Duke basketball fans have entire vaults in their memory banks reserved just for past victories over the University of North Carolina. Vice versa, fans of the Tar Heels enjoy nothing more than rehashing wins against their fiercest rival from eight miles down the road.
With so many nail-biting games between the two — seemingly at least one per season — Art Chansky has stepped in, time after time, to recap the rivalry.
The author of “Blue Blood II” — a follow-up to his “Blue Blood” published in 2005 — delivers an artful summary of not only the memorable contests between the two schools but also of the divergent paths the two head coaches of the programs have chosen to take in recent years.