When Duke came apart at the seams Saturday in the men's Final Four against Houston, there was a shadow winner: North Carolina.
The Tar Heels had a tough time cracking the Blue Devils this season, losing by 17 to them on Feb. 1, 13 on March 8, and three on March 14 in the ACC tournament. However, the losers of the eternal turf war between the two schools can console themselves by taking pleasure in the other's misfortune—and that's precisely what happened this year.
