And the Challenge Ends in...

A tie! Another tie between the two conferences means that the Big Ten can claim winners because, in a tie, the last winners claim the win. Last year was also a tie, but in 2011 the Big Ten took home the victory 8-4. This year's results were 6-6 and the winners for the Big Ten were as follows:

Ohio State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Purdue and
Nebraska.

Winning for the ACC was:

North Carolina
Duke
Syracuse
Georgia Tech
Pitt and
NC State.

The most disappointing game for the Big Ten was the victory of North Carolina over Michigan State. Spartans were sitting tall at number 1 in the country, until North Carolina exposed every one of Sparty's weaknesses. Playing on their home court, the Spartans didn't play like the Spartans. If this would have been a typical dominating North Carolina team, Michigan State would have walked off the court with a much higher deficit than 14.

The most exciting (but not impressive) win for the Big Ten was Ohio State's win over Maryland. Maryland is a good team, but they are no Syracuse. The game, though, was a Sam "Slam" Thompson highlight reel. Thompson soared over the Terrapins for four alley oops. He attempted two more but were halted by either bad passes or good defense. In fact, Thompson's high flying offense propelled him to 3 highlights on Sportscenter's top ten plays. By the end of the game Ohio State was able to lift themselves up to a 76-60 win over Maryland.

Sam Thompson soaring over Maryland defenders on a fast break. Number 3 on the top ten plays. (Screenshot/ Colton Byers).