Often, after a rivalry game, Duke and Carolina players talk about heart, desire and wanting it more than the opponent. In a series that has been evenly matched for generations, the desperation is often what […]
The first game has the hype. The second has the stakes. Duke and Carolina play twice every regular season. The early February series opener generally is preceded by a tsunami of media hype, becoming the […]
Last year, NC State provided basketball fans with the Cinderella story of a generation. After entering as one of the bottom-dwelling teams in the conference, the Wolfpack won in front of a skeleton crew of […]
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball playoffs began this week with Tuesday games that ended after press time. It starts a journey that will end with the regionals and state championships, March […]
Tyrese Proctor would like you to get off his lawn. The Australian guard is in his junior year with Duke, which, in Blue Devil years, makes him eligible for Shady Pines. Folks just don’t stick […]
The North Carolina to Omaha shuttle has been busy over the past few years. Since 2021, four teams from NC have gone to the College World Series, including a pair—UNC and NC State—last year. With […]
The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]
At some point during most Duke-Carolina games, observers will exclaim that the rivalry “always delivers.” There was certainly a delivery on Saturday night, but for most of the evening, Duke was the only team bringing […]
When it comes to drama, the Duke-Carolina rivalry is kind of a dud. Not on the court, of course, Once the ball is tossed up and the games begin, there’s nothing in sports that tops […]
On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]
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