2006 ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Official Thread)

[JCOSU86]

Even losing to NCSU, I still hate Michigan.

[censored] 'em.

[OregonBuckeye]

We're are going to absolutely murder scUM when we play them, along with the rest of the Big-10.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

MEN?S BASKETBALL
Wolfpack prevails in Challenge opener

Tuesday, November 28, 2006


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North Carolina State 74, Michigan 67 ?

Brandon Costner had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead North Carolina State past Michigan last night in the first game of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge in Raleigh, N.C.
Ben McCauley had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Wolfpack (5-0), which overcame an early injury to Engin Atsur with a determined effort that kept new coach Sidney Lowe unbeaten at the school he helped lead to a national championship as a player.
Dion Harris scored 24 points to lead the Wolverines (7-1), who led by double digits early but trailed by as many as 21 points before coming up short in a second-half rally.
The win gave the Atlantic Coast Conference an early lead in the eighth annual event, a series the conference has dominated. The ACC has won the previous seven matchups, with Michigan State and Michigan entering this year as the only Big Ten teams with winning records in the challenge.
But the Wolverines fell to 3-3 in the event, losing to an undermanned team that seemed to outfight them most of the way.
The already-thin Wolfpack played just about the entire game with a six-man rotation after Atsur ? the team?s secondleading scorer at 17.3 points per game and primary ballhandler ? hobbled to the sideline because of an injury to his left hamstring with 14:26 left in the first half. It looked bad for an N.C. State team trailing 14-4 to an athletic opponent looking to stay unbeaten.
Instead, the Wolfpack turned in a workmanlike performance. In addition to Costner and McCauley, Gavin Grant had 15 points and seven assists while taking over at the point. The Wolfpack outscored Michigan 31-14 after Atsur?s injury to close the half and take a 35-28 lead at the break. N.C. State began the second half with a 20-6 run.

[bkochmc]

Originally Posted by MaxBuck

Sorry to say this, but the Challenge could prove to be unenjoyable for B11 fans once again this season. Early performance suggests that the only likely winners are Purdue, Michigan State, and maybe Wiscy and Michigan (though Amaker may find a way to lose). Buckeyes will have their hands full against Hansbrough and his crew.

The bolded prophesy has been fulfilled... way to be scUM.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

ACC-BIG TEN CHALLENGE
Duke staves off Indiana
Hoosiers rally from 12-point halftime deficit but miss on chances to force overtime

Wednesday, November 29, 2006


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</IMG> Duke?s Gerald Henderson blocks a shot by Indiana?s D.J. White.


No. 11 Duke 54, Indiana 51 ?

DeMarcus Nelson scored 19 points and Duke held on to beat Indiana 54-51 last night in Durham, N.C.
Freshman Jon Scheyer had 10 points for the Blue Devils (6-1), who remained the only unbeaten team in the eight-year history of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Freshman Armon Bassett scored 16 points to lead the Hoosiers (3-2), who rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit.
Duke led 53-46 on a three-point basket from Scheyer with 5:01 left, but that was its last field goal. The Hoosiers cut the lead 53-51 on Bassett?s drive with 2:04 left.
After a free throw by Gerald Henderson, the Hoosiers had two late chances to tie it. On the first, Bassett airballed a threepointer that went out of bounds to Duke. But Errek Suhr stole Josh McRoberts? inbounds pass with 9.3 seconds left, giving the Hoosiers another possession. But Indiana, which had no timeouts left, managed only a leaning three-point try from Suhr that fell short of the rim as the horn sounded.
"Our offense put so much pressure on our defense that ... we have to play great defense or else we don?t win this game," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

No. 23 Maryland 72, Illinois 66 ?

Mike Jones scored 19 points to help Maryland (8-0) beat Illinois (7-1) in Champaign, Ill., and end the Illini?s 51-game homecourt winning streak against nonconference opponents.
The Terrapins blew a 15-point lead before recovering to beat the Illini behind freshman Greivis Vasquez, who scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half.
Maryland played without 6-foot-9 Ekene Ibekwe, their strong shot blocker averaging 12 points and seven rebounds, because of an ankle injury.
Illinois, which last lost at home against a nonconference team in 1998, got 18 points from Shaun Pruitt.
The Illini, who whittled a 15-point first half-deficit to five by halftime, rallied to lead by five in the second half. But Vasquez led the Terps back with his scoring and floor play. His steal and layup with 1:22 to play put Maryland up 65-60.
After trailing 48-43 in the second half, Maryland grabbed the lead back when Jones and D.J. Strawberry made back-toback jumpers, making it 55-52 with 5:36 to go.
Illinois? Rich McBride tied it with a three-pointer, but Jones answered with one of his own.
Maryland then went up 63-58 on a layup and a free throw from Bambale Osby and two free throws from Vazquez.
Illinois? Trent Meacham made two free throws cut it to three with 1:59 to go before Vazquez made his key steal. Osby, who filled in for Ibekwe, made two free throws to give the Terps a 67-60 advantage with 43 seconds to play.

No. 12 Wisconsin 81, Florida St. 66 ?

Alando Tucker scored 22 points, including 18 after being poked in the eye, and Wisconsin (6-1) beat Florida State (4-2) in Madison, Wis.
The Badgers took advantage in a physical game by capitalizing on sloppy play by the Seminoles, who turned the ball over 21 times.
Wisconsin opened the game with nine straight points, but didn?t have its first double-digit advantage until Brian Butch tipped in Tucker?s desperation shot at the buzzer to give the Badgers a 34-23 lead at the half. Wisconsin took its largest lead at 55-35 off a three-pointer by Joe Krabbenhoft with 11:03 to play.
Tucker, the preseason Big Ten player of the year, was poked in the eye by Toney Douglas midway through the first half and crumpled at the baseline. When he returned from the locker room about four minutes later, he hit his first shot, a threepointer, to give Wisconsin a 24-17 lead.

No. 21 Georgia Tech 77, Penn State 73 ?

Lewis Clinch scored 20 points and Anthony Morrow?s two free throws with 8.2 seconds left sent Georgia Tech (6-1) over Penn State (4-2) in Atlanta.
The Yellow Jackets, coming off an 88-73 loss to now-No. 1 UCLA in the title game of the Maui Invitational last week, never put away Penn State after Jeremis Smith?s 5-foot shot gave them a 69-61 lead with 3:24 remaining.

Northwestern 61, University of Miami 59 ?

Craig Moore scored a career-high 24 points and Northwestern (4-2) survived a late surge to beat Miami (4-3) in Evanston, Ill.
Hurricanes coach Frank Haith was on the sideline in the wake of the death of his nephew Sean Bell, who was killed and two of his friends were wounded Saturday by New York police after Bell?s bachelor party at a strip club in Queens. Miami?s Jack McClinton tied a career high with 30 points.

[fourteenandoh]

Big11 got smoked again. You guys think we'll ever win this thing? I don't simply becuase we have the top two or three teams that can compete nationally but we don't have any depth. It's still a great event though IMO.

OregonBuckeyeWe're are going to absolutely murder scUM when we play them, along with the rest of the Big-10.

Watch out for Wiscy. Other than that, I agree!