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I don't want that trend to continue in 2026.

I don't want that trend to continue in 2026 because, again, sure, you can believe the superstition if you want to.

I am not calling for us to lose this game at all because I want this team to be clicking on all cylinders.

And I think one of the things that we have not really learned as a program over the last decade or so is to overcome this hump of going to Raleigh and playing well.

Like I said, it's very rare that even if we win, it's very rare that we go to Raleigh and play well against the Wolfpack.

They have had our number time and time again when we come to their home floor.

I want to absolutely ransack them on their home floor.

I want there to be no doubt that on this last Saturday-Monday double that we were prepared to go on the road, even if it's just down the road.

to play a really good game.

And as we enter March, I want this team to remind themselves of what they're playing for, to be clicking on all cylinders, playing for each other, and never letting the crowd that is, again, a great crowd when Duke comes to Raleigh, get into their heads and make momentum any greater than it can be.

So...

If people want to watch that video and go, maybe we should do it, that's not this podcast.

We're not those guys.

We want this team to go into Raleigh and come back with the win.

And if we have to buck tradition to do it, let's do it.

But I think that this team is capable of going on the road, their last road game of the season, and putting up big numbers against this NC State team.

Let's go ahead and do it and leave no doubt that this team is number one in the country.

So we will leave it there again, that game on Monday night, 7 p.m.

Eastern time on ESPN.

We're going to take a quick break.