* Courtesy of Penn State Sports Information
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (May 24, 2016) - The Penn State men’s basketball team will take on Georgia Tech in the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge, ESPN announced Tuesday. The Nittany Lions will host the Yellow Jackets Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the Bryce Jordan Center. Times and TV designations will be released later this summer.
Penn State and Georgia Tech have met twice in the Challenge, splitting the two meetings played in Atlanta. The Lions lead the all-time series 2-1, also capturing a win on the road in the 1998 NIT quarterfinals.
Penn State has won six of its last nine Big Ten/ACC Challenge games and holds a 7-8 record in 15 Challenge appearances. Big Ten men's basketball teams claimed an 8-6 advantage in the 17th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge in 2015, winning the event for the second-consecutive season. Five conference teams posted road victories, including Penn State, to help the Big Ten secure the Commissioner's Cup for the seventh year in a row.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup. All 14 games also will be available via WatchESPN.
This is the third ACC team on Penn State’s non-conference schedule. The Nittany Lions will take on Duke Saturday, Nov. 19 in the 2016 Tip-Off Tournament, hosted by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. They also will face Pittsburgh in the inaugural Never Forget Tribute Classic on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event is a doubleheader featuring 2016 NCAA Men’s Champion Villanova vs. Notre Dame, followed by the Panthers vs. Nittany Lions.
In addition to the trio of contests vs. ACC squads, Penn State’s confirmed non-conference games include home contests against Marist (Nov. 11) and Grand Canyon (Nov. 15) in the Bryce Jordan Center as part of the Tip-Off Tournament on-campus series of games, as well as a matchup vs. either Cincinnati or Rhode Island on the second day at Mohegan Sun.
Season tickets for the Nittany Lions’ 2016-17 season are on sale now through the Ticket Account Manager (renewals) or by calling 1-800-NITTANY (new orders). Current season ticket holders have until Friday, June 3 to renew tickets for 2016-17 with deposits on new orders due by Wednesday, June 8 to be included in primary seat selection. Season ticket holders receive up to a 50 percent savings over the single-game ticket prices, in addition to a host of other season ticket holder benefits throughout the year.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (May 24, 2016) - The Penn State men’s basketball team will take on Georgia Tech in the annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge, ESPN announced Tuesday. The Nittany Lions will host the Yellow Jackets Tuesday, Nov. 29 in the Bryce Jordan Center. Times and TV designations will be released later this summer.
Penn State and Georgia Tech have met twice in the Challenge, splitting the two meetings played in Atlanta. The Lions lead the all-time series 2-1, also capturing a win on the road in the 1998 NIT quarterfinals.
Penn State has won six of its last nine Big Ten/ACC Challenge games and holds a 7-8 record in 15 Challenge appearances. Big Ten men's basketball teams claimed an 8-6 advantage in the 17th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge in 2015, winning the event for the second-consecutive season. Five conference teams posted road victories, including Penn State, to help the Big Ten secure the Commissioner's Cup for the seventh year in a row.
ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioner's Cup. All 14 games also will be available via WatchESPN.
This is the third ACC team on Penn State’s non-conference schedule. The Nittany Lions will take on Duke Saturday, Nov. 19 in the 2016 Tip-Off Tournament, hosted by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. They also will face Pittsburgh in the inaugural Never Forget Tribute Classic on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event is a doubleheader featuring 2016 NCAA Men’s Champion Villanova vs. Notre Dame, followed by the Panthers vs. Nittany Lions.
In addition to the trio of contests vs. ACC squads, Penn State’s confirmed non-conference games include home contests against Marist (Nov. 11) and Grand Canyon (Nov. 15) in the Bryce Jordan Center as part of the Tip-Off Tournament on-campus series of games, as well as a matchup vs. either Cincinnati or Rhode Island on the second day at Mohegan Sun.
Season tickets for the Nittany Lions’ 2016-17 season are on sale now through the Ticket Account Manager (renewals) or by calling 1-800-NITTANY (new orders). Current season ticket holders have until Friday, June 3 to renew tickets for 2016-17 with deposits on new orders due by Wednesday, June 8 to be included in primary seat selection. Season ticket holders receive up to a 50 percent savings over the single-game ticket prices, in addition to a host of other season ticket holder benefits throughout the year.
