In North Carolina, it is all basketball, all the time.

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Vinroot played basketball for revered University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith -- a gold star in a state where college basketball is on almost everyone's mind all year.

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After all, few sports experiences can top the rafter-shaking raucousness in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, during a Tar Heels basketball game.

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Mr Chambers hopes one day to watch North Carolina against Duke, archrivals in American college basketball, with his sister while they are linked by TelePresence.

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The Philadelphia 76ers share their facility (the Wells Fargo Center) with the Villanova Wildcats, and North Carolina, Michigan State and Connecticut all have professional basketball teams (Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, respectively) within a 51-100 mile range from where they play their regular season home games.

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John Lucaswas the No. 1 pick of the 1976 NBA draft, had a 14-year pro career and coached in the NBA. North Carolina State's Mr. Thompson is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Today, top NCAA basketball programs from Kentucky to Kansas and Syracuse to North Carolina will host Midnight Madness events.

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Basketball fans along Tobacco Road will vow that there is no bigger game or rivalry than University of North Carolina versus Duke.

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