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Tipoff Time and TV Designation Announced for SEC/ACC Challenge
9/21/2026 10:05:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. -- ESPN announced the network schedule for the fourth annual SEC/ACC Men's and Women's Basketball Challenge, with the highly anticipated Duke and South Carolina women's basketball matchup slated for Thursday, December 3 at 7 p.m., on ESPN.
Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase here. Fans can purchase tickets for all home games by visiting goduke.com/wbbtix. Season tickets are available for purchase now through Nov. 2.
The Blue Devils are ranked No. 3 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 while the 2026 NCAA runner-up Gamecocks top the list. Duke returns three starters and nine players from last year's ACC Championship team and welcomes the return of the 2025 fourth-ranked recruit Emilee Skinner from injury. Additionally, head coach Kara Lawson welcomed Texas transfer and the No. 5 recruit from the 2025 class Aaliyah Crump along with a talented freshman class of four.
The SEC/ACC Basketball Challenge is a three-day showcase featuring many of the nation's premier programs in some of college basketball's most anticipated non-conference matchups. The event spans Dec. 1-3 and pits teams from two of the sport's powerhouse conferences across ESPN networks. Commentator pairings for the SEC/ACC Men's and Women's Challenges will be announced closer to the event.
Duke and South Carolina square off for the 13th time in the programs' histories and for the fourth straight season. Duke is 2-10 all-time against the perennial power, with the last win being a 74-63 triumph over the No. 3 Gamecocks in 2016. Duke was unranked coming into that contest.
The Women's Challenge features two NCAA Women's Final Four teams from last season in No. 1 South Carolina and No. 8 Texas. In all, a combined 11 teams from ESPN's Way-Too-Early Women's Basketball Top 25 will participate: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 3 Duke, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Texas, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 LSU, No. 11 Vanderbilt, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 17 Kentucky and No. 24 Oklahoma.
The two-day women's challenge will see four Top-25 matchups, including No. 10 LSU at No. 9 North Carolina tipping off Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN2. Immediately following is another Top-10 battle between No. 7 Louisville and No. 8 Texas in Austin at 9:15 p.m. (ESPN2). Viewers can catch a premier ESPN doubleheader on Thursday, with No. 1 South Carolina heading to No. 3 Duke (7 p.m.), followed by No. 16 Notre Dame against the 11th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores at 9 p.m.
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Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase here. Fans can purchase tickets for all home games by visiting goduke.com/wbbtix. Season tickets are available for purchase now through Nov. 2.
The Blue Devils are ranked No. 3 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 while the 2026 NCAA runner-up Gamecocks top the list. Duke returns three starters and nine players from last year's ACC Championship team and welcomes the return of the 2025 fourth-ranked recruit Emilee Skinner from injury. Additionally, head coach Kara Lawson welcomed Texas transfer and the No. 5 recruit from the 2025 class Aaliyah Crump along with a talented freshman class of four.
The SEC/ACC Basketball Challenge is a three-day showcase featuring many of the nation's premier programs in some of college basketball's most anticipated non-conference matchups. The event spans Dec. 1-3 and pits teams from two of the sport's powerhouse conferences across ESPN networks. Commentator pairings for the SEC/ACC Men's and Women's Challenges will be announced closer to the event.
Duke and South Carolina square off for the 13th time in the programs' histories and for the fourth straight season. Duke is 2-10 all-time against the perennial power, with the last win being a 74-63 triumph over the No. 3 Gamecocks in 2016. Duke was unranked coming into that contest.
The Women's Challenge features two NCAA Women's Final Four teams from last season in No. 1 South Carolina and No. 8 Texas. In all, a combined 11 teams from ESPN's Way-Too-Early Women's Basketball Top 25 will participate: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 3 Duke, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Texas, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 LSU, No. 11 Vanderbilt, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 17 Kentucky and No. 24 Oklahoma.
The two-day women's challenge will see four Top-25 matchups, including No. 10 LSU at No. 9 North Carolina tipping off Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN2. Immediately following is another Top-10 battle between No. 7 Louisville and No. 8 Texas in Austin at 9:15 p.m. (ESPN2). Viewers can catch a premier ESPN doubleheader on Thursday, with No. 1 South Carolina heading to No. 3 Duke (7 p.m.), followed by No. 16 Notre Dame against the 11th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores at 9 p.m.
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