Video: Locked On Tar Heels - ACC slashes conference basketball games to 18, implications for UNC

Posted May 8, 2025
UNC Basketball and its ACC rivals will now play just 18 conference games instead of 20 as the conference aims to boost NCAA Tournament bids. Host Isaac Schade and guest Bill Robinson, head coach at Milligan University, dissect these changes and how they might affect the Tar Heels and the ACC landscape.

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