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ACC Now podcast: What do reactions to the NC State-Carolina game say about modern fandom?

North Carolina players R.J. Davis (4) and Caleb Love (2) watch as N.C. State’s Terquavion Smith (0) is taken from the court by medical personnel, after falling on a hard foul by North Carolina’s Leaky Black in the second half. Smith was taken to the hospital and Black was ejected from the game on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
North Carolina players R.J. Davis (4) and Caleb Love (2) watch as N.C. State’s Terquavion Smith (0) is taken from the court by medical personnel, after falling on a hard foul by North Carolina’s Leaky Black in the second half. Smith was taken to the hospital and Black was ejected from the game on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com

It’s fair to say Saturday night’s ACC men’s basketball game between UNC and N.C. State will be remembered as much for the horrific-looking injury to Wolfpack sophomore Terquavion Smith as it will for being the game during which Armando Bacot broke two impressive Tar Heels program records.

On the latest ACC Now podcast, News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock and radio and podcast host/bon vivant/local eccentric Hayes Permar IV discuss the reaction to Smith’s injury, the N.C. State-North Carolina game, and what it all means for the nature of fandom in 2023.

You can also listen to this episode of the ACC Now podcast, and others, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, TuneIn and Stitcher.

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Luke DeCock is a former journalist for the News & Observer.
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