As NIL, transfer portal dominate recruiting, the nature of the UNC-Duke rivalry is changing
Posted Feb 4, 2026
The UNC-Duke rivalry is built on its history. Today, few of the players are from North Carolina. Some have played Duke on other teams, but the intensity of those games is different. "The driving factor in a lot of ways now is money, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. These players can make generational wealth," Cormac Ryan said.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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