ACC-Atlantic 10 event to begin in December of 2015

[Halldan1]

The ACC and Atlantic 10 will take part in a doubleheader at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 2015-2017, multiple sources told CBSSports.com on Thursday.

This will be similar to the "challenge" events we've seen from power conferences in the preseason.

The ACC and Atlantic 10 announced the doubleheader in a joint press release last spring, but more specifics are now known. There will be one doubleheader per year each December from 2015-2017, according to another source. Official matchups have yet to be set, but sources said the games should be set by May 1.

The agreement is part of a deal between the two conferences when the Atlantic 10 agreed to leave the Barclays Center in 2017 and 2018 for the conference tournament. The league will move its postseason to Pittsburgh in 2017 and Washington in 2018 before returning to Brooklyn in 2019.

The ACC Tournament will be held at the Barclays Center in 2017 and 2018.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25142446/acc-atlantic-10-challenge-to-begin-in-december-of-2015

 

[statenman]

It was a strange agreement that I'd be curious to see the details. Will it be best against best which would bring more interest, or will St Joes play BC. And secondly, with these tournament or challenges, the TV rights can be negotiated outside of their current TV deal. Usually the individual school keeps the money, but in this case will the money be dispersed throughout all the teams in the A10, or just the 2 that are competing. And will the money get dispersed equally between the ACC and A10, considering that this was compensation for giving up the Barlclays for 2 years.