The schedule for the 2007 ACC/Big Ten Challenge was recently announced and Indiana will be playing the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech. The game will be played at Assembly Hall at 7:00PM on ESPN. IU head coach Kelvin Sampson had this to say about the game, "It will be a great game, Georgia Tech has a great tradition and will be one of the better teams in the ACC. It's a great opportunity for us." This game appears to be a pretty tough match up for IU but may get a lot easier if Georgia Tech sophomores to be Thaddeus Young and Javaris Crittenton remain in the NBA draft.
Young and Crittenton were highly touted coming out of high school and both tied for team lead in points per game as true freshman this past season at Georgia Tech with both players averaging 14 a game. Neither player has signed with an agent so both could return to school.
Other interesting match ups in the challenge for next season include the North Carolina at Ohio State game. Both teams lose key players from this past season with Ohio St. losing Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., and Daequan Cook. UNC is losing Brandan Wright but returns a number of key players from last seasons squad. The Wisconsin at Duke game should be a good match up although both teams lost key players with Wisconsin losing Alando Tucker and Duke Josh McRoberts.
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its about time we get to play some good teams like Georgia Tech.! It is also right on time to show off our practically new and improved Indiana Hoosiers to the NCAA and show them that we can compete against these school; many people believed that we had no chance against UCLA in March Madness but 94-94 with about a minute to go seems like a pretty good start to me!
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