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Wisconsin basketball: Badgers to host Syracuse for Big Ten/ACC Challenge, per report

Wisconsin will host Syracuse at the Kohl Center for the 2016 Big Ten/ACC Challenge, CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported Tuesday night.

Both teams met in last year's Challenge, when the Badgers escaped Syracuse with a 66-58 overtime win on Dec. 2, upsetting an Orange team that was ranked No. 14 at the time.

Syracuse and Wisconsin each went on to make impressive NCAA tournament runs, adding to the intrigue for this year's matchup. The Orange reached the Final Four as a No. 10 seed before losing to No. 1 seed North Carolina; the Badgers reached the Sweet 16 as a No.