The annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge match-ups are being released. The late November, early December, event is a fan favorite to many early in the college basketball season.
In the 2021 edition of the event the Spartans will play as the host to the Louisville Cardinals.
Source: Michigan State will host Louisville in the 2021 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 28, 2021
Michigan State has played Louisville 11 times over the course of each school’s history. MSU is 5-6 in those matchups, but is 3-0 at the Breslin Center against the Cardinals.
The last match-up featured the Spartans dropping an 82-78 game in overtime at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center during the 2018 edition of the ACC/Big Ten challenge.