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Wake Forest to host Illinois in ACC-Big Ten Challenge

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons will welcome the Illinois Fighting Illini to Winston-Salem next year in the 2017 iteration of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The Deacs will seek to exact revenge on the Fighting Illini from 91-73 beatdown in December of 2004 when Wake Forest was ranked No. 1 in the country.

While dates, times, and networks will be announced at a later date, here is a complete look at the ACC-Big Ten matchups in its entirety.

Illinois finished 2016 20-15 (8-10 in the Big Ten), and fired its head coach John Groce.