I attended my first Duke-North Carolina game in 1960.
That was the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Raleigh’s Reynolds Coliseum.
It was a great introduction to the best rivalry in all of sports. UNC was a powerhouse – so good that ACC player of the year Lee Shaffer was the third best player on his own team (behind Doug Moe, the best all-around player in the ACC in 1960, and York Larese, the league’s best shooter). Duke was kind of up-and-down in its first season under young coach Vic Bubas -- mostly down against UNC, losing three meetings by 22, 26 and 25 points.