UNC vs. NC State= honorable mention. Duke vs. Maryland is nastier right now, especially from the Maryland perspective.

After reading your article on the 10 greatest rivalries in college basketball and seeing that you didn't even list N.C. State vs. Carolina in the honorable mentions but listed Maryland vs. Duke as #6 all time greatest rivalry in college basketball, I had to look you up to see how young you were. With all due respect to someone probably doing the best with what he knows, as soon as I saw the picture of your face, what I knew was confirmed, that it was your youth and unfamiliarity with the history of basketball in the ACC that would cause you to write something as laughable as that.

N.C. State and Carolina was THE rivalry in the ACC up until Duke started becoming the best team in the ACC up until 1985 when Duke started becoming the powerhouse it is today. In 1947, NC State went on to beat UNC 15 consecutive times under coach Everett Case. Norm Sloan coached one of the greatest college teams ever in the 70's and Jim Valvano in the 80's, during the two decades that brought to the forefront the intense rivalry between Carolina and State, fighting for who was the best team, whose games would frequently result in bonfires and floods of college students on campus who would win the heated rivalry for best team in the State. Because of the poor teams N.C. State has had since Jim Valvano, the rivalry has not been as esteemed by UNC fans (this has served to only intensify the rivalry for state fans). UNC and Duke fans today have elevated the rivalry with Duke as high as any. That part you got right putting them at #1. Roy Williams commented before the last matchup about how he still takes personal the N.C. State - UNC rivalry, and says it is a game he always has wanted to win since he was in school at UNC. The two schools are separated by only 20 miles whereas Maryland are 5 hours apart. Maryland can't even dream of being on the same level as Duke. Maryland's history is about half as good as N.C. State's history. The color light blue has been the most hated color for state fans since at least the early 70's. The fact that all this recent history and rivalry known to so many is unknown to a "Bleacher's Report" sports writer like yourself is disturbing but somewhat understandable since you are too young to have known about it as well as those who were around during that period that I, 43 years old, remember like it was yesterday. Anyway, I wish you the best in your effort to cover sports as it is obviously you are passionate about doing.

After reading your article on the 10 greatest rivalries in college basketball and seeing that you didn't even list N.C. State vs. Carolina in the honorable mentions but listed Maryland vs. Duke as #6 all time greatest rivalry in college basketball, I had to look you up to see how young you were. With all due respect to someone probably doing the best with what he knows, as soon as I saw the picture of your face, what I knew was confirmed, that it was your youth and unfamiliarity with the history of basketball in the ACC that would cause you to write something as laughable as that.

N.C. State and Carolina was THE rivalry in the ACC up until Duke started becoming the best team in the ACC up until 1985 when Duke started becoming the powerhouse it is today. In 1947, NC State went on to beat UNC 15 consecutive times under coach Everett Case. Norm Sloan coached one of the greatest college teams ever in the 70's and Jim Valvano in the 80's, during the two decades that brought to the forefront the intense rivalry between Carolina and State, fighting for who was the best team, whose games would frequently result in bonfires and floods of college students on campus who would win the heated rivalry for best team in the State. Because of the poor teams N.C. State has had since Jim Valvano, the rivalry has not been as esteemed by UNC fans (this has served to only intensify the rivalry for state fans). UNC and Duke fans today have elevated the rivalry with Duke as high as any. That part you got right putting them at #1. Roy Williams commented before the last matchup about how he still takes personal the N.C. State - UNC rivalry, and says it is a game he always has wanted to win since he was in school at UNC. The two schools are separated by only 20 miles whereas Maryland are 5 hours apart. Maryland can't even dream of being on the same level as Duke. Maryland's history is about half as good as N.C. State's history. The color light blue has been the most hated color for state fans since at least the early 70's. The fact that all this recent history and rivalry known to so many is unknown to a "Bleacher's Report" sports writer like yourself is disturbing but somewhat understandable since you are too young to have known about it as well as those who were around during that period that I, 43 years old, remember like it was yesterday.