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Only on 3 occasions have the Gophers played an ACC/B1G Challenge opponent that ended up in the NCAA Tournament. The Gophers are 0-3 in those instances, losing to Wake Forest in the 2001-02 season, Florida State in the 2016-17 season, and Miami in the 2017-18 season. Only the Miami game was played at Williams Arena (Gophers' only home Challenge sellout).

Record: 9-11

Home: 6-4

Road: 3-7

Record In Years Made NCAA Tournament: 2-4

Longest Win Streak: 5

Longest Losing Streak: 5

Current Streak: L-3

Largest Home Crowd: Miami, 2017, 14,625 (sellout)

Smallest Home Crowd: Florida State, 2004, 9,081

Average Home Crowd: 11,673

Number of Times Opponents Played (includes upcoming Clemson game) -- last meeting in parentheses
Florida State 6 (2016)
Virginia 4 (2010)
Clemson 3 (2019)
Miami 2 (2017)
Wake Forest 2 (2014)
Boston College 1 (2018)
Georgia Tech 1 (2002)
Maryland 1 (2005)
Virginia Tech 1 (2011)
Duke 0
Louisville 0
North Carolina 0
NC State 0
Notre Dame 0
Pitt 0
Syracuse 0
 
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Should be noted all those games against UVA were before they became good. No way we get them now.
 


Considering how we did at BC we should be happy with draws from the lower tier of the ACC.
 



Only on 3 occasions have the Gophers played an ACC/B1G Challenge opponent that ended up in the NCAA Tournament. The Gophers are 0-3 in those instances, losing to Wake Forest in the 2001-02 season, Florida State in the 2016-17 season, and Miami in the 2017-18 season. Only the Miami game was played at Williams Arena (Gophers' only home Challenge sellout).

Record: 9-11

Home: 6-4

Road: 3-7

Record In Years Made NCAA Tournament: 2-4

Longest Win Streak: 5

Longest Losing Streak: 5

Current Streak: L-3

Largest Home Crowd: Miami, 2017, 14,625 (sellout)

Smallest Home Crowd: Florida State, 2004, 9,081

Average Home Crowd: 11,673

Number of Times Opponents Played (includes upcoming Clemson game) -- last meeting in parentheses
Florida State 6 (2016)
Virginia 4 (2010)
Clemson 3 (2019)
Miami 2 (2017)
Wake Forest 2 (2014)
Boston College 1 (2018)
Georgia Tech 1 (2002)
Maryland 1 (2005)
Virginia Tech 1 (2011)
Duke 0
Louisville 0
North Carolina 0
NC State 0
Notre Dame 0
Pitt 0
Syracuse 0

For comparison, here is the same for Wisconsin:

Duke 3
UVA 3
Wake 3
NCSt 2 (3rd this upcoming year)
Syracuse 2
UNC, FSU, VaTech, GaTech 1
Louisville, Miami, Clemson, ND, Pitt 0

They also played Maryland 3 times prior to the switch.

Overall record: 10-10, record in years they made dance 10-9, record in years they missed 0-1
 
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This 2002 match up vs Ga Tech with Chris Bosh is the highlight of the challenge for me as a Gopher fan. Great game and the Barn was electric that night.
 




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