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In normal times, the chance of a Duke fan high-fiving a Tar Heel over anything sports-related runs about as low as free parking at the Lenovo Center.<\/p>\n

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Around Raleigh, you\u2019re about as likely to see an N.C. State student fist-bump somebody wearing Carolina Blue as you are finding tomatoes in a barbecue sandwich.<\/p>\n

Only one thing could unite the Triangle\u2019s three sets of mutually hostile fans:<\/p>\n

The Canes in the Stanley Cup finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once the puck drops, all the rivalry melts away.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally,\u201d said Jackson Pittman, a rising senior at NC State, \u201cyou don\u2019t want anything to do with a Tar Heel fan or a Duke fan. When the Canes play, you see all fans wearing red.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raleigh\u2019s Lenovo Center has the reputation as the loudest house in the NHL \u2014 notoriety that is almost certainly due to the combined power of three rabid sets of basketball fans united under a common hockey flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cTobacco Road fans learned how to taunt their opponents in steamy ACC Basketball gyms and arenas,\u201d wrote A. Scott Honeycutt in a recent Facebook post. \u201cIt\u2019s our superpower. It comes from living in close proximity to big time rivals, Duke, State, UNC. School kids learn to smack talk at a very early age.\u201d<\/p>\n

The temporary truce serves as fun novelty.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy best friend is a Carolina fan,\u201d said Brady Suber, bound for NC State in the fall. \u201cI\u2019ve actually gone to watch Canes games at his house. It\u2019s something we can actually agree on. We argue most of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Loyalties lie deeper and as fiercely as with Coke or Pepsi, Star Wars or Star Trek, Hatfields or McCoys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they\u2019re not playing, I\u2019m fine,\u201d said Tyler Brown, a recent Wake Tech graduate and longtime Duke fan. \u201cWhen they\u2019re playing each other, you probably don\u2019t want to be around me very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

But for a few glorious weeks, while the Hurricanes vie for a national title that has eluded any other local basketball team for nearly a decade, all the animosity melts away on the ice.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM<\/span> with the headline “For a moment, UNC, Duke, State fans can all shake hands and agree \u2014 on the Canes.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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