Everything is lined up for the latest edition of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, with its 14 matchups announced well before the release of full team schedules. This does not bode well for the ACC’s reputation, blemished for more than a decade by its slump in the series, a trend likely to continue this season.
Last year two December games in the series, NC State at Michigan and Michigan State at Virginia, were postponed due to Covid-19. Permanently, as it turned out.
Late in the season another outbreak of the virus within the UVa program caused the Cavs to forfeit a semifinal matchup with Georgia Tech, the eventual champion, in the ACC Tournament.