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Tipoff of UNC-Duke game
The 'UNC-Duke rivalry', sometimes referred to as 'The Battle of Tobacco Road' or 'The Battle of the Blues', is a fierce
rivalry, particularly in men's college basketball, between
Duke University and the
University of North Carolina athletic teams. Considered one of the most intense rivalries in all of sports, a poll conducted by
ESPN in 2000 ranked the basketball rivalry as the third greatest North American sports rivalry of all-time.
[The 10 Greatest Rivalries "ESPN." 3 Jan 2000.] 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, and the dissimilar funding structures of the schools, with Duke being privately funded and North Carolina a state-supported school.
Battling it out at least twice a year since 1920, Duke and North Carolina routinely rank among the nation's best basketball teams. The games frequently determine the
Atlantic Coast Conference champion - Duke and UNC have combined for 79% of the regular season titles and 58% of the tournament titles in the 53-year history of the conference. The final game of the regular season alternates between
Durham and
Chapel Hill and has been played in
Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1940 and the
Dean Smith Center since 1986. Duke has won three
NCAA championships and has been in fourteen
Final Fours, while North Carolina has won four NCAA championships (the team was also awarded a fifth national championship by the
Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936 for their undefeated 1924 season) and has appeared in an
NCAA-record sixteen Final Fours.
History
The March 4, 2006 game was the most watched college basketball game in
ESPN history.
Though the two schools had always had the contempt born of familiarity and proximity, some of its earliest roots of contemptuousness occurred in the early 1960s when Duke star and eventual national player of the year
Art Heyman got into a brawl on the court with North Carolina's
Larry Brown which resulted in suspensions for both players. The rivalry reached unprecedented heights in the mid 1980s under head coaches
Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and
Dean Smith of UNC, thanks to the emergence of cable channels such as
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.
Smith held the most wins by a men's college basketball coach (until surpassed by
Bobby Knight on January 1, 2007), with 879 wins against only 254 losses. In
1982, with players
Michael Jordan,
Sam Perkins and
James Worthy, 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. Since then, Duke has won a third championship under Krzyzewski in
2001 and UNC won the national championship in 2005.
After Smith's retirement in 1997, Duke began to get the upper hand in the rivalry while North Carolina had to deal with three coaching changes (from Dean Smith to
Bill Guthridge to
Matt Doherty to
Roy Williams) between 1997-2003. From 1997-2003 UNC won only 5 games of 19 against Duke and some said that the rivalry was on the decline.
[1] However, with the arrival of UNC alumnus Roy Williams as head coach, North Carolina has once again become a top basketball program. Williams led UNC to its fourth NCAA championship in
2005, and the rivalry remains as heated as ever.
Former ''
Esquire'' editor and author (and UNC graduate)
Will Blythe argues that the rivalry’s passion can be attributed greatly to class and culture in the South.
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Blythe writes that "[t]o legions of otherwise reasonable adults, it is a conflict that surpasses sports; it is locals against outsiders, elitists against populists, even good against evil [...] the rivalry may be a way of aligning oneself with larger philosophic ideals -- of choosing teams in life -- a tradition of partisanship that reveals the pleasures and even the necessity of hatred."
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Notable games and incidents
March 2, 1968
On
March 2,
1968, No. 10 Duke defeated No. 3 North Carolina 87-86 in triple overtime at Duke Indoor Stadium (later renamed
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 picked up his third foul in the first half (and Warren Chapman, his backup, had a knee injury), Duke coach
Vic Bubas called on Lind to fill the void against Carolina greats Rusty Clark and Bill Bunting. 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 5, and Lind again returned to the court. Lind went on to carry the Blue Devils in the three overtimes, blocking 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, Lind was carried to Duke's main quad by the students.
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March 2, 1974
''"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, UNC rallied with two forced turnovers, and after Duke's Pete Kramer missed two free throws, tied the score on
Walter Davis's 30 foot bank shot as time expired. The game went into overtime, where North Carolina prevailed, 96-92.
February 2, 1995
In perhaps the most famous meeting between the two schools, No. 2 Carolina defeated unranked Duke in double overtime at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils, suffering through their worst season in well over a decade, and without coach Mike Krzyzewski, who had been forced to take a leave of absence for health reasons, seemed out-manned from the opening tip, falling behind 26-9 in the first half, highlighted by an under the rim, reverse jam by star Carolina swingman Jerry Stackhouse. However, Duke rallied to take the lead in the second half, extending it to as much as 12, before Carolina staged a rally of its own. The two squads exchanged the lead four times in the final minutes of regulation before heading into overtime. In OT, the heavily-favored Heels finally appeared to have finally disposed of the pesky Blue Devils, leading by 95-92, with possession, with three seconds to play. But, backup center Serge Zwikker missed two free throws that would have iced the game, setting up Duke guard Jeff Capel 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, UNC's Donald Williams scored to give the Heels the lead, and point guard Jeff McInnis got a cheap steal off the ensuing inbounds play for an easy layup, putting Carolina up 102-98. Duke answered with a bucket of their own, and after stopping the Heels, had the ball with a chance to force a third OT or win the game outright. But freshman Steve Wojciechowski's jumper missed and Greg Newton's fallaway putback drew nothing but air, preserving UNC's 102-100 victory.
March 9, 2003
In the two teams meeting in Chapel Hill, Coach Matt Doherty of UNC and Assistant Coach Chris Collins of Duke "bumped chests" after UNC player Raymond Felton was injured by an elbow he received from Dahntay Jones while both players were looking for a rebound. Subsequently, UNC Coach Doherty was shoved by Duke player Andre Buckner. After several players from both teams became involved in shoving matches,order was finally restored. UNC prevailed 82-79 when Jones' half court shot at the horn was waved off for being released just after the buzzer.
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February 4, 2004
In the first matchup of 2004 in Chapel Hill, and most intriguingly, the first game in the rivalry pitting Krzyzewski against new Carolina head coach Roy Williams, Chris Duhon's reverse layup with 6.5 seconds left in overtime gave Duke a 83-81 victory. It was Duke's 16th straight victory overall and fifth in the last six years on North Carolina's home court.
February 9, 2005
In arguably the most anticipated game in the rivalry since 1998, the second-ranked Tar Heels came up highway 15-501 to visit the seventh-ranked 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, with Carolina big man Sean May keeping the Tar Heels within reach with a 20+ point and rebound effort, as well as gritty play by point guard Raymond Felton. Carolina was down by nine with five minutes to go, but fought back in the hostile environment, a layup by Rashad McCants pulling UNC within a point at 71-70 with under a minute to play. Carolina opted not to foul and played defense for the Blue Devils' next possession, and the effort paid off, as J.J. Redick shot an airball as the shot clock expired to give the Heels one play to win or lose the game. Predictably, Carolina got the ball into the hands of Felton, who looked to run a set play. Duke's Daniel Ewing 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 by the sideline, but the ball got tipped away and the horn sounded, the Tar Heels unable to get a shot off.
March 6, 2005
On Senior Day in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels found themselves trailing Duke 73-64 with three minutes to play, their hopes for an ACC regular season championship, as well as a happy ending for the senior class which had toughed out the darkest days of Carolina basketball history, hanging in the balance. Offensive rebounds and subsequent putbacks by UNC's Jawad Williams and Marvin Williams, the latter set up by by a Duke turnover, cut the lead to five with two minutes to go. Duke's DeMarcus Nelson missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving the ball back to Carolina. Sean May then rebounded his own miss, got fouled on the putback, 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 and J.J. Redick gave the ball back to the Heels, but Duke's Shelden Williams came up with a huge block to regain possession for the Blue Devils with under a minute to go. Duke inbounded the ball and looked to move it quickly up court, but Carolina's David Noel chased down Daniel Ewing 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 Heels - an eerily similar scenario to the game one month earlier at Cameron. 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, Marvin Williams somehow came up with the ball, took it straight back up, put the ball in the hoop and drew a foul, giving the 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 before the horn fell harmlessly into the arms of May, who finished the game with 26 points and 24 rebounds, to seal the unforgettable Tar Heels victory.
March 4, 2007
In the March 4, 2007 match-up, No. 8 North Carolina beat No. 14 Duke at the Dean Dome 86-72. The most memorable part of this game was a foul caused by
Gerald Henderson, Jr.'s elbow to
Tyler Hansbrough's face with 14.5 seconds on the clock. The contact broke Hansbrough's nose, drawing some blood. Henderson was charged with a combative foul, ejected from the game, and suspended for the first game of the ACC tournament. After the foul, Hansbrough jumped up with blood streaming from his nose, but was calmed by his teammates before heading to the locker room for medical attention. To protect his broken nose, Hansbrough wore a face mask throughout the ACC tournament, and into the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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Coaching history
Mike Krzyzewski
Dean Smith
'''Duke'''
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'Head Coaching History:'
★ Harold Bradley - 1951-1959
★
Vic Bubas - 1960-1969
★
Bill Foster - 1975-1980
★
Mike Krzyzewski - 1980-present
'National Coach of the Year:'
★ Bill Foster - 1978
★ Mike Krzyzewski - 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000
'ACC Coach of the Year:'
★ Harold Bradley - 1959
★ Bill Foster - 1978
★ Vic Bubas - 1963, 1964, 1966
★ Mike Krzyzewski - 1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000
'''North Carolina'''
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'Head Coaching History:'
★
Frank McGuire - 1952-1961
★
Dean Smith - 1961-1997
★
Bill Guthridge - 1997-2000
★
Matt Doherty - 2000-2003
★
Roy Williams - 2003-present
'National Coach of the Year:'
★ Frank McGuire - 1957
★ Dean Smith - 1977, 1979, 1993
★ Bill Guthridge - 1998
★ Matt Doherty - 2001
★ Roy Williams - 2006
'ACC Coach of the Year:'
★ Frank McGuire - 1957
★ Dean Smith - 1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993
★ Bill Guthridge - 1998
★ Roy Williams - 2006
Notable players
These schools, two of the universities on
Tobacco Road, have showcased some of the greatest players to grace college hardwood. On the UNC side are
Michael Jordan,
Jerry Stackhouse,
James Worthy,
Billy Cunningham,
Larry Brown,
Phil Ford,
Vince Carter,
Antawn Jamison,
George Lynch,
Rick Fox,
Brendan Haywood,
Marvin Williams,
Raymond Felton,
Sean May,
Rashad McCants,
Sam Perkins,
Kenny Smith,
Rasheed Wallace,
Bob McAdoo, and current players
Tyler Hansbrough,
Wayne Ellington,
Deon Thompson, and
Ty Lawson.
On the Duke side are
Grant Hill,
Johnny Dawkins,
Mike Gminski,
Art Heyman,
Danny Ferry,
Alaa Abdelnaby,
Bobby Hurley,
Christian Laettner,
Elton Brand,
Shane Battier,
Jason Williams,
Corey Maggette,
Carlos Boozer,
Chris Duhon,
Daniel Ewing,
Luol Deng,
Shelden Williams,
J. J. Redick and current players
Jon Scheyer,
Greg Paulus,
Gerald Henderson, Jr., and
Brian Zoubek.
For a further listing of both teams' players, see the following
Wikipedia player categories: and .
'''North Carolina'''
'National players of the year:'
★
Lennie Rosenbluth - 1957
★
Phil Ford - 1978
★
James Worthy -1982
★
Michael Jordan - 1983, 1984
★
Kenny Smith - 1987
★
Jerry Stackhouse - 1995
★
Antawn Jamison - 1998
'ACC players of the year:'
★ Lennie Rosenbluth - 1957
★ Pete Brennan - 1958
★ Lee Shaffer - 1960
★
Billy Cunningham - 1965
★
Larry Miller - 1967, 1968
★
Mitch Kupchak - 1976
★
Phil Ford - 1978
★ Michael Jordan - 1984
★ Antawn Jamison - 1998
'ACC rookies of the year:'
★
Sam Perkins - 1981
★ Michael Jordan - 1982
★
J.R. Reid - 1987
★
Ed Cota - 1997
★
Joseph Forte - 2000
★
Marvin Williams - 2005
★
Tyler Hansbrough - 2006
★
Brandan Wright - 2007
'''Duke'''
'National players of the year:'
★
Dick Groat - 1952
★
Art Heyman - 1963
★
Johnny Dawkins - 1986
★
Danny Ferry - 1989
★
Christian Laettner - 1992
★
Elton Brand - 1999
★
Shane Battier - 2001
★
Jason Williams - 2001, 2002
★
J.J. Redick - 2005, 2006
'ACC players of the year:'
★ Art Heyman - 1963
★
Jeff Mullins - 1964
★ Steve Vacendak - 1966
★
Mike Gminski - 1979
★ Danny Ferry - 1988, 1989
★ Christian Laettner - 1992
★
Grant Hill - 1994
★ Elton Brand - 1999
★
Chris Carrawell - 2000
★ Shane Battier - 2001
★ J.J. Redick - 2005, 2006
'ACC rookies of the year:'
★ Jim Spanarkel - 1976
★ Mike Gminski - 1977
★
Gene Banks - 1978
★
Chris Duhon - 2001
Results
Scores of games (1960-2007)
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). UNC leads the all-time head-to-head series with Duke 127-96.
Complete List of Scores
| Date | Duke | North Carolina | Site | Notes about game |
|---|
| December 29, 1959 | Duke (18) | 53 | 'North Carolina' (16) | 75 | Raleigh Coliseum | none |
| February 13, 1960 | Duke (NR) | 58 | 'North Carolina' (13) | 84 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 27, 1960 | Duke (NR) | 50 | 'North Carolina' (NR) | 75 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 4, 1960 | 'Duke' (NR) | 71 | North Carolina (16) | 68 | ACC | none |
| December 31, 1960 | Duke (6) | 71 | 'North Carolina' (11) | 76 | Neutral | none |
| February 4, 1961 | 'Duke' (4) | 81 | North Carolina (5) | 77 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 25, 1961 | Duke (6) | 66 | 'North Carolina' (7) | 69 | Carmichael Auditorium | Overtime |
| February 3, 1962 | 'Duke' (6) | 79 | North Carolina (NR) | 57 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 24, 1962 | 'Duke' (8) | 82 | North Carolina (NR) | 74 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 2, 1963 | 'Duke' (3) | 77 | North Carolina (NR) | 69 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 23, 1963 | 'Duke' (2) | 106 | North Carolina (NR) | 93 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 11, 1964 | 'Duke' (9) | 84 | North Carolina (NR) | 64 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 29,1964 | 'Duke' (4) | 104 | North Carolina (NR) | 69 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 6, 1964 | 'Duke' (4) | 65 | North Carolina (NR) | 49 | ACC | none |
| January 9, 1965 | Duke (6) | 62 | 'North Carolina' (NR) | 65 | Place | none |
| February 27, 1965 | Duke (5) | 66 | 'North Carolina' (NR) | 71 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| January 8,1966 | 'Duke' (1) | 88 | North Carolina (NR) | 77 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 26, 1966 | 'Duke' (2) | 77 | North Carolina (NR) | 63 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 4, 1966 | 'Duke' (3) | 21 | North Carolina (NR) | 20 | ACC | |
| January 7, 1967 | Duke (NR) | 56 | 'North Carolina' (3) | 59 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 4, 1967 | Duke (NR) | 79 | 'North Carolina' (3) | 92 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 11, 1967 | Duke (NR) | 73 | 'North Carolina' (4) | 83 | ACC | none |
| January 6, 1968 | Duke (NR) | 72 | 'North Carolina' (3) | 95 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 2, 1968 | 'Duke' (10) | 87 | North Carolina (3) | 86 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Triple overtime |
| January 4, 1969 | Duke (NR) | 70 | 'North Carolina' (4) | 94 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 1, 1969 | 'Duke' (NR) | 87 | North Carolina (2) | 81 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 8, 1969 | Duke (NR) | 74 | 'North Carolina' (4) | 85 | ACC | none |
| January 10,1970 | Duke (19) | 78 | 'North Carolina' (4) | 86 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 28, 1970 | 'Duke' (NR) | 91 | North Carolina (19) | 83 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| December 19, 1970 | Duke (NR) | 81 | 'North Carolina' (20) | 83 | Neutral | none |
| January 9, 1971 | Duke (NR) | 74 | 'North Carolina' (20) | 79 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 6,1971 | 'Duke' (NR) | 92 | North Carolina (12) | 83 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 25, 1971 | Duke (NR) | 67 | 'North Carolina' (13) | 73 | Madison Square Garden | NIT |
| January 22, 1972 | 'Duke' (NR) | 76 | North Carolina (3) | 74 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 4, 1972 | Duke (NR) | 69 | 'North Carolina' (3) | 93 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 10, 1972 | Duke (NR) | 48 | 'North Carolina' (3) | 63 | ACC | none |
| December 15, 1972 | Duke (NR) | 86 | 'North Carolina' (11) | 91 | Neutral | none |
| January 20, 1973 | Duke (NR) | 71 | 'North Carolina' (4) | 82 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 3, 1973 | Duke (NR) | 70 | 'North Carolina' (7) | 72 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 5, 1974 | Duke | 75 | 'North Carolina' | 84 | Neutral | none |
| January 19, 1974 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 73 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 2, 1974 | Duke | 92 | 'North Carolina' | 96 | Neutral | Overtime |
| January 3, 1975 | 'Duke' | 99 | North Carolina | 96 | Neutral | Overtime |
| February 12, 1975 | Duke | 70 | 'North Carolina' | 78 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 1, 1975 | Duke | 70 | 'North Carolina' | 74 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| January 3, 1976 | Duke | 74 | 'North Carolina' | 77 | Neutral | none |
| January 17, 1976 | Duke | 87 | 'North Carolina' | 89 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 28, 1976 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 91 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| January 15, 1977 | Duke | 68 | 'North Carolina' | 77 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 26, 1977 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 84 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| December 2, 1977 | Duke | 66 | 'North Carolina' | 79 | Neutral | none |
| January 14, 1978 | 'Duke' | 92 | North Carolina | 84 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 25, 1978 | Duke | 83 | 'North Carolina' | 87 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| December 2, 1978 | 'Duke' | 78 | North Carolina | 68 | Neutral | none |
| January 13, 1979 | Duke | 68 | 'North Carolina' | 74 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 24, 1979 | 'Duke' | 47 | North Carolina | 40 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 3, 1979 | Duke | 63 | 'North Carolina' | 71 | ACC | none |
| December 1, 1979 | 'Duke' | 86 | North Carolina | 74 | Neutral | none |
| January 12, 1980 | Duke | 67 | 'North Carolina' | 82 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 23, 1980 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 96 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 29, 1980 | 'Duke' | 75 | North Carolina | 61 | ACC | none |
| December 5, 1980 | Duke | 76 | 'North Carolina' | 78 | Neutral | none |
| January 17, 1981 | Duke | 65 | 'North Carolina' | 80 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| February 28, 1981 | 'Duke' | 66 | North Carolina | 65 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Overtime |
| January 16, 1982 | Duke | 63 | 'North Carolina' | 73 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 27, 1982 | Duke | 66 | 'North Carolina' | 84 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| January 22, 1983 | Duke | 82 | 'North Carolina' | 103 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 5, 1983 | Duke | 81 | 'North Carolina' | 105 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 21, 1984 | Duke | 73 | 'North Carolina' | 78 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 3, 1984 | Duke | 83 | 'North Carolina' | 96 | Carmichael Auditorium | Double overtime |
| March 10, 1984 | 'Duke' | 77 | North Carolina | 75 | ACC | none |
| January 19, 1985 | 'Duke' | 77 | North Carolina | 73 | Carmichael Auditorium | none |
| March 2, 1985 | Duke | 68 | 'North Carolina' | 78 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 18, 1986 | Duke | 92 | 'North Carolina' | 95 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 2, 1986 | 'Duke' | 82 | North Carolina | 74 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 10, 1987 | Duke | 77 | 'North Carolina' | 85 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 26, 1987 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 77 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| January 21, 1988 | 'Duke' | 70 | North Carolina | 69 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 6, 1988 | 'Duke' | 96 | North Carolina | 81 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 13, 1988 | 'Duke' | 65 | North Carolina | 61 | ACC Tournament | none |
| January 18, 1989 | Duke | 71 | 'North Carolina' | 91 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 5, 1989 | 'Duke' | 88 | North Carolina | 86 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 12, 1989 | Duke | 74 | 'North Carolina' | 77 | ACC Tournament | none |
| January 17, 1990 | Duke | 60 | 'North Carolina' | 79 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 4, 1990 | Duke | 75 | 'North Carolina' | 87 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 19, 1991 | ' Duke' | 74 | North Carolina | 60 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 3, 1991 | 'Duke' | 83 | North Carolina | 77 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 10, 1991 | Duke | 74 | 'North Carolina' | 96 | ACC Tournament | none |
| February 5, 1992 | Duke | 73 | 'North Carolina' | 75 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 8, 1992 | 'Duke' | 89 | North Carolina | 77 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 15, 1992 | 'Duke' | 94 | North Carolina | 74 | ACC Tournament | none |
| February 3, 1993 | 'Duke' | 81 | North Carolina | 67 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 7, 1993 | Duke | 69 | 'North Carolina' | 83 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| February 3, 1994 | Duke | 78 | 'North Carolina' | 89 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 5, 1994 | Duke | 77 | 'North Carolina' | 87 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 2, 1995 | Duke | 100 | 'North Carolina' | 102 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Double overtime |
| March 4, 1995 | Duke | 86 | 'North Carolina' | 99 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| January 31, 1996 | Duke | 72 | 'North Carolina' | 73 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 3, 1996 | Duke | 78 | 'North Carolina' | 84 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| January 29, 1997 | 'Duke' | 80 | North Carolina | 73 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 2, 1997 | Duke | 85 | 'North Carolina' | 91 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| February 5, 1998 | Duke(1) | 73 | 'North Carolina'(2) | 97 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| February 28, 1998 | 'Duke' | 77 | North Carolina | 75 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 8, 1998 | Duke | 68 | 'North Carolina' | 83 | ACC Tournament | none |
| January 27, 1999 | 'Duke'(1) | 89 | North Carolina | 77 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 27, 1999 | 'Duke'(1) | 81 | North Carolina | 61 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 7, 1999 | 'Duke'(1) | 96 | North Carolina | 73 | ACC Tournament | none |
| February 3, 2000 | 'Duke' | 90 | North Carolina | 86 | Dean Smith Center | Overtime |
| March 4, 2000 | 'Duke' | 90 | North Carolina | 76 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 1, 2001 | Duke (4) | 83 | 'North Carolina' (2) | 85 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Article about game |
| March 4, 2001 | 'Duke' | 95 | North Carolina | 81 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 11, 2001 | 'Duke' | 79 | North Carolina | 53 | ACC Tournament | none |
| January 1, 2002 | 'Duke' | 87 | North Carolina | 58 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| March 3, 2002 | 'Duke' | 93 | North Carolina | 68 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 8, 2002 | 'Duke' | 60 | North Carolina | 48 | ACC Tournament | none |
| February 5, 2003 | 'Duke' (9) | 83 | North Carolina (NR) | 74 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Article on game |
| March 9, 2003 | Duke (10) | 79 | 'North Carolina' (NR) | 82 | Dean Smith Center | Article about game |
| March 15, 2003 | 'Duke' (12) | 75 | North Carolina (NR) | 63 | ACC Tournament | Article about game |
| February 5, 2004 | 'Duke' (1) | 83 | North Carolina (17) | 81 | Dean Smith Center | Overtime; Article |
| March 6, 2004 | 'Duke' (3) | 70 | North Carolina (14) | 65 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Article about game |
| February 9, 2005 | 'Duke' (7) | 71 | North Carolina (2) | 70 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| March 6, 2005 | Duke (6) | 73 | 'North Carolina' (2) | 75 | Dean Smith Center | none |
| February 7, 2006 | 'Duke' (2) | 87 | North Carolina (23) | 83 | Dean Smith Center | Article about game |
| March 4, 2006 | Duke (1) | 76 | 'North Carolina' (13) | 83 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | none |
| February 7, 2007 | Duke (16) | 73 | 'North Carolina' (5) | 79 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | Article about game |
| March 4, 2007 | Duke (14) | 72 | 'North Carolina' (8) | 86 | Dean Smith Center | Article about game |
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Achievements By Season (1985-2007)
Achievements by Season
| Season | ACC Regular Season Champions | ACC Tournament Champions | Duke's performance in NCAA Tournament | North Carolina's performance in NCAA Tournament |
|---|
| 1985-1986 | 'Duke' | 'Duke' | Finals | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1986-1987 | 'North Carolina' | N. C. State | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight |
| 1987-1988 | 'North Carolina' | 'Duke' | Final Four | Elite Eight |
| 1988-1989 | N.C. State | 'North Carolina' | Final Four | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1989-1990 | Clemson | Georgia Tech | Finals | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1990-1991 | 'Duke' | 'North Carolina' | 'National Champions' | Final Four |
| 1991-1992 | 'Duke' | 'Duke' | 'National Champions' | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1992-1993 | 'North Carolina' | Georgia Tech | 2nd Round | 'National Champions' |
| 1993-1994 | 'Duke' | 'North Carolina' | Finals | 2nd Round |
| 1994-1995 | 'North Carolina' (co-champs) | Wake Forest | Did not Qualify | Final Four |
| 1995-1996 | Georgia Tech | Wake Forest | 1st Round | 2nd Round |
| 1996-1997 | 'Duke' | 'North Carolina' | 2nd Round | Final Four |
| 1997-1998 | 'Duke' | 'North Carolina' | Elite Eight | Final Four |
| 1998-1999 | 'Duke' | 'Duke' | Finals | 1st Round |
| 1999-2000 | 'Duke' | 'Duke' | Sweet Sixteen | Final Four |
| 2000-2001 | 'Duke/North Carolina' (co-champs) | 'Duke' | 'National Champions' | 2nd Round |
| 2001-2002 | Maryland | 'Duke' | Sweet Sixteen | Did not qualify |
| 2002-2003 | Wake Forest | 'Duke' | Sweet Sixteen | Did not qualify |
2003-2004
★ | 'Duke' | Maryland | Final Four | 2nd Round |
| 2004-2005 | 'North Carolina' | 'Duke' | Sweet Sixteen | 'National Champions' |
| 2005-2006 | 'Duke' | 'Duke' | Sweet Sixteen | 2nd Round |
| 2006-2007 | 'North Carolina' (co-champs) | 'North Carolina' | 1st Round | Elite Eight |
★ This was the last year of a balanced regular season schedule (each team played a home-and-away series with every other conference foe). In subsequent years, this was not possible due to conference expansion.
ACC records
List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament champions
List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions
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UNC-Duke rivalry in other areas
Football
There is also a less intense football rivalry between the two schools over the
Victory Bell. This rivalry has been less intense recently due to the fact that Duke does not typically field competitive football teams (the Blue Devils have had only one winning season since tying for the ACC title in
1989). UNC has won 16 of the last 17 meetings with Duke, and leads the series (UNC claims a 53-36-4 lead, while Duke claims UNC leads 52-37-4). Also recently, many consider North Carolina's main in-state football rival to be NC State.
Other rivalries
The rivalry between Duke and North Carolina has spilled over into other arenas. Recently, the rivalry has sparked the creation of the
Carlyle Cup. This Cup is given each year to the school that has the most wins in a variety of sports over the other school.
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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. North Carolina won its first
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1994, and made three Women's Final Four appearances in 1994, 2006 and 2007.
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
[11], 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-UNC basketball game, ''
The Chronicle'', 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'' and the
Carolina Tar Heels. There is a longstanding agreement that if Duke wins, the ''DTH'' masthead is printed in Duke's royal blue, and if UNC wins, the ''Chronicle'' masthead is painted Carolina blue.
Series facts
ESPN's tent in
K-ville during their March 4, 2006 Full Circle coverage.
★ The first game ever played between North Carolina and Duke, known as Trinity College until 1924, took place January 24, 1920. North Carolina won 36-25.
★ UNC leads the all-time series with Duke, 127-96.
★ Duke has won 16 of the last 22 games in the series.
★ UNC has won 4 of the last 5 games in the series.
★ For the last 122 meetings at least one school has been ranked in the AP Top 20 or AP Top 25. The last time UNC and Duke met when neither team was ranked by the Associated Press was on
February 27,
1960.
Frank McGuire and
Vic Bubas coached the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, respectively, at the time. When they met on Feb. 27, 1960 neither was ranked by the AP, but UNC was No. 12 in the coach's poll (run at the time by the UPI, now the ESPN/USA Today poll). The last time when neither of the teams were ranked in either the AP or coaches poll was
February 25,
1955 when 17-7 Duke (which had been ranked as high as 17 earlier in the season) beat 10-9 UNC (unranked all year).
★ UNC has been ranked in the AP poll in 99 of the previous 121 series games. Duke was ranked in 76 of those 121 match-ups.
★ The largest margin of victory by North Carolina over Duke was 37 points. (55-18 in 1921)
★ The largest margin of victory by Duke over North Carolina was 35 points. (104-69 in 1964)
★
Dean Smith was 59-35 vs Duke.
★
Dean Smith was 24-14 vs Krzyzewski, including 8 of his last 9 before retiring in 1997.
★
Mike Krzyzewski is 20-8 vs Dean Smith's successors at North Carolina.
Bill Guthridge (1998-2000),
Matt Doherty (2000-2003), and
Roy Williams (2003-present).
★
Mike Krzyzewski is 31-32 vs North Carolina. Duke is 31-34 vs North Carolina during the Krzyzewski era, as interim coach Pete Gaudet lost both match-ups against UNC in 1995, when Krzyzewski was too ill to coach.
★
Roy Williams while the head coach of UNC is 5-6 vs Duke. A memorable loss coming in the 1991 NCAA Final as Kansas' coach. The loss gave Duke its first National Championship. Also notable, he had beaten his mentor, Dean Smith, two days earlier in the National Semifinal.
Cameron Indoor Stadium provides spectators with a close-up view of the action.
★
Sports Illustrated on Campus named the UNC-Duke rivalry the No. 1 "Hottest Rivalry" in college basketball and the No. 2 rivalry overall in its Nov. 18, 2003 issue.
★
ESPN listed it as the third best rivalry in all of sports for the past century.
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ESPN, under its ESPN Full Circle program, gave the UNC-Duke game on Mar. 4, 2006, unprecedented coverage by broadcasting the game simultaneously from three different views on three different channels.
[13] Coverage of the game set a record for the largest audience for a men’s college basketball in ESPN history (more than 26 years), according to Nieslen Media Research, with an average of 3.78 million households watching the event. It was also the fourth most-watched basketball game of all time (including college and professional games).
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★ Duke fans reportedly invented the term "
air ball" when they started chanting it on a North Carolina miss.
[15][16][17]
★ The rivalry has been the subject of numerous books, including "To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry" by Will Blythe and "Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops" by Art Chansky.
★ The rivalry is also known as the ''Duke-Carolina'' rivalry, the ''Carolina-Duke'' rivalry, and the ''Tobacco Road'' rivalry, among others.
★ UNC has won five national titles, including four NCAA Championships. Duke has won three NCAA championships. UNC was declared the 1924 National Champions by the
Helms Athletic Foundation for their undefeated (26-0) season long before the NCAA tournament was established in 1939. The two teams have never faced each other in the NCAA Tournament, but did meet in the 1971 NIT Semi-finals, which UNC won 73-67 en route to the 1971 NIT championship.
★ UNC and Duke have accounted for 32 of the ACC's 54 conference tournament championships.
★ UNC and Duke hold the top two spots all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
★ Duke is second, behind UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation with 96 weeks. UNC is third with 84 weeks.
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★ UNC holds the record for most times defeating the number one team in the nation with 11 victories. Duke is fourth with 8 victories.
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★ UNC has finished first in the ACC's regular-season basketball standings 25 times. Duke has done so 18 times.
★ UNC and Duke have both won 16 ACC basketball tournament titles, which is a conference record.
★ Either North Carolina or Duke has played in the NCAA Final Four in 19 of the last 26 seasons.
★ UNC has played in an NCAA-record 16 Final Fours (Tie-
UCLA). Duke has played in 14.
★ After the 2007 season, UNC had 1914 all-time school victories and Duke had 1818.
★ UNC holds the all-time record for consecutive
Sweet Sixteen appearances with 13 trips from 1981-1993. Duke is second all-time with 9 consecutive
Sweet Sixteen appearances from 1998-2006.
References
1. [1]
2. [2].
3. [3].
4. Sporting news article about game
5. Article about game
6. ESPN article about game
7. NCAA stats from NCAA.org
8. NCAA stats from NCAA.org
9. Retired Jerseys. ''D'Amico Information Systems, LLC.'' URL accessed 6 Jun 2006.
10. Website about the Carlyle Cup
11. Hoop-Dreams website
12. ESPN article on Best rivalries
13. ESPN website
14. [5]
15. Barnes brings in crowds. ''The Daily Texan.'' 23 Jan 2003.
16. The Final: Devil's Advocate?. ''Sports Illustrated.'' 11 November 2004.
17. Don't try to emulate Duke by using obnoxious antics. ''The Daily Tar Heel.'' 14 Jan 2005.
18. NCAA stats from NCAA.org
19. NCAA stats from NCAA.org
★ ''Blue Blood:Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops'', ISBN 0-312-32787-0
★ Will Blythe ''To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever : A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry'', ISBN 0-06-074023-X
See also
★
UNC-NCSU rivalry
External links
Websites Dedicated to the rivalry
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Carolina Tar Heels on the rivalry
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Duke - UNC: The Rivalry Continues - CollegeHoopsnet.com article on rivalry.
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Best Rivalries: Duke vs UNC - MSBNC.com
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An Unrivaled Rivalry Duke vs UNC - CNN/Sports Illustrated.
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Tope 5 Duke - UNC games - SportingNews.com
Personal websites and comments regarding rivalry
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A Duke fan's website on the rivalry
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Deja Blue Website
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Article about favorite Duke UNC games from a Duke website
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