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Five Takeaways From the 2021 Men's ACC/Big Ten Challenge

The ACC’s strong final day made things interesting, but the Big Ten took this year’s men's ACC/Big Ten Challenge 8–6 and earned some important wins in the process. Of course, none were bigger than Ohio State’s win over No. 1 Duke, a stunner coming less than a week after the Blue Devils looked like world-beaters against Gonzaga. The event produced a four-overtime game, a double-overtime game, an overtime game and six more matchups decided by five points or less, which would seemingly be a good indicator that the matchups were set relatively well.