DURHAM, N.C. – Duke and Illinois will battle in the 2020 ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, as the matchups for the 22nd edition of the event were unveiled Friday by ESPN.
The Blue Devils and the Fighting Illini have not met since the 2007 Maui Invitational and are clashing for just the third time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Duke topped Illinois in each of the first two years of the event – a 72-69 win in Chicago in 1999 behind 21 points from now assistant coach Chris Carrawell, and a 78-77 victory in Greensboro the next season with 23 points from Jason Williams.