Michigan Gets Rematch with North Carolina in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
6/1/2018 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In conjunction with ESPN and the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast conferences, the University of Michigan men's basketball team announced today (Friday, June 1) that the Wolverines will have a Big Ten/ACC Challenge rematch with North Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Crisler Center. The Wolverines and Tar Heels met last year in the Challenge with UNC capturing an 86-71 victory in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The 14-game event will be played over a three-day period -- Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 26-28. All Challenge games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU, with TV platforms and times being announced at a later date.
Overall, Michigan has faced North Carolina in six games and holds a 2-4 record. Last year, U-M and UNC met in the Challenge game for the first time on a campus location with the Tar Heels claiming an 86-71 victory at the Dean Smith Center. The match-up was just the second time in the regular season, as the only other was a Dec. 29, 1992, meeting in the Rainbow Classic -- a 79-78 Wolverine victory.
The remaining four games were all played during the NCAA Tournament, including three straight from 1987-89. U-M lost in the 1987 second round (109-97) and 1988 Sweet 16 (78-68) before a 1989 Sweet 16 victory (92-87), which helped lead U-M to its first national title. The fourth game was in the 1992 national title game, a 77-71 loss, at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Michigan has played in 17 of the 19 Challenge series and holds a 7-10 all-time record; the Wolverines are 4-4 at home, 2-6 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site.
Overall, the ACC has claimed 12 of the Commissioner's Cups and held on to the Cup after an 11-3 record last season. The ACC won 10 straight years when the series began in 1999 before the Big Ten rattled off seven straight (2009-15).
2018 Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Monday, Nov. 26
Minnesota at Boston College
Nebraska at Clemson
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Illinois at Notre Dame
Indiana at Duke
Michigan State at Louisville
Pitt at Iowa
Virginia Tech at Penn State
NC State at Wisconsin
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Purdue at Florida State
Rutgers at Miami
North Carolina at Michigan
Virginia at Maryland
Georgia Tech at Northwestern
Syracuse at Ohio State
Note: Wake Forest (ACC) will not participate this year
U-M's Big Ten/ACC Challenge History
Dec. 1, 1999, vs. Georgia Tech (W, 80-77)
Nov. 28, 2000, Wake Forest (L, 71-60)
Dec. 2, 2003, N.C. State (W, 68-61)
Nov. 30, 2004, at Georgia Tech (L, 99-68)
Nov. 29, 2005, Miami (W, 74-53)
Nov. 27, 2006, at N.C. State (L, 74-67)
Nov. 28, 2007, Boston College (L, 64-77)
Dec. 3, 2008, at Maryland (L, 70-75)
Dec. 2, 2009, Boston College (L, 58-62)
Nov. 30, 2010, at Clemson (W, 69-61)
Nov. 29, 2011, at Virginia (L, 58-70)
Nov. 27, 2012, N.C. State (W, 79-72)
Dec. 3, 2013, at Duke (L, 69-79)
Dec. 2, 2014, Syracuse (W, 68-65)
Dec. 1, 2015, at N.C. State (W, 66-59)
Nov. 30, 2016, Virginia Tech (L, 70-73)
Nov. 29, 2017, at North Carolina (L, 71-86)
U-M's All-Time Series History with North Carolina
• March 14, 1987: Loss, 109-97 at NCAA Tournament (second round), Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Coliseum)
• March 25, 1988: Loss, 78-68 at NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16), Seattle, Wash. (Kingdome)
• March 23, 1989: Win, 92-87 at NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16), Lexington, Ky. (Rupp Arena)
• Dec. 29, 1992: Win, 79-78 at Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii (Blaisdell Center)
• April 5, 1993: Loss, 77-71 at NCAA Tournament (national title game), New Orleans, La. (Superdome)
• Nov. 29, 2017: Loss, 86-71 in Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Dean Smith Center)
