i spent hours and hours late at night with valvano, with krzyzewski, not as much with dean because hes more of an introvert but probably spent more time with him over the years than anyone in the media. as their relationships evolved, it came to me there was a remarkable story to be told. >> brown: this is partly your story, from starting as a young journalism student at duke. >> correct. >> brown: up to today. but for those who don't know the role of basketball, the role of these guys in the state of north carolina, what it is? >> well, you have to understand that until the mid-1990s, there were no professional sports teams in north carolina. acc basketball was king. it still is to a large degree, even though there are three professional sports teams in the state now. and there were great coaches going way back to everett case at n.c. state, frank maguire at north carolina. dean smith succeeded frank maguire and built a dynasty that went on for the 36 years he was there. >> brown: it's a story of friendship, but it certainly didn't start that way. there were all these jealousies, riv