CHAPEL HILL
A rivalry that was made through decades of games on cold nights in warm, old ACC gyms – Maryland’s Cole Field House, North Carolina’s Carmichael Auditorium – continues Tuesday at the Smith Center, a throwback in an age of college sports that has no time for history.
No one knew when North Carolina and Maryland would play again after the Terrapins, a charter member of the ACC, left for the Big Ten following the 2013-14 season. And it’s unclear when they’ll meet again after Tuesday night’s game in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
But here they are again, two top-10 teams, two old rivals back at it, same as it ever was.