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No matter the opponent, UNC basketball knows who gets toughest defensive assignment

FORT WORTH, Texas — Four Marquette players took to the raised stage during Wednesday’s NCAA tournament media availability when head coach Shaka Smart approached from the floor.

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NCAA Tournament Expert Picks, Predictions: First Round Thursday Games

NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Thursday games

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Luke DeCock: NCAA tournament game will serve as a homecoming of sorts for UNC forward Brady Manek

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Getting sent to Texas for the opening weekend may not have meant much to most of North Carolina’s roster – the Tar Heels, as a No. 8 seed, were entirely at the mercy of bracketing fate – but it meant everything to Brady Manek.

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UNC basketball draws familiar name with unfamiliar faces in NCAA Tournament

North Carolina received an eight seed in the NCAA Tournament’s East region and will face the No. 9 seed Marquette in the first round on Thursday in Fort Worth. The winner could potentially face a second round showdown with defending national champion Baylor.

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Paolo Banchero called out UNC after Duke beat Miami in the ACC tournament but he won’t get his wish

Paolo picked the wrong team.

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UNC falls to Virginia Tech in ACC tournament semifinals, 72-59

NEW YORK — The stage was set for a third North Carolina-Duke matchup, but Virginia Tech just had to go and steal the spotlight. The Hokies snapped the Tar Heels’ six game winning streak with a 72-59 win the ACC tournament semifinals.

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Luke DeCock: Duke opens ACC tournament with all its flaws on display, escapes punch from Syracuse

NEW YORK — By late Saturday night, Duke may very well be lugging the championship trophy around the Barclays Center and feeling good about things again. Moods and fortunes can change that quickly in the ACC tournament.

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The day they thought Duke might fire Coach K. ‘How do you think they feel now?’

DURHAM, N.C. — If Chuck Swenson goes back in time far enough he can still hear the jeers and the insults, the slurs he said some shouted from the stands during one of the longest nights of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career, and perhaps the longest of them all. It has…

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Former UNC Star Tyler Hansbrough Said Coach K’s Farewell Tour Was Overdone

Hansbrough compared Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in Durham to a recent episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

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Duke's path to redemption after loss to UNC starts at ACC tournament

Late Saturday night, long after Duke's 94-81 loss to North Carolina but while the celebration of Mike Krzyzewski's final home game continued, two Blue Devils whose jerseys hang in Cameron Indoor Stadium's rafters discussed the troubling outcome.

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Duke basketball was reportedly ‘bristled’ by UNC’s lack of flowers for Coach K

Duke staffers may not have been happy about Coach K's Chapel Hill sendoff.

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A Duke assistant coach refused to shake hands with UNC’s Hubert Davis and fans weren’t impressed

Hubert Davis was rightfully surprised by this.

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Watch: Duke Assistant Avoids UNC Coach Hubert Davis in Handshake Line After Tar Heels’ Win

North Carolina’s upset win Saturday came in Coach K's last game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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Duke Fans in Disbelief After UNC Spoils Coach K’s Home Finale

Camera operators were more than happy to give Duke’s haters what they wanted after Saturday’s upset, providing shot after shot of crying fans.

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Duke falls to UNC, 94-81, in Coach K’s final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium

DURHAM, N.C. — In a game that meant nothing in the ACC standings for No. 4 Duke but everything in the hearts of Blue Devils near and far, rival North Carolina outplayed the Blue Devils when it mattered Saturday night.

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Duke’s Student Section’s Cheer Sheet Leaked Ahead of UNC Showdown

There’s a single directive for the Cameron Crazies alongside the cheers and fun facts about the Tar Heels.

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Letter from Coach K to Michael Jordan Goes Viral Ahead of Duke-UNC

The NBA legend chose UNC over Duke, beginning his college career in 1981 during Coach K’s second season.

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Dean Smith got the best of Coach K, then he got the best from him

DURHAM, N.C. — There are moments, still, when Mike Krzyzewski walks into his top-floor office that overlooks part of Duke's campus and wonders, as he put it one day last summer, "How the hell did this happen?"

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Luke DeCock: Duke often plays games where it has everything to gain. Against UNC, it just can’t lose.

DURHAM, N.C. — Perhaps not since 1992, when Duke went to Minneapolis with a chance to be the first repeat champion since UCLA, have the Blue Devils played a game like Saturday where the consequences of losing so vastly outweighed the rewards of winning.

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UNC QB Sam Howell says the Eagles asked him to do a quirky thing at their NFL combine interview

Weird NFL combine interview SZN is here.

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Varsity Letters: Inside a Basketball Bromance

On the surface, they couldn’t have been more different. Yet Dean Smith and Bob Knight forged one of the most enduring—and most unlikely—friendships in college sports.

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Report: Georgia expected to hire back UNC’s Stacy Searels as OL coach

Report: Georgia is expected to hire UNC's Stacy Searels as its next OL coach. He coached under Richt at UGA from 2007-10.

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UNC completes sweep of NC State as Puff Johnson scores career high for Heels

RALEIGH, N.C. — Last season, it was a toe that kept North Carolina' sophomore Puff Johnson from even dressing out the final 15 games. This season, a combination of a hip flexor and a sprained ankle kept him sidelined through the first 15 games.

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Falcons add UNC special teams assistant to coaching staff

The Atlanta Falcons are hiring UNC's Steven King as an assistant special teams coach.

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Want to attend Duke basketball home game vs UNC? Super Bowl tickets were cheaper.

The final game is all that remains on Duke’s home basketball schedule and in Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure coaching the Blue Devils.

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