ACC/SEC Challenge schedule and networks announced

Every day is one step closer to college basketball. On Monday, the ACC and SEC gave fans a wonderful reminder.

The two conferences will compete in the inaugural head-to-head challenge. The event will take place between Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29. The event features eight of ESPN’s “way-too-early” Top 25, including No. 2 Duke at No. 14 Arkansas, No. 8 Tennessee at No. 15 North Carolina, and No. 18 Miami at No. 17 Kentucky.

Look below to see when and where your favorite team will compete across conferences:

Tues., Nov. 28	7 PM ET	ESPN2	LSU at Syracuse
	7 PM ET	ACCN	Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
	7 PM ET	SECN	Notre Dame at South Carolina
	7:30 PM ET	ESPN	Miami at Kentucky
	7:30 PM ET	ESPNU	Missouri at Pittsburgh
	9 PM ET	ESPN2	NC State at Ole Miss
	9:30 PM ET	ESPN	Clemson at Alabama
Wed., Nov. 29	7:15 PM ET	ESPN	Tennessee at North Carolina
	7:15 PM ET	ESPN2	Texas A&M at Virginia
	7:15 PM ET	ESPNU	Florida at Wake Forest
	9:15 PM ET	ESPN	Duke at Arkansas
	9:15 PM ET	ESPN2	Virginia Tech at Auburn
	9:15 PM ET	ACCN	Georgia at Florida State
	9:15 PM ET	SECN	Boston College at Vanderbilt

This will be the first season the two conferences compete in the challenge. In the past, the ACC has often squared off against the Big Ten. Meanwhile, the SEC has gone toe-to-toe with the Big 12. Now, the two titans will take each other’s best shots.

NCAA is out with the old, in with the new

It’s not the only thing that’s changing around college basketball. On Friday, the NCAA sent out a press release that explained the recommendation in full, as it’s evident change could be coming to collegiate athletics in the near future.

“The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports recommended that each of the three divisional governance bodies introduce and adopt legislation that would remove cannabinoids from the list of NCAA banned drug classes,” a press release from the NCAA read. “Committee members, who met this week in Indianapolis, also recommended the development of a robust educational strategy to accompany a potential change to cannabinoid legislation.

“The timing of discussion and adoption of possible legislation is a decision that will be made by each of three NCAA divisional governance structures. This recommendation is based on extensive study informed by industry and subject matter experts (including doctors, substance misuse experts and membership practitioners).”

Moreover, the NCAA added that the idea for a change on the matter was informed by the December 2022 Summit on Cannabinoids in College Athletics. According to the NCAA, the consensus opinion formed from that summit was that cannabis is not a performance-enhancing drug, “and that a harm-reduction approach to cannabis is best implemented at the school level.”

Additionally, the recommendation from the NCAA committee is aiming to recenter student-athlete health, while also recognizing membership opinions and the shifting cultural and legal landscapes surrounding cannabinoids, per the NCAA.

On3’s Steve Samra also contributed to this article.