This week, teams from the SEC and ACC will try to determine which conference has basketball supremacy. The second annual SEC/ACC challenge will take place from Tuesday, December 3 through Thursday, December 5 and will pit schools against one another at home arenas throughout the country.
The SEC/ACC Men’s Challenge will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Women’s Challenge being held Wednesday and Thursday. Coverage for the event will be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, the ACC Network, and the SEC Network.
Last year in the inaugural clash between the two major conferences, the SEC picked up 7 wins and the ACC picked up 7 wins in both men’s and women’s action. The Alabama men lost to Clemson 85-77 at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, while the Auburn men defeated Virginia Tech 74-57 at Neville Arena in Auburn. On the women’s side, Alabama lost at Syracuse by a score of 79-73, and Auburn won versus Clemson, 83-53, in a home game for the Tigers.
Here is a breakdown of matchups for this year:
2024 SEC/ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge
Tuesday, December 3
Arkansas at Miami
Notre Dame at Georgia
Kentucky at Clemson
Florida State at LSU
Ole Miss at Louisville
Cal at Missouri
Georgia Tech at Oklahoma
South Carolina at Boston College
Syracuse at Tennessee
Wake Forest at Texas A&M
Wednesday, December 4
Alabama at North Carolina
Auburn at Duke
Virginia at Florida
Pitt at Mississippi State
Texas at NC State
Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech
2024 SEC/ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge
Wednesday, December 4
Virginia Tech at Georgia
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
Oklahoma at Louisville
Florida State at Tennessee
Syracuse at Texas A&M
Vanderbilt at Miami
Thursday, December 5
Alabama at Cal
Boston College at Arkansas
Auburn at Virginia
Florida at Clemson
Kentucky at North Carolina
Stanford at LSU
Ole Miss at NC State
SMU at Missouri
Duke at South Carolina
Texas at Notre Dame
Alabama men’s basketball (6-2) will look to bounce back from an 83-81 loss to Oregon in the finals of the Players Era Festival Championship game in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Auburn (7-0) hopes to keep the momentum from capturing the Maui Invitational championship on November 27. TG
Cover photo by Ryan McGill
