Much was made of this being the first North Carolina-Duke game in years where neither team was ranked in the top 25. However, that doesn’t mean that the rivalry couldn’t produce dramatics.
The teams played down to the wire again, with UNC coming away from Durham with a four-point win. The Tar Heels threatened to pull away a couple times, but every time they did, Duke battled back. It’s nothing less than you would expect from a game in this legendary series.
With round one in the books and UNC putting a notch in the win column, what did we learn in Carolina’s 91-87 win.