As noted by Pat James of GoHeels.com, you’d have to go back nearly three decades — when Duke hosted UNC on Saturday, January 19, 1991 — to find the last time the Tar Heels and Blue Devils played their first game on a day other than Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. In a perfect world, they’d go three more decades before they have to open on the weekend again.
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To get the opinion of some of college sports' most dedicated — and possibly deranged — fans, The Daily Tar Heel went out to Krzyzewskiville to talk to Duke students who had signed their lives away to sit in a tent all day.
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"It doesn’t get much better. It just doesn’t. I hate to tell you — you’re young, but it ain’t gonna get any better when you get older. The rivalry may get better, but nothing else is gonna match up to it."
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An unranked UNC team has only beaten a ranked Duke team eight times, with the last coming in 2014 after the initial game was postponed because of snow. It's going to take a lot for this year's Tar Heel team to upset the Blue Devils, but it has been done before and could happen again. Here's a look at the last time an unranked UNC team took down its biggest rival.
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Despite the return of Cole Anthony, UNC men's basketball still fell to Boston College. Check out three things the team needs to address if it wants to right the ship against Florida State.
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After a seven-week hiatus, Cole Anthony returned for North Carolina men’s basketball on Saturday against Boston College. But, part and parcel with UNC’s season so far, there would be no happy ending in a 71-70 loss that sent the Tar Heels (10-11, 3-7 ACC) back below the .500 mark. For much of the night, North Carolina seemed out of sync given the return of Anthony, who missed UNC’s last 11 games due to meniscus surgery. And despite some late drama, portions of the game actually looked more like your favorite sitcom.
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It all came down to shooting woes and a faulty final possession as the Tar Heels fell to Boston College, 71-70.
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Cole Anthony finished with 26 points in 26 minutes during his return to action against Boston College, but it wasn't enough to lift the Tar Heels past the Eagles in a 71-70 loss.
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After stringing together a couple of wins right before the return of Cole Anthony, the Tar Heels are making sure their focus remains on continuing to improve rather than looking ahead to a tough stretch in their conference schedule.
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UNC looks to continue its winning streak against an inconsistent Boston College team in Chapel Hill on Saturday.
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After two straight wins, the most optimistic of North Carolina fans have allowed themselves to start thinking: what would it take?
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The North Carolina basketball team has looked more comfortable in its last three games and that could be because of Christian Keeling and Justin Pierce. Keeling admitted he and Pierce have struggled throughout the season, but a change in mindset has them contributing in big ways for UNC. The graduate transfer duo had a big impact against N.C. State. A run where they scored seven straight points gave the Tar Heels a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
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UNC's five “character-building” losses, as Leaky Black called them, plus these two wins — against Miami on Saturday and now against N.C. State on Monday night — have culminated in a new sense of togetherness. Of refreshment. Of, yes, confidence.
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The North Carolina basketball team defeated N.C. State in Raleigh on Monday night, reaching a .500 record behind 25 points from Garrison Brooks.
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After the North Carolina men's basketball team's win against Miami broke their five-game losing streak, the Tar Heels are hoping to carry that momentum when they face N.C. State on Monday. Here are some keys to a North Carolina victory on Tobacco Road.
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In Chapel Hill, Bryant will be remembered in part as one of the best to almost wear a North Carolina jersey, and someone who nonetheless had plenty of memorable interactions with Tar Heel greats.
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After not starting a single game in his first three years with the Tar Heels, Brandon Robinson dropped a career-high 29 points in a win over Miami to give Roy Williams the fourth most wins by a D-I men's basketball head coach.
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The North Carolina men's basketball team got a long-awaited bit of relief after handily defeating Miami on Saturday afternoon, stopping a five-game losing streak and tying the most assists in a game since Roy Williams became coach.
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For the head coach of North Carolina basketball, it happened. Roy Williams has, by at least one metric — career wins — eclipsed his mentor, good for fourth all-time among Division I coaches in college basketball history.
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Brandon Robinson shot 11-16 from the field and 6-10 from behind the 3-point line in North Carolina's thrashing of Miami, a win that propelled Roy Williams into fourth on the NCAA's D-I all-time wins list.
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