The state of Michigan is hosting Louisville in the Big Ten / ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge

The Michigan State East Lansing, Michigan State men’s basketball team hosted Louisville on Wednesday afternoon at the Big Ten / ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge announced Monday afternoon.

Game Tipoff time and television will be announced later. ESPN networks post all 14 games of the challenge.

This is the 12th all-time meeting of the Spartans and Cardinals, with Louisville leading the head-to-head series, 6-5, including a 1-1 mark in the Challenge. The last time the teams played was on November 27, 2018, when Louisville continued to win 82-78 in Kentucky.

Overall, MSU is 8-12 in Big Ten / ACC Challenge history. Last year’s match in Virginia was postponed due to COVID-19 problems. Two years ago, the Spartans lost to the Duke, 87-75, at the Breslin Center. MSU has lost the last two games in the challenge and three of the last five sets.

Big Ten won the 2020 Challenge with a 7-5 record, marking the second year in a row that Big Ten won the ACC. Last year, two of the 14 races in the challenge were not played due to COVID-19 concerns. In 2019, Big Ten won the challenge with an 8-6 record. ACC leads the all-time series 12-7-3, the last victory came in 2017. Big Ten has won seven of the last 12 challenges from 2009, and ACC has won its victories in 2016 and 2017, and conferences that share the challenge three times ( 2012, 2013 and 2018).

In MSU Big Ten / ACC Challenge History
1999 MSU 86, North Carolina 76 Chapel Hill, NC
2000 MSU 77, North Carolina 64 East Lansing
2001 MSU, Virginia – Canceled Richmond, Va.
2002 MSU 82, Virginia 75 East Lansing

2003 Duke 72, MSU 50 East Lansing
2004 Duke 81, MSU 74 Durham, NC
2005 MSU 88, Georgia Tech 86 East Lansing

2006 Boston College 65, MSU 58 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
2007 MSU 81, North Carolina State 58 East Lansing

2008 North Carolina 98, MSU 63 Detroit
2009 North Carolina 89, MSU 82 Chapel Hill, NC
2010 Duke 84, MSU 79 Durham, NC
2011 MSU 65, Florida State 49 East Lansing

2012 Miami 67, MSU 59 Coral Gables, Fla.
2013 North Carolina 79, MSU 65 East Lansing
2014 Notre Dame 79, MSU 78, OT Notre Dame, Ind.
2015 MSU 71, Louisville 67 East Lansing

2016 Duke 78, MSU 69 Durham, NC
2017 MSU 81, Notre Dame 63 East Lansing

2018 Louisville 82, MSU 78 Louisville, Ky.
2019 Duke 87, MSU 75 East Lansing
2020 MSU, Virginia – Canceled Charlottesville, Va.

Schedule for the 2021 Big Ten / ACC Basketball Challenges

Monday, November 29th

Notre Dame in Illinois
Iowa Virginia

Tuesday, November 30th

Indiana in Syracuse
Minnesota in Pittsburgh
Northwest Wake Forest
Duke of Ohio
The state of Purdue, Florida
Clemson at Rutgers

On Wednesday, December 1st

Virginia Tech in Maryland
Michigan in North Carolina
Louisville in the state of Michigan
In the state of Nebraska NC
In the state of Miami Penn
Wisconsin, Georgia Tech