The Triangle is ACC Basketball Country -Does your blood run Carolina Blue or Blue Devil Blue?

If you are new to the Triangle or contemplating moving to the Triangle you need to know one thing - this is ACC Basketball country.  And another thing - you'd better pick your team before you get here.  

Do you want to know why?  There's no sitting on the fence when it comes to the basketball rivals in the Triangle.  You're either a Dukie or your blood runs Carolina Blue.  There are no inbetweens.  It's cut and dry.  If you can't pick sides then you just aint got no soul - no spirit!!!!

Why has this great basketball rivalry caused such a stir? What makes this rivalry so special?

• Duke and Carolina have been battling it out at least twice a year since 1920
• Both teams routinely rank among the nation's best basketball teams
• The games frequently determine the ACC (Atlantic Coast Champion)
• Duke and UNC have combined for 79% of the regular season titles and 58% of the tournament titles in the 53-year history of the ACC conference.
• Duke has won three NCAA championships and has been in fourteen Final Four NCAA match-ups
• North Carolina has won four NCAA championships (the team was also awarded a fight national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936 for their undefeated 1924 season) and has appeared in an NCAA-record sixteen Final Fours.

It's that time of season again.  I know you've waited all year for the basketball season to return.  The UNC Tarheels play their 1^st game at home on 11/18th at 6pm and the Duke Blue Devils play at Cameron Indoor on Friday November 9th at 7pm.  The rival this year seems just as big as ever.  Last Friday the Associated Press released it's 2007-08 preseason poll and guess who's on top?  The UNC Tarheels. The Blue Devils came in at #7, still in the Top 20.  

Click for more information on UNC Basketball and the UNC Men's Basketball Schedule at the Dean Dome.  Click for more information on Duke Basketball at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Duke's schedule here.  Tickets are sold out years in advance but you may get lucky and pick some up from a scalper or online. 

So, what do you think? Does your blood run Carolina Blue or do you run with the Blue Devils?