The background is that at the UNC Duke game Jay Williams said he hopes they don’t lose this rivalry if UNC leaves for a conference, and instead of saying UNC won’t leave, Reece Davis said he didn’t think they’d stop playing.
There you have it.
ESPN would want to tank a move by UNC to the B1G and this wouldn’t be how they’d do it. They’d officially leak that they are in talks and how it’s just another money grab move for the B1G destroying time honored tradition… like how the SEC getting Texas and OU wasn’t a big deal but the B1G grabbing USC and UCLA was a selfish move.