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Entering the game at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium with the passing of North Carolina's long-time coach Dean Smith a couple of days before, both Duke and UNC coaches, players and staff all gathered at center court and held a moment of silence for Smith. Once the game started Duke jumped right out of the gate with an 18–6 lead early in the ...
The men's basketball team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is referred to as the North Carolina Tar Heels, and they play in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Tar Heels have played their games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina ...
An all-ACC, Duke vs. UNC title game was averted when Roy Williams coached his Kansas Jayhawks team to victory over his mentor Dean Smith and his Tar Heels squad. In what would become the first of many matchups between Williams (later head coach at North Carolina until his retirement in 2021) and Mike Krzyzewski, Duke finally claimed its first ...
Duke has an NCAA-best .755 NCAA tournament winning percentage. Eleven Duke players have been named the National Player of the Year, and 71 players have been selected in the NBA draft. Additionally, Duke has had 36 players named All-Americans (60 total selections) and 14 players named Academic All-Americans.
Duke’s Mark Mitchell (25) motions to the crowd after Duke’s 62-57 victory over UNC at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, March 4, 2023.
The Wake–Duke rivalry is the oldest basketball rivalry among the four schools in that it dates back to the 1905–06 season and was the first intercollegiate basketball game in North Carolina. The Wake-Duke rivalry is just ahead of the more well known UNC-Duke rivalry in terms of games played by two games.
The 1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Vic Bubas . The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina , and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
North Carolina’s Caleb Love (2) hits a three-pointer with 25 seconds left in the game to give the Tar Heels a 78-74 lead during the second half of UNCs 81-77 victory over Duke in the Final Four ...