NC State will host the Tar Heels in Will Wade’s debut season, but he won’t bring his squad to Chapel Hill. It is the first time since 1919 that the Tar Heels won’t play a home game against NC State.

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>> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? >> NEXT BASKETBALL SEASON, UNC AND NC STATE’S MEN’S TEAMS WILL ONLY PLAY EACH OTHER ONCE IN THE REGULAR SEASON. YOU KNOW, 2 GAMES WANT TO CHAPEL HILL. ONE IN RALEIGH HAS BEEN A TRADITION FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND THAT ENDS NEXT SEASON. THE REASON WHY HAS TO DO WITH CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT. THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND OF COURSE, MONEY TO MAKE IT ALL MAKE SENSE. I SPOKE TO WRAL, INVESTIGATIVE SPORTS REPORTER BRIAN MURPHY AND TOOK A TRIP DUNHAM OR STARVE. AND BRADY STARTED TO GOODMAN. SO WE GOT UNC AND NC STATE ARE ONLY PLAYING ONCE. >> IN THE UPCOMING MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON, CAN YOU TELL US WHY AND WHY THAT IS MEANINGFUL? >> IN OTHER ONLY GOT TO PLAY ONE TIME IN RALEIGH. NO RETURN GAME TO CHAPEL HILL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1919. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN REMEMBER 1919, PUT. NEITHER DID I. BUT THERE WAS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND A WORLD WAR HAPPENING AND THEY ONLY PLAYED ONE TIME. THEY ALSO PLAYED YMCA IS SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE HOW LONG AGO THAT WAS. AND THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE ACC HAS DROPPED FROM 20 CONFERENCE GAMES TO 18 CONFERENCE GAMES IN THE HOPES OF BOLSTERING ITS PROFILE AND GETTING MORE TEAMS IN THE NCAA TUR. ANOTHER SEEMS TO BE A REALLY DOESN’T SEEM LIKE IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. >> TO THE LOCAL FAN BASE IS HERE, BUT IT’S MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SOME UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH POWER HOUSES IN THIS SMALL AREA TO BIG PART OF OUR CULTURE AND WHERE YOU SEE THESE TEAMS PLAY EACH OF THEM. WE’VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, RIVALRY SORT OF TORN ASUNDER ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS CONFERENCES GET BIGGER AND SCHOOLS LEAVE THEIR LONGTIME HOME CONFERENCES. THOSE GAMES HAVE GONE AWAY. BUT UNC NC STATE ARE IN THE SAME CONFERENCE. THEY’RE STILL IN THE ACC AND THE THOUGHT OF THEM NOT PLAYING A HOME AND HOME ONE GAME IN CHAPEL HILL. ONE GAME IN RALEIGH IS KIND OF CRAZY. I THINK IF YOU ASKED LOCAL FANS THEY’RE USED TO PLAYING THIS GAME JUST AS MUCH AS UNC IS USED TO PLAYING DUKE TWICE. >> IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS COMES DOWN TO MONEY, RIGHT? MAYBE A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PART OF IT? >> AS WELL AS THE BIG FEAR FROM A LOT OF COLLEGE FANS THAT THAT MONEY IS BECOMING THE DRIVING FACTOR FOR WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE SEASON AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE CULTURAL THINK WE’VE BECOME USED TO LIKE THESE RIVALRIES. YOU ALMOST ALL OF IT IS DRIVEN BY MONEY, RIGHT CONFERENCE EXPANSION WAS DRIVEN BY MONEY, MORE TELEVISION VIEWERS, MORE INVENTORY THAT YOU CAN SELL TO TV NETWORKS. AND SO THEY SEE WHICH TEAMS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND BECAME 9 TEAMS IS NOW 18 TEAMS. IT STRETCHES FROM COAST TO COAST. IT IS NOT THE ACC THAT I GREW UP WITH OR MANY OF OUR VIEWERS GREW UP WITH AND WHAT THEY GREW UP WITH WAS PLAYING. YOU’RE RIGHT. YOU PROBABLY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WENT TO NC STATE. IF YOU WANT THE UNC OR VICE VERSA AND CONVERSE WITH THEM, THAT MIGHT BE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU’RE USED TO HAVING BRAGGING RIGHTS ABOUT. >> WHO WON THIS GAME? ONE THAT GAME. AND NELSON, YOU’RE ONLY GONNA PLAY ONE TIME AND THAT SO THAT NORTH CAROLINA CAN PLAY SYRACUSE TWICE OR THEY CAN PLAY A GAME AGAINST STANFORD OR CAL. IT SEEMS KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF A COLLEGE SPORTS USED TO BE AND THAT THE CAUSE WAS THAT PEOPLE FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS ISSUE IS LIKE A REAL FOR SOME FANS. IS THAT IS THERE A BRIGHT SIDE TO IT? IS THERE LIKE A SILVER LINING? IS THERE ANYTHING THOSE FANS WILL SEE IT GO ALL AT LEAST WE GOT THIS, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF THE FANDOM IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS. I WAS HOW MUCH MONEY. AND SO THE ACC WILL IN THEORY SHOULD MAKE MORE MONEY DOING THIS. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT MORE TEAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR THE LEAGUE. THE LEAGUE IS TO GET, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE MAJORITY OF ITS OF ITS MEMBERS IN THE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR. THEY ONLY GOT 4 TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT THERE. REMEMBER, THERE ARE 18 TEAM LEAGUE, THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE EVER AND THEY SEE THIS TRANSITION INTO GAMES FROM CONFERENCE TO CONFERENCE AS A WAY TO BOLSTER THEIR RESUME COME MARCH WHEN IT’S TIME FOR US LIKE THE SUN. THE PROBLEM IS UNC, DUKE AND EVEN NC STATE NOW UNDER WAY EXPECTS TO HAVE BOTH EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THEIR RIVALS AND MAKE THE TOURNAMENT NOT HAVE TO GIVE UP ONE FOR THE OTHER. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD MOVE FOR THE ACC. IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. YEAH. AND THAT’S WHAT COLLEGE ATHLETICS HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND MAKING MOVES THAT BENEFIT. THE CONFERENCE MAY BE AT THE EXPENSE OF INDIVIDUAL THING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. MER FACE THAT.