CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of the greatest games in Duke-North Carolina history was played Friday night. Which means one of the greatest college basketball games was played Friday night.
We were robbed of what could have truly been a magical three-game series 30 seconds into the first contest, but we still got two solid home-and-home regular-season meetings to make up for it. This one was different, and it was because of Zion Williamson.
In Duke’s 74-73 win over UNC in the ACC tournament semifinal, in a game that saw four lead changes in the final four minutes, Williamson had a game-high 31 points in 35 minutes.