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Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

1. Syracuse will have quite an entrance into the ACC next season. The Orange will have an epic home schedule at the Carrier Dome with ACC headline games against Duke and North Carolina, an inaugural ACC-Big Ten Challenge game against Indiana in a rem...

So the final result of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge was a 6-6 tie, the first in the event's 14-year history (the ACC leads 10-3-1). That means the Big Ten will retain its title. Overall, however, I think the ACC won. It was hard to deny the Big Ten's st...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke forward Ryan Kelly says he tends not to get a lot of sleep after games, tossing and turning and thinking about all of the things he should-have-could-have-might-have done. But after Wednesday night's 73-68 come-from-behind vic...

The Big Ten/ACC Challenge is a basketball tournament that matches teams from the Atlantic Coast and Big Ten conferences. The tournament began in 1999 and has aired every year on ESPN, which played a key role in its creation....

DURHAM, N.C. -- Quick thoughts on No. 2 Duke's comeback 73-68 victory over No. 4 Ohio State at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night: Overview: Are we sure it's not March? Because this rim-testing, eardrum-vibratin...

Myron Medcalf and Eamonn Brennan met at the Watercooler to preview both days of the Big East/SEC Challenge.

Brandon Paul and Joseph Bertrand each scored 15 points as No. 22 Illinois beat visiting Georgia Tech 75-62 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge....

Clay Matvick and Tim McCormick look at Boston College's 73-61 win over Penn State....

Barry Larkin's son, Shane Larkin, scores 15 points in Miami's 67-59 win over Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge....

D.J. Byrd's 22 points and 7 rebounds helped Purdue to a 73-61 victory over host Clemson in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge....

Joe Harris scored 22 points to lead visiting Virginia to a 60-54 victory over Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge....

Joseph Bertrand made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions and scored every point in a 10-0 run to ignite No. 22 Illinois to a 75-62 victory over Georgia Tech on Wednesday night in an ACC-Big Ten Challenge game.

Boston College 73, Penn St. 61

Alyssa Thomas scored 25 points and Tianna Hawkins scored 21 to lead No. 11 Maryland to a 90-71 win over No. 21 Nebraska Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

In lieu of four or five small blog posts -- and before we move on to Night 2 of the marathon -- here are a few random thoughts left over from my delirious viewing of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Night 1: I still think NC State is overrated, but at ...