The Drive with Will Dalton

WD reacts to UNC's impressive win over Louisville without Caleb Wilson, dives into the breaking news that Steve Forbes will reportedly return to Wake Forest for a 7th season, Josh Graham, of Westwood One Sports, joins the show to tell why there's no dominant team in college basketball, and WD gives picks for the NBA night and owns his Duke-Michigan pick in "Dalton's Dollars".

WD tells what was so special about the USA beating Canada for the gold in hockey, reacts to Duke's defense against Michigan, attached letter grades to the ACC basketball weekend in "WD's Diagnosis", breaks down the best things he saw over the weekend including Wemby saying he would do the slam dunk contest, and Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to reveal the inside story of Chad Ochocinco pulling up to The Rialto in Raleigh.

WD reacts to Wake Forest beating Clemson and wining their third straight game, discusses the mystery with Henri Veesaar's injury and timetable for return, previews the return of Charlotte Hornets basketball, but not without an off court issue, brings back "Nerd Corner" to get into college teams coming to NBA 2K26, and publisher for Deacons and Devils Illustrated, Conor O'Neill, joins the show to tell who can give Juke Harris a run for most improved ACC player and what problems Duke could run up against when they face Michigan in Washington D.C.

WD tells why even though NC State's beating of UNC does have an asterisk, there are some things Tar Heel fans should be concerned with, remembers Dale Earnhardt on the 25th anniversary of his fatal crash at Daytona, voice of the Deacs, Stan Cotten, joins the show ahead of Wake Forest's matchup with Clemson and breaks down the growth of Juke Harris in year two, Ross Martin, of the Big Hitters Only Podcast, dives into the limitations at the guard positions for UNC and the inconsistency under Hubert Davis, and Forsyth Country Day head basketball coach, Doug Esleeck, joins the show and shares a story of his experience at practice with Roy Williams.

WD reacts to Adam Silver's shocking thoughts on tanking and how he intends to penalize teams for it, breaks down an awesome Daytona 500, details the best things he saw this weekend including Jon Gruden's day at Daytona, tells whether or not the ABS Challenge system in the MLB is a good thing, and he attaches letter grades to the sports weekend that was in "WD's Diagnosis".

WD reacts to Chris Paul retiring after 21 seasons, 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to talk about the time that CP3 got Lebron, KD, John Wall, and some of the other top stars in the NBA at the time to come hoop at Winston Salem State, WD discusses whether or not load management could find its way into college basketball, and former host of the show, Josh Graham, joins to reveal a special annoucement with WD.

WD tells why the Seahawks Super Bowl win was about the redemption of Sam Darnold, reacts to what he witnessed at the end of UNC-Duke when Seth Trimble hit the shot, discusses David Tepper's side of the drink throwing incident in "The Best Things I Saw This Weekend", tells the story of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson rolling up while he was at Sup Dogs, and David Glenn, of the NC Sports Network, joins the show to tell if there are any similarities between both of Duke's losses to Texas Tech and UNC.

On the final Drive, Josh tells why this isn't goodbye, it's just see you later, explains why he doesn't think the Panthers will finish the job and get into the playoffs, Josh and WD debate whether or not UNC basketball should leave the Smith Center, WD goes to the movies to review "Barbie", and the 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to reflect on being the show's last guest, what the show and his friendship with Josh have meant to him, and sees if Josh knows what a "lick" is in a session of Grahammar School.

Josh makes his prediction for Panthers-Bucs, breaks down the ACC Big Four basketball weekend, gives three College Football Playoff predictions, Wake Forest head coach, Steve Forbes, joins the show in studio to detail helping get Josh his Westwood One job while in a Hobby Lobby, and Wes Durham, of ACC Network, joins the show to discuss what’s at stake for Wake Forest against Vanderbilt.

Josh begins to preview the Buccaneers-Panthers series, reveals his new opportunity with Westwood One, Will Wade goes on an epic rant after a 35 point win, voice of the Deacs, Stan Cotten, joins the show in studio to talk about Wake Forests close call against Longwood, WD pulls his last batch of Panthers Coordinator Sound in the show's history, and Daron Vaught, of D1 Baseball, joins the show to tell why having the NBA Cup Final at Cameron Indoor Stadium would be a terrible idea and to discuss show finales in Unusual Questions.