Purdue 69, Wake Forest 58
Two teams filled with gold/black bedecked players tussled last Tuesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Purdue Boilermakers outlasted the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 69-58 in a battle between two programs that crossed paths while seemingly headed in different directions.
Despite recently sending two players to the NBA, Wake has not won an NCAA game [...]
Wisconsin 73, Duke 69
Wisconsin scored a big victory for both its program and the Big Ten conference on Wednesday night.
The Badgers upset No. 5 Duke 73-69 on the final day of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, all but clinching the Big Ten’s first win in the 11-year history of the event. Wisconsin’s triumph officially evened the 2009 score at 5-5, [...]
North Carolina 89, Michigan State 82
For the third time less than a full year, the Spartans and Tar Heels battled in the national spotlight. And for the third time, the Tar Heels turned what was supposed to be a hard-fought battle into a one-team coronation with a convincing thrashing of a highly-ranked and highly-talented Spartan squad.
You would think losing four [...]
Maryland 80, Indiana 68
Maryland went into Bloomington, Indiana on Tuesday night and pulled out a hard-fought 80-68 victory over the Hoosiers to put the ACC on the scoreboard of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
The Terrapins trailed throughout the majority of the first half before earning a 35-33 advantage at the intermission. After a back-and-forth start to the second half, [...]