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Start times & networks announced for ACC/SEC Challenge

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ESPN has announced the network schedule for the inaugural ACC/SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Challenge, a multi-night event that matches men’s and women’s college basketball teams from two of the top conferences, the ACC and the SEC.

The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over consecutive days Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Nov. 29 and 30. Both men’s and women’s Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

The Men’s Challenge features a total of eight teams in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Men’s Basketball Top 25 –Duke (No. 2), North Carolina (No. 15) and Miami (No. 18) from the ACC, and Tennessee (No. 8), Arkansas (No. 14), Kentucky (No. 17), Texas A&M (No. 19) and Alabama (No. 22) from the SEC.

The marquee ESPN matchups on Tuesday, Nov. 28, include 2023 Final Four participant Miami at Kentucky (7:30 p.m.), followed by Alabama – the overall top seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, hosting Clemson (9:30 p.m.). On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Tennessee travels to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels (7:15 p.m.), followed by Duke at Arkansas (9:15 p.m.).

2023 ACC/SEC Men’s Basketball Challenge (Nov. 28-29):

DateTime (ET)NetworkMatchup
Tue, Nov. 287 p.m.ESPN2LSU at Syracuse
7:30 p.m.ESPNNo. 18 Miami at No. 17 Kentucky
7:30 p.m.ESPNUMissouri at Pittsburgh
7:00 p.m.ACCNMississippi State at Georgia Tech
7 p.m.SECNNotre Dame at South Carolina
9 p.m.ESPN2NC State at Ole Miss
9:30 p.m.ESPNClemson at No. 22 Alabama
Wed, Nov. 297:15 p.m.ESPNNo. 8 Tennessee at No. 15 North Carolina
7:15 p.m.ESPN2No. 19 Texas A&M at Virginia
7:15 p.m.ESPNUFlorida at Wake Forest
9:15 p.m.ESPNNo. 2 Duke at No. 14 Arkansas
9:15 p.m.ESPN2Virginia Tech at Auburn
9:15 p.m.ACCNGeorgia at Florida State
9:15 p.m.SECNBoston College at Vanderbilt
* Rankings based on ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25
 
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