UNC Basketball: Is an “ACC bubble” a realistic possibility?

Posted Aug 8, 2020
The power conferences could elect to create their own “bubble,” and have teams from within their conference compete against each other. As academics play a major role in this as well, student-athletes would have the ability to compete while conducting their studies via online classes. For UNC, this could mean even more of a heavy dose of the ACC than usual. (Keeping It Heel)

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