Nebraska to host Georgia Tech for the 2020-21 ACC-B1G Challenge

[hhcmatt]

Nebraska will get a chance at revenge as they host Georgia Tech for the ACC-B1G Challenge on Wednesday, Dec 9th, 2020. Last year, the Yellow Jackets walked away with a 73-56 victory in Atlanta.  The Yellowjackets return 4 of 5 starters from last year's 17-14 squad which ranked 16th in KenPom's defensive efficiency metric.

Here are the rest of the matchups. Note that unlike in previous years no games are scheduled for scheduled for Monday which means 7 games with occur on Tuesday and Wednesday. Given that ESPN plans to roll this out on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU there will either be a couple of very early or very late scheduled games.  Seems possible that Nebraska in the central time zone could start a game at 9pm or later.

 

Tuesday, December 8, 2020
North Carolina at Iowa
Illinois at Duke
Syracuse at Rutgers
Ohio State at Notre Dame
Purdue at Miami
Boston College at Minnesota
Penn State at Virginia Tech

 

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Louisville at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Virginia
Indiana at Florida State
NC State at Michigan
Maryland at Clemson
Georgia Tech at Nebraska
Pittsburgh at Northwestern

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[AuroranHusker]

FYI, @hhcmatt: Weds. is also listed as being Dec. 8

[AuroranHusker]

[aphilso1]

Garza is getting lots of love for national preseason POTY so no surprise that Iowa draws a blue blood.  Also, this really looks like a year where the B1G just has too much depth for the ACC to compete with.  At least on paper, the B1G should win the challenge pretty easily.

[aphilso1]

6 minutes ago, aphilso1 said:

Garza is getting lots of love for national preseason POTY so no surprise that Iowa draws a blue blood.  Also, this really looks like a year where the B1G just has too much depth for the ACC to compete with.  At least on paper, the B1G should win the challenge pretty easily.

 

Just to verify my own memory test I decided to look up Andy Katz's preseason power rankings.  He apparently does a Top 36 (...kind of a random number...) and includes 8 ranked B1G teams compared to 4 ranked ACC teams.

 

B1G: Illinois (4), Iowa (5), Wiscy (6), Sparty (12), Rutgers (13), Michigan (17), Indiana (18), Purdue (32)

ACC: UVA (7), Duke (11), Florida State (21), UNC (26)

Edited October 30, 2020 by aphilso1

[Handy Johnson]

It’s worth remembering one of Nebraska’s TWO B1G wins came against Iowa...

Edited November 1, 2020 by Handy Johnson

[Cazzie22]

Why Georgia Tech two years consecutive?  

[HuskerFever]

1 hour ago, Cazzie22 said:

Why Georgia Tech two years consecutive?  

 

Why so many consecutive (or +1 year) games for Nebraska?

 

2011/2012: Wake Forest

2013/2015: Miami

2016/2018: Clemson

2019/2020: Georgia Tech

[Handy Johnson]

I get they want to have “comparable” matchups, but man I can’t wait til we see Carolina/Duke @ the PBA! 

[Cazzie22]

1 hour ago, Handy Johnson said:

I get they want to have “comparable” matchups, but man I can’t wait til we see Carolina/Duke @ the PBA! 

I would be happy with Virginia, Syracuse or even N C State.

[hhcmatt]

18 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

Why Georgia Tech two years consecutive?  

 

ESPN picks the matchups and the primary concern is TV ratings. After that you need to account for who has been home or away which is why you tend to get duplicates

[Handy Johnson]

Hopefully in a few years when Fred has turned us into “media darlings” our matchups will improve & we can host some of the top tier ACC programs.

[Red Don]

!  And Jeopardize our 'Winning Record?'