UNC-Duke rivalry - AbsoluteAstronomy.com


Men's Basketball Regular Season History
First Meeting	January 24, 1920
First Result	UNC 36 - Duke 25 http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/seasons/schedule.php?season=1919-20
Latest Meeting	March 13, 2011
Latest Result	Duke 75 - UNC 58
Next Meeting	February 8, 2012
Total Number of Meetings	232
Largest Victory	UNC: 37 points (1921) Duke: 35 points (1964)
Current Streak	Duke 1
All-time Series	UNC leads 131-101 http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/opponents/opp.php?oid=77
Men's Basketball Post Season History
Last Meeting	1971 NIT 1971 National Invitation Tournament The 1971 National Invitation Tournament was the 1971 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. 1971 was unique because it is the only time that major rivals Duke and North Carolina have played each other after the ACC Tournament. Eventual ACC member Georgia Tech also made the...
Last Result	UNC 73 - Duke 67
All-Time Postseason Series	UNC 1 - Duke 0
Men's Basketball Conference Success
ACC Regular Season Championships North Carolina - 28 (1st) Duke - 19 (2nd) ACC Tournament Championships Duke - 19 (1st) North Carolina - 17 (2nd)
Men's Basketball National Success
NCAA Final Fours North Carolina - 18 (1st all-time) Duke - 15 (3rd all-time) NCAA Tournament Championships North Carolina - 5 (tied for 3rd all-time) Duke - 4 (5th all-time)

The Carolina–Duke rivalry, also referred to as the Duke–Carolina rivalry, the UNC–Duke rivalry, the Duke-UNC rivalry, The Battle of Tobacco Road, or The Battle of the Blues, is a fierce rivalry

Sports rivalry

A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes. This pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans. The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the...

, particularly in men's college basketball

College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

, between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...

and Duke University

Duke Blue Devils

Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...

athletic teams. It is considered one of the most intense rivalries in all of sports: a poll conducted by ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

in 2000 ranked the basketball rivalry as the third greatest North American sports rivalry, and Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

on Campus named it the #1 "Hottest Rivalry" in college basketball and the #2 rivalry overall in its November 18, 2003 issue. The intensity of the rivalry is augmented by the proximity of the two universities, located only eight miles apart roughly along U.S. Highway 15-501

U.S. Route 15-501 in North Carolina

U.S. Route 15-501 in North Carolina is a concurrency of U.S. Route 15 and U.S. Route 501; it traverses approximately across central North Carolina; from Laurinburg to Durham.-Route description:...

, and the dissimilar funding structures of the schools, as North Carolina is a public university and Duke is a private university. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...

is the flagship school of the multi-university UNC system and consistently ranked in the top 30 national universities by U.S. News and World Report. Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

is located in Durham

Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, and is consistently ranked in the top 10 national universities.

Men's basketball

North Carolina and Duke battled it out for the first time on January 24, 1920. The two teams have met at least twice a year since then. The games frequently determine the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

(ACC) champion; since the ACC's founding in 1953, Duke and North Carolina have combined to win or share 47 ACC regular season titles (80% of the total) and 36 tournament titles (61% of the total), including 14 of the last 15 (the only exception being Maryland

Maryland Terrapins men's basketball

The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition...

in 2004). The final game of the regular season for both schools alternates between Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...

and Durham

Durham, North Carolina

and has been played in Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the West Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It is home to the Duke Blue Devils men's and women's basketball teams, the women's volleyball team, and the men's wrestling team....

since 1940 and the Dean E. Smith Center since 1986.

Much like the Alabama-Auburn football rivalry

Iron Bowl

The Iron Bowl is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University. The series is considered one of the best and most hard-fought rivalries in all of sports...

, the North Carolina-Duke rivalry is all the more intense because the two schools have consistently been among the nation's elite men's basketball teams for most of the last 60 years. Both schools are also two of the most victorious programs in NCAA men's basketball history; North Carolina is #3 on the list of all-time winningest programs in Division I Men's Basketball and Duke is #4.
Duke has won four NCAA championships

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

and has appeared in fifteen Final Fours, while North Carolina has won five NCAA championships and appeared in a record eighteen Final Fours.
Additionally, North Carolina

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...

was also awarded a sixth national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation

Helms Athletic Foundation

The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...

in 1942 for their undefeated 1924 season.

Combining for eight national championships over the last 30 years, Duke and North Carolina have captured 27% of the national championships, or greater than one every four years. Over the past 14 years, one of the two teams has been the AP pre-season #1 ranked team in the country seven times (50% of the time). Since 1977-78, Duke or North Carolina has been in the pre-season top three 26 times (72%). Over the entirety of the AP poll (the past 51 years), the teams have been in the pre-season top four 69% of the time. Over this same period, one has been #1 15 times, making it an almost 1 in 3 chance that Duke or North Carolina start the year at #1 in the last 50+ years.

History

Though the two schools had always had the hatred born of familiarity and proximity, some of the earliest roots of the modern basketball rivalry occurred in the early 1960s when Duke star and eventual national player of the year Art Heyman

Art Heyman

Arthur Bruce "Art" Heyman is an American former professional basketball player.-Early years:Heyman, who was Jewish, was born in New York City, New York. A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman was heavily recruited by many schools, and originally signed a...

got into a brawl on the court with North Carolina's Larry Brown

Larry Brown (basketball)

Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....

which resulted in suspensions for both players. The rivalry reached unprecedented heights in the mid 1980s under head coaches Dean Smith

Dean Smith

Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

of North Carolina and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, thanks to the emergence of cable channels such as ESPN

ESPN

and the increasing coverage of the ACC in national broadcasts by the three major networks, giving a vast national audience more opportunities to witness the two teams and their coaches. Indeed, the two teams have been fixtures on national television since the early 1980s, and their final regular season clash has been nationally televised for most of the last 30 years.

Smith held the most wins by a men's college basketball coach (until surpassed by Bob Knight on January 1, 2007), with 879 wins against only 254 losses. In 1982

1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1982, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in New Orleans, Louisiana...

, with players Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

, Sam Perkins

Sam Perkins

Samuel Perkins is a retired American professional basketball player, also known by the nicknames "Sleepy Sam" and "Big Smooth." He attended Samuel J. Tilden High School, Shaker High School and the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of Michael Jordan...

and James Worthy

James Worthy

James Ager Worthy is a retired Hall of Fame American college and professional basketball player. Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, "Big Game James" was a seven-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA champion...

, he won his first national championship. In 1991 Duke won its first ever national championship and then with most of their team returning won another national championship in 1992.

North Carolina then won the championship the next year in 1993

1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 5 in New Orleans, Louisiana...

. Since then, Duke won the national championship in 2001

2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 2001 with the play-in game, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in...

, North Carolina won the national championship in 2005

2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...

and 2009

2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The first and second round games were played at the following sites:First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 19 and 21, 2009-Qualifying teams:-Brackets:Results to date * – Denotes overtime periodAll times in U.S. EDT....

, and Duke won a fourth championship under Krzyzewski in 2010

2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The first and second round games were played at the following sites:*March 18 / 20*March 25 / 27*March 26 / 28Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's...

.

After Smith's retirement in 1997, North Carolina suffered through three coaching changes (from Dean Smith to Bill Guthridge

Bill Guthridge

Bill Guthridge is a retired American college basketball coach.Guthridge initially gained recognition after serving for 30 years as Dean Smith's assistant at the University of North Carolina. Following Dean Smith's retirement in 1997, Guthridge served as head coach of the Tar Heels for three seasons...

to Matt Doherty to Roy Williams

Roy Williams (coach)

Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...

) between 1997-2003. From 1997–2003 North Carolina won only 5 games of 19 against Duke and some said that the rivalry was on the decline. However, with the arrival of North Carolina alumnus Roy Williams as head coach, North Carolina has won five regular season titles in six years (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011), won the ACC tournament in back to back years in 2007 and 2008 and won its fourth and fifth NCAA championships in 2005

2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

and 2009 respectively. Erik Spanberg of the The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...

even argued that the rivalry has tilted towards North Carolina in recent years.
However, Duke swept North Carolina in their two meetings during the 2009-2010 season, winning the season finale by 32 points, which was the second largest Duke win in series history.

Following that game, Duke went on to win a fourth National title in 2010.

Former Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

editor and author (and North Carolina graduate) Will Blythe

Will Blythe

Will Blythe is a magazine writer and book author living in New York City. He is a former literary editor at Esquire magazine but is now a contributing editor for Harper's and Mirabella, and writes for many other periodicals, including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Elle, and...

argues that the rivalry’s passion can be attributed greatly to class and culture in the South.
The rivalry has been the subject of various books and articles, including To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe

Will Blythe

and Blue Blood by Art Chansky.

March 2, 1968: #10 Duke 87, #3 North Carolina 86 (3OT)

Duke defeated North Carolina 87-86 in triple overtime at Duke Indoor Stadium (later renamed Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium

) when seldom used Duke junior Fred Lind erupted for 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks after having only scored 21 points total in his entire career. When Duke All-American center Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis (basketball)

Michael J. Lewis is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'8" power forward from Duke University, Lewis played in the American Basketball Association from 1968 to 1974 as a member of the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Pipers, Pittsburgh Pipers, Pittsburgh Condors, and Carolina Cougars...

picked up his third foul in the first half (and Warren Chapman, his backup, had a knee injury), Duke coach Vic Bubas

Vic Bubas

Vic Bubas is a former basketball coach of Duke University.-Early life:Bubas graduated from Gary Lew Wallace High School in 1944. He then went on to North Carolina State University where he played for Everett Case. Bubas was an All-Southern Conference selection twice...

called on Lind to fill the void against North Carolina greats Rusty Clark and Bill Bunting

Bill Bunting

William Carl "Bill" Bunting is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the University of North Carolina....

. Lewis returned in the second half, but fouled out (four Blue Devils and one Tar Heel fouled out of the game) with about five minutes left in regulation when Duke was down by five, and Lind returned to the court. Lind went on to carry the Blue Devils in the three overtimes, blocking North Carolina's shot attempt at the end of regulation, making two free throws at the end of the first overtime, and knocking down a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer to send it into a third overtime. At the conclusion of the game, the students carried Lind to Duke’s main quad.

March 2, 1974: #4 North Carolina 96, Duke 92 (OT)

Eight Points in Seventeen Seconds. Duke led North Carolina by 86–78 with 17 seconds left. Despite the deficit and despite the fact that the game took place prior to the implementation of the three point shot, North Carolina rallied with a pair of free throws by Bobby Jones, then baskets by John Kuester and Jones after a steal by Walter Davis and a turnover on inbounds attempts. After Duke's Pete Kramer missed the front end of a one-and-one, North Carolina tied the score on Walter Davis's

Walter Davis (basketball)

Walter Paul Davis is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix Suns...

30 foot bank shot as time expired. The game went into overtime, where North Carolina prevailed, 96–92. To this day, many regard this comeback as the greatest in college basketball history.

January 3, 1975: Duke 99, #8 North Carolina 96 (OT)

In a Big Four Tournament matchup between North Carolina and Duke, the two teams played a see-saw game until a 10-0 Duke run in the second half made the score 64–56. North Carolina eventually tied the score at 70-70 with four minutes to go. Duke went back up by four with 1:41 to go, but a driving layup by Phil Ford with eight seconds to go in regulation tied the score at 82 and extended the game to overtime. The Blue Devils got quick baskets from Kevin Bellerman and Bob Fleischer to open the overtime but the Tar Heels answered and eventually took the lead, 89-88, on two Ford free throws with two minutes to go. Duke answered with four straight points and Carolina came back to tie the score at 92, and then Tate Armstrong

Tate Armstrong

Michel Taylor "Tate" Armstrong is a retired American basketball player.A 6'3" guard from Duke University, Armstrong won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics...

converted a three-point play to put the Blue Devils ahead for good. The teams combined for eight points in the final 20 seconds of the game, but Duke's free throw shooting gave them the 99-96 win. Fleischer led Duke with 26 points and Phil Ford scored 22 for North Carolina.

February 24, 1979: #6 Duke 47, #4 North Carolina 40

Jim Spanarkel

James Gerard Spanarkel is an American television analyst for the National Basketball Association. Spanarkel, who himself was a professional basketball player, was selected 16th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers and traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1980...

’s Senior Day game turned into one of the strangest afternoons in ACC basketball history as Duke held North Carolina scoreless for a half before knocking off the No. 4-ranked Tar Heels 47-40. Dean Smith resorted to the four corners offense

Four corners offense

The four corners offense is an offensive strategy for stalling in basketball. Four of the players stand in the corners of the offensive half-court and the fifth dribbles the ball in the middle...

and the Tar Heels held the ball throughout the first half, but Duke led 7-0 as Spanarkel forced two turnovers, assisted on a basket to Mike Gminski

Mike Gminski

Michael Thomas Gminski is a retired American college and professional basketball player. Gminski played his high school ball for Masuk High School in Monroe, CT. From there he played four seasons with the Duke Blue Devils, from 1977 to 1980. He led the team in scoring during his junior and senior...

and scored the last bucket of the half on a short jumper. (Smith later said, "It should have been 2-0, or something like that, at the half.") North Carolina's only two shots of the first half were air balls, that resulted in the first-ever chants of "Air ball . . . Air ball!" from the Cameron Crazies. Sparnakel added 15 points in the second half and finished with a game-high 17, hitting 8-of-9 field goal attempts. The win allowed Duke to tie North Carolina for the ACC regular season title.

Duke coach Bill Foster

Bill Foster (college basketball coach)

Bill Foster was the head men's basketball coach at Rutgers University, University of Utah, Duke University, University of South Carolina, and Northwestern University. He is best known for guiding Duke to the NCAA championship game in 1978, and that year he was named national Coach of the Year by...

wasn't amused by Smith's tactics in the first half and the next day said, "I've been doing this a long time, but during the first half last night I began to think maybe I've been doing it for too long." He then added this infamous dig: "I thought Naismith

James Naismith

The first game of "Basket Ball" was played in December 1891. In a handwritten report, Naismith described the circumstances of the inaugural match; in contrast to modern basketball, the players played nine versus nine, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting at two hoops,...

invented basketball, not Deansmith."

December 5, 1980: #10 North Carolina 78, Duke 76

North Carolina led by as many as 11 in the first half of the Big Four Tournament contest before Duke trimmed the lead to five at halftime. North Carolina played much of the second half shorthanded as Al Wood

Al Wood

Martin Alphonzo Wood is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 6'6" guard-forward from the University of North Carolina, Wood played in 6 NBA seasons for 4 different teams...

and Sam Perkins

Sam Perkins

got into foul trouble; Perkins would foul out with 7:55 to go. James Worthy

James Worthy

did his best to pick up the slack, leading the Tar Heels with 26 points and hitting eight straight shots at one point in the second half. Nevertheless, Gene Banks

Gene Banks

Eugene Lavon "Gene" Banks is a retired American professional basketball player. He is one of a handful of players to make high school All-America three times.-College & NBA Years:...

was able to give Duke only its second lead of the game, 73–71, with 2:36 left to play. North Carolina came back to tie the game at 76. Future Tar Heel head coach Matt Doherty, a freshman at the time, was then fouled, and hit a free throw with 12 seconds remaining to provide the winning margin. A Jimmy Braddock free throw in the final second gave North Carolina the 78-76 victory.

February 28, 1981: Duke 66, #11 North Carolina 65 (OT)

Duke struggled in its first season under Coach Mike Krzyzewski, going 17–13 overall and 6–8 in the ACC. However, the Blue Devils' regular-season finale was one to remember. On Senior Night, Duke's Gene Banks put on a tuxedo and threw roses to the crowd at Cameron Indoor Stadium before the game. North Carolina controlled the game early, then went scoreless over a four-minute stretch of the second half to allow Duke to take a 46-45 lead late in regulation. The Tar Heels fought back to go ahead 50-49, and the teams traded baskets until two Sam Perkins free throws gave Carolina a 58-56 lead with two seconds to play. Duke inbounded to midcourt and called time out with one second left. Banks took the inbounds pass and nailed a jumper at the buzzer to force overtime. The Blue Devils took a 62-59 lead early in the extra session, but North Carolina rallied to take a 65-64 lead on the strength of an Al Wood jumper and two free throws by Mike Pepper. Duke's Vince Taylor misfired on a short jumper, but Banks rebounded and banked home the game-winner with 19 seconds to go. Banks led Duke with 25 points, while Perkins scored 24 for Carolina.

March 3, 1984: #1 North Carolina 96, Duke 83 (2OT)

The final home game for Matt Doherty, Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

, and Sam Perkins, was a memorable one for Tar Heels fans. North Carolina looked to be finished when Duke's Mark Alarie

Mark Alarie

Mark Steven Alarie is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is 6'8", 217 lb....

converted a three-point play with 20 second to go in regulation and the Tar Heels missed a jumper that would have tied the game. However, after the Blue Devils missed the front end of a one-and-one, Matt Doherty took the inbounds pass the length of the court and hit a 15-footer with one second remaining to force overtime. The teams traded baskets during the first overtime and headed for the second extra session tied at 79. Michael Jordan opened the second overtime with an ally oop and a free throw, but Johnny Dawkins

Johnny Dawkins

-External links:*...

cut the North Carolina lead to 82-81 with a short jumper. Duke would get only one more basket as Jordan and Sam Perkins carried the Tar Heels to the 96-83 final, and North Carolina became the first ACC team in 10 years to go undefeated in conference play (14-0). Alarie led all scorers with 28 points, while Jordan topped Carolina with 25.

March 10, 1984: #16 Duke 77, #1 North Carolina 75

After losing two close games to North Carolina in the regular season, Duke finally upset the Tar Heels in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Johnny Dawkins

Johnny Dawkins

-External links:*...

and Tommy Amaker

Tommy Amaker

Harold Tommy Amaker is the current head coach of the Harvard University men's basketball team. He has also served as head basketball coach for the University of Michigan men's basketball team and at Seton Hall University. He played point guard and later served as an assistant coach at Duke...

led the Blue Devils to a 40-32 halftime advantage. Nevertheless, North Carolina went on a 12-2 run to open the second half, tying the score at 44-44 in a game that was close the rest of the way. David Henderson

David Henderson (basketball)

David McKinley Henderson is a retired American basketball player and a present day basketball coach....

hit four late free throws to keep Duke in the lead, but Michael Jordan closed the gap to 77-75. North Carolina regained possession with three seconds left in the game, but the Tar Heels comeback bid ended with Matt Doherty's errant inbounds pass. Jordan led all scorers with 22 points, while Doherty scored 20 and grabbed 10 rebounds.

January 21, 1988: #9 Duke 70, #2 North Carolina 69

Duke opened the game with an 11-2 run and eventually led 29-15, but North Carolina cut the lead to three before the Blue Devils took a 44-39 halftime lead. North Carolina still trailed 55-44 with 12:53 left when J.R. Reid took over the game. Reid scored 14 of Carolina's final 16 points to help the Tar Heels tie the score at 69 with 1:24 to go. A Danny Ferry

Danny Ferry

Daniel John Willard "Danny" Ferry is a retired American professional basketball player and the Vice President of Basketball Operations for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association...

free throw with 52 seconds remaining provided the winning margin for Duke, but not before North Carolina forced a turnover and failed to convert on four field goal attempts in the final 30 seconds. Kevin Strickland scored 22 points and Ferry added 19 for Duke, while Reid dropped in 27 for the Tar Heels. This would become the first of three Duke victories in a season sweep over North Carolina in 1988, including the ACC Tournament.

March 12, 1989: #9 North Carolina 77, #7 Duke 74

In one of the most intense games in the rivalry's history, North Carolina defeated Duke 77-74 in the ACC Tournament final at the Omni in Atlanta to secure the Heels' first ACC Tournament title in seven seasons. The teams had split the two regular season meetings; North Carolina defeating top ranked and then undefeated Duke 91-71 in Cameron in January (a game notable for the infamous "J.R. Can't Reid" placard displayed by some Duke fans) then Duke returned the favor in Chapel Hill in the season finale, knocking off North Carolina 88-86. Tensions between coaches Dean Smith

Dean Smith

and Mike Krzyzewski boiled over during Tournament week, stemming from the Reid sign in Durham in January, and by the time the two teams inevitably met in the conference championship, the game had developed the atmosphere of a heavyweight title fight. North Carolina led for much of the game, including a 39-35 halftime lead, but never could pull away. North Carolina's J.R. Reid, however, outplayed Duke's Naismith Award-finalist and ACC Tournament MVP Danny Ferry

Danny Ferry

. The game saw an incredible 49 fouls called between the two squads, and Carolina prevailed, but only when Ferry's 3/4 court shot rimmed out as time expired.

February 5, 1992: #9 North Carolina 75, #1 Duke 73

In a rough game between the Blue Devils and Tar Heels that featured blood and broken bones, Duke used an early 9-0 run to take a 16-11 lead with 12:55 to go in the first half. Hubert Davis' three-point play capped off a North Carolina run to give the Tar Heels a 20-19 lead. The teams exchanged the lead 10 times before a Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill (basketball)

Thomas Hill is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'5" guard, Hill played at Duke University from 1990 to 1993, winning two NCAA Championships . His teammates at Duke included Grant Hill , Christian Laettner, and Bobby Hurley...

baseline jumper gave the Blue Devils a 39-38 halftime lead. The Tar Heels opened the second half with a 10-0 spurt, but then saw its offense disappear. Duke went five minutes before scoring a second-half basket but fought back with tough defense, holding North Carolina without a field goal over the last 9½ minutes of the game. North Carolina hit 12 of 14 free throws during that stretch; including two by Derrick Phelps

Derrick Phelps

Derrick Michael Phelps is an American former professional basketball player. At 6' 4" and 181 lbs., he played as a point guard....

with 44.5 seconds remaining to give the Tar Heels a 75-73 lead. Christian Laettner

Christian Laettner

Christian Donald Laettner is a retired American professional basketball player and entrepreneur. He had a distinguished college and national career, and played in the National Basketball Association for thirteen seasons, from 1992–2005. He is presently a minority holder for the Major League...

had two shots to tie the game in the final 24 seconds, but missed both. However, the lasting image from this game had to be North Carolina's Eric Montross

Eric Montross

Eric Scott Montross is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA....

who took a couple of rough elbows to the face and looked more like a boxer than a center as he sank two late free throws with blood streaming down his face. Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley

Robert Matthew 'Bobby' Hurley is an American former basketball player and currently an assistant coach at Wagner College.-Biography:...

broke his foot during the game, but continued playing. Brian Davis

Brian Davis (basketball)

Brian Keith Davis is an American former college and professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round of the 1992 NBA Draft...

led Duke with 16 points, while Davis scored 16 for North Carolina.

February 2, 1995: #2 North Carolina 102, Duke 100 (2OT)

With Mike Krzyzewski on leave of absence for the year, the Blue Devils suffered through their worst season in well over a decade. They seemed out-manned on their home court from the opening tip, falling behind 26-9 in the first half, highlighted by alley-oops by Carolina's Rasheed Wallace

Rasheed Wallace

Rasheed Abdul Wallace is a retired American professional basketball power forward and center who played from 1995 to 2010 in the National Basketball Association...

and a reverse jam by Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Stackhouse

Jerry Darnell Stackhouse is an American professional basketball player who plays both shooting guard and small forward. He most recently played for the Miami Heat. He is now an NBA TV analyst but remains as an eligible free agent....

over two Blue Devils. However, Duke rallied in the second half and led by as much as 12, before North Carolina staged a rally of its own. The two squads exchanged leads four times at the end of regulation before heading into overtime. With three seconds left in the first overtime, Carolina led 95-92 and sent Serge Zwikker

Serge Zwikker

Serge Zwikker is a Dutch-American basketball player. His nephew is Christopher Johnatan Uhl. Serge came to the United States and played high school basketball for legendary coach Stu Vetter, at Flint Hill Prep and then Harker Prep.Zwikker played four years of college basketball for the University...

to the foul line with the chance to ice the game for the heavily favored Tar Heels. However Zwikker missed both free throws, setting up Duke's Jeff Capel

Jeff Capel III

Felton Jeff Capel III is an American former college basketball player at Duke University and was a head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Oklahoma. He is currently an assistant coach for his alma mater, Duke.-Youth:Capel is from a basketball family...

for a running, 37-foot heave that tied the game as the buzzer sounded, sending Cameron into a state of euphoria. With the game still tied late in the second overtime, Donald Williams

Donald Williams (basketball)

Donald Williams is a former American professional basketball player.Born in Garner, North Carolina, Williams played for Garner High School before going on to play at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....

scored for the Heels and Jeff McInnis

Jeff McInnis

Jeff Lemans McInnis is a basketball player. He has played in the NBA, in Greece and in the CBA .-Career:...

stole the inbounds pass for an easy layup, putting North Carolina up 102-98. Duke answered with a basket of their own and after stopping the Tar Heels, had a chance to force a third overtime or win the game outright. Nevertheless, Steve Wojciechowski

Steve Wojciechowski

Steve "Wojo" Wojciechowski is an American basketball coach and former player. He played at Duke University from 1994 until 1998 where he was the team's point guard. He currently is an associate head coach at Duke under head coach Mike Krzyzewski...

's jumper missed and Greg Newton

Greg Newton

Greg Newton was center for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team from 1994-1997. Newton was Team Captain in his senior season. He was a member of the Canadian National Team, that finished seventh in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Newton averaged 7.6 points per game for his career...

's putback drew nothing but air, preserving North Carolina's 102-100 victory.

January 31, 1996: #8 North Carolina 73, Duke 72

Duke led 37-20 over North Carolina with less than five minutes to go in the first half and took a 42-30 advantage into the locker room at halftime. North Carolina managed to close the gap to 44-42 with 14:14 remaining in the game, but the Blue Devils stretched the lead back to 11 with 8:44 left. The Tar Heels fought back and pulled within one behind scoring from six different players over the next few minutes. Steve Wojciechowski

Steve Wojciechowski

hit a three-pointer to give Duke a 72-68 lead with 1:13 to go. Shammond Williams

Shammond Williams

Shammond Omar Williams is a naturalized Georgian professional basketball player who grew up in the United States . The 6'1" combination point guard/shooting guard is known for his long-range shooting accuracy...

answered with a three to cut the Duke lead to one with 58 seconds left, and North Carolina forced a turnover on the ensuing inbounds pass. Jeff McInnis drove the lane and fed Serge Zwikker, whose shot was blocked by Greg Newton, but Dante Calabria was there for the tip-in and a 73-72 Carolina lead. Duke's Ricky Price could not connect on a jumper at the buzzer, and the Tar Heels escaped.

February 28, 1998: #1 Duke 77, #3 North Carolina 75

Just two months removed from a broken foot that most assumed would sideline him for the season, Duke freshman Elton Brand

Elton Brand

Elton Tyron Brand is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association...

rallied the Blue Devils from a 64-47 second-half deficit with 12 minutes remaining to a 77-75 victory over North Carolina. The victory earned Duke the ACC regular-season championship and Coach Mike Krzyzewski his 500th victory in the most memorable game of the college season. Duke tied the game at 75-75 on a slashing floater by sophomore Chris Carrawell

Chris Carrawell

Chris Carrawell is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round of the 2000 NBA Draft. Carrawell attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep and played collegiately at Duke University.-External links:**...

with 2:00 remaining and took the lead for the first time on a driving basket by Roshown McLeod

Roshown McLeod

Roshown McLeod is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round of the 1998 NBA Draft. A 6'8" small forward from St. John's University and Duke University, McLeod played in three NBA seasons from 1999 to 2001...

one minute later as the North Carolina offense lapsed into a series of turnovers and errant shots. Both point guard Ed Cota

Ed Cota

Eduardo Enrique Cota is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 0", 195-lb. point guard played for Atlas Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. He is currently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....

and freshman center Brendan Haywood

Brendan Haywood

Brendan Todd Haywood is an American professional basketball player. The 7' 0", 263-lb. center currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.-College:...

had a chance to tie the game from the free-throw line in the waning seconds, but both missed the first of two free throws, and the Tar Heels were unable to turn intentional misses on the second attempts into points.

February 3, 2000: #3 Duke 90, North Carolina 86 (OT)

The Tar Heels were unranked coming into the game for the first time since 1990. Shane Battier

Shane Battier

Shane Courtney Battier is an American professional basketball player . He most recently played with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He has also been a member of the U.S...

scored 14 first-half points for Duke and North Carolina turned the ball over 14 times to give the Blue Devils a 17-point halftime lead. Duke eventually took a 19-point lead early in the second half. North Carolina then turned the tide down the stretch, scoring on 19 of its final 22 possessions, including a three-pointer by Joseph Forte

Joseph Forte

Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte is an American professional basketball player.-Beginnings:Forte got his start at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. There, Forte played under the instruction of legendary high school prep coach Morgan Wootten. Forte's teammate at DeMatha, Keith Bogans,...

with 5.2 seconds left to send the game to the extra period at 73-73. The Blue Devils scored on their first six possessions in overtime and got seven points from Carlos Boozer

Carlos Boozer

Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...

in the extra frame to hold on for the 90-86 victory.

February 1, 2001: #4 North Carolina 85, #2 Duke 83

Brendan Haywood, who entered shooting 48 percent from the line, made a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left and the Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils 85-83 in Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium

. Joseph Forte had 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for North Carolina. Duke tied it for the last time with 9.3 seconds left on a three-pointer by Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

Michael Joseph "Mike" Dunleavy, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association...

, who had missed his first five three-point attempts. Shane Battier

Shane Battier

fouled out when he crashed into Haywood 30 feet from the hoop with 1.2 seconds left, leading to the game-winning free throws, the outcome only decided after freshman Chris Duhon's

Chris Duhon

Chris Nicholas Duhon is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic. Duhon was a point guard for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004, the Chicago Bulls from 2004 to 2008, and the New York Knicks from 2008 to 2010, and presently plays for the Orlando...

half court heave drew back iron at the buzzer.

March 9, 2003: North Carolina 82, #10 Duke 79

In the two teams' meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina coach Matt Doherty and Duke assistant coach Chris Collins

Chris Collins (basketball)

Chris Collins is a basketball player and coach from Northbrook, Illinois. He is currently the associate head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team and is the son of NBA coach Doug Collins....

"bumped heads" after North Carolina player Raymond Felton

Raymond Felton

Raymond Bernard Felton, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association . A point guard, Felton is listed at 6'1 and 205 lbs. Felton played college basketball for the North Carolina under head coach Roy...

was injured by Dahntay Jones

Dahntay Jones

Dahntay Lavall Jones is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA.Originally a student at Rutgers University, Jones transferred to Duke University...

while both players were looking for a rebound. Subsequently, Duke player Andre Buckner bumped Doherty and several players from both teams became involved in shoving matches before officials finally restored order. North Carolina prevailed 82-79 when Jones' 30-footer that would have tied the game was waved off for coming after time had expired.

February 4, 2004: #1 Duke 83, #17 North Carolina 81 (OT)

In the first game in the Duke-Carolina rivalry pitting Mike Krzyzewski against new UNC head coach Roy Williams

Roy Williams (coach)

, Chris Duhon

Chris Duhon

's reverse layup with 6.5 seconds left in overtime gave Duke its 16th straight victory overall and fifth victory in the last six years on North Carolina's home court. Duke turned up the defense late in regulation and went on a 10-0 run, taking a 72-69 lead on two free throws by Luol Deng

Luol Deng

Luol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...

with 1:06 left. Sean May scored on a rebound with 53 seconds to go, but J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick

Jonathan Clay "J. J." Redick is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position who plays for the Orlando Magic. He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. During his collegiate years, Redick played for Duke University...

restored the three-point lead on a drive with 38 seconds left. After a Carolina timeout, Jawad Williams

Jawad Williams

Jawad Hason Williams is an American professional basketball player. He played high school basketball at St. Edward High School of Lakewood, Ohio and collegiately for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels....

hit a game-tying three-pointer with 18 seconds to go and Daniel Ewing

Daniel Ewing

George Daniel Ewing, Jr , is an American professional basketball player, currently playing with Ukraine's Azovmash Mariupol, mainly as a shooting guard.-College career:...

missed a potential game-winner for Duke with 3 seconds left. In the first overtime, Shelden Williams

Shelden Williams

Shelden DeMar Williams is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New York Knicks...

had two blocks and his defense forced North Carolina into a 35-second shot clock violation with 22 seconds left. Redick then made two free throws to make it 81-78 and Rashad McCants

Rashad McCants

Rashad Dion McCants is an American professional basketball player.-High school career:...

drilled the game-tying three that set the stage for Duhon's heroics.

February 9, 2005: #7 Duke 71, #2 North Carolina 70

In arguably the most anticipated game in the rivalry since 1998, the Tar Heels came up Highway 15-501 to visit the Blue Devils for a heavily hyped, prime time ESPN broadcast. The game did not disappoint. Despite a below average shooting night, Duke led much of the way behind an 18 point performance by J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick

, while freshman reserve guard DeMarcus Nelson

DeMarcus Nelson

DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Donetsk. He can play at either the point guard or shooting guard positions. Nelson has played in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors.-College career:Nelson played at the shooting guard position on...

added 16. The Duke defense also led to 23 North Carolina turnovers. North Carolina big man Sean May keeping the Tar Heels within reach with a 23-point, 18-rebound effort, as well as gritty play by point guard Raymond Felton. North Carolina was down by nine with five minutes to go, but fought back in the hostile environment, a layup by Rashad McCants pulling North Carolina within a point at 71-70 with less than a minute to play. North Carolina opted not to foul and played defense for the Blue Devils' next possession, and the effort paid off, as J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick

shot an air ball as the shot clock expired to give the Tar Heels one play to win or lose the game. Predictably, North Carolina got the ball into the hands of Felton, who looked to run a set play. Duke's Daniel Ewing

Daniel Ewing

George Daniel Ewing, Jr , is an American professional basketball player, currently playing with Ukraine's Azovmash Mariupol, mainly as a shooting guard.-College career:...

made a play on the ball, but Felton sidestepped him and had an open lane to the goal. However, rather than drive to the rim, Felton attempted to continue to run the play that had been called, but Duke's defense had the play scouted, and Felton, having picked up his dribble, had nowhere to go. He tried a desperate pass to David Noel

David Noel

David Anthony Noel III is an American professional basketball player. A graduate of Southern High School in Durham, North Carolina and the University of North Carolina, Noel was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft with their lone pick, 39th overall.Noel...

by the sideline, but the ball was tipped away and the horn sounded, the Tar Heels unable to get a shot.

March 6, 2005: #2 North Carolina 75, #6 Duke 73

On Senior Day in Chapel Hill, before the largest crowd to see a college game on-campus in the state of North Carolina (22,125), the Tar Heels had a chance to win their first outright ACC regular-season title since 1993. However, they trailed Duke 73-64 with three minutes to play. Offensive rebounds and subsequent put backs by North Carolina's Jawad Williams and Marvin Williams

Marvin Williams

Marvin Gaye Williams, Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He currently is playing for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and is listed at 6' 9" and 240 pounds...

, the latter set up by a Duke turnover, cut the lead to five with two minutes to go. Duke's DeMarcus Nelson

DeMarcus Nelson

missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving the ball back to North Carolina. Sean May then rebounded a miss of his own, was fouled on the put back, and converted the free throw to complete the three-point play, trimming the lead to 73-71 with 1:45 to go. Missed jumpers by Lee Melchionni

Lee Melchionni

Lee Melchionni is a former collegiate men's basketball player in the NCAA. He played with the Duke Blue Devils and wore number 13.-High school:...

and J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick

gave the ball back to the Tar Heels, but Duke's Shelden Williams came up with a huge block to regain possession for the Blue Devils with less than a minute to go. Duke inbounded the ball and looked to move it quickly up court, but North Carolina's David Noel chased down Daniel Ewing

Daniel Ewing

George Daniel Ewing, Jr , is an American professional basketball player, currently playing with Ukraine's Azovmash Mariupol, mainly as a shooting guard.-College career:...

from behind and knocked the ball away before he could get a pass off. Raymond Felton came up with the loose ball in a scrum and called for time, setting up a game-tying possession for the Tar Heels - an eerily similar scenario to the game one month earlier at Cameron Indoor Stadium. This time, Felton took the ball to the hoop and drew a foul. Felton nailed the first free throw to cut the lead to one, but missed the second one. However, Felton redeemed himself for his failure at Cameron, and managed to tip the rebound to Marvin Williams, who took it straight back up, put the ball in the hoop and drew a foul, giving the Tar Heels the lead and blowing the roof off the Smith Center in the process. The free throw made it 75-73, and Duke called time to set up one final play. The ball went to sharpshooter Redick, but his three-pointer rimmed out, and Ewing's desperation jumper at the buzzer fell short.

March 4, 2006: #13 North Carolina 83, #1 Duke 76

Coming into the game ranked #1 in both polls, Duke hosted senior night, honoring the National Player of the Year and all-time ACC leading scorer J.J. Redick

J.J. Redick

and two-time National Defensive Player of the Year Shelden Williams

Shelden Williams

Shelden DeMar Williams is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New York Knicks...

. North Carolina, the defending national champions, had lost the whole core of the team that won it all the year before, but came into the game on a 7-game winning streak. Freshmen Tyler Hansbrough

Tyler Hansbrough

Andrew Tyler Hansbrough is an American basketball player for the Indiana Pacers. Hansbrough completed a college basketball career with the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team in 2009, and was drafted into the NBA by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th pick of the 1st round of the 2009 NBA...

and Danny Green

Danny Green (basketball)

Daniel Richard "Danny" Green, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for KK Union Olimpija in Slovenia. He is a 6'6" guard-forward from North Carolina. Danny has the most wins in North Carolina history: he played in more games and had more wins than any Tar Heel before him...

led North Carolina as well as veterans Reyshawn Terry and David Noel. ESPN broadcast the game on all three of its channels as part of its first ESPN Full Circle
ESPN Full Circle
ESPN Full Circle is the branding used for multi-network simulcasts of a single sporting event across multiple ESPN networks and serviceswith each feed providing a different version of the telecast making use of different features or functions...

coverage, showing a marathon of past games hours before tipoff. Duke led early 13-2 as Redick caught fire and hit his first five shots. The Tar Heels fought back, cutting the deficit to one by halftime. The Tar Heels stormed out to a 72-62 lead as Hansbrough and Terry starting hitting their shots in the second half. After a timeout, Duke's Williams hook shot pulled Duke back within eight, but Hansbrough recovered a loose ball 25 feet from the hoop answered with a three pointer to beat the shot clock. Duke gradually pulled within three points with 1:31 left. However, that was as close as it would get. The Heels hit their free throws down the stretch, Redick missed 15 of his last 16 shots, and DeMarcus Nelson shot an air ball that resulted in a shot clock violation that prevented a late Duke rally, leading to a final score of 83-76. The game was watched by 3.78 million households on ESPN and ESPN2, making it the most-viewed men's college basketball game ever.

March 4, 2007: #8 North Carolina 86, #14 Duke 72

North Carolina beat Duke at the Dean Smith Center 86-72, completing the season sweep of the Blue Devils. The most memorable part of this game was a combative foul by Gerald Henderson

Gerald Henderson, Jr.

Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson, Jr. is an American basketball player who was drafted 12th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association...

when his fist contacted Tyler Hansbrough’s nose on a hard foul attempt with 14.5 seconds on the clock and the result of the game clearly determined. The contact broke Hansbrough's nose, drawing blood. The officials charged Henderson with a combative foul and ejected him from the game. After the foul, Hansbrough jumped up with blood streaming from his nose, but was calmed by his teammate Dewey Burke, before heading to the locker room for medical attention. Since then, both Hansbrough and Henderson have stated the foul was unintentional. To protect his broken nose, Hansbrough wore a face mask throughout the ACC tournament, and into the second round of the NCAA tournament.

February 11, 2009: #3 North Carolina 101, #5 Duke 87

Having not lost in Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2005, UNC looked to extend its streak to 4 in this highly anticipated matchup of two top 5 nationally-ranked teams. UNC led most of the way through the first half leading by as many as 11, but Duke clawed back and took the lead with under 6 minutes left in the half. Duke held an 8-point advantage going into the locker room. In the second half, Duke simply had no answer for Ty Lawson's relentless penetration. Ty Lawson scored a game-high 25 points, with 21 of them coming in the 2nd half. UNC broke the game open midway through the second half, rolling to a 101-87 victory over the Blue Devils. This game marked the first time since 2000 that Duke allowed 100 points on its home floor. This game also assured that UNC seniors Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green would finish their college careers undefeated at Cameron.

March 8, 2009: #2 North Carolina 79, #7 Duke 71

With the ACC regular season championship on the line for both teams, the game was very close throughout, with neither team leading by more than 3 points in the first half. Duke took a 3-point lead into halftime. Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler led Duke in scoring with 24 and 23 points, respectively. Their efforts were not enough, as Tyler Hansbrough led the Tar Heels with 17 points and Ty Lawson fell just short of a triple-double as the Tar Heels opened up a late 10-point lead and cruised to a 79-71 victory. This victory gave UNC its 3rd outright ACC regular season crown in the last 5 years and its second regular season sweep over the Blue Devils in the last three seasons. It also marked UNC's 6th win in the last 7 matchups with Duke.

March 6, 2010: #4 Duke 82, North Carolina 50

After struggling mightily during much of the regular season, unranked UNC came into the matchup with a 16-14 record, while heavily-favored #4 Duke was 25-5. The Blue Devils were fighting for a share of the ACC regular season championship and a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Duke led the game throughout and Nolan Smith

Nolan Smith

Nolan Derek Smith is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, having been selected with the 21st pick in the 2011 NBA Draft after four years at Duke University. As a senior, he was named a first team AP All-American and the ACC Player of the Year...

, Kyle Singler

Kyle Singler

Kyle Edward Singler is a professional basketball player for the Real Madrid in Spain. He was a four-year starter for the Duke men's basketball team and was instrumental in their 2010 NCAA Championship run, earning MVP of the Final Four.-High school:Singler attended South Medford High School and...

, and Jon Scheyer

Jon Scheyer

Jonathan James "Jon" Scheyer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League in that competition, the Adriatic League, and the Euroleague...

all hit consecutive three pointers in the first half in route to a 53-26 halftime lead. The "Big 3" combined for 65 of Duke's 82 points. The 32 point victory over the Tar Heels marked the largest margin of victory ever for Duke over UNC at home. The victory gave Duke the regular season sweep over North Carolina, and a share of the ACC regular season crown with Maryland. The victory ensured that the 2010 team finished a perfect 17-0 at home during the season.

February 9, 2011: #5 Duke 79, #20 North Carolina 73

This game had major implications in the ACC regular season race, as both teams entered the game with only one conference loss. Seeking revenge after a 32-point defeat at Duke the previous year, North Carolina started strong to take a 16-point lead late in the first half, led by Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller

Tyler Paul Zeller is an American college basketball player who is currently a Senior at the University of North Carolina...

with 24 points and 13 rebounds; and John Henson

John Henson (basketball)

John Henson is a college basketball player who currently plays for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He played high school basketball at Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida. -Early life:...

, who finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds. However, in the second half, the Blue Devils came storming back thanks to a career-high 34 points for Nolan Smith

Nolan Smith

and a season-high 22 for Seth Curry

Seth Curry

Seth Adham Curry is an American basketball player and native of Charlotte, North Carolina, who plays collegiately for Duke University. He is the son of former Virginia Tech, NBA star, Dell Curry, and former volleyball standout, Sonya Curry...

, who scored 18 in the second half. Duke took the lead for good on a Ryan Kelly 3-pointer with 9:14 left, and sealed the victory with a deep pass to Smith, who beat his defender for a dunk with 15 seconds left. This performance gave the Blue Devils their third straight win over the Tar Heels, improving Duke's record to 22-2 overall (9-1 in conference) and an unblemished 14-0 at home, while UNC dropped to 17-6 on the season. The victory by Duke following a 14 point deficit at halftime also represented the largest comeback from halftime by a Duke team since 1959.

March 5, 2011: #13 North Carolina 81, #4 Duke 67

The Tar Heels and the Blue Devils entered the game tied atop the ACC, with the winner of this game clinching the outright ACC regular season title and the top seed in the ACC Tournament--only the fifth winner-take-all game in the history of the rivalry. With North Carolina hosting the contest on Senior Night, they looked to exact revenge on Duke for the 79-73 defeat in Durham on February 9. Down 19-18 early in the going, the Tar Heels outscored Duke 33-20 to close the half, leading by a score of 51-39 at halftime and never relinquishing the lead after that, despite 30 points from Nolan Smith and 20 points from Seth Curry, constituting 50 of Duke's 67 total points. Harrison Barnes scored 18 points, while Kendall Marshall scored 15 points and recorded 11 assists as North Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak against Duke and won its 28th ACC regular season title. The game was nationally televised by CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

--the first time that the final regular-season clash has been televised over-the-air in prime time.

March 13, 2011: #6 Duke 75, #7 North Carolina 58

Duke defeated UNC in the finals of the ACC tournament to capture its record third straight ACC title. The victory gave Duke its 19th ACC Championship and a #1 seed in the West Region. Nolan Smith had 20 points and 10 assists to lead the Blue Devils and was named the tournament MVP. Kyle Singler added 11 points for the Blue Devils, who ran out to a 18 point lead in the first half and never looked back. Seth Curry

Seth Curry

had 11 points, including a 3-pointer after the Tar Heels had pulled to within nine in the second half. Ryan Kelly added another 3 a few minutes later that helped silence North Carolina's last-gasp push and finished with nine points.

Duke shot a blistering 62% in the first half and 50% for the game. The Blue Devils also shut down North Carolina's transition offense behind Smith, who harassed point guard Kendall Marshall so much that Williams yanked the normally steady freshman twice in the first 7 1/2 minutes.

Series facts

North Carolina leads the all-time series 131-101.
The first game ever played between North Carolina and Duke, known as Trinity College until 1924, took place January 24, 1920. UNC won 36-25. http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/opponents/results.php?oid=77
North Carolina and Duke usually rank amongst the nation's best teams when they meet.
- For the last 128 meetings at least one school has been ranked in the AP Top 20 or AP Top 25. The last time when neither was ranked by the AP was on February 27, 1960, but North Carolina was #12 in the coaches' poll (run at the time by the UPI, now the ESPN/USA Today poll). The last time when neither was ranked in either polls was February 25, 1955 when Duke (ranked as high as #17 earlier in the season) beat North Carolina (unranked all year).
- North Carolina has been ranked in the AP poll in 105 of the last 129 matchups. Duke was ranked in 84 of those 129 match-ups. Duke and North Carolina have met 69 times when both teams were ranked in the Top 25, with the series record at 35-34 for North Carolina.
- North Carolina and Duke have never met in the NCAA Tournament, though both teams went to the Final Four in 1991 with Duke as eventual NCAA Champion. They did meet in the 1971 National Invitation Tournament
  National Invitation Tournament
  The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
  
  semifinals, which North Carolina won 73-67 en route to the 1971 NIT championship.
The largest margin of victory by North Carolina over Duke was 37 points (55-18 in 1921). The largest margin by Duke over North Carolina was 35 points (104-69 in 1964).

Head-to-head coaching statistics:
- Dean Smith was 59-35 vs. Duke and 24-14 vs. Krzyzewski, winning 8 of the last 9 matchups before retiring in 1997.
- Mike Krzyzewski is 36-36 vs. North Carolina. He was 13-4 vs. Smith's immediate successors (Bill Guthridge (1998–2000) and Matt Doherty (2000–2003)).
- Roy Williams is 8-9 vs. Duke as head coach of North Carolina. (Williams was 1-3 against Duke as head coach of Kansas).

Scores of games (1960–2011)

Winning team is shown in bold. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown in parenthesis next to the team name (failure to list AP ranking does not necessarily mean the team was not ranked at the time of the game). North Carolina leads the all-time head-to-head series with Duke 131-101.

Achievements by season (1985–2011)

Football

The football rivalry was once as bitter as the basketball rivalry, but has been less intense for much of the last quarter-century. North Carolina has won 20 of the last 21 meetings with Duke. While both schools agree that North Carolina holds a large lead in the series, the two schools disagree on a game early in the series in which both teams thought they were supposed to be the home team. North Carolina claims a 58-35-4 lead, a claim supported by the ESPN Sports Almanac; Duke claims UNC leads 57-36-4.

Nonetheless, there is some tradition behind the rivalry. In the 1920s Duke began appearing as the last game of the North Carolina football season with some regularity, Virginia being the other team with that spot (see the North Carolina Media Guide
The Tar Heels-Blue Devils matchup would be the last regular season game for both teams for all but a few years from the 1930s until the ACC split into two divisions in 2005. Although UNC and Duke were both placed in the Coastal Division, North Carolina State frequently became the last game on the Tar Heels' schedule.

Other sports

The rivalry between Duke and North Carolina has spilled over into other arenas. Beginning in 2001, the rivalry has been strengthened by the creation of the Carlyle Cup

Carlyle Cup

The Carlyle Cup is a trophy contested annually by the Duke Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels. It is awarded to the school that has the most combined head-to-head wins against the other school in all of the shared varsity sports for that academic year...

. This cup is given each year to the school that has the most combined head-to-head wins against the other school in all of the shared varsity sports. UNC has claimed the cup 7 times, winning in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Duke has won the cup 3 times, in 2001, 2003, and 2004. UNC and Duke tied for the cup in 2007.

Duke and North Carolina have also developed a strong women's college basketball rivalry since the 1990s as Duke and North Carolina field two of the strongest women's basketball teams in the nation. Duke made four Women's Final Four appearances in 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2006 but has not won a championship. North Carolina won its first NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...

in 1994, and made three Women's Final Four appearances in 1994, 2006, and 2007.

In 1992 North Carolina defeated Duke by a 9-1 score in the NCAA championship game in Women's Soccer in a game played in Chapel Hill's Fetzer Field, a decided home court advantage for the Tar Heels. UNC was led by super stars Kristine Lilly and Mia Hamm. This is the only time the two schools have ever met for a national championship in any sport. In 2007, 2008, and 2010, Duke and North Carolina played each other in the NCAA Lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

Quarterfinals, with Duke winning each time.

Twenty four students from the two schools got together from January 14–16, 2006 in order to attempt to break the world record for the longest continuous game of basketball ever recorded. The game set a new world record at 57 hours, 17 minutes and 41 seconds with Duke winning the game 3699-3444. All $60,000 raised from the marathon benefited the Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy, an organization which helps children with life-threatening illnesses develop successful life skills through basketball.

School newspapers

As a tradition, one day prior to a Duke-North Carolina basketball game, The Chronicle
The Chronicle (Duke University)
The Chronicle is a daily student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The Chronicle was first published as The Trinity Chronicle on December 19, 1905. The paper's name was changed to The Chronicle when Trinity College was renamed Duke University following a donation by James...

, Duke's student newspaper, publishes a spoof cover page for the day's edition with the title The Daily Tar Hole. Contained within are fake news stories poking fun at The Daily Tar Heel
The Daily Tar Heel
The Daily Tar Heel is the independent student newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded on February 23, 1893, and became a daily newspaper in 1929. The paper places a focus on university news and sports, but it also includes heavy coverage of Orange County and...

and the North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina Tar Heels

. The Daily Tar Heel typically publishes former columnist Ian Williams' "Insider's guide to hating Duke" for the two basketball match-ups each year. There is a longstanding agreement that if Duke wins the first matchup, The Daily Tar Heel's masthead is printed in Duke blue, and if North Carolina wins the first matchup, The Chronicle's masthead is painted Carolina blue. The losing school's paper also has to put the other school's logo in a conspicuous location and claim that the winning school is "still the best."

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.

Men's basketball

History

March 2, 1968: #10 Duke 87, #3 North Carolina 86 (3OT)

March 2, 1974: #4 North Carolina 96, Duke 92 (OT)

January 3, 1975: Duke 99, #8 North Carolina 96 (OT)

February 24, 1979: #6 Duke 47, #4 North Carolina 40

December 5, 1980: #10 North Carolina 78, Duke 76

February 28, 1981: Duke 66, #11 North Carolina 65 (OT)

March 3, 1984: #1 North Carolina 96, Duke 83 (2OT)

March 10, 1984: #16 Duke 77, #1 North Carolina 75

January 21, 1988: #9 Duke 70, #2 North Carolina 69

March 12, 1989: #9 North Carolina 77, #7 Duke 74

February 5, 1992: #9 North Carolina 75, #1 Duke 73

February 2, 1995: #2 North Carolina 102, Duke 100 (2OT)

January 31, 1996: #8 North Carolina 73, Duke 72

February 28, 1998: #1 Duke 77, #3 North Carolina 75

February 3, 2000: #3 Duke 90, North Carolina 86 (OT)

February 1, 2001: #4 North Carolina 85, #2 Duke 83

March 9, 2003: North Carolina 82, #10 Duke 79

February 4, 2004: #1 Duke 83, #17 North Carolina 81 (OT)

February 9, 2005: #7 Duke 71, #2 North Carolina 70

March 6, 2005: #2 North Carolina 75, #6 Duke 73

March 4, 2006: #13 North Carolina 83, #1 Duke 76

March 4, 2007: #8 North Carolina 86, #14 Duke 72

February 11, 2009: #3 North Carolina 101, #5 Duke 87

March 8, 2009: #2 North Carolina 79, #7 Duke 71

March 6, 2010: #4 Duke 82, North Carolina 50

February 9, 2011: #5 Duke 79, #20 North Carolina 73

March 5, 2011: #13 North Carolina 81, #4 Duke 67

March 13, 2011: #6 Duke 75, #7 North Carolina 58

Series facts

Scores of games (1960–2011)

Achievements by season (1985–2011)

Football

Other sports

School newspapers

Further reading

External links