Next Year’s NCAA Basketball Schedule Has Duke Playing UNC Every Week

Following a disastrous season in which ratings and revenues hit historic lows, the NCAA has announced plans to recoup its losses by updating next year’s college basketball to include a weekly showdown between perennial powerhouses UNC and Duke.

“Audiences and vendors deserve the kind of stability that only 35 UNC-Duke games per season can provide,” said NCAA President Mark Emmert. “This also provides the possibility that these two schools can develop an intense rivalry.”

In addition to increased viewership and ad buys, the NCAA expects their announcement will also help drive up interest in up-and-coming star Coach K, the UNC-Duke game’s most promising asset.

“We believe that by showing enough UNC-Duke games to enough people, we can turn Mike Krzyzewski into the next Emily Ratajkowski,” Emmert said, adding that all 64 seeds in the March Madness tournament will be either UNC and/or Duke.

As for March Madness, the NCAA said the event will definitely happen again in 2021, but that all 64 seeds in next year’s tournament will either be UNC and/or Duke.