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How about an ACC vs HBCU Challenge?

noreply • June 17, 2020

How can this work?

  1. Are these games going to be played at ACC arenas, or do we travel to HBCU campuses gyms/arenas?
  2. If we host the game, would we still pay the HBCU teams like we do during the non-conference schedule?
  3. Is this playing strictly against Division-I HBCUs, or will the NCAA grant waivers if the teams were from Division-II?
  4. Will our ESPN partner get behind this?
  5. Will ESPN get behind this financially?

Proposed Games (D-I vs D-I)

Duke vs North Carolina Central
UNC vs North Carolina A&T
Florida State vs Florida A&M
Miami vs Bethune-Cookman
Virginia vs Norfolk State
Virginia Tech vs Hampton
Clemson vs South Carolina State
Notre Dame vs Howard
Syracuse vs Coppin State
Pitt vs Morgan State
Boston College vs Delaware State - 
Louisville vs Tennessee State
Georgia Tech vs Alabama State - 
  • Georgia Tech vs Morehouse (D-II/SIAC)  - Two Atlanta area-school located withing 5-10 minutes of each other.
  • Wake Forest vs Winston-Salem State (D-II/CIAA)  - Winston-Salem State probably has a greater basketball tradition than their crosstown neighbor Wake Forest.
  • North Carolina State vs Shaw (D-II/CIAA)  - Two Raleigh, NC schools that probably have a history that cuts deeper than many outside the are don't know.

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