Wisconsin News and Sports
The second-ranked Wisconsin women’s volleyball team dropped its first match of the season, falling at number-11 North Carolina in five sets: 25-24, 25-27, 23-25, 25-20 and 15-11.
The Badgers fell to 5-1 on the year, while North Carolina remains unbeaten at 6-0.
The Badgers dropped their first match of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, falling to 4-1 in the competition.
Wisconsin will wrap up the Challenge on Saturday against Louisville at 3 p.m.
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will host North Carolina in the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 1 at the Kohl Center.
The Badgers are 5-4 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with wins against Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Boston College and a victory last season against Wake Forest.
The ACC has dominated the challenge, winning six of nine seasons wit three years ending in ties, including the last two seasons.
Kohl Center Court
Photo by: Jeff Miller
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team learned Tuesday that it will host Syracuse at the Kohl Center as part of the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Badgers will face the Orange on November 29 in Madison.
The matchup marks the first-ever meeting in Madison between Wisconsin and Syracuse. It goes down as just the fifth all-time matchup between the two teams.
The Badgers beat Syracuse in last years ACC/Big Ten Challenge, 66-58 in overtime at the Carrier Dome.
The Badgers will host a pair of 2016 Final Four teams in 2016-17 as Oklahoma will also visit the Kohl Center next season.
Wisconsin and Syracuse are tied 2-2 in their all-time series.
The Big Ten is unbeaten in the last seven Challenges, having won five and tied two. The ACC won the first ten challenges and own a 10-5-2 record since the inception of the series in 1999.
The Wisconsin Badgers will square off for the second straight season against the Virginia Cavaliers in the 2013 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Wisconsin faces Virginia on Dec. 4, the second night of the Challenge in Charlottesville.
Tony Bennett’s Cavaliers faced the Badgers last season at the Kohl Center and left with a 60-54 win over Bo Ryan’s team.
The Badgers played in the NCAA Tournament last year, while Virginia reached the quarterfinals of the NIT post season tournament before losing to Iowa 75-64.