Women's Basketball Hits Road For ACC/Big 10 Challenge
May 1, 2008
CHESTNUT HILL, MA -
Boston College will travel to Minnesota as the Eagles take part in their first ACC/Big 10 Challenge as announced by the conference office today. The Eagles will play the Golden Gophers on Thursday, Dec. 4 in Minnesota.
This is the first season the Eagles will appear in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge. Boston College and Minnesota have played only once when the two teams met in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament in Richmond, VA. Minnesota captured a 76-63 victory.
Minnesota head coach Pam Borton was an assistant coach for three years and an associate head coach for two years at Boston College from 1997-2002. In her five years, the Eagles advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times.
The 2008 challenge will open on Wednesday, Dec. 3, as Georgia Tech hosts Michigan State, Ohio State welcomes North Carolina and Florida State takes on Penn State. Thursday, Dec. 4, will feature six games as Clemson hosts Northwestern, Purdue takes on Maryland, Illinois welcomes Virginia, Minnesota plays host to Boston College, Duke welcomes Iowa and Wisconsin faces Virginia Tech. The challenge wraps up on Friday, Dec. 5, as Michigan hosts NC State and Miami welcomes Indiana.
The ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge matches 11 teams from each conference in head-to-head competition traditionally on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Thanksgiving, following the men's basketball ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Last year, the ACC won eight of the 11 inaugural Big Ten/ACC Challenge games, which were spread outside the traditional timeframe.
ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE SCHEDULE Wednesday, December 3 Michigan State at Georgia Tech; North Carolina at Ohio State; Penn State at Florida State
Thursday, December 4 Northwestern at Clemson; Maryland at Purdue; Virginia at Illinois; Boston College at Minnesota NC State at Michigan; Indiana at Miami
;Iowa at Duke; Virginia Tech at Wisconsin
Friday, December 5