Big 12 and Big Ten Announce Formation of Annual Women's Basketball Challenge
Nov. 11, 2009
The Big 12 and Big Ten Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women's basketball, which will span at least two years and begin in the fall of 2010. "We are looking forward to our challenge with the Big Ten Conference," said Dru Hancock, Big 12 senior associate commissioner. "This provides a unique scheduling opportunity for our women's basketball programs against quality opponents. It will also feature exciting matchups for fans to follow over the next two seasons." The 2010 Challenge will be played Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5, with the exception of the Kansas at Wisconsin game, which will be played on Nov. 21. The Big Ten will have seven home games during the 2010 Challenge, which will be referred to as the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge. In 2011, the Big 12 will have seven home games, and the series will be referred to as the Big 12/Big Ten Challenge. "The Big Ten is excited to participate in this annual challenge with the Big 12 Conference," said Andrea Williams, Big Ten associate commissioner. "The creation of this new series will provide an opportunity for teams from each league to begin an annual challenge to showcase competitive matchups that our fans from across the country will enjoy." This will mark the Big 12's first series against another conference in which all institutions will participate. The Big Ten also participates in an annual challenge with the ACC. Matchups for the 2010 and 2011 Challenges can be found below. Dates, times and television information will be released at a later date. 2010 BIG TEN/BIG 12 CHALLENGE
2011 BIG 12/BIG TEN CHALLENGE Baylor at Minnesota Colorado at Illinois Iowa State at Michigan Wisconsin at Kansas Iowa at Kansas State Northwestern at Missouri Indiana at Nebraska Ohio State at Oklahoma Oklahoma State at Wisconsin Michigan State at Texas Texas A&M at Purdue Penn State at Texas Tech |
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