Match-ups were released Wednesday forthe annual Big Ten/ACC men's basketball challenge, and Minnesota will play host to Clemson at Williams Arena on November 30.
The news was tweeted from the Gophers' men's basketball account:
The #Gophers will host Clemson on Monday, Nov. 30 in the 2015 B1G/ACC Challenge. #RaiseTheBarn pic.twitter.com/TYohkyZfO5
— Minnesota MBB (@GopherMBB) May 13, 2015
The Minnesota-Clemson game will be one of the first two of the 14 games played in the 2015 series. Top match-ups include NCAA champion Duke playing host to Indiana, NCAA runner-up Wisconsin at Syracuse and Louisville at Michigan State.
Clemson was 16-15 last season and lost in the second round of the ACC tournament to Florida State. It also lost to Rutgers in the 2014 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Gophers finished 18-15, losing to Ohio State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament and beating Wake Forest in their challenge game.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino, the father of Gophers coach Richard Pitino, said in April that he hoped his team would get to play the Gophers. But the Cardinals will travel to Michigan State in a rematch ofthe NCAA East Region final, which the Spartans won in overtime.
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