minnesota has played Virginia in consecutive years. Ohio State played Duke last year, did you just forget to list them as a rematch? Also is it a guarantee that we play on the road next year, or just highly likely? Has a team ever played 3 straight at home or on the road?
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Played Virginia last year, Virginia Tech this year.
 

zambam said:
Played Virginia last year, Virginia Tech this year.
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I knew that, I had just felt like 2 of our 4 games against Virginia were consecutive, but after looking it up it seems we have never played Virginia two years in a row.
 


scher215 said:
I want to see MN / UNC ... A guy can dream right?? With Atlantis that could end up giving us that most difficult big 10 schedule joe likes to talk about.
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Yeah well if the Gophers keep playing all the toughest teams that makes for exciting basketball; but if the Gophers lose the majority of those instead of piling on meaningless wins (or rather, non-losses) against weak OOC opponents, that could mean the difference between being in and out of the NCAA tournament.

We can wish a very tough schedule, but we better be able to back it up or it could be haunting. The B1G won't be any more unforgivable than it was this year; even a good Gopher team next year will be pushed to break even in the B1G next year.
 


UW is expecting to be at home for the Challenge next season. They had two home games in a row a couple seasons ago in order to balance out their home/away games in this event. They were on the road last season and should be in Madison this coming season. Next year's schedule already has true road games at Marquette and at Florida, such that I'd be shocked if they were also at an ACC team.
 

Some nonconference scuttlebutt

It's that time of year when nonconference matchups start to leak out. In addition to what Pewter heard (Ohio State @ Duke), Andy Katz is reporting that NC State @ Michigan is a strong possibility as another matchup in the B1G/ACC Challenge.

A couple confirmed matchups are Kansas @ Ohio State (the back-end of a home-and-home), while Texas will play @ Michigan State.

On the national front, Katz reports Georgetown/Texas and NC State/probation-bound UConn will be the matchups for the Dec. 4 Jimmy V Classic @ MSG. Looking further ahead, CBS' college hoops writer Jeff Goodman reports Sparty will be joined in the 2013 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn by Oklahoma, Seton Hall and Virginia Tech.

So if we're to believe what we've heard about the 2012 B1G/ACC Challenge, what we have so far is:

NC State @ Michigan
Ohio State @ Duke
 



ACC and B1G to simply flip home-road assignments from 2011 Challenge?

That according to this writer from the Iowa Gazette. He says the conferences are doing it in part to simplify things in anticipation of Pitt/Syracuse move to the ACC in 2013-14.

http://thegazette.com/2012/05/07/on...acc-challenge-to-include-a-hurricane-warning/

An update of my projected 2012 matchups, avoiding rematches if at all possible --

ACC Home Games
1. Ohio State @ Duke (rematch)
2. Michigan State @ Florida State (rematch)
3. Gophers @ Clemson
4. Iowa @ Miami-Florida
5. Purdue @ Wake Forest
6. Nebraska @ Virginia Tech

B1G Home Games
1. North Carolina @ Indiana
2. NC State @ Michigan
3. Virginia @ Wisconsin
4. Boston College @ Illinois
5. Maryland @ Northwestern
6. Georgia Tech @ Penn State

It appears to me the B1G will have a decided advantage in terms of where the key matchups take place. Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin all get to play at home, while Sparty even in Tallahassee likely would be too much for FSU to handle. The only top-shelf ACC playing at home is the Dukies.
 

Question for Selection

Just a question if any of you know...

When the Challenge started it was a 6-year deal, which was then renewed for another 6-years. Last year, they continued the series but I never heard if the leagues re-upped on another long term deal or are just taking it on a 2-year renewal basis. Have any of you heard anything about this? I know the B1G is starting a new series in both FB & BB with the P12, and I was wondering if they will keep both going.
 

obobo55 said:
Just a question if any of you know...

When the Challenge started it was a 6-year deal, which was then renewed for another 6-years. Last year, they continued the series but I never heard if the leagues re-upped on another long term deal or are just taking it on a 2-year renewal basis. Have any of you heard anything about this? I know the B1G is starting a new series in both FB & BB with the P12, and I was wondering if they will keep both going.
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Not sure if the ACC Challenge will continue or not. I hope it does, because if the agreement with the Pac 12 is a done deal that means the Gophers will have at least 2 decent nonconference games every season in addition to (presumably) whatever exempt tournament they play in.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Not sure if the ACC Challenge will continue or not. I hope it does, because if the agreement with the Pac 12 is a done deal that means the Gophers will have at least 2 decent nonconference games every season in addition to (presumably) whatever exempt tournament they play in.
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When the Big 10/Pac 12 deal was announced, Delaney went on record saying the Big Ten/ACC Challenge would not vanish and that there are "at least five years" left on the contract for the Challenge.
 



Have you heard any talk about who the gophers will play from th P12?

A few posters have said the Badgers are likely getting Cal this year.
 

The Gophers owe USC the back end of a home-and-home series. I presume it will be played this season.

GVBadger informed me that the Badgers are hosting Cal this season, but I don't know if that game has anything to do with a B1G/Pac 12 series. Ditto for the Gophers @ USC game.
 

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