Fond of our clichés, we pronounce as a matter of faith that what goes around comes around.
OK, but when?
The Duke-North Carolina rivalry gets gobs of attention as the best in the ACC and arguably in all of college basketball. Entire books have been written on the subject. Certainly every nuance of the closely-matched series is savored and analyzed, results rehashed when the teams meet each winter.
In a nod to tradition in a discontinuous season the 2021 UNC-Duke games are scheduled late in the year, saved like dessert after a sumptuous dinner. The pair play during TV sweeps on Feb.