Special Edition: ACC-Big Ten Challenge

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge starts tonight, and while I've only been watching Clemson games, I'll still put them up. The lines aren't quite as available as football lines, so here we go.

Monday
Penn St (4-2) @ UVa (4-2)
Virginia has lost to USF and Stanford, PSU lost to UNC-W and Tulane. Virginia wins.

Tuesday
Wake Forest (4-1) @ Purdue (5-0)
Wake was surprised on Saturday with a loss at home to William & Mary. Next ACC team to schedule them for any sport is stupid. Purdue has a win over Tennessee. Purdue wins.

Maryland (4-2) @ Indiana (3-3)
Indiana has a long way to go. Maryland has two big losses against Cincinnati and Wisconsin, the only real competition they've faced, I have to think they'll beat the Hoosiers.

Northwestern (5-1) @ NCSU (5-0)
Northwestern's only loss is to Butler, with a very narrow win over Iowa State. NCSU's only major named school on their schedule so far was Auburn, which was a 2 point win. I think NCSU wins this one close, due to the home court.

Michigan St (5-1) @ UNC (6-1)
The marquee matchup of the competition pits a rematch of the national title game last year, which I know is probably a surprise to all of you, since ESPN doesn't like to hype stories like this. Michigan St lost to a suddenly hot Florida and UNC lost to a similarly suddenly hotter Syracuse. I have to take the Heels at home, though.

VT (4-1) @ Iowa (2-4)
Four losses this early is pretty bad -- like Georgia bad. VT lost to Temple, which isn't a terrible loss. VT wins.

Wednesday
Illinois (4-2) @ Clemson (6-1)
Whoo! We lost one in the opening round of the 76 Classic then turned around to win the next two, including Butler. The Illini have losses against Utah and Bradley, which probably should not have happened. Both teams have important freshmen on the team, but I like our chances in this one. (We beat them last year in Champaign. Or Urbana. I don't know.)

Boston College (4-2) @ Michigan (3-2)
BC lost to Northern Iowa and St. Joes, while Michigan lost to Marquette and Bama. They also beat Creighton in the first round of the tournament which gave them their two losses. I like Michigan here, even though I know almost nothing about either team.

Minnesota (4-2) @ Miami (7-0)
Minnesota was another contestant in the 76 Classic, with a similar record to ours -- except they lost to Portland instead of beating LBSU (their other loss was also TAMU). Miami won their tournament with a win over South Carolina, which is great, but I think the Gophers win this one.

Duke (6-0) @ Wisconsin (4-1)
Wiscy's loss is to Gonzaga, by a lot. They beat Zona and Handled Maryland. This is the other high profile game of the matchup. Duke's record looks good as well, with impressive wins over each opponent, and big names of Arizona State and UConn. Duke always wins their game in this, and I don't think this time will be any different.

FSU (6-1) @ OSU (5-1)
These two teams don't have a huge resume so far -- FSU beat Alabama and Marquette and lost to surprising Florida. Ohio State lost to UNC and won at Cal, which, I guess is better than I immediately thought. I think Ohio State sneaks this one out.

ACC Record: 7-4, extending the conference record to 11-0.