UW to play Virginia in Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Journal Sentinel staff

The Wisconsin men's basketball team will travel to Virginia to play coach Tony Bennett's Cavaliers in the 2017 Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Big Ten announced Thursday.

UW coach Greg Gard and Bennett, the son of former Badgers coach Dick Bennett, served together as assistant coaches on Bo Ryan's 2001-'02 and 2002-'03 Big Ten championship teams.

UW and Virginia last met in the Challenge in a home-and-home series in the 2012-'13 and '13-'14 seasons. The Cavaliers won at the Kohl Center, 60-54, in 2012, and the Badgers won, 48-38, in Charlottesville the next season.

The Badgers, who won Big Ten/ACC games against Syracuse the past two seasons, are 9-9 all-time in the event.

Virginia has won three straight Challenge games and is 11-6 all-time.

Here is the rest of the schedule. All dates, times and television will be announced at a later date.

Northwestern at Georgia Tech

Duke at Indiana

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Miami at Minnesota

Penn State at North Carolina State

Boston College at Nebraska

Michigan at North Carolina

Clemson at Ohio State

Louisville at Purdue

Florida State at Rutgers

Maryland at Syracuse

Iowa at Virginia Tech

Illinois at Wake Forest