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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech will host Northwestern at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, as announced today by the ACC and ESPN. The game, to be played in Cassell Coliseum will be televised nationally on ESPNU.

ESPN networks will combine to cover every game of the 17th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge – the early-season men’s basketball showdown to be played the last week of November. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise the 14 games of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge – including all 14 Big Ten schools and 14 of 15 ACC teams – from Monday, Nov. 30 through Wednesday, Dec. 2.

The Big Ten captured last year’s Commissioner’s Cup, winning eight of the 14 matchups. The two conferences split the previous two events, winning six Challenge games each in 2012 and 2013. The ACC won the first 10 Challenges (1999-2008), while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011). In the event of a tie, the Commissioner’s Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year.

Season tickets for the 2015-16 men’s basketball season are now available through the Virginia Tech Athletics Ticket Office. To view the men’s basketball season ticket catalog, please visit: http://vthoki.es/MBBInfo

2015 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Monday, Nov. 30

Wake Forest at Rutgers, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Clemson at Minnesota, 9 p.m., ESPN2

Tuesday, Dec. 1

Michigan at NC State, 7 p.m., ESPN2

Northwestern at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Virginia at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Miami at Nebraska, 9 p.m., ESPNU

Purdue at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m., ESPN2

Maryland at North Carolina, 9:30 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 2

Louisville at Michigan State, 7:15 p.m., ESPN

Wisconsin at Syracuse, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2

Penn State at Boston College, 7:15 p.m., ESPNU

Indiana at Duke, 9:15 p.m., ESPN

Notre Dame at Illinois, 9:15 p.m., ESPN2

Florida State at Iowa, 9:15 p.m., ESPNU

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