Wake to Face Indiania in 2008 ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Per an official release from the athletic department this evening, Wake will take on the Indiana Hoosiers at home in the 2008 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

The game is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, with tipoff time still to be determined.

Last season Wake traveled to Iowa and defeated the Hawkeyes in the Deacs only appearance of the season on the ESPN networks.

Although the Hoosier basketball program is still reeling from last year's debacle with Kelvin Sampson, I think this is still an exciting match-up for Wake. Indiana has a great basketball tradition, and to bring them to Winston for a nationally televised game sounds pretty good to me. Hopefully it will serve as a coming out party for AT&T and the rest of the 2008-2009 team.

There are four other games being played that night, including:
North Carolina vs. Michigan State (Ford Field, Detroit, Mich.)
Michigan at Maryland
Florida State at Northwestern
Penn State at Georgia Tech

UNC vs. Michigan State is obviously still the biggest of the five games, but I think Wake/Indiana should be the second. This would lead me to believe that the game will either be a 7:30ish tip on ESPN2, or if they decide to show a doubleheader on ESPN it could fall on either side of the UNC game.

Either way, I'm quite satisfied with this outcome for the challenge and am looking forward to a great early season game in the Joel.