2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
Date Time ACC Team Big Ten Team Location Television Attendance Winner Challenge Leader
November 27 , 2012 7:15 pm Virginia Tech Iowa Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg , VA ESPNU 5,647 Virginia Tech ( 95-79 ) ACC ( 1-0 )
November 27 , 2012 7:15 pm Florida State # 21 Minnesota Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee , FL ESPN2 7,941 Minnesota ( 77-68 ) Tied ( 1-1 )
November 27 , 2012 7:30 pm # 18 NC State # 3 Michigan Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor , MI ESPN 12,693 Michigan ( 79-72 ) Big Ten ( 2-1 )
November 27 , 2012 9:15 pm Wake Forest Nebraska LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem , NC ESPNU 6,508 Nebraska ( 79-63 ) Big Ten ( 3-1 )
November 27 , 2012 9:15 pm Maryland Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston , IL ESPN2 6,009 Maryland ( 77-57 ) Big Ten ( 3-2 )
November 27 , 2012 9:30 pm # 14 North Carolina # 1 Indiana Assembly Hall • Bloomington , IN ESPN 17,472 Indiana ( 83-59 ) Big Ten ( 4-2 )
November 28 , 2012 7:00 pm Virginia Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison , WI ESPN2 16,690 Virginia ( 60-54 ) Big Ten ( 4-3 )
November 28 , 2012 7:15 pm Clemson Purdue Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson , SC ESPNU 7,632 Purdue ( 73-61 ) Big Ten ( 5-3 )
November 28 , 2012 7:30 pm Miami # 13 Michigan State BankUnited Center • Coral Gables , FL ESPN 5,791 Miami ( 67-59 ) Big Ten ( 5-4 )
November 28 , 2012 9:00 pm Georgia Tech # 22 Illinois Assembly Hall • Champaign , IL ESPN2 12,224 Illinois ( 75-62 ) Big Ten ( 6-4 )
November 28 , 2012 9:15 pm Boston College Penn State Bryce Jordan Center • University Park , PA ESPNU 6,889 Boston College ( 73-61 ) Big Ten ( 6-5 )
November 28 , 2012 9:30 pm # 2 Duke # 4 Ohio State Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham , NC ESPN 9,314 Duke ( 73-68 ) Tied ( 6-6 )
Preconference schedules -- 2012 ACC–Big Ten Challenge
ACC–Big Ten Challenge results :
The 2012-13 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in early-January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center in Chicago. All conference regular season and tournament games were broadcast nationally. For the 37th consecutive season, the conference led the nation in attendance. The conference enjoyed nine postseason invitations including seven to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (NCAA Tournament). Eight of the nine postseason participants posted at least one win. The Conference compiled a 19-9 postseason record including a 14-7 record in the NCAA Tournament. Michigan was runner up in the NCAA Tournament and Iowa was runnerup in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament. Trey Burke won almost every National Player of the Year award (Oscar Robertson Trophy, John R. Wooden Award, Associated Press POY, Sports Illustrated POY, NABC Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year), while Victor Oladipo won the Sporting News POY and Adolph Rupp Trophy. Oladipo also shared NABC Defensive Player of the Year with Jeff Withey. Four Big Ten athletes (Burke, Oladipo, Cody Zeller and Deshaun Thomas) earned 2013 NCAA All-American recognition (Burke, Oladipo and Zeller as consensus All-Americans). In addition, Jordan Hulls won the Senior CLASS Award and Aaron Craft earned Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year.