The North Carolina men's basketball team takes on Duke on Saturday, Feb. 6. Ahead of the matchup, here's what members of our sports desk predict will happen.
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Maybe the famous Duke-UNC rivalry game is the same old, same old for longtime coach Roy Williams, but for the legacy players on the North Carolina men’s basketball team, it’s a moment they’ve been thinking about their for most of their lives.
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Between the programs, only two guards in the rotation have competed in the historic matchup before. The other six will be welcomed to the rivalry in an uncharacteristic, fanless way.
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This year, with the Tar Heels using a platoon-based system and the Blue Devils’ rotation in flux, it’s as likely as ever that someone starting the game on the bench could have a major impact.
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With 11 national championships between the North Carolina and Duke men’s basketball teams, it takes a bit of digging to find instances when the two teams were struggling at the same time.
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With both teams limited in upperclassmen leadership, Saturday's game could be the least talent-filled game in a generation.
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With North Carolina's towering frontcourt of Garrison Brooks, Armando Bacot, Day'Ron Sharpe and Walker Kessler, it's likely the Duke men's basketball team will seek success in the form of a small ball lineup. And with that smaller lineup comes the potential for the Blue Devils to expose the Tar Heels out on the wing.
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“We know what’s all at stake,” UNC sophomore big man Armando Bacot said. “Bragging rights for the fans, just like us wanting to beat Duke, and that never changes.”
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Before the Tar Heels' opening game against the Blue Devils this year, we talked to former UNC standout Jackie Manuel about his UNC-Duke memories, playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium, guarding J.J. Redick and more.
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“We struggled today," senior Garrison Brooks said. “You’re gonna have days when you struggle, and most of the time, you overcome it. Today, we struggled and we didn’t win, but I think it’s something we can still learn from.”
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The Tar Heels' lack of a true floor general this season means on nights like this, when the ball was all but handed to the Tigers on a silver platter, there's not much to do but pray the other team is so woeful offensively that they can't capitalize.
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team was on a hot streak entering Tuesday's matchup with Clemson. After finding ways to win in previous matchups, the Tar Heels did everything to lose in a 63-50 defeat to the Tigers.
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Even with the pandemic and semester hanging overhead, and the fact that there won’t be fans in the stands, the first UNC-Duke men’s basketball game of the season is still a college basketball holy day.
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UNC's six first-years on scholarship are in that learning process right now, and have continued to develop as they further entrench themselves in head coach Roy Williams' system. As the Tar Heels enter the midway point of league play, here are some season grades for UNC's first-years so far.
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Amid a rare losing season for UNC last year, the Tigers snapped a 59-game streak of losses in Chapel Hill, which was the longest unbeaten streak at home versus a single opponent in NCAA history. Though this game is being played at Clemson, the Tar Heels will have an opportunity to avenge last year's loss.
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Thanks to COVID-19, there will be no one in the stands on Saturday when the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils face off. It begs the question: What’s a UNC-Duke game without a crowd to watch it?
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Some of the Tar Heels' biggest challenges still lie ahead, but what does seem clear is that when the bigs execute like they did against Pittsburgh, UNC is capable of competing against the best that the ACC has to offer.
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Maybe it was because it was the third straight ACC win. Maybe it was because it was the sixth win in the last seven games. Or maybe it was because they tied their conference win record from last season by January, but something felt different about the UNC men’s basketball team on Tuesday night.
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