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Saturday, February 3, 6:30pm ET, ESPN
Dean E. Smith Center
Duke tries to do the impossible: beat the most dominant UNC team of all time in their house.
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SignUp Now!Rabbit hole of old Duke/UNC vids have reminded me next year's game will be the next leap year game in Chapel Hill, which a) Duke always wins this century, and b) Often has very weird and memorable endings
2000: Duke wins 90-86 (OT) - WTF happened here, why did a highly ranked Duke team get taken to the limits against an unranked UNC team? Also blew a 19 point lead
2004: Duke wins 83-81 - Duhon coast to coast!
2008: Duke wins 89-78 - The Paulus game. With no Lawson, only reason we didn't lose seven in a row in the rivalry
2012: Duke wins 85-84 - The first in a series of absolute thefts. Rivers shot caps off a game we had no business winning
2016: Duke wins 74-73 - Thornton blocks Berry and we secure absolute theft 2.0 against a team much better than us
2020: Duke wins 98-96 (OT) - How did we end up in a position where the worst UNC team in 20 years took us to the brink? But hey, the best FT miss ever by Tre, followed by two buzzer beaters
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History tells us Proctor will come up big
Trying to decide if I want to watch them tonight to get an idea of what it is they do well and what areas we might be able to exploit. But I hate watching them as much as I hate watching us.
Offensively, they don’t turn it over; they rebound well; and they get to the line and make free throws.3 pt defense luck aside, I still don’t understand how they’ve been this good. Davis is obviously a stud and Bacot is what he is, but beyond them, the roster really doesn’t impress much on paper.