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rebounders on the team. She can run the floor and has a lot of ways to contribute." With so many veterans returning, McGraw was primarily looking to find a point guard on the trip, which she apparently did with Allen. Reimer might not necessarily be in the starting lineup right away, but her minutes might be among the top five anyway. "Whether it's sixth man or whatever, I see her playing a lot," McGraw said. Junior wing Madison Cable also had a strong tour with a couple of double-digit scoring outings, notably the 11 points in the tight finale. "Madison is a very good defender but she looked to score more, and I was happy to see her do that," McGraw said. Another former McDonald's AllAmerican, sophomore Michaela Mabrey, opened the tour with six three-pointers Crossroads Classic Extended Through 2016 The athletics directors at Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue have agreed to an extension of the Crossroads Classic through 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The additional dates and matchups added by this new agreement between the athletics directors are Dec. 19, 2015 (Purdue vs. Butler and Notre Dame vs. Indiana) and Dec. 17, 2016 (Purdue vs. Notre Dame and Butler vs. Indiana). Sellout crowds of more than 19,000 have attended each of the first two Crossroads Classics. This year's event will take place Dec. 14 with Notre Dame squaring off against Indiana at 3:15 p.m. (ET) on ESPN, followed by Purdue and Butler at 6 p.m. (ET) on the Big Ten Network. The 2014 Classic will be played Dec. 20, and will feature Notre Dame vs. Purdue and Butler vs. Indiana. Notre Dame On Big Monday Twice For the first time in history, the Atlantic Coast Conference will be part of ESPN's Big Monday doubleheader, with Notre Dame included in two of them. A former Big East member that was a regular on Big Monday, the Fighting Irish will be showcased in games at Syracuse Feb. 3, and at North Carolina March 3. North Carolina and Virginia will have three Big Monday showdowns, while the Irish, Duke, Maryland and Syracuse each are slated for two appearances. A total of eight ACC games will be broadcast on consecutive Mondays between Jan. 13 and March 3 with each game set for a 7 p.m. (ET) tipoff. The complete 2013‑14 ACC basketball schedule — with dates, starting times and television broadcast information — will be released later this month. Notre Dame-Iowa Contest Is Set Notre Dame's matchup with Iowa in the 15th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge presented by Dick's Sporting Goods will take place Dec. 3 in Iowa City, Iowa, and will be televised by ESPN2 at 9:15 p.m. (ET). Iowa was the runner-up in the 2013 National Invitational Tournament and is under the direction of third-year head coach Fran McCaffrey, a Notre Dame assistant from 1988‑99. He is married to former Fighting Irish basketball player and assistant coach Margaret Nowlin. The contest at Carver-Hawkeye Arena is part of a 12-game series involving teams from the two conferences over two nights of basketball (Dec. 3‑4). The ACC and Big Ten split last year's Challenge with six wins each. — Lou Somogyi