The upcoming Duke-Michigan men’s basketball matchup—scheduled for Dec. 21 at Madison Square Garden and broadcast on Amazon Prime Video—is in the process of being moved to loanDepot Park, the home ballpark of MLB’s Marlins, multiple sources confirmed to Front Office Sports.
The ostensible purpose of the move is to circumvent the Big Ten’s media-rights deal with primary partner Fox by relocating from New York—which is on the outer edge of conference territory due to Rutgers—to Florida, where the Big Ten does not have a footprint.
Discussions about the baseball stadium hosting the ACC–Big Ten hoops clash are far along but not yet finalized, and no contracts have been signed, according to sources.
CBS Sports first reported the news of the unprecedented move Wednesday night.
The matchup is the second game of a non-conference series between the two heavyweights. This past February, Duke and Michigan squared off at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
