University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers to Host Clemson in B1G/ACC Challenge
5/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The University of Minnesota men's basketball team will welcome Clemson University to Williams Arena on Friday, November 30, as pairings for the 2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge were announced Wednesday by ESPN and the conferences.
Game times, along with television broadcast information, will be released at a later date.
This will be the seventh all-time meeting between the Gophers and the Tigers, with Minnesota defeating Clemson 66-52 on December 28, 1974 and falling 90-68 on November 29, 2006. Both of those games were played in Minneapolis. Four games between the two teams from 1993-1997 were later vacated.
The Gophers are 8-8 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge after posting victories in their past four matchups, including an 84-69 road victory at Wake Forest on December 2 last season.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup. All 14 games will also be available via WatchESPN.
2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule
Date | Game |
Mon, Nov 30 | Clemson at Minnesota |
  | Wake Forest at Rutgers |
Tue, Dec 1 | No. 4 Maryland at No. 2 North Carolina |
  | No. 5 Virginia at Ohio State |
  | Michigan at NC State |
  | Purdue at Pittsburgh |
  | Northwestern at Virginia Tech |
  | Miami (Fla.) at Nebraska |
Wed, Dec 2 | No. 14 Indiana at No. 7 Duke |
  | No. 21 Louisville at No. 12 Michigan State |
  | No. 13 Notre Dame at Illinois |
  | No. 25 Wisconsin at Syracuse |
  | Florida State at Iowa |
  | Penn State at Boston College |
