Duke, UNC and NC State win basketball season openers

"WRAL Triangle and Two" hosts Louis Fernandez and Mark Bergin discuss the start of the 2023-24 college basketball season.

Duke beat Dartmouth, 92-54, on Monday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Preseason AP All-American Kyle Filipowski scored 25 points and freshman Caleb Foster added 15 points for the Blue Devils.

North Carolina beat Radford 86-70 on Monday night at the Dean Smith Center. Armando Bacot had 25 points and 13 rebounds. Bergin wonders which North Carolina play will serve as Robin to Bacot's Batman.

Also, big man D.J. Burns Jr. scored 16 points to lead NC State to a 72-59 win against The Citadel on Monday night.

Last, the guys discuss the significance of the Carolina Panthers' Thursday night game against the Chicago Bears. Other than the Arizona Cardinals, both teams have the worst record in the NFL.

WRAL Triangle and Two is a sports podcast from WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show takes the Triangle sports stories you care about and gives you the “how” and “why” behind them. WRAL’s Mark Bergin and Louis Fernandez discuss three topics each week looking at the Triangle connections. The teams and players you care about at all leagues and levels. New episodes drop Mondays at 5pm.