Things got testy on more than one occasion Saturday night when No. 7 North Carolina visited No. 9 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the final game of the regular season, and college basketball fans had plenty to say online in reaction. One of the more controversial moments came came at the six-minute mark in the first half.
After Duke came up with a loose ball and started heading the other way in transition, Blue Devils center Kyle Filipowski and UNC forward Harrison Ingram got tangled up, and both fell to the hardwood.
Ingram made it off the ground first and began sprinting back to play defense, but Filipowski, who was still on the ground, appeared to stick his leg out on purpose to trip Ingram. Filipowski then played off the incident as if he were injured on the play.
Kyle Filipowski sticks his leg out and trips Harrison Ingram, then pretends to stomp his shoes and walk it off like he's injured pic.twitter.com/PooO0rQF0c
— Kyle Boone (@kyletheboone) March 10, 2024
The Tar Heels went on to win 84–79 to clinch the ACC regular-season title outright. While celebrating in front of the Blue Devils student section, the Cameron Crazies threw drinks at UNC players. All in all, it was just another intense episode of the most storied rivalry in college basketball.
Here are some of the best online reactions to Filipowski’s action:
dirty play https://t.co/lNU02V4m1m
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) March 10, 2024
Pretty clearly tripping. Was harder to tell in real-time (especially as play was already moving down the court), but... yikes. https://t.co/u0XSTvnny7
— Brendan Marks (@BrendanRMarks) March 10, 2024
Between this, the Crazies throwing stuff and Scheyer apologizing to them, it was a great night for people who hate Duke for being awkward and weird https://t.co/qoFSH59urf
— Eamonn Brennan (@eamonnbrennan) March 10, 2024
I can see it already https://t.co/6Ho8d4yl7u pic.twitter.com/yFkxk4O6Iw
— NCAA Buzzer Beaters & Game Winners (@NCAABuzzerBters) March 10, 2024
This seems to be a pattern at Duke https://t.co/0QroJDPrjg
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 10, 2024
Welp, this is automatically getting added right next to bloody-beak Psycho T in the UNC-Duke rivalry hype package. https://t.co/t9tjh8U34A
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 10, 2024
What is it about Duke players tripping people? https://t.co/fcTCmvTjG3
— Roy Bellamy (@roybelly) March 10, 2024
Grayson Allen right now… https://t.co/OgGLBGFKDF pic.twitter.com/el51E1lZQi
— Jared, that being said #GoCougs 🤙 (@jrossean) March 10, 2024
