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How Duke vs. UNC Became the Best Rivalry in College Basketball | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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The North Carolina-Duke rivalry has long been regarded as the greatest rivalry in college basketball, and for good reason. For nearly 100 years, the third- and fourth-winningest programs in college basketball history have battled on Tobacco Road, setting a precedent for rivalries around the country.
“Our games against North Carolina over the decades have proven to stand that test of greatness and time and excellence.” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said in an interview on the ACC Network. “Whatever thing you want to check, whatever you need to have it be a great rivalry, Duke and Carolina check all the boxes.”
Located just eight miles apart, Duke and North Carolina have battled for local and national dominance since the first meeting on Jan. 24, 1920 (UNC won, 36-25). The two teams have not only set historic matchups in ACC play, but have also stood as NCAA powerhouses.
Duke is currently fifth all time with NCAA titles in 1991, 1992, 2001, and 2010 while North Carolina stands as third all time with titles in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, and 2009. Duke has earned 19 ACC tournament titles and is first overall in the conference for most conference titles. North Carolina is second overall in the conference with 17. As of the last meeting on Feb. 20, the record between the two teams stands at 133 wins for North Carolina and 103 wins for Duke.
Two historically talented teams with conference title implications and national rankings on the line is always a recipe for an epic game. Take a look at some of the great rivalry moments over the years in this video from ESPN:
Behind every great team is a great coach. North Carolina and Duke have had their fair share of legendary coaches. For 36 years, Dean Smith led the Tar Heels to incredible success, winning two NCAA championships (1982, 1993) and making 11 Final Four appearances. He ended his career with a total of 879 wins and 11 ACC tournament championships.
Mike Krzyzewski still stands as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Since 1980, Coach K has led the Blue Devils to four national championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010), 11 Final Four appearances and 13 ACC tournament championships.
After a successful career at Kansas, Roy Williams was named head coach at UNC in 2003 and has already won two NCAA championships and put up a record of 279-76.
Legendary players have occupied the court over the years for both teams, bringing UNC and Duke fans to their feet at the Smith Center and Cameron Indoor. The obvious name that comes to mind for North Carolina is Michael Jordan, who was a member of the NCAA championship team in 1982 while wearing the Carolina blue.
Other Carolina greats like Vince Carter, Rasheed Wallace, Billy Cunningham, Phil Ford, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Antawn Jamison, Rick Fox, Kenny Smith, Jerry Stackhouse and countless others have contributed to the Tar Heels program success over the decades.
One of the many great moments in UNC history was highlighted in an article by Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com, with a video from the March 7, 1993 rivalry game where top-ranked North Carolina avenged the earlier season loss to the Blue Devils.
The Duke program has fostered countless standout players that have sealed their names in the Blue Devil history books. Duke greats Art Heyman, Dick Groat, Jason Williams, Danny Ferry, Johnny Dawkins, J.J. Redick, Shane Battier, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, and Christian Laettner are just a few Blue Devils who have paved the way for a historically successful program.
Former Duke players were interviewed on GoDuke.com and asked to share their favorite Duke-UNC rivalry memories in Blue Devil Vault: The UNC Rivalry.
But what has and will continue to set this rivalry over the top is the thousands of North Carolina and Duke fans that live and breathe for their teams on Tobacco Road. Every year, fans gather to cheer and roar for their team to complete their mission of defeating the in-state rival. The Blue Blood Rivalry documentary gives a taste of the UNC-Duke fandemonium.
On Saturday, the rivalry will continue as Duke hosts North Carolina at Cameron Indoor at 9 p.m. ET. The Blue Devils are looking to avenge their loss to the Tar Heels from Feb. 20 where UNC upset then No. 5 Duke at the Smith Center. North Carolina hopes to continue its 12-game winning streak with a second straight victory over the in-state rival.
One thing is certain, it will be another unforgettable battle that will continue to write college basketball history books for years to come.
Rivalry Breakdown: Duke-UNC | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Duke vs. North Carolina isn’t just the best rivalry in college basketball—it’s a leading contender for the best rivalry in any sport.
Separated by a mere 10 miles along Tobacco Road, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels prove every year just how much contempt familiarity can breed, then mix that contempt with Hall of Fame-level hoops talent.
One of the many all-time college greats who grabbed the spotlight in this matchup was UNC's Tyler Hansbrough. As the leading rebounder and scorer in Tar Heels history—and the Division I record-holder for most free throws made—Psycho T did more than his share of damage in compiling a 6-2 career record against Duke.
Here's a closer look at Hansbrough and the rest of the unmatched stars, classic games and unforgettable plays that have elevated Duke and North Carolina to the pinnacle of college sports showdowns.
The Stats
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Wins: Duke 105, North Carolina 133
Conference championships (regular-season only): Duke 22, North Carolina 36
National Titles: Duke 4, North Carolina 5
Consensus All-Americans: Duke 14, North Carolina 16
NBA/ABA Players Produced: Duke 60, North Carolina 81
Duke’s All-Time Starting 5
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C Mike Gminski
PF Christian Laettner
SF Grant Hill
SG J. J. Redick
PG Bobby Hurley
Gminski might be more recognizable as a broadcaster these days, but in Durham he set the career rebounding record (he’s still second on that list) and scored 2,323 points (now fifth). Laettner, meanwhile, added indelible NCAA tournament heroics to his own gaudy statistics—he’s third in both rebounding and scoring.
Redick ran away with the team's scoring records while setting the NCAA mark for three-pointers made. Hurley, who has a Division I record of his own with 1,076 assists, teamed with Laettner and Hill on three Final Four teams and two NCAA champions.
Hill is a close call here over 1989 Naismith Award winner Danny Ferry and fellow defensive stopper Shane Battier, but Hill is the pick on the strength of (by far) the greatest NBA career of any Blue Devil.
North Carolina's All-Time Starting 5
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C Bob McAdoo
PF Tyler Hansbrough
SF James Worthy
SG Michael Jordan
PG Phil Ford
McAdoo didn’t stay at Carolina long enough to match Sam Perkins’ career accomplishments, but the 6’9” Hall of Famer was a souped-up version of Perkins who repeatedly topped 30 points per game as a pro. Hansbrough smashed the school’s scoring and rebounding records while leading the 2009 national champs.
Worthy, a close call over fellow Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham, gets the nod for anchoring the 1982 title squad. Jordan wasn’t nearly as untouchable in Chapel Hill as he would later become—he’s a pedestrian 12th on the school's all-time scoring list—but his game-winning jumper secured that championship for Worthy, and he did sweep the Wooden and Naismith Awards as a junior.
Ford set the career-scoring mark that Hansbrough broke three decades later, and he still found time to average 6.1 assists per game (while playing for a coach famous for slowing down his own offense).
Most Iconic Coaches
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Mike Krzyzewski isn’t the only star coach in Duke history, but he’s been so successful that everyone else (see Bubas, Vic) gets shoved into the background.
The all-time leader in wins for Division I, Coach K also has four national titles, tied for the second-most in history behind John Wooden.
Whereas Krzyzewski “only” has his team’s home court named after him, Dean Smith gets the entire building in Chapel Hill.
The namesake of the Dean Dome held the career-wins record when he retired—he’s still fourth in Division I history—and won a pair of NCAA Championships in the bargain. He also dominated this series, where he won 59 games against just 35 losses.
Most Memorable Games
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5. 1979: Duke 47, North Carolina 40
In the most extreme example of Dean Smith’s "four corners" offense—unhindered by the shot clock, which didn’t exist yet—North Carolina attempted just two shots in the first half. Both shots failed to draw iron, and the Cameron Indoor Stadium crowd is said to have originated the now-ubiquitous “Aiiiiir ballll” chant in response.
Holding a laughable 7-0 lead coming out of the locker room, Duke proved just as capable of winning a more traditional game. Jim Spanarkel scored 15 second-half points in his final home game to seal the victory.
4. 2004: Duke 83, North Carolina 81
Roy Williams’ inaugural game in the rivalry became an instant classic when a late Jawad Williams three-pointer tied the game for his No. 17 Tar Heels and forced overtime. In the OT, top-ranked Duke took a three-point lead on some J.J. Redick free throws only to have another trey (from Rashad McCants) knot the score once again.
But Duke had one possession left to work with, and Chris Duhon flipped in a reverse in the waning seconds to earn a win for the visiting Blue Devils.
3. 1968: Duke 87, North Carolina 86
Duke backup center Fred Lind became the rivalry’s unlikeliest hero, starting when he blocked a UNC shot in the final moments of regulation to send the game to overtime. At the end of the extra session, two Lind free throws tied the game again, and when No. 10 Duke trailed at the end of a second OT, he hit a jumper for yet another tie.
By the time the Blue Devils finished off the win, a reserve who had entered with 21 career points had 16 points, nine boards and three blocks in one epic game.
2. 1984: North Carolina 96, Duke 83
When Duke botched a one-and-one that could have given it a four-point edge in Chapel Hill, Tar Heels senior Matt Doherty responded with a buzzer-beating jumper to force overtime. At the end of the extra session, Duke was the team in need of a clutch basket, and Johnny Dawkins supplied a driving layup to send it to a second OT.
Another senior by the name of Michael Jordan opened that period by hammering down an alley-oop. He and classmate Sam Perkins (who each finished with 25 points) proceeded to take over, ending their final home game with a convincing win.
1. 1995: North Carolina 102, Duke 100
The Blue Devils (unranked in the absence of Coach K, who was nursing an injured back) were 0-7 in ACC play coming in, but they hung right with Rasheed Wallace and high-flying No. 2 UNC. When Cherokee Parks swatted a would-be Jerry Stackhouse dunk with under a minute to play, the game headed for overtime and even more drama.
With 17 seconds left in the extra frame, Duke used a Trajan Langdon trey and Jeff Capel three-point play to trim an eight-point deficit to three. After Serge Zwikker bricked a pair of free throws, Capel drilled a half-court heave to send the game to double overtime.
In the second OT, though, a four-point spurt from Donald Williams and Jeff McInnis put the Tar Heels up in the final seconds. Duke had one last possession to tie, but neither Steve Wojciechowski nor Greg Newton could find the net in a heartbreaking loss.
Moment You Shouldn’t Mention to a Duke Fan
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Unranked Duke had an upset in the bag when it visited the No. 4 Tar Heels in 1974. With 17 seconds on the clock, the Blue Devils were up by eight points, an insurmountable margin in an era with no three-point line.
Nevertheless, four points from Bobby Jones and two from John Kuester (sandwiched around a pair of Duke turnovers) trimmed the lead to just two points. Pete Kramer could still have put the game away, but he couldn’t connect on the first of his one-and-one free throws, leaving the door open.
Through that door sailed North Carolina star Walter Davis, banking home a buzzer-beating 30-foot heave and sending the game to overtime. In the extra session, a demoralized Duke squad couldn’t recover the momentum, and the Tar Heels went on to a 96-92 victory.
Moment You Shouldn’t Mention to a North Carolina Fan
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The 1997-98 season was an extraordinary one even by the standards of this series, with the teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for the first meeting (with Carolina on top) and No. 1 vs. No. 3 for the rematch (when host Duke held the top spot).
In the latter game, UNC was well on its way to a season sweep before it let a 17-point lead slip away in just 12 minutes.
Duke’s Elton Brand, returning from a broken foot, played the Willis Reed role in that game, but it was Roshown McLeod who hit the last-minute jumper to give the Blue Devils their only lead of the day.
The Tar Heels still had two opportunities to force overtime but botched free-throw tries by both Ed Cota and Brendan Haywood handed Duke a 77-75 win.
Public Enemy No. 1 for Duke
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The 1970s were an absolute disaster for Duke in this series, with North Carolina winning 16 of 18 games between 1972 and 1977.
Although the legendary Phil Ford (pictured, foreground) played a major role in that span, even he didn’t do as much to sink Duke as forward Bobby Jones did.
Jones, who beat the Blue Devils in eight of the nine times he faced them, played a key role in the Tar Heels’ impossible 1974 rally from eight points down in the final 17 seconds.
Six weeks earlier in Durham, he stole a game from the Blue Devils even more directly, snatching a Duke inbounds pass at midcourt with four seconds left. When Jones managed to will his desperation runner into the basket, the Tar Heels came away with a 73-71 victory.
Public Enemy No. 1 for North Carolina
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For all that Christian Laettner is probably the most hated player in college basketball history, at least North Carolina and its fans had the satisfaction of seeing him lose repeatedly (six times in 11 meetings, to be exact).
J.J. Redick, on the other hand, was a bete noir who usually won no matter what Carolina tried against him.
Over the course of Redick’s career, Duke went 6-3 against UNC, mostly while the Tar Heels were ranked.
In the process, he torched North Carolina with performances such as a 22-point second half (in Chapel Hill as a senior) and scoring 18 of his team's 71 points to beat the No. 2 Tar Heels in 2005.
Duke’s Biggest Claim to Bragging Rights
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Dean Smith is the greatest coach in North Carolina history but can’t even come close to what Mike Krzyzewski has done at Duke. Coach K is already more than 100 wins ahead of his retired counterpart’s old record, and there’s no slowdown in sight.
Krzyzewski’s four national titles also put him far ahead of any coach in Carolina’s pantheon. John Wooden is the only man who has any claim to being better than Mike Krzyzewski on a college bench, and Wooden wasn’t a Tar Heel.
North Carolina’s Biggest Claim to Bragging Rights
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By the time Duke started make a splash on the national scene in the 1960s, Lennie Rosenbluth had already led the Tar Heels to an undefeated national championship. UNC’s program has been better for longer, hence Carolina’s massive edge in conference titles (36-22).
That sustained excellence also shows up in the head-to-head records. As close as the series has been in recent years, the Heels still hold a commanding 133-105 lead overall.
The Final Word
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Although Duke has largely shed its reputation as a factory of NBA busts, it still has a long way to go to match the four Hall of Fame players who have passed through Chapel Hill (compared to Duke’s zero, at least until Grant Hill becomes eligible).
Unfortunately for Blue Devils fans, that level of talent disparity has taken its toll in the standings.
North Carolina has the overwhelming lead both in ACC titles and in overall head-to-head victories. If Duke starts winning every game from here on out, it will even the series in a decade or so; then it might be time to revisit who has the edge in the rivalry.
Back in the present, though, the Tar Heels are the pick.
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Duke Basketball is one of the most popular college basketball programs in the United States. She uses Catapult technology to track her athletes' workload and support detailed injury recovery processes.
As Director of Sports Science at Duke Basketball, Nick Potter is responsible for a number of areas, including monitoring training load and helping athletes optimize injury recovery.
“Our approach to monitoring training load will change throughout the year depending on the context of the season,” says Potter. “We are lucky that we have an extended pre-season from early July to mid-October. During this time, we strategically build players' weekly workloads by balancing strength training, physical conditioning, functional movement training, basketball individual work, and team training."
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By setting benchmarks for athletes and studying the stresses they are exposed to during training and games, it becomes easier to map the recovery process and objectively understand when an athlete is ready to return to the court.
"If we look at how much Tre has done compared to everyone else, you can see that he's on par with everyone else if you look at the average," says Potter. “We can look at his left and right sides, his forward jumps and slowdowns, so the two main things we want to see is the ratio of ground movement - jumping movement - is the same as everyone else. But also symmetry; it's seven movements to the left and eight to the right, so we can see that it moves symmetrically on one side compared to the other."
Mike Krzyzewski has led Duke to 12 Final Four and five NCAA Division I tournament appearances since 1980. He is one of the most successful college basketball coaches. Krzyzewski places great value on sports science and actively supports the work Potter does to help optimize performance and reduce the risk of injury among his athletes.
“Two years ago we reorganized our medical support staff and reorganized what we do on a year-round basis, and Nick really plays a key role in that,” Krzyzewski says. “He has different titles, but for me he is more of a sports scientist for our program. His prevention and recovery practices are amazing, but he also gives me daily reports on our workloads, how the guys are progressing, and I adjust my practice accordingly.”
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This is a material about the basic rules of playing basketball. We also have a text about the risks of injury in sports.
Basketball is a team game with a ball. The goal of each team is to attack the opponent's ring and score the most points during the match. We tell you how not to break the rules in a tough fight for the ball and become a winner.
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According to the rules of basketball, the whole team must have the same uniform and even socks of the same color. Jerseys of team members must be numbered.
For safety, remove jewelry and any accessories that could injure other players.
The game consists of four periods of 10 minutes. Breaks between the first and second quarters, as well as between the third and fourth, are 2 minutes. The longest break is 15 minutes, it is taken in the middle of the game, after the second quarter. At this moment, the teams change rings.
If the score is tied by the end of the match, the referee adds 5 minutes of overtime. Overtime is appointed as many times as necessary until the winner is revealed.
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An obligatory element of a basketball court is a hoop. It is hung at a height of 3.05 m.
In basketball, the ball is played only with the hands, it can be hit on the floor, passed, thrown and hit. You can’t run without a lead or kick the ball with him.
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1 point - Scored for free throw
2 points - For goal scored from 2-Point Zone
3 points - for a ball scored from a three-point hit zone
There are a lot of fouls in basketball, let's look at the main ones.
A run is the movement of a player with the ball in his hands without dribbling. For this, the referee appoints a throw-in by the opposing team.
Three Second Rule - A player of the attacking team cannot stay in the highlighted area under the hoop for more than three seconds. For such a violation, the ball is transferred to the opponent.
Foul is a touch on an opponent that limits his freedom of movement. In some cases, a free throw is awarded for a foul - this is decided by the referee. A throw from the penalty line is performed by a member of the opposing team, for a professional this is an almost guaranteed hit.
You can also get a foul without contact - technical. It is given for unsportsmanlike behavior, disrespect for the referee or other participants in the game. Two technical fouls are followed by disqualification.
The Blue Blood Rivalry documentary gives a taste of the UNC-Duke fandemonium.
North Carolina isn’t just the best rivalry in college basketball—it’s a leading contender for the best rivalry in any sport.
J. Redick
Hansbrough smashed the school’s scoring and rebounding records while leading the 2009 national champs.
Coach K is already more than 100 wins ahead of his retired counterpart’s old record, and there’s no slowdown in sight.
“We are lucky that we have an extended pre-season from early July to mid-October. During this time, we strategically build players' weekly workloads by balancing strength training, physical conditioning, functional movement training, basketball individual work, and team training." 
" Potter says. “When guys get injured, after we run tests to make sure there is no serious injury, we can start a full rehab and aggressive return to the game.” 
“He has different titles, but for me he is more of a sports scientist for our program. His prevention and recovery practices are amazing, but he also gives me daily reports on our workloads, how the guys are progressing, and I adjust my practice accordingly.” 
We tell you how not to break the rules in a tough fight for the ball and become a winner. 
At the same time, five people from each team are on the site. 
Most often, a time-out is taken to adjust tactics. 
Each site should have markings. It is applied along the perimeter and marks the zones: 
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