Thursday, December 02, 2004

ACC / Big10 Challenge - Final Results

MONDAY, NOV. 29
North Carolina State 60, Purdue 53

TUESDAY, NOV. 30
Georgia Tech 99, Michigan 68
Florida State 70, Minnesota 69
Michigan State 74, Duke 81
Maryland 64, Wisconsin 69

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1
Wake Forest 73, Illinois 91
Ohio State 73, Clemson 80
North Carolina 70, Indiana 63
Virginia 48, Northwestern 44

So the ACC finished 7-2 in the challenge for the 2nd year in a row, clearly the superior conference. Illinois is the class of the Big10, but Michigan State and Wisconsin are strong teams also and could hold their own in the ACC.

So where does the "challenge" go from here. Personally, I'd like to see it head back to the Big East, where recent events with conference aligment would make for a heated and interesting challenge. Throw UConn, Syracuse, Louisville and the other 54 teams in the Big East and it would be very interesting.