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In a special edition of the ACC Now podcast, The News & Observer's Andrew Carter, still recovering from a hard week of work on Amelia Island, Florida, tries to make sense of the ACC's annual spring meetings. Is the league really on the verge of collapse, as so many postulate on social media? And what to make of all this talk of a “Magnificent Seven” looking to break away? That and more, with appearances by Duke athletic director Nina King, and ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. Host: Andrew Carter Executive Producer: Justin Pelletier Produced and edited by: Andrew Carter and Laura Brache For more ACC sports news, analysis and commentary, visit newsobserver.com/acc. Subscribe to the ACC Now newsletter from The News & Observer at newsobserver.com/subscribe. Once you're there, you can sign up to get Luke DeCock's columns delivered straight to your inbox and never miss his latest take on all things North Carolina sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's ACC Now Podcast, The News & Observer's Steve Wiseman talks with Duke softball coach Marissa Young about her program becoming one of the nation's best in only six years of existence. Host: Steve Wiseman Guest: Marissa Young Producer: Justin Pelletier Edited by: Laura Brache For more ACC sports news, analysis and commentary, visit newsobserver.com/acc. Subscribe to the ACC Now newsletter from The News & Observer at newsobserver.com/subscribe. Once you're there, you can sign up to get Luke DeCock's columns delivered straight to your inbox and never miss his latest take on all things North Carolina sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's ACC Now Podcast, The News & Observer's Steve Wiseman is joined by Charlotte Observer reporter Langston Wertz for an NFL Draft discussion focusing on ACC prospects. How many ACC players will be picked in the first round? Who will be the first ACC players selected? Will it be Clemson's Myles Murphy or Bryan Bresee? Or Pittsburgh's Calijah Kancey? Where will UNC wide receiver Josh Downs be drafted? Host: Steve Wiseman Guest: Langston Wertz Producer: Justin Pelletier Edited by: Laura Brache For more ACC sports news, analysis and commentary, visit newsobserver.com/acc. Subscribe to the ACC Now newsletter from The News & Observer at newsobserver.com/subscribe. Once you're there, you can sign up to get Luke DeCock's columns delivered straight to your inbox and never miss his latest take on all things North Carolina sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's ACC Now Podcast, The News & Observer's Andrew Carter is joined by Andrea Adelson of ESPN.com for a wide-ranging discussion of all things spring football. Is this the year that North Carolina breaks through in Mack Brown's second go-round in Chapel Hill? Might N.C. State, which entered last season with considerable hype, actually be poised for a breakout this fall? And what to make of the ACC's long term future? Host: Andrew Carter Guest: Andrea Adelson Producer: Justin Pelletier Edited by: Laura Brache For more ACC sports news, analysis and commentary, visit newsobserver.com/acc. Subscribe to the ACC Now newsletter from The News & Observer at newsobserver.com/subscribe. Once you're there, you can sign up to get Luke DeCock's columns delivered straight to your inbox and never miss his latest take on all things North Carolina sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary basketball writer Dick "Hoops" Weiss, covering his 50th Final Four, joins the News & Observer's Luke DeCock to talk about the great Final Four games involving ACC teams (and a few others along the way). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bucky Waters joins the News & Observer's Steve Wiseman to discuss Duke basketball history and shares his thoughts on Scheyer's first season with the Blue Devils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

N&O sports reporters C.L. Brown and Steve Wiseman discuss Duke's early exit from the tournament after its loss to Tennessee, offseason roster moves for Triangle schools, plus Sweet 16 predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chip Alexander hosts the ACC Now podcast with Duke beat writer Steve Wiseman and UNC beat writer C.L. Brown as they discuss the Blue Devils winning the ACC Tournament and the Tar Heels missing the NCAA Tournament and turning down the NIT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest edition of the ACC Now podcast, The News & Observer's Andrew Carter is joined by columnist Luke DeCock for a discussion of all things ACC tournament: A farewell to Mike Brey, the last (perhaps) hurrah for Leonard Hamilton, the state of the tournament in Greensboro, and the N.C. State Wolfpack (yes, the Wolfpack) maybe having a real shot to win this thing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock and 99.9 The Fan radio host Joe Ovies break down the idea, the execution and the lessons from Saturday's attempt to see four games in one day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duke play-by-play announcer David Shumate joins News & Observer reporter Steve Wiseman to discuss the Blue Devils first basketball season without Krzyzewski since 1979-80 as the ACC tournament and March Madness approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's ACC Now podcast, college basketball expert Andy Katz joins News & Observer reporter C.L. Brown to discuss the state of the ACC as March Madness approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's ACC Now Podcast, staff writers Chip Alexander and Andrew Carter, two Raleigh natives who together have seen more than 50 years of NC State basketball, discuss the state of the Pack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's ACC Now podcast, N&O sportswriters Andrew Carter and Steve Wiseman check in on the state of the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry, post-Coach K, and Jon Scheyer's first season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock and radio and podcast host/bon vivant/local eccentric Hayes Permar IV discuss the reaction to Terquavion Smith's injury and the NC State-North Carolina game as well as what it all means for the nature of fandom in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest ACC Now podcast, News & Observer sportswriter Steve Wiseman chats with Baker on the changing landscape of college athletics, her role in helping Duke players navigate and cultivate NIL opportunities and why she chose to take on this new role with Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the ACC Now podcast, Fiesta Bowl CEO Erik Moses, a UNC and Duke alum, joins The N&O's UNC beat writer C.L. Brown and shares his thoughts on why bowl games matter even in the face of an expanded College Football Playoff format. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the ACC Now podcast, News & Observer sportswriters Steve Wiseman, C.L. Brown and Chip Alexander discuss the matchups North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State face as they play bowl games this week. Duke faces UCF in Wednesday's Military Bowl while, later that day, the Tar Heels play Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. On Friday, NC State faces Maryland in the Duke's Mayo Bowl in Charlotte. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's ACC Now podcast, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips discusses the state of ACC football, College Football Playoffs and the ongoing basketball season with N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock. This is Phillips' first-ever podcast appearance in two years in the job, he said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest ACC Now podcast, News & Observer sportswriters Steve Wiseman, C.L. Brown and Chip Alexander discuss what North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State have accomplished and displayed in their nonconference games over the last five weeks. The N&O's beat writers for the those three schools also take a look at where the ACC stands with league play beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time in four years, the University of North Carolina and Clemson football teams will meet on the field, and it won't be just another football game. In this week's ACC Now Podcast episode, UNC beat writer C.L. Brown of the News & Observer and Clemson beat writer Chapel Fowler of The State break down the big game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest ACC Now podcast, Leonard joined the News & Observer's Steve Wiseman to discuss his standout season, with 16 touchdown passes and 10 touchdown runs, how he came to Duke and why he stayed following coach David Cutcliffe's departure last November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While North Carolina clinched the Coastal Division with a big road win at Wake Forest, N.C. State suffered its first truly bad loss of the season, blowing a two-touchdown lead at home to two-win Boston College. N&O columnist Luke DeCock and writer-at-large Andrew Carter break down what it all means, UNC's CFP prognosis and why this season is truly torturous for Wolfpack fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notre Dame coach and former Duke assistant Mike Brey explains why he is in favor of the NCAA tournament expanding while also expressing concern for how College Football Playoff expansion could impact the college basketball regular season. Brey and Louisville guard El Ellis join The N&O's Luke DeCock and Steve Wiseman on this episode of the ACC Now podcast. A Durham native, Ellis discusses what facing Duke and North Carolina has meant to him and talks about his journey from growing up in the Triangle to playing ACC basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following a season where N.C. State basketball finished last in the ACC, the Wolfpack has a new-look roster built through the transfer portal. Pack coach Kevin Keatts and Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes join The N&O's Luke DeCock, C.L. Brown and Steve Wiseman on this episode of the ACC Now podcast.  Keatts discusses his team's chemistry with DeCock, Brown and Wiseman. Then Forbes joins DeCock and Brown to discuss the success his team had last season after rebuilding through the transfer portal, and his frustration over not making the NCAA tournament after going 25-10, including 13-7 against ACC opponents.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the college basketball season officially tips off next month, it will be the beginning of a new chapter for Duke forward Jacob Grandison and first-year Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer. Grandison, who previously played at Illinois and Holy Cross, Scheyer and Pitt head coach and former Duke assistant coach and player Jeff Capel join The News & Observer's Luke DeCock and Steve Wiseman on this episode of the ACC Now podcast. Grandison, 24, discusses his unique journey to Duke, Scheyer talks about his willingness to go on the road for nonconference games and Capel explains how he's changed his approach to recruiting, leaning more on the transfer portal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entering a new season following his team's run to the national championship game, UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis joins News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock to discuss how his players have grown from last season's experience, the addition of forward Pete Nance and more. Davis said he's “shocked” Nance is playing for the Tar Heels this season and not in the NBA. Later, Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga joins DeCock and The N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about the changing college sports landscape, the future of ACC basketball and his vision for the NCAA tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Duke offensive lineman and current Blue Devils radio broadcaster Dave Harding joins The N&O's Steve Wiseman to discuss the impact Mike Elko has made on the Duke football program in his first season and break down Saturday's rivalry game between Duke and UNC at Wallace Wade Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a grim year in the ACC's Coastal Division so far. The N&O's Steve Wiseman and Luke DeCock take a look at the progress (or lack thereof) on that side of the ACC. North Carolina stands out as the favorite, Duke is resurgent, Miami is ... Miami, the Virginia teams are miserable, Georgia Tech got its coach and AD fired and who knows what to make of Pitt? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The News & Observer's Andrew Carter and Chip Alexander discuss No. 10-ranked N.C. State's game at No. 5 Clemson this Saturday and try to decide if it's the Wolfpack's biggest game in program history. While they don't agree on the answer to that question, they do agree that a win would be the Pack's biggest win ever. They also talk about how N.C. State's game at East Carolina was helpful for the Wolfpack ahead of its primetime game at Death Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of his term as chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan joins sports columnist Luke DeCock to discuss his CFP role, the changing landscape of college sports and everything from the Holiday Bowl fiasco to PNC Arena renovations to whether the Wolfpack women's basketball team could end up playing in a hostile environment ... again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UNC beat writer C.L. Brown and columnist Luke DeCock recap the first three games of UNC's season, from the defensive issues to quarterback Drake Maye's impressive start. They break down what the 3-0 Tar Heels are doing right and wrong on defense with a week off ahead of hosting Notre Dame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Troy Austin, Duke's newly named deputy director of athletics for development, joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to discuss the Blue Devils' needs in an era where facilities upgrades are a constant in college athletics. A former Duke football player, Austin's new job is as Duke's top athletics department fundraiser, working with the school's Iron Dukes boosters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

N&O staff writer Chip Alexander was present for the first N.C. State-East Carolina football game in 1970, the brawl at Carter-Finley in 1987, the 1992 Peach Bowl and the Wolfpack's only win in Greenville (in 2007). He joins columnist Luke DeCock to go through the history and look ahead to a potentially historic N.C. State football season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As his first season as Duke's football coach begins, Mike Elko joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman and Luke DeCock to discuss his first few months on the job and his thoughts on making the Blue Devils relevant in the ACC again. Later, Duke defensive end RJ Oben joins Wiseman and shares stories about rubbing shoulders with top NFL players at Super Bowls and major events with his father, NFL vice president Roman Oben. More on Duke football It's ‘critically important' Duke football improves in changing college sports landscape How Duke lineman who went viral after singing opera to teammates fell in love with music Nicknamed ‘Duke' for his childhood hoops fandom, Blue Devils safety eager to impress Duke football needs playmakers. Jordan Moore is one, whether at QB or not Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of a highly anticipated 2022 football season, N.C. State head coach Dave Doeren, quarterback Devin Leary and linebacker Isaiah Moore join the N&O's Jonas Pope IV on the ACC Now podcast. Entering his 10th season, Doeren talks about how he's developed as a coach over time, while Leary discusses his offseason, including his time at the Manning Passing Academy, and Moore shares what it's been like for the program to have a target on its back.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACC deputy commissioner Paul Brazeau joins N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock to talk about the present and future of ACC basketball, including the turnover among coaches, the league's 2022 NCAA tournament redemption, upending narratives and future ACC tournament sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duke athletic director Nina King joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about the changing state of college athletics and where the ACC and Duke stand. In her first year on the job, and the first year where college athletes have been able to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), King's hired the Duke basketball program's first general manager, parted ways with longtime football coach David Cutcliffe, hired Mike Elko and invested more in the school's football program.  Related stories: It's ‘critically important' Duke football improves in changing college sports landscape After almost a year, former Duke basketball players reflect on how NIL has changed game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UNC football coach Mack Brown and wide receiver Josh Downs join the N&O's Luke DeCock and C.L. Brown to discuss name, image and likeness (NIL), the transfer portal and how Brown's tenure at Texas helped fuel the college football arms race the ACC is now losing. Downs, coming off an impressive sophomore season, also talked about quarterbacks Drake Maye and Jacolby Criswell, who are competing for the starting job following the end of the Tar Heels' Sam Howell era. Related stories:  UNC coach Mack Brown is now at the mercy of college football monster he helped create On an offense with many questions, UNC WR Josh Downs only definitive answer for Heels As UNC's QB competition continues, here's what Drake Maye, Jacolby Criswell are saying Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports media consultant and former Fox Sports executive Patrick Crakes joins N&O sports columnist Luke DeCock to break down how the ACC's television deal ended up where it is and what paths might lead forward for the ACC as it finds itself under threat from the Big Ten and SEC. Plus Patrick assesses some of Luke's crazier plans for the ACC going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The News & Observer's Luke DeCock and Andrew Carter explain how the ACC got to this point, where its future is now in question. How might a lawyer attack the league's grant of rights agreement that is currently holding the conference together? Is Miami to blame for the position the league finds itself in? What should ACC commissioner Jim Phillips do next? They try to answer these questions and more. More on conference realignment, future of ACC How ACC went from one of most successful in college sports history to uncertain future ACC helped kick start the conference expansion race which now threatens its survival Where does ACC go from here? 5 options for Jim Phillips and schools in North Carolina As Big Ten, SEC consolidate their power, the ACC finds itself under existential threat UNC faces dilemma as another round of conference realignment begins, amid ACC uncertainty If ACC crumbles, which schools are most coveted? Who could be left behind? Ranking resumes It could cost teams millions to leave ACC. Here's how league's grant of rights works. Would UNC, Duke remain tethered together if new league comes calling? It's complicated. With future of ACC in question, could NC State be a good fit for SEC? Here's a look Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News and Observer reporters C.L. Brown and Jonas Pope IV talk about conference realignment following the recent announcement that USC and UCLA will leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024. They discuss how the move could impact the ACC – what the league's future looks like, which programs it could add, which programs might try to leave and more. Related: Addressing revenue gap is ‘top of mind' for ACC, but disparity will only grow larger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deja Kelly, who led the UNC women's basketball team in scoring last season and continues to secure name, imagine and likeness (NIL) deals, joins the N&O's C.L. Brown to discuss her success and development on the court and in the NIL space along with the expectations for next season's Carolina team that is projected to be ranked among the top 10 when preseason polls are released. The junior guard talks about what it's been like to juggle basketball, school and the obligations that have come from her NIL deals, how she's put herself in position to thrive during the first year of NIL and what the future may have in store for her, as a face of women's college basketball, and other athletes as the college sports landscape continues to evolve. More: UNC guard Deja Kelly poised to be a face of women's college basketball next season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grant Hill joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about navigating his basketball career — from his four years at Duke in the 1990s to his 19-year NBA career, how college basketball is different for players now and the future of the game. The former Duke All-American, NBA all-star and Naismith Hall of Famer, who recently released his autobiography, “Game,” also discusses Duke's Jon Scheyer era following the retirement of Mike Krzyzewski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hairston, a former Duke basketball player now employed as an NBA agent by Mike Miller's Lift Sports Management, joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about his journey from basketball player to agent representing former Duke forward Wendell Moore. Hairston discusses how his former Blue Devils teammate and longtime friend, Kyrie Irving, helped him transition from his overseas playing career to a role supporting players. He also provides unique insight into the controversial Irving, who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets. Wiseman and Hairston also discuss Duke's transition from Mike Krzyzewski to Jon Scheyer after Krzyzewski's retirement. And they breakdown how name, imagine and likeness (NIL) deals are impacting college basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News and Observer reporters Steve Wiseman and Andrew Carter discuss the name, image and likeness (NIL) era of college sports, which began nearly a year ago. How could the lack of regulations and absence of a true market value for a legitimate NIL deal impact the future of college athletics? If schools were to move to a model where athletes are recognized as employees, how would that impact some schools? They discuss these questions and more. Related coverage: Comprehensive coverage on NIL and key issues facing the ACC from the league's spring meetings. ‘It doesn't work anymore': Coach K on where NCAA sports are, and where they're headed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baseball analyst Daron Vaught, who calls games for ACC Network Extra, joins the N&O's Jonas Pope IV to discuss UNC's strong finish to the season, freshman star Vance Honeycutt and what kind of run the ACC champion Tar Heels could make in the NCAA tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former UNC linebacker Shakeel Rashad and former N.C. State basketball player Scott Wood join The News & Observer's C.L. Brown and Jonas Pope IV to discuss the name, imagine and likeness (NIL) collectives they are part of that help pool money and resources together to present deals for athletes at their former schools. More on NIL and how the changing college sports landscape is impacting those in the ACC: www.newsobserver.com/topics/acc-meetings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gene Banks, who starred at Duke from 1977-81, joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about his experience playing for Mike Krzyzewski during his first season coaching the Blue Devils, what it'd mean to him to have his jersey retired by the school, and how Coach K could have added to his legacy by naming Tommy Amaker or Johnny Dawkins as his successor. Banks also discusses Jon Scheyer taking over the Duke program, assistant coach Nolan Smith's departure for Louisville and college athletes being allowed to make money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Spatola, ESPN college basketball analyst and SiriusXM host, joins the N&O's Steve Wiseman to talk about the latest news from the ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Florida. The two discuss the widening revenue gap between the ACC and the national leaders, the SEC and Big Ten, and other league issues like abandoning football divisions for more attractive matchups in regular season and title game. They also make a case for why the ACC should radically alter its basketball schedules — playing league games in November and December and more nonconference games in January and February. And they explain how name, imagine and likeness (NIL) and Alston-related payments are helping college basketball and where they aren't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACC Network college football analyst Roddy Jones joins the N&O's Jonas Pope IV to explain why N.C. State football fans should feel better entering the 2022 season than UNC fans prior to last season. They also discuss if the Wolfpack's Devin Leary could be the top quarterback in the ACC this season, how the Tar Heels bounce back from last year's 6-7 season, why losing Sam Howell may not be bad for Carolina and who could be next up at QB for Mack Brown's program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices