ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge

The ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (or Big Ten–ACC Women's Challenge as it is called in alternating years) is an in-season NCAA women's college basketball series established in 2007 that matches up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big Ten Conference. The challenge is identical in format to the men's ACC–Big Ten Challenge.

The ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge occurs early in the season, typically around late November/early December. The games are hosted by each of the schools. Originally, eleven games were played in the challenge, meaning one team from the ACC would not have played each challenge. Nebraska's entry to the Big Ten allowed all twelve teams in each conference to play in the challenge. However conference expansion in 2013 and 2014 led the ACC to have 15 schools while the Big Ten sat at 14 schools, leaving one team out of the challenge each season.

Many of the challenge games hosted by the Big Ten school will be televised live by the Big Ten Network. Games hosted by the ACC school may be picked up by the ESPN family of networks or carried on ESPN3 should the home school choose to air it.

Team records

Atlantic Coast Conference (6–0-2)

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Boston College Eagles25 .286
Clemson Tigers24.333
Duke Blue Devils62.750
Florida State Seminoles52.750
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets62.750
Louisville Cardinals101.000
Maryland Terrapins (2007-2013)701.000
Miami Hurricanes33.500
Notre Dame Fighting Irish201.000
North Carolina Tar Heels62.750
NC State Wolfpack35.375
Pittsburgh Panthers01 .000
Syracuse Orange11.500
Virginia Cavaliers53.625
Virginia Tech Hokies26.250
Wake Forest Demon Deacons24.333
Overall5239.571

Big Ten Conference (0–6-2)

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Illinois Fighting Illini44 .500
Indiana Hoosiers53 .625
Iowa Hawkeyes26 .250
Maryland Terrapins (2014-present)01 –
Michigan Wolverines62 .750
Michigan State Spartans53 .625
Minnesota Golden Gophers44 .500
Nebraska Cornhuskers04 .000
Northwestern Wildcats35 .375
Ohio State Buckeyes26 .250
Penn State Nittany Lions26 .250
Purdue Boilermakers17 .125
Rutgers Scarlet Knights01 .000
Wisconsin Badgers44 .500
Overall3952 .429

Results

2014 Tied 7-7

Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Leader
Wed, Dec. 3 6:00 PM #2 Notre Dame #15 Maryland Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Fort Wayne, IN ESPN3
9,189
Notre Dame 92–72
ACC (1–0)
6:00 PM Boston College Indiana Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA
353
Indiana 76–67
Tied (1–1)
6:00 PM Wake Forest Michigan Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, MI
1,225
Michigan 83–69
Big Ten (2–1)
6:00 PM North Carolina State Minnesota Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC ESPN3
1,535
Minnesota 60–55
Big Ten (3–1)
6:00 PM Pittsburgh Ohio State Value City Arena • Columbus, OH
3,777
Pittsburgh 78–74
Big Ten (3–2)
6:00 PM Florida State Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN
5,725
Florida State 67–64 OT
Tied (3–3)
6:30 PM #9 Duke #12 Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, NE BTN
7,571
Nebraska 60–54
Big Ten (4–3)
7:00 PM Virginia Illinois State Farm Center • Champaign, IL
1,253
Illinois 86–63
Big Ten (5–3)
Thurs., Dec. 4 6:00 PM #7 Louisville #22 Iowa KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, KY ESPN3
7,854
Louisville 86–52
Big Ten (5–4)
6:00 PM #21 Syracuse Penn State Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY
258
Syracuse 61–39
Tied (5–5)
6:00 PM Virginia Tech Northwestern Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, VA
1,430
Northwestern 70–45
Big Ten (6–5)
6:00 PM #6 North Carolina #18 Rutgers The RAC • Piscataway, NJ BTN
2,028
North Carolina 96–93 2OT
Tied (6–6)
6:00 PM Georgia Tech #16 Michigan State Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI
6,636
Michigan State 79–73 OT
Big Ten (7–6)
7:00 PM Miami (FL) Wisconsin BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL
593
Miami (FL) 66–54
Tied (7–7)
Game Times in CST.
Home team is italicized. Winners are in bold. First appearances for Louisville, a new member of the ACC, and Pittsburgh, left out of the 2013 edition in its first ACC season.
First appearance for Maryland as a Big Ten member, after having left the ACC at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Clemson did not participate due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2013–14 season.

2013 ACC 7-5

Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Leader
Wed, Dec. 45:00PM #18 North Carolina #15 Nebraska Carmichael Arena • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3
1,534
 North Carolina (75-62)
ACC (1-0)
6:00PM #8 Maryland Ohio StateComcast Center • College Park, MD
3,737
 Maryland (67-55)
ACC (2-0)
6:00PM Florida State Michigan State Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL
1,813
Florida State (60-58)
ACC (3-0)
6:00PM Virginia Tech Indiana Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN
2,210
Indiana (71-65)
ACC (3-1)
6:00PM Georgia Tech Illinois McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, GA
670
Georgia Tech (93-69)
ACC (4-1)
6:30PM #4 Notre Dame #10 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA BTN
5,805
Notre Dame (77-67)
ACC (5-1)
Thurs., Dec. 55:30PM #2 Duke #16 Purdue Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC
3,758
Duke (99-78)
ACC (6-1)
6:00PM Virginia Michigan John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA
3,250
Michigan (73-53)
ACC (6-2)
6:00PM #22 Syracuse #25 Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA BTN
3,323
Iowa (97-91)
ACC (6-3)
6:30PM NC State Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL
392
NC State (76-61)
ACC (7-3)
7:00PM Boston College Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, WI
3,028
Wisconsin (74-59)
ACC (7-4)
8:00PM Miami (FL) Minnesota Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN BTN
2,158
Minnesota (74-67)
ACC (7-5)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/23).
First appearances for Notre Dame and Syracuse, which joined from the Big East Conference.
Final appearance for Maryland as an ACC member, as it would leave for the Big Ten after the 2013–14 season.
Clemson and Wake Forest, plus the other school that joined from the Big East, Pittsburgh, did not play. Clemson and Wake Forest had the two worst records out of the ACC teams during the 2012–13 season, and Pittsburgh had the worst Big East record in 2012–13 among the three teams that joined the ACC for 2013–14.

2012 ACC 7-5

Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Leader
Wed, Nov. 287:00PM #25 North Carolina #16 Ohio State Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC BTN
North Carolina (57-54)
ACC (1-0)
7:00PM RV Florida State RV IowaDonald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL
Florida State (83-69)
ACC (2-0)
7:00PM Virginia Tech Wisconsin Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, VA
Virginia Tech (47-38)
ACC (3-0)
7:00PM #4 Duke Michigan Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, MI BTN
Duke (71-54)
ACC (4-0)
7:00PM RV Georgia Tech #14 Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN BTN
 Purdue (85-73)
ACC (4-1)
7:00PM Clemson Indiana Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN
Indiana (52-49)
ACC (4-2)
7:00PM Boston College Northwestern Silvio O. Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA
Northwestern (67-63)
ACC (4-3)
8:00PM #10 Maryland #23 Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center • Lincoln, NE BTN
Maryland (90-71)
ACC (5-3)
Thurs., Nov. 29 7:00PM N.C. State Michigan State William Neal Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC
Michigan State (68-51)
ACC (5-4)
7:05PM RV Miami #6 Penn State Bank United Center • Coral Gables, FL BTN
Miami (69-65)
ACC (6-4)
8:00PM RV Virginia Minnesota Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN
Virginia (90-68)
ACC (7-4)
8:00PM Wake Forest Illinois Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL
Illinois (95-82)
ACC (7-5)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/23).

2011 Tied 6-6

Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Leader
Wed, Nov. 306:30PM #13 North Carolina #15 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA BTN
3,963
Penn State (103-84)
Big Ten (1-0)
7:00PM #7 Maryland RV Michigan Comcast Center • College Park, MD BTN
4,013
Maryland (74-65)
Tied (1-1)
7:00PM RV Georgia Tech RV Nebraska Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA
1,025
Georgia Tech (73-57)
ACC (2-1)
8:00PM NC State Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, IL
457
Northwestern (76-59)
Tied (2-2)
8:00PM Virginia Tech RV Iowa Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA
4,798
Iowa (58-47)
Big Ten (3-2)
8:00PM Boston College Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, WI
3,671
Wisconsin (58-50)
Big Ten (4-2)
8:30PM Florida State #18 Ohio State Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH BTN
2,850
Ohio State (78-75)OT
Big Ten (5-2)
Thurs., Dec. 1 6:30PM Wake ForestMinnesota Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC BTN
358
Wake Forest (82-65)
Big Ten (5-3)
7:00PM VirginiaIndiana John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA
2,751
Virginia (65-49)
Big Ten (5-4)
7:00PM Clemson Illinois Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC
851
Illinois (61-50)
Big Ten (6-4)
7:00PM #6 Duke #16 Purdue Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC BTN
4,715
Duke (64-53)
Big Ten (6-5)
8:00PM #9 Miami Michigan State Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI BTN
5,712
Miami (76-60)
Tied (6-6)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/29).

2010 ACC 6-5

Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Leader
Wed., Dec. 1 5:30PM Wake ForestMichigan Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, MI BTN
1,588
Michigan (91-58)
Big Ten (1-0)
6:00PM #14 Florida State #25 Michigan State Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL
2,092
Michigan State (72-64)
Big Ten (2-0)
6:00PM Georgia Tech Northwestern Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA
873
Georgia Tech (67-63)
Big Ten (2-1)
7:30PM NC State Illinois Assembly Hall • Champaign, IL BTN
744
N.C. State (73-57)
Tied (2-2)
Thurs, Dec. 2 6:00PM RV Maryland RV Purdue Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN BTN
8,698
Maryland (56-55)
ACC (3-2)
6:00PM Virginia#6 Ohio State Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH
2,392
Ohio State (74-46)
Tied (3-3)
6:00PM Clemson Indiana Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC
362
Indiana (65-51)
Big Ten (4-3)
6:00PM #15 North Carolina #18 Iowa Carmichael Auditorium • Chapel Hill, NC
3,018
North Carolina (79-67)
Tied (4-4)
6:00PM RV Boston College RV Penn State Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA
557
Boston College (113-104)
ACC (5-4)
7:00PM Virginia Tech Minnesota Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN
2,709
Minnesota (63-58)
Tied (5-5)
7:30PM #5 Duke Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, WI BTN
4,298
Duke (59-51)
ACC (6-5)
Game Times in CST. Rankings from ESPN Coaches Poll (11/30).
Miami did not play due to their last place finish in the ACC during the 2009–2010 season.}

2009 ACC 7-4

ACC Team Big Ten Team Outcome Location ACC B10
Georgia Tech Penn State GT 64-60 State College, PA X
Wake Forest Illinois ILL 65-50 Winston-Salem, NC X
Boston College Iowa BC 72-67 Iowa City, IA X
Florida State Indiana FSU 82-74 Bloomington, IN X
Virginia Tech Michigan MICH 71-51 Blacksburg, VA X
Maryland Minnesota MD 66-45 College Park, MD X
Duke Ohio State DUKE 83-67 Durham, NC X
Virginia Purdue VA 56-49 Charlottesville, VA X
North Carolina State Wisconsin WISC 53-48 Raleigh, NC X
Clemson Northwestern CLEM 69-68 Evanston, IL X
North Carolina Michigan State MSU 72-66 East Lansing, MI X
RESULT ACC 7 4

Note: Miami did not play

2008 ACC 7-4

ACC Team Big Ten Team Outcome Location ACC B10
Georgia Tech Michigan State GT 70–57 Atlanta, GA X
North Carolina Ohio State UNC 72–63 Columbus, OH X
Florida State Penn State FSU 73–60 Tallahassee, FL X
Clemson Northwestern CLEM 78–75 OT Clemson, SC X
Maryland Purdue UMD 70–59 West Lafayette, IN X
Boston College Minnesota MINN 80–60 Minneapolis, MN X
Virginia Illinois UVA 63–39 Champaign, IL X
Duke Iowa DUKE 71–47 Durham, NC X
Virginia Tech Wisconsin WISC 61–52 Madison, WI X
NC State Michigan MICH 63–52 Ann Arbor, MI X
Miami Indiana IU 69–54 Miami, FL X
RESULT ACC 7 4

Note: Wake Forest did not play

2007 ACC 8-3

ACC Team Big Ten Team Outcome Location ACC B10
Miami Michigan MICH 65–50 Coral Gables, FL X
Wake Forest Northwestern WAKE 60–45 Evanston, IL X
Georgia Tech Iowa GT 76–57 Iowa City, IA X
North Carolina Purdue UNC 90–72 Chapel Hill, NC X
Virginia Tech Minnesota VT 68–62 Blacksburg, VA X
NC State Illinois NCST 61–47 Raleigh, NC X
Maryland Ohio State UMD 77–53 College Park, MD X
Clemson Michigan State MSU 68–51 East Lansing, MI X
Virginia Wisconsin UVA 84–60 Charlottesville, VA X
Florida State Indiana FSU 85–78 Bloomington, IN X
Duke Penn State PSU 86–84 University Park, PA X
RESULT ACC 8 3

Note: Boston College did not play

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