The two conferences will clash head-to-head over three nights as the ACC looks to reverse the result of what’s been a lopsided event in recent years.
The annual men’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge will begin Monday night, and it’s not often that things seem as lopsided as they do heading into the 2022 edition. The ACC has not won the event since ’17 and faces an uphill climb to change that this year, with Big Ten teams favored to win 10 of the 14 matchups on KenPom and nine of the 14 on T-Rank. The only thing that matters, of course, is what happens on the court, but the ACC’s general start to the season has not inspired confidence.