University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Travel to Pitt for Big Ten/ACC Men's Basketball Challenge
6/28/2021 1:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MINNEAPOLISÂ -- The University of Minnesota men's basketball team will face Pittsburgh in the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Men's Basketball Challenge, as the two conferences along with ESPN unveiled the event matchups Monday.
The Golden Gophers and Panthers will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 30 in Pittsburgh, with game time and television broadcast information to be announced at a later date. The 2021 campaign marks the 23rd year of the Challenge, which started in 1999. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games and will also be streamed via the ESPN app.
This will be the first Big Ten/ACC meeting between the two teams and just the fourth contest in program history. The Golden Gophers last faced Pitt on Dec. 16, 1950 at home (W, 72-43), with the other two meetings coming in 1932 and 1933.
Minnesota is 11-11 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Golden Gophers erased a 15-point deficit to win last year's game, in an 85-80 overtime victory against Boston College, Dec. 8, at Williams Arena. The Gophers won 78-60 over Clemson, also at the Barn, in 2019.
Pitt went 10-12 overall last season and 6-10 in league action. The Panthers faced Northwestern in last year's ACC/Big Ten Challenge and won, 71-70 in Evanston, Ill.Â
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The Golden Gophers and Panthers will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 30 in Pittsburgh, with game time and television broadcast information to be announced at a later date. The 2021 campaign marks the 23rd year of the Challenge, which started in 1999. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games and will also be streamed via the ESPN app.
This will be the first Big Ten/ACC meeting between the two teams and just the fourth contest in program history. The Golden Gophers last faced Pitt on Dec. 16, 1950 at home (W, 72-43), with the other two meetings coming in 1932 and 1933.
Minnesota is 11-11 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Golden Gophers erased a 15-point deficit to win last year's game, in an 85-80 overtime victory against Boston College, Dec. 8, at Williams Arena. The Gophers won 78-60 over Clemson, also at the Barn, in 2019.
Pitt went 10-12 overall last season and 6-10 in league action. The Panthers faced Northwestern in last year's ACC/Big Ten Challenge and won, 71-70 in Evanston, Ill.Â
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