Everything about Tobacco Road totally explained
Tobacco Road refers to the
tobacco-producing area of
North Carolina and is often used when referring to
sports (particularly
basketball) played among rival North Carolina
universities. The phrase actually originated as the title of a
novel set in
Georgia, but it naturally migrated to North Carolina because of the state's primacy in tobacco production.
The usual universities referred to by the moniker "Tobacco Road" are the following:
All of these schools are separated by no more than from any of the others with the exception of Wake Forest, which lies an hour and a half drive away via
Interstate 40. In fact, all four are no more than six miles (10 km) from Interstate 40, so the road is sometimes informally known as the "Tobacco Road". The proximity of these schools to one another and the membership of each school in the
Atlantic Coast Conference have created a natural rivalry among students and alumni.
Wake Forest University used to be in
Wake Forest, North Carolina, just a few miles north of
Raleigh, until it moved to
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, about 100 miles (160 km) west of
the Triangle. Since Wake Forest University is in North Carolina, and in the same city as the headquarters of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a member of the ACC and still near the other three schools, Wake remains in the "Tobacco Road" group. These four universities are also known in the state as the "
Big Four" and competed in the
Dixie Classic tournament from 1949-1961 and the Big Four Tournament in
Greensboro, North Carolina, from 1971-1981.
NC State's
Red and White Song mentions each of the four universities in its lyrics.
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