We can all blame "Johnny Appleseed" - Everett Case - for Duke/UNC rivalry
Posted Feb 7, 2018
At a first glance, NC State plays a limited role in the Tobacco Road rivalry. But before Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski were big names in college basketball, former NC State coach Everett Case popularized the sport in North Carolina. History professor Matthew Andrews explained that when Case arrived in North Carolina, UNC and Duke were considered football schools.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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