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Big Ten/ACC Challenge

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How Does The Big Ten Fare This Time?

  • Big Ten:11 ACC:0

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  • Big Ten:7 ACC:4

    Votes: 6 27.3%

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    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • Big Ten:5 ACC:6

    Votes: 6 27.3%

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  • Big Ten:1 ACC:10

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Virginia 72, Northwestern 57

 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Sean Singletary scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half Wednesday night and sparked a 24-9 run just after the intermission as Virginia beat Northwestern 72-57 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

The Cavaliers (3-1) trailed 27-26 at halftime, but Singletary had a 3-pointer and three-point play in the first 1:20 of the second half to start the burst. He added two more 3-pointers and Mamadi Diane capped the run with another for the Cavaliers.

Northwestern (3-3), which lost 48-44 on its home floor to Virginia last year, got 21 points from Vedran Vukusic and 13 from Tim Doyle. The Wildcats, however, missed their first 15 3-point shots and finished just 3-for-22 from behind the arc.

Virginia hit eight 3-pointers, with Singletary getting four after halftime. Reynolds added 13 points and Diane, a freshman, and Adrian Joseph had 10 each for Virginia.

The Cavaliers, with only seven recruited scholarship players available, got into serious foul trouble in the first half as Singletary, Diane, Tunji Soroye and Laurynas Mikalauskas were whistled for two fouls each. That caused coach Dave Leitao to use walk-on Billy Campbell, who hit one of Virginia's two 3-pointers in the half.

But Northwestern, which was 0-for-9 from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes, continued to rely almost entirely on Vukusic until he drew his fourth foul with 11 minutes left. By then, the Cavaliers' lead was 47-36 and they weren't threatened.

Virginia scored the last five points of the first half, but the burst followed a 15-2 run by the Wildcats over 8 minutes and Northwestern led 27-26 at the break.

Vukusic had six of his 14 points in the run for the Wildcats, and 5-foot-9 Michael Jenkins had five, including a steal, layup, three-point play and a slap on a loose ball that kept it alive in Northwestern's end, leading to Doyle's driving layup.
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I really wish we could have won one of the meaningless games (NW, PSU, Purdont) and taken it this year. Still an admirable performance by squads like Wisky and Minny, who were overmatched. Heck, to a lesser degree, IU fits that mold as well.

I'm quite glad we won't have to face killingsworth beyond 2005. he's incredible.
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Damnt I hate the ACC. At least the Bucks held up their end this year. We seem to have a top heavy conference this year. What the hell is up with Purdont losing to FSU by 40? Think they miss Keady-did already eh? :biggrin:
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nah they were just as bad last year (7-21 IIRC). He fell on his own sword before Matta could do the honors. I think it was keady who often referred to OSU as a sleeping giant.

Iowa better pull this out (I'm giving it to them anyway):
 
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Duke able to hold off Killingsworth, Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Mike Krzyzewski needed J.J. Redick to do even more than usual.

With Shelden Williams and Josh McRoberts in foul trouble, Indiana's Marco Killingsworth dominating the middle and the game starting to slip away, Krzyzewski went to his toughest player and watched him dismantle Indiana's defense.

Redick scored 29 points, including six during a critical late stretch, as No. 1 Duke held off the 17th-ranked Hoosiers 75-67 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday night."

The will to win, I mean that one drive he had for the three-point play that, whoosh! He just willed that sucker in," Krzyzewski said. "I'm glad he's on my bus or I'm on his bus or whatever."

For Redick, it was just a typical game. He shot 10-for-17, including four 3s, had five assists and four rebounds. Uncharacteristically, the Blue Devils (6-0) needed every one of his plays against Killingsworth -- and a hostile Indiana crowd -- to stay perfect.

Killingsworth, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Auburn, was virtually unstoppable inside. He scored a career-high 34 points in 34 minutes, was 15-of-20 from the field, had 10 rebounds, two blocks and single-handedly got the Blue Devils' two top interior players -- Williams and McRoberts -- into foul trouble early in the second half. He even hit a 3-pointer during an 11-0 run that gave Indiana its first lead of the game at 59-58.

The difference was, Redick had more help.Williams finished with 13 points and nine rebounds, while Greg Paulus added 13 points and Lee Melchionni had 12 in a reserve role.

The only other Indiana player in double figures was Marshall Strickland with 11 as the Blue Devils tried to keep the Hoosiers (3-1) from shooting 3s. Indiana played without starting forward D.J. White, last year's Big Ten freshman of the year, who is out with a broken left foot."

Our game plan is to go inside anyway, so if they're going to let Marco score 40 or 50, he'll score 40 or 50," Indiana coach Mike Davis said.

The atmosphere was wild.

Indiana students painted their faces and bodies, bounced up and down like the Cameron Crazies and turned Assembly Hall, at the urging of the athletic department, into a sea of white rather than its usual red.

Celebrities ranging from Jerry West to Edgerrin James attended. Colts president Bill Polian was there, too.

And the crowd was primed for an upset. Chants began more than 20 minutes before tip-off and one sign read "No White, No Knight, No Problem," a reference to Indiana's injured forward and the Hoosiers' former coach.But the Hoosiers, some of whom Davis said couldn't sleep Tuesday night, were too tight. They threw the ball away four times in the first 3:09 and had to rally from a 16-2 deficit."

For us to come out the way we did tonight, I was disappointed in that," Davis said. "But I was not disappointed in our effort for the final 35 minutes."

The noise also seemed rattle Duke several times, and Krzyzewski called it the loudest environment he'd experienced, aside from Cameron Indoor Stadium, when Indiana took the lead with 7:43 to go on Killingsworth's one-handed dunk."

Wow! What a great game," he said. "What an amazing atmosphere. A lot of teams will lose at that point, but I thought our kids were stronger."

It almost didn't turn out the way Krzyzewski expected.

The frantic pace got Duke into foul trouble and the Blue Devils committed 19 turnovers.

Indiana capitalized in the second half when it charged back from a 44-35 halftime deficit to take the lead.

Then Duke went to Redick. He set up Williams for three straight baskets, then finished the 9-4 run with a 3-pointer that made it 67-63 with 4:43 left.

After Strickland hit two free throws for the Hoosiers, Redick drove in for a nifty layup, faking out one Indiana defender, and hit a free throw to give the Blue Devils control with a 70-65 lead.

The Blue Devils sealed the victory by shooting 5-for-6 from the line in the last 43 seconds."J.J. just refuses to lose," Krzyzewski said. "He's one of the amazing players to play at Duke. That kid is really tough."

Duke was the first nonconference team to come to Assembly Hall with the No. 1 rank and avoided a second straight upset to the Hoosiers. Indiana won the last meeting in the 2002 NCAA regional semifinals when Duke also was ranked No. 1.
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Iowa holds off N.C. State in sloppy affair

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- An awful shooting night and a season-high in turnovers weren't enough to spoil Iowa's victory over North Carolina State.

The 14th-ranked Hawkeyes shot a season-low 30 percent, had 19 turnovers, but held on down the stretch to beat No. 24 North Carolina State 45-42 Wednesday night in the final game of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge."

Our offense was absolutely terrible," said Iowa guard Jeff Horner, who had 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting. "It was an ugly win, and sometimes you have to do that. I was just happy the team was able to pull it out in the end."North Carolina State (5-1) gave the Hawkeyes plenty of chances.

The Wolfpack also recorded season lows for shooting, hitting just 34 percent -- including 50 percent from the free throw line -- and committed a season-high 24 turnovers, which led to 17 Iowa points.

But down by five with 1:17 left, the Wolfpack pulled within three when Andrew Brackman put back his own miss. Iowa failed to score on its ensuing possession, giving North Carolina State a final chance to tie, but Ilian Evtimov's desperation 3-pointer from the baseline bounced off the rim just before the buzzer.

Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek said sound, relentless defense had more to do with dictating the tone of the game than sluggish offense.

"Somebody else who says the milk box is half full will say 'Coach, can you remember a game where two teams dug in, guarded every cut and every screen and every bounce of the ball with the tenacity they did tonight?", Sendek said. "There wasn't anything out there by either team that wasn't challenged."

Adam Haluska led Iowa with 18 points, including consecutive baskets down the stretch.

"The thing I'm pleased about is you can shoot 29 percent, you can turn it over 19 times, and beat a ranked opponent," said Iowa coach Steve Alford. "It was a slugfest by both teams that couldn't make a shot."

Cedric Simmons led the Wolfpack (5-1) with 13 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots. Evtimov added eight points on 3-of-12 shooting.

Both teams struggled shooting the ball early in the second half.

Haluska's basket off a drive down the lane at the 14:43 mark was the first field goal after the break.

The Wolfpack, fueled by six points from Simmons, answered quickly with a 12-2 run over the next five minutes to grab a 35-31 lead. But Iowa came back to tie at 35 when Mike Henderson sank a pair of free throws with 7:42 to go, setting off a 10-3 run.

The game opened with plenty of action on both ends of the floor. Iowa quickly opened a 9-2 lead behind Horner's shooting, only to see the Wolfpack come back to tie it at 11 when Brackman sank a free throw at the 10:13.

Simmons helped lead the rally defensively with five blocked shots in the first nine minutes. The pace settled at the midway point as both teams went into extended shooting slumps and bouts of careless ballhandling.

But with 6:35 left in the half, Doug Thomas hit a free throw to tie the game at 16, and the Hawkeyes closed with a 9-6 run to take a 25-22 lead at the break.

"My dad kind of summed it up best when he came into the locker room afterward and said 'They were just three points uglier than we were," Haluska said.
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what the hell is a "diaper dandy"? i hate dick vitale with such a passion that i stopped watching the games after he started yelling everything and running it "OH BABY HE IS SENSATIONALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!" god damnit dick i think we get the idea in a normal tone and without running it on forever after you say it. he is officially #1 on my "to be killed" list
 
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