Belichick avoided the rows of radio reporters in the hotel lobby and spent much of the morning in a hallway outside the green room for players and coaches, down the hall from private rooms for interviews with ESPN.com, SiriusXM and the ACC Digital Network.

Tickets for UNC football's 2025 home games at Kenan Stadium are sold out, the Tar Heels announced. The Bill Belichick effect continues in Chapel Hill.