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UNC is coming off the heels of a massive win over Duke and are getting set to face off against Miami tonight. The Heels were able to accomplish a rare trifecta that they haven’t accomplished since the 80’s: they were able to beat Kansas Kentucky, and Duke in the same season. The jury is out […]
Yes, I’m sure what you want to read right now is something about UNC Basketball that isn’t basking in Saturday night’s already-legendary victory, but we have a schedule to adhere to, and Tuesday’s game at Miami isn’t getting any further away. Somewhat like UNC before Saturday night, the Canes have compiled a 7-3 record in […]
There is a decent chance that if you are reading this article, you are still in disbelief over what happened Saturday night. UNC climbed out of a pretty large hole to beat Duke off a buzzer beater from Seth Trimble, and the reaction across the internet was bonkers. It would take forever to highlight all […]
You know what’s the best thing about getting older? The older you get the more experiences you have, and the more experiences you have the more you get to compare those experiences against others that you’ve had. Thus, as someone who graduated around the turn of the millennium, I have a lot of good experiences […]
Let’s make one thing clear from the start—Carolina does not win that game without Caleb Wilson carrying them through the first half. Carolina went into the locker room down 12, didn’t get off a shot before the horn, and they were in real trouble against a Duke team that didn’t even really have Cameron Boozer […]
Carolina fans have spent approximately 14 years wondering when they will get to have their Austin Rivers moment against Duke. It was one of the most brutal losses the Tar Heels have faced against their heated rival, not because it ruined the season, but because of what the game always means to both schools. It […]
It’s time. Drake Maye, the talent Mack Brown somehow never coached to 10 or more wins, plays in a Super Bowl in only his second pro season. Maye’s Patriots face Seattle’s league-leading defense, #1 against the run and #2 against the pass based on efficiency metrics. #1 overall. Seattle lost three games this season, one […]
UNC looked dead in the water for much of Saturday night’s game against Duke. They started slow and seemingly couldn’t find their way over the hump by getting enough stops on the defensive end once their shots started to fall. The Tar Heels led for just 0.4 seconds of the game, but what a second […]
The moment we have been waiting for all season is finally here: the North Carolina Tar Heels are just moments away from facing off against the Duke Blue Devils in the Dean Smith Center. This game has been on everyone’s calendars outside of both fanbases for one obvious reason, which is a showdown between Cameron […]
75 years ago, UNC admitted 27 women as freshmen into the newly formed School of Nursing. Those women would become the first graduating class for that department. Additionally, the state of North Carolina at the time had a designated “Women’s College,” now UNC Greensboro. Women usually had to transfer to Chapel Hill from there or […]
Hey, there’s a big game this weekend, you might’ve heard about it. Later today, the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team will take on Duke in round one of their annual rivalry series against the Blue Devils. Every year right around this time, the two teams meet in the first of their two scheduled […]
The first matchup between Carolina and Duke this season has finally arrived, and the stage looks set for an exciting evening. Both teams are ranked inside the top 15 and feature projected top-five NBA draft picks. On paper, it’s a game that could very well end up among the highlights of college basketball’s greatest rivalry. […]
Carolina has nine games left in the regular season. 70% of the regular season is in the bag. In a perfect world, the post season will add nine more games (and nine more wins). TBD. Here’s where the three main metrics currently rank UNC and its remaining opponents: Meanwhile, the AP poll thinks the Heels […]
When the Duke Blue Devils arrive in Chapel Hill in the early afternoon on Saturday, the program will be without a loss to an ACC opponent for 364 days. Since a 77-71 loss at Clemson on February 8, 2025, Duke has won 20 straight games. Two of those 20 were against the Tar Heels. In […]
Christian Laettner, Grayson Allen, Austin Rivers, and JJ Redick. This is a short list of some of the most hated Duke players of all time. Each player has a specific reason why they are hated by the Carolina fanbase, but on a micro level, we all probably have someone that we hold a personal grudge […]
There may only be nine games left in the college basketball regular season, but with the NFL season ending on Sunday, Saturday night marks the actual start of the college basketball season for a lot of people. It is, of course, Carolina vs Duke Round 1. It’s the best rivalry in college basketball if not […]
Saturday, September 28, 2019. Once a season, down in the Bowles Lot, the tailgate menu is centered around seafood. “The Bowles Boil.” With top-ranked Clemson coming to town for a 3:30 PM kickoff, it was the perfect game for the boil. It was going to be a hot one that day, and seafood and beer […]
Several years ago, the ACC made a move that would change the sports world as we know it and make one weekend in February one of the greatest in all of sports. The first UNC/Duke matchup was historically on a weekday night up until the 2020 season when the ACC moved it to the first […]
Success is measured differently by just about everyone. Some people use wealth or status as markers; for others, it’s health or family; and for still others, it’s if your team beats your biggest rival in their stadium on the day their coach is celebrating his retirement. The point is: people have varying opinions on what […]
On Monday evening, while many Tar Heels fans had their eyes on the men’s team’s game against Syracuse, the women’s team pulled out its biggest win of the season in Raleigh. Courtney Banghart’s group trailed NC State by as many as nine points in the second quarter before outscoring the Wolfpack 26-11 over the rest […]
As of Sunday, the calendar has now flipped to February. We are inching towards crunch time on the 2025-26 college basketball season. You know things are starting to heat up when the first UNC-Duke men’s game comes on the calendar, as it will this week. As we continue to get closer to March and the […]
This weekend, the North Carolina men’s basketball has quite the important event. On Saturday, they’re set to take on Duke in the first rivalry clash of this season. However before that, they had a game on Monday night against Syracuse to get through. There were two main objectives for UNC against the Orange. One was […]
The game before the first Duke game has not been kind to North Carolina of late. In it’s past six contests before the Duke game leading up to the game against Syracuse, the Tar Heels were 1-5 with the one win being an overtime road win against Louisville. The five losses were mostly to not […]
This year’s 2026 Carolina Basketball recruiting class is about as thin as it has ever been, and that is because they only have one commit so far. That might change in the coming weeks — more on that a little later — but it’s worth pointing out that the one recruit they do have is […]
It’s Duke week. In fact, with last night’s game thankfully behind us, the countdown to Saturday’s UNC-Duke game has officially begun. We’re all working ourselves up in anticipation of the biggest rivalry in American sports and we’ll have plenty of coverage leading up to that big night. Of course, on another corner of the Triangle, […]