The Duke-UNC game is always a big deal and that’s true this year even though, for the first time since 1960, neither team is ranked.
For a bit of perspective, Dwight Eisenwhower was still president, Vic Bubas was in his first year at Duke, Dean Smith was an unknown assistant at UNC, segregation was still in force across the South and the Beatles were in Hamburg although Ringo was still in Liverpool. The top of the charts?
Teen Angel.
It’s been awhile.
Nonetheless, it’s Duke vs. UNC so we expect at least one side will be fired up and that usually fires the other up to meet it.