LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It will be the Cardinals versus the Spartans in the 23rd Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The University of Louisville will travel to Lansing, Michigan for the game, which doesn't have a specific time or designated television network yet. 

What You Need To Know

  • Louisville Cardinals and Michigan State Spartans meet in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

  • Game will be played in Lansing on Dec. 1

  • Cards have won four of last seven challenge events

  • Michigan State coming off a 15-13 season

Louisville has won four of its seven previous challenge events since joining the ACC. The Cards lost in 2020 to No. 12 Wisconsin after coming off a COVID-19 pause.

UofL is 6-5 all-time against Michigan State and 1-1 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The two teams last played three years ago at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville beat the No. 9 Spartans 82-78 thanks in part to Ryan McMahon's career-high 24 points. 

In a season cut short by the pandemic, Louisville had a 13-7 record and finished seventh in the ACC. Louisville will have three of its top five scorers returning next season including Samuell Williamson ad Jae'Lyn Withers. 

Michigan State had a 15-13 overall record last season, winning five of its last seven games. The team earned a bid to its 23rd consecutive NCAA tournament, extending the longest NCAA Tournament streak in Big Ten history. 

 

 

 

 

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