The North Carolina Tar Heels will travel eight miles from Chapel Hill to Durham on Wednesday night to face the No. 1 team in the nation in the latest chapter in the greatest rivalry in sports.
North Carolina won the last meeting between the two teams, but the No. 8 Tar Heels will be facing No. 1 Duke’s historic freshman class in Cameron Indoor Stadium, led by projected No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson. Wednesday’s game will be the 46th time each team is ranked in the top 10 at tipoff.
To put that into context, the next closest college rivalry in terms of top-10 matchups is NC State vs. North Carolina, with 14 occurrences. Kansas vs. Oklahoma and Indiana vs. Kentucky are the only two other rivalries in double digits, according to GoDuke. An all-top-10 Kentucky-Louisville game has only happened six times.
If you need any help getting pumped for UNC vs. Duke, this hype video should do the trick.
UNC vs. Duke will begin at 9:00 p.m. on ESPN.
