With nine wins in 14 games, the ACC has beaten the Big Ten in their annual challenge for the first time since 2008. The two sides entered Wednesday with a 4-4 tie, with Pittsburgh and Duke leading the way for the ACC, while Wisconsin and Illinois earned key wins for the Big Ten. However, the final day was a blowout for the ACC as it went 5-1 on the night. Here is a breakdown of the ACC's ...

The Virginia Tech Hokies were outplayed for much of Wednesday's ACC/Big Ten Challenge men's basketball game against the Michigan Wolverines but finished with a clutch 21-8 run to earn a 73-70 victory. Michigan jumped out to a quick lead and didn't relinquish it until there were less than two minutes remaining. It was ahead 62-52 with less than eight minutes left but couldn't close the contest at the Crisler Center. Virginia Tech moved to 6-1 on the ...

Despite years of watching grassroots high school hoops and showcase AAU events, there are always freshmen in college basketball who defy the expectations scouts had for them. For the most part, we'll be talking about underrated players who quickly become one of the go-to guys on their team, like California's Charlie Moore or Texas A&M's Robert Williams. Many of them were 4-star recruits, so they aren't exactly rags to riches stories. Still, they're performing every bit ...

No. 13 Indiana jumped out to a 17 point first-half lead and never looked back, upsetting No. 3 North Carolina 76-67 on Wednesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers (5-1) led from start to finish and secured a huge win to help erase some of the stain from a stunning upset loss to Fort Wayne last week.  Indiana had five players contribute double digits in scoring, led by OG Anunoby with 16 points and a ...

It's foolhardy to draw too many conclusions from the first few weeks of the college basketball season. Teams are still developing their identity and putting the pieces together so they will be ready for conference play and beyond. However, in some cases, discouraging early-season results can raise questions inside and outside a program. That is when it's time to sound the alarm, because those teams are approaching crisis status. The alarm bell can sound on teams that ...

By the time Miles Bridges got his obligatory highlight-reel dunk for the night, it was too little too late for Michigan State, as the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils hung on for a 78-69 win over the Spartans. The first two-thirds of the game was much closer than most expected. Duke and Michigan State were tied at 35 at halftime and knotted up again at 48 early in the second half after an emphatic Nick Ward ...

The Duke Blue Devils played just six players during Tuesday's showdown against the Michigan State Spartans at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but that was more than enough to earn their conference a 78-69 victory in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The two blue-blood programs with legendary coaches in Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo have experienced very different starts to the season. The No. 5 Blue Devils improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 at home, while the unranked Spartans ...

The Syracuse Orange are known for their stifling zone defense, but the Wisconsin Badgers had no trouble picking them apart Tuesday at the Kohl Center on the way to a 77-60 victory in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.  The 17th-ranked Badgers moved to 6-2 on the campaign and 4-0 at home, while the 22nd-ranked Orange dropped to 4-2. Wisconsin was balanced on offense throughout, as Ethan Happ (24 points), Bronson Koenig (20 points) and Vitto Brown (10 points) all finished ...

Night No. 2 of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge provided a stacked schedule of some of the finest basketball programs in the nation against each other.  In total, there were six games on Tuesday night's slate as we take a look at the updated results:           Pittsburgh 73, Maryland 59 Maryland suffered its first loss of the season to a Pittsburgh team that improved to 6-1 on Tuesday night.  It was also Pitt's first nonconference road win in ...

No. 5 Duke 78, Michigan State 69  The No. 5 Duke Blue Devils won their 130th consecutive nonconference game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, as they downed the Michigan State Spartans in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.  The experienced Blue Devils faced a challenge from the young Spartans in the first half, as the visitors thrived in transition to avoid the length of Duke in the paint. That led to a tie game at halftime.  Duke began to ...