When Duke meets N.C. State Saturday in Raleigh, it will be the 247th meeting between the two Big Four rivals.
That will temporarily tie State with Wake Forest as Duke’s most common opponent (245 meetings with UNC for third place). I say “temporarily” because Duke has two games with Wake Forest coming up this season, while this is the last schedules Duke-State meeting.
That’s one of the big problems with one of the ACC’s great rivalries – thanks to the ACC Duke and State are usually scheduled to meet just once a year.. That’s why Wake Forest (twice a year) and UNC (twice a year) will soon surpass N.