CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Big Ten-ACC Challenge is seeing a long journey draw to a close.
Starting its challenge in 1999, the yearly competition between two marquee conferences comes to an end this fall. In an event that Illinois had little impact on for years, the program enters the Big Ten-ACC Challenge’s final year as one of the more elite teams in the mix.
On Tuesday night, the Illini can improve on an impressive 5-1 start to the season, and what better way to do so than against one of the most storied programs in college basketball: the Syracuse Orange.