ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule for early next week is highlighted by all 12 games of the 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on Nov. 27-28. The two-day event matches top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioners Cup. Three of the telecasts, all on ESPN, will showcase a matchup between ranked teams with two of those involving squads in the top nine.

• A showdown of top five programs pits No. 3 Ohio State at No. 5 Duke on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 9:30 p.m. Duke has won 11 of its Challenge games with losses to Ohio State last year and Wisconsin in 2009.
• No. 1 Indiana hosts No. 9 North Carolina on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 9:30 p.m. The traditional power programs have met in two previous Challenges with Indiana winning in 2001 and North Carolina in 2004.
• ESPN’s action on Tuesday, Nov. 27, tips off with No. 16 NC State at No. 4 Michigan at 7:30 p.m. It will mark the third meeting between the teams with Michigan winning in 2003 and NC State in 2006.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and Longhorn Network schedule through November 28

Mon, Nov 26	7 p.m.	Chicago State at Notre Dame Jim Barbar & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Murray State at Lipscomb	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	San Jose State at No. 12 Kansas Mark Jones & Reid Gettys	ESPNU
Tue, Nov 27	7:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Minnesota at Florida State Joe Tessitore & Sean Farnham	ESPN2
	7:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Iowa at Virginia Tech Tom Hart & Tim McCormick	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: No. 16 NC State at No. 4 Michigan Mike Tirico & Dan Dakich	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Sam Houston State at Texas Paul Sunderland, Reid Gettys, Kaylee Hartung	Longhorn Network
	9:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Maryland at Northwestern Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo	ESPN2
	9:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Nebraska at Wake Forest Adam Amin & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: No. 9 North Carolina at No. 1 Indiana Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Andy Katz	ESPN
Wed, Nov 28	7 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Virginia at Wisconsin Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke	ESPN2
	7:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Purdue at Clemson Adam Amin & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: No. 15 Michigan State at Miami (Fla.) Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Oklahoma at Oral Roberts Chad McKee & Bryndon Manzer	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Georgia Tech at Illinois Bob Wischusen & Stephen Bardo	ESPN2
	9:15 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: Boston College at Penn State Clay Matvick & Tim McCormick	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m.	ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods: No. 3 Ohio State at No. 5 Duke Brent Musburger & Jay Bilas	ESPN

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