The end is now in sight. For N.C. State, that’s probably for the best. For Duke and North Carolina, the end of the ACC season is merely the end of the beginning, given their national-title aspirations.
There are only four ACC games left in the Triangle this season, and thanks to HB2, the Duke at North Carolina game on March 4 will be the final in-state appearance for these teams, since the NCAA games scheduled for Greensboro will now be played in Greenville, S.C. – barring a late surge that somehow gets N.C. State into the NIT.
North Carolina hosts Louisville on Wednesday in a matchup of top-10 teams, N.